Shanghai Square

Program

ISSCR International Symposium
11-13 September, 2020  |  Shanghai, China

 


Program Highlights

The International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR), together with ShanghaiTech University and Guangzhou Regenerative Medicine and Health Guangdong Laboratory, present the International Symposium Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine, taking place 11-13 September, 2020 at the ShanghaiTech University in Shanghai, China. This meeting will highlight topics from cell fate and pluripotency to disease modeling and clinical translation of cell therapies, dissecting the role of stem cells in basic biology and therapeutics alike. Join us for this exciting three-day meeting and hear from global leaders in stem cell research.

 

Friday, 11 September

13:00-14:00 | Opening Keynote
Christine Mummery, PhD, Leiden University Medical Center, Netherlands

14:00-15:00 | Pluripotency
Qi Zhou, PhD, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Austin Smith, PhD, FRS, University of Exeter, UK

15:00-15:30 | Coffee Break

15:30-17:30 | Cell Fate and Potency
Danwei Huangfu, PhD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, USA
Xiaohua Shen, PhD, Tsinghua University, China
Jinsong Li, PhD, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Ying Jin, MD, PhD, Shanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Duanqing Pei, PhD, Guangzhou Regenerative Medicine and Health-Guangdong Laboratory, China

17:30-19:30 | Reception

Saturday, 12 September

09:00-10:30 | Molecular Reprogramming
Hongkui Deng, PhD, Peking University, China     
Pengyu Huang, PhD, ShanghaiTech University, China
Kathrin Plath, PhD, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, USA

10:30-11:00 | Coffee Break

11:00-12:30 | Stem Cells & the Niche
Yi Arial Zeng, PhD, Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, SIBS, CAS, China
TBA

12:30-14:00 | Lunch and Posters

14:00-15:30 | Regeneration & Tissue Repair
Helen Blau, PhD, Stanford University, USA
Christopher Antos, PhD, School of Life Sciences and Technology ShanghaiTech University, China
Anthony Oro, MD, PhD, Stanford University, USA

15:30-16:00 | Coffee Break

16:00-17:30 | The Stem Cell - Cancer Relationship
Lijian Hui, PhD, Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, China
TBA

Dinner

Sunday, 13 September

09:00-10:30 | Emerging Technology
Nissim Benvenisty, MD, PhD, Hebrew University, Israel
In-Hyun Park, PhD, Yale University, USA
TBA

10:30-11:00 | Coffee Break

11:00-12:30 | Disease Modeling & Drug Discovery
Tannishtha Reya, PhD, University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, USA
Yi Sun, PhD, University of California, Los Angeles, USA

12:30-14:00 | Meet the Experts

14:00-15:15 | Cell Therapies
Robert Blelloch, MD, PhD, University of California, San Francisco, USA
TBA

15:15-16:10 | Closing Keynote
Michele de Luca, MD, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy