Program
Sunday, March 163:00 - 6:00 PMRegistration4:00 - 4:15 PMWelcome (Conference Chairs)4:15 - 5:00 PMKeynote Presentation: Stem Cell Delivery and Efficacy for Cardiac Tissue Regeneration-Philippe Menasche (Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou)5:00 - 6:00 PMRapid Fire Poster...
Sunday, March 16
| 3:00 - 6:00 PM | Registration | ||
| 4:00 - 4:15 PM | Welcome (Conference Chairs) | ||
| 4:15 - 5:00 PM | Keynote Presentation: Stem Cell Delivery and Efficacy for Cardiac Tissue Regeneration-Philippe Menasche (Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou) | ||
| 5:00 - 6:00 PM | Rapid Fire Poster Presentations | ||
| 6:00 - 7:00 PM | Welcome Reception and Poster Session | ||
Monday, March 17 |
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| 7:30 AM - 12:00 PM | Registration | ||
| 8:00 - 8:30 AM | Breakfast | ||
| 8:30 - 9:15 AM | Keynote Presentation: Linda Griffith (MIT) | ||
| 9:15 - 9:45 AM | Coffee Break | ||
| 9:45 - 11:35 AM | Session 1: Extracellular Programming & Reprogramming | ||
| Chairs: Bill Murphy (University of Wisconsin) and Bob Nerem (Georgia Tech) | |||
| 9:45 - 10:15 AM | Invited Speaker: Force As a Regulator of Mesodermal Differentiation- Taby Ahsan (Tulane University) | ||
| 10:15 - 10:35 AM | Decellularized Extracellular Matrix Based Scaffolds for Regenerative Medicine- Karen Christman (UC, San Diego) | ||
| 10:35 - 10:55 AM | Engineering Cell Fate By Controlling Cell-Matrix Interactions on Geometrically Defined Peptide Surfaces- Kris Killian (University of Illinois) | ||
| 10:55 - 11:15 AM | Mimicking the Niche - the Potential of Cell-Derived Extracellular Matrices to Support Human Bone Marrow Stem Cells- Marina Prewitz (IPFDD) | ||
| 11:15 - 11:35 AM | Adhesion Topology Guides Stem Cell Fate- Adam Engler (UC, San Diego) | ||
| 11:35 - 1:00 PM | Lunch | ||
| 1:00 - 2:50 PM | Session 2: Intracellular Programming & Reprogramming | ||
| Chairs: Kris Saha (University of Wisconsin) and Justin Ichida (USC) | |||
| 1:00 - 1:30 PM | Invited Speaker: Molecular Elucidation and Engineering of the Stem Cell Fate Decisions- David Schaffer (UC Berkeley) | ||
| 1:30 - 1:50 PM | TAL-Based Editing of iPSCs for the Study of Parkinson's Disease- Kurt Vogel (LifeTech) | ||
| 1:50 - 2:10 PM | Induction of Somatosensory Neural Lineage from Human and Mouse Fibroblasts- Joel Blanchard (Scripps Research Institute) | ||
| 2:10 - 2:30 PM | Drug-Loaded Nanoparticles Induce Gene Expression in Human Pluripotent Stem Cell Derivatives- Kris Saha (University of Wisconsin) | ||
| 2:30 - 2:50 PM | p53 Inhibits the Direct Conversion of Fibroblasts into Motor Neurons- Kimberly Babos (University of Southern California) | ||
| 2:50 - 3:20 PM | Coffee Break | ||
| 3:20 - 5:10 PM | Session 3: Imaging & Analytical Technologies | ||
| Session Chair: Joseph Wu (Stanford University) and Brenda Ogle (University of Minnesota) | |||
| 3:20 - 3:50 PM | Invited Speaker: David Scadden (MGH, Harvard) | ||
| 3:50 - 4:10 PM | Selection Mechanisms during Culture Adaptation in Stable Human Pluripotent Stem Cell Cultures- Raj Rao (Virginia Commonwealth University) | ||
| 4:10 - 4:30 PM | Cell Fate, Morphogenesis and Biophysical Dynamics within Pluripotent Microenvironments- Melissa Kinney (Georgia Tech) | ||
| 4:30 - 4:50 PM | Intracellular Labeling of Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Neural Progenitor Aggregates with Micron-Sized Particles of Iron Oxide for Magnetic Resonance Imaging- Yan Li (Florida State University) | ||
| 4:50 - 5:10 PM | Multiphoton-Based Fabrication of 3D ECM Scaffolds Via Modulated Raster Scanning- Brenda Ogle (University of Minnesota) | ||
| 5:10 - 6:00 PM | Rapid Fire Poster Session | ||
| 6:00 - 7:00 PM |
Reception and Poster Session |
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Tuesday, March 18 |
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| 7:00 AM - 12:00 PM | Registration | ||
| 8:00 - 8:30 AM | Breakfast | ||
| 8:30 - 9:15 AM | Keynote Presentation: Reprogramming Approaches for Cardiovascular Disease- Deepak Srivastava (Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease) | ||
| 9:15 - 9:45 AM | Coffee Break | ||
| 9:45 - 11:35 AM | Session 4: Stem Cell Tissue Engineering & Morphogenesis | ||
| Session Chairs: Sharon Gerecht (Johns Hopkins University) and Penney Gilbert (University of Toronto) | |||
| 9:45 - 10:15 AM | Invited Speaker: Deriving Complex Endodermal Organ Tissues from Human Pluripotent Stem Cells As Models for Development and Disease Research- Jim Wells (University of Cincinnati) | ||
