21st Annual Stem Cell Symposium

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Event type: In-person
Location: Covel Commons (Map)
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AGENDA

8:00-8:30amCheck-in Begins
8:30-8:45am
 
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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"

Paul and Mildred Berg Professor, Biochemistry

Stanford University

Moderator: Brigitte Gomperts, M.D.

9:25-10:05am

 
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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.

10:05-10:30amCoffee Break
10:30-11:10am

 
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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, Berkeley Stem Cell Center

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-12:30pmLunch
12:30-1:30pmPoster Session
1:30-2:10pm

 
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Charles Murry, M.D., Ph.D.


"Heart Regeneration: Peeling an Onion?"

Director, Eli and Edythe Broad Center for Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research

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.

2:50-3:15pmCoffee Break
3:15-3:55pm

 

Tippi MacKenzie, M.D.


"Prenatal Therapies for Single Gene Disorders"

Director, Eli and Edythe Broad Institute for Regeneration Medicine

Professor, Surgery

University of California, San Francisco

Moderator: Amander Clark, Ph.D.

3:55-4:35pm

 
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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.

4:35-6pmReception

Organizing Committee

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Melody Man Hing Li, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics
Song Li, Ph.D.
Chancellor’s Professor, Bioengineering
April Pyle Headshot
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