| Date |
Presenter |
| Sep 5 |
Petter Woll - Kaufman Lab
"Hematopoietic and Endothelial Development from Human Embryonic Stem Cells: Wnt-ing the Battle"
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| Sep 12 |
Liying Zhang - Kikyo Lab
"Molecular Analysis of Oct4-binding Proteins in Embryonic Stem Cells"
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| Sep 19 |
James Dutton - Slack Lab
"Making Beta Cells from Salivary Glands"
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| Sep 26 |
Guest: Dr. William Kerr, Associate Professor, Immunology Program, H.Lee Moffitt Comprehensive Cancer Center and Research Institute, University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa, FL
"Role of SHIP in Stem Cell Biology: Seed or Soil?"
|
| Oct 3 |
Guest: Dr. Susan Bonner-Weir, Senior Investigator, Section of Islet Transplantation and Cell Biology, Joslin Diabetes Center, and Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
"Islet Growth and Regeneration: A Role for Pancreatic Progenitors"
|
| Oct 10 |
Abhishek Sohni - Verfaillie/Ekker Labs
"Identification of Genes Involved in Smooth Muscle Development"
|
| Oct 17 |
Xinghui Tian - Kaufman Lab
"Engraftment and Development of Human Embryonic Stem Cell-Derived Cells in Immunodeficient Mice"
|
| Oct 24 |
OPEN
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| Oct 31 |
Kartik Subramanian - Hu Lab
"Self-Assembly of Multipotent Adult Progenitor Cells (MAPCs) and Differentiation to the Hepatic Lineage"
|
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Nov 8
THU
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Guest: Dr. Michael Levin, Director, Forsyth Center for Regenerative and Developmental Biology, The Forsyth Institute, and Assistant Professor, Department of Developmental Biology, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, MA
"Bioelectrical Control Mechanisms in Embryonic Development and Regeneration"
|
| Nov 14 |
Mila Romanova - Kikyo Lab
"Critical Role for Nucleostemin in Protein Synthesis and Muscle Cell Differentiation"
|
| Nov 21 |
CANCELLED - THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY
|
| Nov 28 |
Tou Yia Vue - Nakagawa Lab
"Roles of Shh Signaling in Cell Fate Specification in the Developing Mouse Thalamus"
|
| Dec 5 |
CANCELLED - TO BE PRESENTED EARLY 2008
Guest: Dr. Anna Masellis, Assistant Professor (Adjunct), Department of Hematology, Oncology, and Transplantation, University of Minnesota
"Cancer Stem Cells in Pancreatic Cancer"
|
| Dec 12 |
Guest: Dr. Jonathan Marchant, Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology, University of Minnesota
"Heads or Tails: Stem Cells and Planarian Regeneration"
|
| Dec 19 |
Guest: Dr. Manami Hara, Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Chicago
"Beta-Cell Development In Vivo and In Vitro: Pathway to a Cure for Diabetes"
|
| Dec 26 |
CANCELLED - HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
|
| Jan 2 |
CANCELLED - HAPPY HOLIDAYS! |
| Jan 9 |
Guest: Dr. Yasuhiko Kawakami, Staff Scientist, Gene Expression Laboratory, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA
"Molecular and Genetic Studies of Vertebrate Limb Development and Regeneration"
|
| Jan 16 |
OPEN
|
| Jan 23 |
Yonsil Park - Hu Lab
"Differentiation of Multipotent Adult Progenitor Cells (MAPCs) into Osteogenic Lineage"
|
| Jan 30 |
Guest: Dr. Peter Zandstra, Professor, University of Toronto, Canada Research Chair in Stem Cell Bioengineering, Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, Toronto, CANADA
"Regulation of Intercellular Signaling to Guide Stem Cell Self-Renewal and Differentiation"
|
| Feb 6 |
Guest: Dr. Theodore Rasmussen, Assistant Professor, Center for Regenerative Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
"Genetic and Epigenetic Plasticity in Embryonic Stem Cell Differentiation and Reprogramming"
|
| Feb 13 |
Guest: Dr. Benjamin Deneen, Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
"NFI Genes: Of Glia and Glioma"
|
| Feb 20 |
Guest: Dr. Michael Nemeth, Hematopoiesis Section, National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH, Bethsda, MD
"Regulation of Hematopoietic Stem Cells by Canonical and Non-Canonical Wnt Signalling Pathways"
|
| Feb 27 |
Yasushi Nakagawa - SCI Faculty
"Progenitor Cell Specification and Nuclei Formation in the Developing Mouse Thalamus"
|
| Mar 5 |
NO CONFERENCE
|
| Mar 12 |
Guest: Dr. David Tosh, Centre for Regenerative Medicine, Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Bath, UK
"Understanding Liver Function: Lessons from Transdifferentiation"
|
| Mar 19 |
Guest: Dr. Rui Yi, Laboratory of Mammalian Cell Biology and Development, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY
"MicroRNA in Mammalian Skin Development and Stem Cells"
|
| Mar 26 |
Guest: Dr. Dana Levasseur, Harvard Medical School, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Children's Hospital of Boston, Cambridge, MA
"Molecular Determinants of Embryonic Stem Cell Self-Renewal"
|
| Apr 2 |
Ying (Cynthia) Chen - Slack Lab
"Regeneration in Xenopus Laevis"
|
| Apr 9 |
Guest: Dr. Alberto Hayek, Professor, Department of Pediatrics and Scientific Director of the Whittier Institute for Diabetes, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA
"In Search of a Cell-Based Therapy for Type 1 Diabetes"
|
| Apr 16 |
Naoko Koyano - SCI Faculty
"Transcription Factor Network Regulating Neurogenesis and Stem Cell Maintenance"
|
| Apr 23 |
Atsushi Asakura - SCI Faculty
"Muscle Regeneration by Muscle Stem Cells and Vasculatures: Application of Stem Cell Therapy for Muscular Dystrophy"
|
| Apr 30 |
|
| May 7 |
Guest: Dr. Anna Masellis, Assistant Professor (Adjunct), Department of Hematology, Oncology, and Transplantation, University of Minnesota
"Cancer Stem Cells in Pancreatic Cancer"
|
| May 14 |
Gufa (Kevin) Lin - Slack Lab |
| May 21 |
Hiroyuki Hirai - Asakura Lab |
| May 28 |
HyunJin Yang - MCDBG and SCI Graduate Student
Steven McLoon and Naoko Koyano, Advisors
"Progenitor Cell Maturation in the Developing Nervous System"
|
| Jun 4 |
OPEN |
| Jun 11 |
OPEN |
| Jun 18 |
OPEN |
| Jun 25 |
Guest: Dr. Cindy Martin, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine/Cardiology, University of Minnesota |
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