| 10:15 - 10:35 AM | Cardiac Differentiation of Hipscs in 3D Hydrogels- Elizabeth Lipke (Auburn University) | ||
| 10:35 - 10:55 AM | Human Mesenchymal Stem Cell Spheroids in Fibrin Hydrogels Exhibit Improved Cell Survival and Potential for Bone Healing- Kent Leach (UC, Davis) | ||
| 10:55 - 11:15 AM | Actin-Mediated Contractility in Three-Dimensional Aggregates of Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells- Teng Ma (Florida State University) | ||
| 11:15 - 11:35 AM | Biologically Driven Assembly of Human Tissues in Synthetic Environments- Bill Murphy (University of Wisconsin) | ||
| 11:35 AM - 1:00 PM | Lunch | ||
| 1:00 - 2:50 PM | Session 5: Regenerative Therapies | ||
| Chairs: Joe Gold (Stanford University) and Karen Christman (UC, San Diego) | |||
| 1:00 - 1:20 PM | In Vitro Scalable Production of Mature, Glucose-Responsive β Cells from Human Embryonic Stem Cells for Therapy and Drug Screening- Jeffrey Millman (Harvard University) | ||
| 1:20 - 1:40 PM | Invited Speaker: A Synergistic Biomaterial/Pharmacologic Approach to Rejuvenate the Aged Muscle Stem Cell Population - Penney Gilbert (University of Toronto) | ||
| 1:40 - 2:00 PM | Amniotic Fluid Stem Cell Derived Endothelial Cells As a Vascular Source for Tissue Engineering- Jeffrey Jacot (Rice University) | ||
| 2:00 - 2:20 PM | Purification of Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Neural Progenitors for Regenerative Medicine Applications- Tiago Fernandes (University of Lisbon) | ||
| 2:20 - 2:50 PM | Coffee Break | ||
| 2:50 - 4:40 PM | Session 6: Bioprocessing and Biomanufacturing Strategies | ||
| Chairs: Joaquim Cabral (IST) and Chriss Hewitt (Loughborough) | |||
| Invited Speaker: Peter Zandstra (University of Toronto) | |||
| 2:50 - 3:20 PM | Invited Speaker: Engineering Stem Cell Fate to Enable Human Cell- and Tissue-Based Drug Screening and Development- Peter Zandstra (University of Toronto) | ||
| 3:20 - 3:40 PM | Stem Cell Bioprocessing of Skin-Derived Precursor Cells (SKPs) in Stirred Suspension Bioreactors- Michael Kallos (University of Calgary) | ||
| 3:40 - 4:00 PM | Suspension Culture and Cardiomyogenic Differentiation of Human Pluripotent Stem Cells in Stirred Bioreactor Systems- Robert Zweigerdt (Hannover Medical School) | ||
| 4:00 - 4:20 PM | Evaluating the Effects of Standard Cryopreservation Protocols on Human Mesenchymal Stem Cell Survival and Quality- Karen Coopman (Loughborough University) | ||
| 4:20 - 4:40 PM | Nutrient Regulation By Continuous Feeding Removes Limitations on Cell Yield in the Large-Scale Expansion of Mammalian Cell Spheroids- Meri Firpo (Univeristy of Minnesota) | ||
| 4:40-5:40 PM | Reception | ||
Wednesday, March 19 |
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| 7:30 - 9:00 AM | Registration | ||
| 8:00 - 8:30 AM | Breakfast | ||
| 8:30 - 9:15 AM | Keynote Presentation: Bioinspired Platforms for Directing Human Pluripotent Stem Cell Fate Choices- Sean Palecek, University of Wisconsin | ||
| 9:15 - 11:05 AM | Session 7: Microtechnologies & High Throughput Screening | ||
| Chairs: Raj Rao (Virginia Commonwealth University) | |||
| 9:15 - 9:45 AM | Invited Speaker: Anti-Cancer Drug Screening using 3D Vascularized Microphysiological Systems- Steven George (UC Irvine) | ||
| 9:45 - 10:05 PM | Accelerating Development of Stem Cell-Derived Therapies Using Multiplexed Microbioreactor Arrays- Justin Cooper-White (University of Queensland) | ||
| 10:05 - 10:25 AM | Single-Cell Western Blotting to Probe Stem Cell Signaling and Differentiation- Dawn Spelke (UC, Berkeley) | ||
| 10:25 - 10:45 AM | Lentiviral Arrays for High-Throughput, Live Monitoring Gene and Pathway Activation during Stem Cell Differentiation- Stelios Andreadis (University of Buffalo) | ||
| 10:45 - 11:15 AM | Coffee Break | ||
| 11:15 - 12:50 PM | Session 8: Computational Stem Cell Biology | ||
| Chairs: Jeanne Loring (Scripps Research Institute) and Karen Coopman (Loughborough University) | |||
| 11:15 - 11:35 AM | Metabolic Impact of Culture Media on Pluripotent Stem Cell Growth and Differentiation- Hui Zhang (UC, San Diego) | ||
| 11:35 - 11:55 AM | Linking Proliferation Dynamics and Culture Density to Human Pluripotent Stem Cell Differentiation Proclivity- Manolis Tzanakakis (University of Buffalo) | ||
| 11:55 - 12:15 PM | Quantitative Spatial and Temporal Pattern Classification of Embryonic Stem Cell Aggregate Differentiation- Douglas White (Georgia Tech) | ||
| 12:15 - 12:30 PM | Conference Close (Conference Chairs) | ||
