ISSCR : 2010 Annual Meeting

Wednesday, June 16
9:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.	Industry Wednesday Symposia Satellite Symposia
1:00 – 3:30 p.m.	Presidential Symposium: Irv’s Favorite Talks Supported by Johnson & Johnson Chair: Irving L. Weissman Shinya Yamanaka, Kyoto University, Japan, Gladstone Institutes, USA Marius Wernig, Stanford University, USA Owen N. Witte, University of California at Los Angeles, USA Keynote Address: Fred H. Gage, Salk Institute, USA
3:00 – 8:00 p.m.	Exhibits/Posters Open
3:30 – 4:00 p.m.	Refreshment Break in the Exhibit Hall
4:10 – 6:00 p.m.	Plenary II: Stem Cells, Oxygen and Metabolism Supported by Gottesman Stem Cell Institute of Albert Einstein College of Medicine Chair: Sean J. Morrison M. Celeste Simon, University of Pennsylvania, USA Marc Van Gilst, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, USA Yukiko Yamashita, University of Michigan, USA Ricardo Pardal, Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla – IbiS, Spain
6:00 – 8:00 p.m.	Opening Reception in Exhibit/Poster Hall Supported by the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM)
9:00 – Midnight	Junior Investigators Social Event Supported by Stemgent
Thursday, June 17
8:30 – 9:30 a.m.	Morning Coffee
9:00 – 10:50 a.m.	Plenary III: DNA Damage and Stem Cell Aging Supported by The J. David Gladstone Institutes and iPierian Inc. Chair: Ihor R. Lemischka Outstanding Young Investigator Award Winner Pier Giuseppe Pelicci, European Institute of Oncology, Italy Lenhard Rudolph, Institute of Molecular Medicine, Germany Emmanuelle Passegue, UCSF, USA
10:30 a.m. - 7:30 p.m.	Exhibits/Posters Open
10:50 – 11:20 a.m.	Refreshment Break in the Exhibit Hall
11:30 a.m. - 1:15 p.m.	Concurrent Session I Track A: Stem Cell Niche Supported by Development Elaine Fuchs, Rockefeller University, USA Shahin Rafii, Weill Cornell Medical College, USA Track B: Pluripotent Stem Cells Supported by University of California, San Francisco Konrad Hochedlinger, Harvard University, USA Hitoshi Niwa, RIKEN, Japan Track C: Cell Therapy Supported by StemCells, Inc. Joseph Gold, Geron Corp., USA Alexandra W. Capela, StemCells Inc., USA Track D: Leukemogenesis Klaus Nerlov, University of Edinburgh, UK Koichi Akashi, Kyushu University, Japan Track E: Stem Cell Transplantation and Immune Regulation Supported by Geron Corp. Irving L. Weissman, Stanford University School of Medicine, USA Ivan Maillard, University of Michigan, USA
1:15 – 2:45 p.m.	Meet the Experts Luncheon (Pre-registration required)
1:15 – 3:00 p.m.	Lunch on your own
1:30 – 2:00 p.m.	Commercial Tutorials
2:15 – 2:45 p.m.	Commercial Tutorials
3:00 – 5:20 p.m.	Plenary IV: Stem Cells of the Digestive Tract Chair: Haifan Lin Hans C. Clevers, Hubrecht Institute, Netherlands Rongwen Xi, National Institute of Biological Sciences, China David Bilder, PhD, University of California at Berkeley, USA Markus Grompe, Oregon Health & Science University, USA Poster Teasers
5:30 – 7:30 p.m.	Poster Presentations/Exhibit Reception
7:30 p.m.	Wed/Thu Posters Dismantle
8:00 – 9:30 p.m.	Junior Investigator Career Session Supported by Stemgent
Friday, June 18
8:30 – 9:30 a.m.	Morning Coffee
9:00 – 10:45 a.m.	Plenary V: Reprogramming and Pluripotency Supported by The New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF) Chair: Ian Wilmut James A. Thomson, University of Wisconsin, USA Kathrin Plath, UCLA, USA Maria Blasco, Spanish National Cancer Institute, Spain Robert Blelloch, UCSF, USA
