Venue: The University of Sheffield, Student Union
Auditorium
Date: Tuesday 14th July 2009
The Centre for Stem Celli Biology is pleased to announce that it
will be
hosting it's 8th annual, One Day International Symposium
"Human Embryonic Stem Cellsi - Progress Towards Cell Therapy".
Prof Sian
Harding
National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London
“Cardiomyocytes from hESC: pathways for growth and survival”
Dr
Marisa Jaconi
Dept of Pathology and Immunology, The University of
Geneva, Switzerland
“Human ES cells in Switzerland: from ethico-juridical
difficulties to research and potential therapies for heart repair”
Dr
Majlinda Lako
Institute of Human Genetics and NESCI, The
University of Newcastle
"G1 to S transition and pluripotency: two sides of
the same coin?"
Dr Tushar Raina,
Cardiovascular Sciences, School of Medicine, The
University of Sheffield
“Regenerative stents to treat coronary artery
disease”
Dr Marcelo
Rivolta
CSCB, Dept of Biomedical Science, The University of
Sheffield
"Human Auditory Stem Cells: Developing the tools for a stem
cell-based therapy for deafness"
Prof Peter
Zandstra
Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering,
University of Toronto, Canada
“Non-Cell Autonomous Control of Stem Cell
Fate”
Dr Bart
Vandekerckhove
Dept of Clinical Chemistry, Microbiology and
Immunology, The University of Ghent, Belgium
"Generation of T Cells from
Human Embryonic Stem Cells"
Registration Details
The fee is £75 / £25 for students.
Numbers are
limited and registration is essential; early registration is advised.
Registration details available here