2012 Agenda

Scientific Meeting Agenda at a Glance

7:00 am – Registration and Breakfast

8:00 am – Welcome Remarks

  • Alan Trounson, President, California Institute for Regenerative Medicine

8:15 am – Morning Keynote Speaker

  • Michele De Luca, Professor, Director, Centre for Regnerative Medicine, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia; Scientific Director, Holostem Terapie Avanzate S.r.l.

8:45 am – Panel 1: Cancer and Cancer Stem Cells

  • Chair:

Robert Wechsler-Reya, Professor, Director, Tumor Development Program, Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute

  • Panelists:
  • Jeremy Rich, Chairman, Department of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, The Cleveland Clinic
  • Luke Lairson, Assistant Professor, The Scripps Research Institute
  • Ben Spike, Senior Research Associate, Salk Institute for Biological Studies
  • Catriona Jamieson, Associate Professor, UC San Diego

10:15 am – Morning Break

10:30 am – Panel 2: Stem Cells in Development and Disease

  • Chair:

Kristin Baldwin, Associate Professor, The Scripps Research Institute

  • Panelists:
  • Leanne Jones, Salk Institute for Biological Studies
  • Ulrich Mueller, Professor, The Scripps Research Institute
  • Birgitt Schuele, Assistant Professor, The Parkinson’s Institute
  • Kristin Baldwin, Associate Professor, The Scripps Research Institute
  • Fyodor Urnov, Senior Scientist, Team Leader, Sangamo BioSciences

12pm – Lunch and Poster Session

1:15 pm – Panel 3: Technology and Genomic Integrity

  • Chair:

Vanessa Hayes, Professor, J. Craig Venter Institute

  • Panelists:
  • Bing Ren, Professor, UC San Diego
  • Roger Lasken, Professor, Director, Single Cell Genomics, J. Craig Venter Institute
  • Kun Zhang, Associate Professor, UC San Diego
  • Vanessa Hayes, Professor, J. Craig Venter Institute

2:45 pm – Panel 4: Tissue Engineering and Extracellular Influences

  • Chair:

Adam Engler, Assistant Professor, UC San Diego

  • Panelists:
  • David Schaffer, Professor, Director, Berkeley Stem Cell Center, UC Berkeley
  • Darryl D’Lima, Associate Professor, The Scripps Research Institute
  • Alessandra Sacco, Assistant Professor, Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute
  • Karen Christman, Assistant Professor, UC San Diego

4:15 pm – Afternoon Break

4:30 pm – Afternoon Keynote Speaker

  • Guy Sauvageau, CEO & Scientific Director, Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer; Professor, University of Montreal

5:00 pm – Networking Reception and Poster Session