1st Midwest Conference on Stem Cell Biology and Therapy (SCBT)
Date:May 9-11, 2008
Rochester, MI USA
The SCBT conference will be held at the historical Meadow Brook Hall (below) on Oakland University’s campus. The SCBT conference will address the latest advancements in research on stem cell biology, tissue engineering, and therapy involving embryonic stem cells, adult stem cells, as well as umbilical cord blood stem cells. In addition, the conference will provide an opportunity to educate the general public in ethical and scientific issues concerning stem cell research and clinical applications.
Program/Schedule of Events
1st Midwest Conference on Stem Cell Biology and Therapy (SCBT) May 9th-11th, 2008
Friday May 09, 2008 1:00 – 6:30 pm On-Site Registration 1:00 – 5:00 pm Workshops - Basic Science: Stem cell Isolation, culture, maintenance, and differentiation - Clinical: Animal studies and Human studies 3:00 – 5:00 pm Poster and Exhibit Set-up 5:00 – 6:30 pm Poster and Exhibit Viewing 6:30 – 8:30 pm Keynote Lecture & Reception
Saturday May 10, 2008 7:00 – 10:00 am On-Site Registration 7:00 – 7:30 am Late Poster Set up 7:00 – 7:45 am Continental Breakfast 7:45 – 8:00 am Introduction and Welcome 8:00 – 8:30 am Stem cell Roadmap Presentation 8:30 – 10:00 am Stem Cell Biology – Session I 8:30 – 10:00 am Stem Cell Therapy – Session I - Degenerative Diseases - Other Age-related Diseases 10:00 – 1:20 am Coffee Break Poster and Exhibit Viewing 10:20 – 11:50 am Stem Cell Biology – Session II 10:20 – 11:50 am Stem Cell Therapy – Session II - Heart, Lung, and Blood Diseases - Developmental Diseases Noon – 1:30 pm Lunch - Poster and Exhibit Viewing - Poster Awards 1:30 – 3:00 pm Stem Cell Tissue Engineering – Session 1 1:30 – 3:00 pm Stem Cell Ethics and Politics: Panel 3:00 – 5:30 pm Poster Session 6:00 – 7:15 pm Keynote Speaker 7:15 – 8:30 pm Dinner
Sunday May 11, 2008 7:00 – 8:00 am Continental Breakfast 8:00 – 9:30 am Drug Design & Development-- Session I 9:30 – 11:00 am Business Meeting and Closing Remarks 9:30 am Golf (Optional) 11:05 am Conference Adjournment
Speakers/Panelists
1st Midwest Conference on Stem Cell Biology and Therapy (SCBT) May 9th-11th, 2008 Opening Remarks:
Dr. Gary Russi, President, Oakland University Ken Matzick, CEO, Beaumont Hospitals Dr. Virinder Moudgil, Provost, Oakland University
Keynote Speaker: Andras Nagy, PhD., Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto “Mouse Genetics: the Changing Landscape” Guest Speaker: Honorable Senator Carl Levin, U.S. Congress
Speakers (partial list):
Andre Larochelle, M.D. PhD.,NHLBI, NIH “Update on hematopoietic stem cell gene therapy”
Gary Hammer, MD, PhD., University of Michigan “Adrenal Stem/Progenitor Cells: Implications for Cancer”
Tenneille Ludwig, PhD., University of Madison-Wisconsin “Feeder-free culture of embryonic stem cells”
Omar Khan, M.D., Wayne State University Medical School “The Use of SC Therapy in Multiple Sclerosis: Promises and Challenges”
Gregory Dressler, PhD., University of Michigan “Renal Epithelial Stem Cells and Development”
Peter Sartipy, PhD., Cellartis AB, Sweden “Human embryonic stem cells for drug discovery”
Jack Parent, MD., University of Michigan “hESC-derived neural progenitor isolation for regenerative therapy after stroke”
Shannon McKinney-Freeman, PhD., Harvard Medical School & Children’s Hospital “Making blood from embryonic stem cells: A sanguine future”
Michael Chopp, Ph.D., Henry Ford Hospital “Remodeling injured brain with cell therapy”
Jack Mosher, PhD., University of Michigan “Neural crest stem cells in development, disease and therapy”
Pamela Raymond, PhD., University of Michigan “Defining a retinal stem cell niche”
Pamela G. Robey, PhD., NIDCR, NIH “Skeletal stem cells: the cause and the cure”
Graham Parker, Ph.D., Children’s Hospital of Michigan “Stem Cells and Clinical Practice: Pragmatics before Therapeutics”
Shuichi Takayama, PhD., University of Michigan “Microfluidics for stem cell biology and therapy”
Ales Hampl, PhD., Institute of Experimental Medicine & Masaryk University, Czech Republic "How do hESC sense and respond to damage to their DNA?"
Deborah Gumucio, PhD., University of Michigan “Gastric progenitor cells: A link to gastric cancer?”
Ivan Maillard, Ph.D., University of Michigan “To be or Notch to be: what Notch does and does not do in the hematopoietic system”
Max Wicha, M.D., University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center “Stem cells in breast development and cancer”
Mark Furth, Ph.D., Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine “Potential of amniotic fluid-derived stem cells for regenerative medicine”
Thomas Diekwisch, D.M.D., Ph.D., University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry “Dental Stem Cells and Periodontal Regeneration”
Barbara Tigges, Ph.D., BioE, Inc. Research and Development “Umbilical Cord Blood-Derived Multi-Lineage Progenitor Cells (MLPC), a Model for Tissue Engineering and Drug Discovery”
Mick Perez-Cruet, Ph.D., Providence Hospital “Stem cell use in degenerative disc disease”
Mike Trese, M.D., Beaumont Hospitals “TBA”
Ananias Diokno, M.D. F.A.C.S. Chief Medical Officer, Beaumont Hospitals “TBA”
If you have questions, please contact SCBT at 248-370-3350,
