22nd Annual Stem Cell Symposium

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Registration

The Symposium is free and open to the public. Online registration is now closed, but In-Person registration will be available at the event.

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	Deepak Srivastava, M.D. "Cellular Reprogramming in Human Disease" Professor, Pediatric Developmental Cardiology; Pediatrics; Biochemistry and Biophysics President, Gladstone Institutes University of California, San Francisco Moderator: April Pyle, Ph.D.
9:25-10:05am	Aileen J. Anderson, Ph.D. "Listening to the Niche: How Neural Stem Cells Turn On, Tune In, and Drop Out" Vice Chancellor for Research, UC Irvine Professor, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation; Sue and Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center University of California, Irvine Moderator: Thomas Rando, M.D., Ph.D.
10:05-10:30am	Coffee Break
10:30-11:10am	Megan McCain, Ph.D. "Engineering Microphysiological Systems to Model Human Cardiac Disorders" Associate Chair, Biomedical Engineering Professor, Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine; Biomedical Engineering University of Southern California Moderator: Steven Jonas, M.D., Ph.D.
11:10-11:50am	Sergiu P. Pasca, M.D. "Instructions Included: Assembling Human Neural Circuits to Study Disease and Develop Therapeutics" Bonnie Uytengsu and Family Director, Stanford Brain Organogenesis Program Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Stanford University Moderator: S. Lawrence Zipursky, Ph.D.
11:50am-2:00pm	Lunch and Poster Session
2:00-2:40pm	Shin Kaneko, M.D., Ph.D. "Generation of Therapeutic T Cells from iPS Cells" Professor, Center for iPS Cell Research and Application Kyoto University Moderator: Gay Crooks, M.D.
2:40-3:10pm	Linda M. Liau, M.D., Ph.D., MBA "The Next Frontier of Surgical Neuro-Oncology: Cells, Vaccines, and Viruses" Professor and Chair, Neurosurgery, Director, UCLA Brain Tumor Program University of California, Los Angeles Moderator: S. Thomas Carmichael, M.D., Ph.D.
3:10-3:30pm	Coffee Break
3:30-4:10pm	Sonja Schrepfer, M.D., Ph.D. "Hypoimmune Cell Therapy From Mice to Men" Professor, Surgery; Regenerative Medicine Institute Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Moderator: William Lowry, Ph.D.
4:10-4:50pm	Andras Nagy, M.D., Ph.D. "Engineering the Future of Cell Therapy: Strategies for Optimized, Safe, and Universal Off-The-Shelf Stem Cell Products" Senior Scientist, Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute Professor, Obstetrics and Gynaecology; Institute of Medical Science University of Toronto Moderator: Lili Yang, Ph.D.
5:00-6:00pm	Reception