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StemCONN
2011 brought the northeast U.S. stem cell research community to
Connecticut for a full-day scientific symposium highlighting the
most recent discoveries in stem cell research.
Tuesday
March
22, 2011
7:45 am - 5:30 pm |
Scientific Session:
Marriott
Hotel
Farmington, CT |
Commercial Session:
Marriott Hotel
Farmington, CT |
Media Coverage of the Event
CT Innovations
Blog
StemCONN
2011: CT's stem cell leadership continues (column by Paul Pescatellp)
CT
Mirror
State
showcases local expertise at stem cell symposium
Farmington
Patch
Malloy
Opens Conference
Hartford
Courant
Stem
Cell Research in State Strong, Say Conference Attendees
Is
Stem Cell Research the Fuel for Our Economic Engine?
Stem
Cell Research: 'Sexy, Hot Stuff'
Hartford
Business
Malloy
throws support behind CT's stem cell research
NBC
Connecticut via YouTube
StemCONN
2011, the latest in stem cell research (interview with Caroline
Dealy)
UConn Health
Center Today
StemCONN
2011 highlights most recent discoveries in stem cell research
Waterbury
RepublicanAmerican
Malloy
vows stem cell extension
WNPR
Morning
Edition interviews Paul Pescatello
WSHU
Researchers
say Conn. stem cell investment is paying off
PDFs
of Program
and Speakers
Printed
program, including speaker biographies
Abstracts
of speaker presentations
Abstracts
of poster presentations
Introductions
Governor
Dannel Malloy
State
of Connecticut
Featured Speakers
Fiona
Doetsch, Ph.D., Columbia University
Assistant Professor of Pathology & Cell Biology, Neuroscience,
and Neurology
Topic:
Stem cells and their niche in the adult mammalian brain
Kevin
Eggan, Ph.D., Harvard University
HHMI Early Career Scientist; Associate Professor, Dept. of Stem
Cell and Regenerative Biology; Principal Investigator Harvard Stem
Cell Institute
Topic: Leveraging Stem Cells and Reprogramming for a greater understanding of neural degeneration
Shahin
Rafii, M.D. Cornell University
Arthur Belfer Professor of Genetic Medicine; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; Director, Ansary Stem Cell Institute, Weill Cornell Medical College
Topic:
Angiocrine factors derived from the vascular niche balance
self-renewal and differentiation of organ-specific stem cells
Connecticut Scientific Speakers
Gordon G.
Carmichael, Ph.D., University of Connecticut Health Center
Professor, Department of Genetics and Medical Biology and 2010 Osborn Biomedical Science Graduate Teaching Award Recipient
Topic:
dsRNA and noncoding RNAs in human embryonic stem cells
David
J. Goldhamer, Ph.D., University of Connecticut
Associate Professor, University of Connecticut Molecular & Cell Biology Center for Regenerative Biology
Topic:
Skeletal muscle stem cells in regeneration and disease
Valerie
Horsley, Ph.D., Yale University
Assistant Professor of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology and 2010 Pew Scholar in the BioMedical Sciences
Topic:
Defining the niche for stem cells in the skin
Laura
Niklason, M.D., Ph.D., Yale University
Professor of Anesthesiology & Biomedical Engineering
Topic:
Strategies
for Lung Regeneration
Panel on 'Stem Cells for Profit?'
A discussion about stem cell commercialization
sponsored by the Economic Development Corporation of New Haven
Caroline N.
Dealy, Ph.D., University of Connecticut
Director of Research, Chondrogenics, Inc.; Associate Professor, Center for Regenerative Medicine and Skeletal Development, Department of Reconstructive Sciences, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Connecticut Health Center
Richard
Malavarca, GigaCyte
Executive Vice President, Media Development and Production
Paul
Pescatello, J.D., Ph.D., CURE
President and CEO
Timothy Shannon, M.D., Canaan Partners
Venture Partner
Panel on 'Current Status of Litigation Regarding Federal Funding of
hESC Research'
Audrey
R. Chapman, Ph.D., University of Connecticut
Health
Center
Joseph M. Healey, Jr.
Memorial Chair in
Medical Humanities and Bioethics, Division of Public Health Law
& Bioethics; Professor of Community Medicine and Healthcare
Robert
Bienstock, J.D., Yale
University
Associate General Counsel
Marianne
Horn,
R.N., J.D., Connecticut Department of Public Health
Director of Legal Services, Office of Research and Development
Lunchtime Seminar presented by Life
Technologies
Invitrogen/Applied BioSystems/Ion Torrent
Systems
Dr.
Mohan Vemuri, Life Technologies
Director,
R&D — Primary and Stem Cell Systems
Topic:
Cell
therapy relevant culture systems for stem cells
Alex
Roberston, Life Technologies
Scientific
Project Coordinator
Topic:
Personal
Genome Machine and the SOLiD 5500 XL
Other Events
The
program also featured a scientific poster session and a tour of the Cell
and Genome Sciences Building at 400 Farmington Avenue in
Farmington.
At
the end of the symposium, there will be Networking Wine &
Cheese sponsored by GigaCyte.
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