Industry Wednesday Symposia
July 8, 2009
9:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Centre Convencions Internacional
Barcelona, Spain

Thermo Fisher Scientific
New Tools and Technologies to Accelerate Stem Cell Research 

Discoveries in stem cell biology continue to advance at a rapid rate. The use of stem cells as tools for basic research and increasingly, for clinical therapies, is reported almost daily. Yet many challenges remain. This symposium will help researchers gain a better understanding of some of the newest tools and technologies they can employ to enhance their studies, including the efficient production of iPS cells; the use of stem cell progenitors to accelerate toxicology screens; the newest siRNA technology and a highly efficient transfection method that facilitates the study of gene function in neural stem cells; and the discussion of a novel surface that allows non-enzymatic subculture of stem cells and facilitates stem cell research and tissue engineering studies. This symposium will also discuss the use of proteomic technologies and high-content image analysis techniques as applied to the study of stem cell differentiation and the identification of genes and proteins involved in stem cell growth and differentiation. 

Talks and Speakers

• Faster and easier research using rapid iPS cell kits and progenitor cell lines (Steven Stice)
• Temperature-responsive UpCell surface enables enzyme-free harvesting of single cells and tissue engineering without scaffolds (Thomas Brevig)
• Efficient gene knockdown in human neural stem cells using Dharmacon Accell siRNA (Stephanie Urschel)
• A high-content imaging approach to stem cell research(Katrina Drayton)
• Protein expression profiling of stem cells with SILAC and tandem mass tag (TMT) reagents (Michael Rosenblatt)

Learning Objectives:

• The efficient production of iPS cells via a complete iPSC kit
• The use of stem cell progenitors to accelerate toxicology screens
• A novel surface that allows non-enzymatic subculture of stem cells and facilitates stem cell research and tissue engineering studies
• The newest siRNA technology and a highly efficient transfection method that facilitates the study of gene function in neural stem cells
• High-content data acquisition methods for quantitatively detecting up-regulated and down-regulated proteins that are involved in major lineage decisions
• The use of proteomic technologies and high-content image analysis as applied to the study of stem cell differentiation and the identification of the genes and proteins involved in stem cell growth and differentiation

Target audience
Scientists and researchers from academia, industry and government research whose work involves stem cell research.

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