10:30 a.m. - 7:30 p.m.	Exhibits/Posters Open
10:45 – 11:20 a.m.	Refreshment Break in the Exhibit Hall
11:30 a.m. - 1:15 p.m.	Concurrent Session II Track A: Cancer Stem Cells and Tumor Progression Michael Clarke, Stanford University, USA Jane Visvader, Walter & Eliza Hall Institute, Australia Track B: Hematopoietic Stem Cells David T. Scadden, Massachusetts General Hospital, USA Guy Sauvageau, Institute for Research in Immunology & Cancer, Canada Track C: Transcriptional/Epigenetic Regulation of Stem Cells Benjamin T. Kile, Walter & Eliza Hall Institute, Australia Eran Meshorer, Hebrew University, Israel Track D: Germline Stem Cells Erika L. Matunis, Johns Hopkins University, USA Mitinori Saitou, MD, PhD, Kyoto University, Japan Track E: Small Molecule Screening for Stem Cell Regulation Leonard I. Zon, Children’s Hospital Boston, USA Sheng Ding, Scripps Research Institute, USA
1:15 – 2:45 p.m.	Meet the Experts Luncheon (Pre-registration required)
1:15 – 3:00 p.m.	Lunch on your own
1:30 – 2:00 p.m.	Commercial Tutorials
2:15 – 2:45 p.m.	Commercial Tutorials
3:00 – 5:20 p.m.	Plenary VI: Neural Stem Cells Elly Tanaka, Max Planck Institute, Germany Grigori N. Enikolopov, Cold Spring Harbor Lab, USA Magdelena Goetz, GSF Institute of Stem Cell Research, Germany Arturo Alvarez Buylla, UCSF, USA Poster Teasers
5:30 – 7:30 p.m.	Poster Presentations/Exhibit Reception
Saturday, June 19
8:30 – 9:30 a.m.	Morning Coffee
9:00 – 10:45 a.m.	Plenary VII: Cardiac Stem Cells for Development and Regeneration Supported by Pfizer Regenerative Medicine Chair: Sally Temple Gordon M. Keller, McEwen Center for Regenerative Medicine, Ontario Cancer Inst., Canada Kenneth R. Chien, Harvard University, USA Christine L. Mummery, Leiden University, Netherlands Deepak Srivastava, Gladstone Institutes/UCSF, USA
10:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.	Exhibits/Posters Open
10:45 – 11:20 a.m.	Refreshment Break in the Exhibit Hall
11:30 a.m. - 1:15 p.m.	Concurrent Session III Track A: Epithelial Stem Cells Emi Nishimura Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Japan Michael Shen, Columbia University, USA Track B: MicroRNA Regulation of Stem Cells Narry Kim, Seoul National University, Korea Leanne Jones, Salk Institute, USA Track C: Targeting Cancer Stem Cells Austin Gurney, OncoMed Pharmaceuticals, USA Speaker TBD Track D: Muscle Stem Cells Supported by Eli & Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research Michael A. Rudnicki, Ottawa Health Research Institute, Canada Amy Wagers , Joslin Diabetes Center, USA Track E: Early Embryo Development Elizabeth Robertson, University of Oxford, UK Nancy Speck, University of Pennsylvania, USA
1:15 – 3:00 p.m.	Lunch on your own
1:30 – 2:00 p.m.	Commercial Tutorials
2:15 – 2:45 p.m.	Commercial Tutorials
3:00 p.m.	Posters dismantle
3:00 – 3:30 p.m.	ISSCR Business Meeting Executive Director’s Report, Treasurer’s Report, Membership Q & A
3:30 – 6:00 p.m.	Plenary VIII: Disease Modeling and Cell Replacement Chair: Olle Lindvall George Q. Daley, Children’s Hospital Boston, USA Lorenz Studer, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Ctr, USA Kevin C. Eggan, Harvard University; USA Kevin A. D’Amour, ViaCyte, USA Anne McLaren Memorial Lecture: Brigid L. Hogan, Duke University, USA
6:00 – 7:00 p.m.	Closing Reception Supported by Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Program-Children's Hospital Boston

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