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UCLA BSCRC Stem Cell Symposium

21st Annual Stem Cell Symposium

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Date: Fri, Feb 7, 2025, All day

Event type: In-person

Location: Covel Commons (Map)

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AGENDA

8:00-8:30am	Check-in Begins
8:30-8:45am	Welcome Remarks by Thomas Rando, M.D., Ph.D. Director, Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at UCLA
8:45-9:25am	Mark Krasnow, M.D., Ph.D. "Lung Stem Cells, their Niches, and the Initiation of Lung Cancer" Executive Director, Wall Center for Pulmonary Vascular Disease Paul and Mildred Berg Professor, Biochemistry Stanford University Moderator: Brigitte Gomperts, M.D.
9:25-10:05am	Aparna Bhaduri, Ph.D. "Understanding Cell Types in the Developing Human Brain and Glioblastoma" Assistant Professor, Biological Chemistry University of California, Los Angeles Moderator: Lili Yang, Ph.D.
10:05-10:30am	Coffee Break
10:30-11:10am	Samira Musah, Ph.D. "Advancing Stem Cell Differentiation and Human Disease Modeling with Organ Chips" Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering Assistant Professor, Medicine, Nephrology Duke University Moderator: Melody Li, Ph.D.
11:10-11:50am	David V. Schaffer, Ph.D. "Engineering Biomaterial Microenvironments to Scale Stem Cell Expansion and Differentiation for Clinical Translation" Director, California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Bioengineering, and Neuroscience University of California, Berkeley Moderator: April Pyle, Ph.D.
11:50am-12:30pm	Lunch
12:30-1:30pm	Poster Session
1:30-2:10pm	Charles Murry, M.D., Ph.D. "Heart Regeneration: Peeling an Onion?" Director, Eli and Edythe Broad Center for Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research Professor and Chair, Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine University of Southern California Moderator: Arjun Deb, M.D.
2:10-2:50pm	Shuibing Chen, Ph.D. "Human Pluripotent Stem Cells, Organoids and Drug Screening" Director, Center for Genomic Health Vice Chair, Innovation, Surgery Kilts Family Professor, Surgery & Biochemistry Cornell University Moderator: Song Li, Ph.D.
2:50-3:15pm	Coffee Break
3:15-3:55pm	Tippi MacKenzie, M.D. "Prenatal Therapies for Single Gene Disorders" Director, Eli and Edythe Broad Center for Regeneration Medicine and Stem Cell Research Professor, Surgery University of California, San Francisco Moderator: Amander Clark, Ph.D.
3:55-4:35pm	George Daley, M.D., Ph.D. "Hematopoietic Lineages from Pluripotent Stem Cells" Dean, Harvard Medical School Caroline Shields Walker Professor, Medicine Professor, Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology Harvard University Moderator: Thomas Rando, M.D., Ph.D.
4:35-6pm	Reception

Organizing Committee

Melody Man Hing Li, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics

Chancellor’s Professor, Bioengineering

April Pyle, Ph.D.

Professor and Vice Chair, Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics

Lili Yang smiles in a UCLA lab.

Lili Yang, Ph.D.

Professor, Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics

BSCRC director Thomas Rando smiles at the camera and sports a grey suit jacket.

Thomas A. Rando, M.D., Ph.D.

Director, UCLA Broad Stem Cell Research Center

The Symposium is supported by a generous Endowment from the Margaret M. Bloomfield Family Foundation.