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7th Annual Stem Cell Science Symposium

Schedule of Events

8:30 amOpening Remarks – Aileen Anderson, PhD
8:45 amSally Temple, PhD
Neural Stem Cell Institute
“Stem cell-based Approaches to Age-related Neurodegenerative Diseases”
9:25 amBreak
9:35 amLeslie Thompson, PhD
University of California, Irvine
“Stem cells and Huntington’s disease – insights into disease mechanisms and therapeutics”
10:00 amLisa Flanagan, PhD
University of California, Irvine
“Neural stem cell glycosylation impacts fate”
10:25 amRobert Hunt, PhD
University of California, Irvine
“Interneuron transplantation & TBI therapy”
10:50 amBreak
11:00 amMehrdad Abedi, MD
University of California, Davis
11:40 amAngela Fleischman, MD, PhD
University of California, Irvine
“Impact of Inflammation on Normal and Malignant Hematopoietic Stem Cells”
12:05 pmLunch
1:00 pmCamilla Forsberg, PhD
University of California, Santa Cruz
“Chasing Mavericks: Developmental Waves of Hematopoiesis”
1:40 pmRichard Van Etten, MD, PhD
University of California, Irvine 
“Targeting Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Stem Cells: A Systems Biology Approach”
2:05 pmLunch
2:15 pmChristine Mummery, PhD
Leiden University Medical Center
“Multicellular systems from human pluripotent stem cells to study cardiovascular disease”
2:55 pmAnna Grosberg, PhD
University of California, Irvine
“Exploring the Heart: from Genetic Mutations to Tissue Function”
3:20 pmChristopher Hughes, PhD
University of California, Irvine
“Personalized Medicine: The Promise of Stem Cell-Derived Tissues”
3:45 pmLeon Schurgers, PhD
Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht
“Role of vascular smooth muscle cells in vascular calcification”
4:30 pmSymposium Concludes