SCHEDULE

6th Annual Wisconsin Stem Cell Symposium:

Reprogramming and Controlling Stem Cell Phenotype

April 27, 2011
BioPharmaceutical Technology Center, Madison, WI

Note: All speakers listed are confirmed

7:45-8:30 REGISTRATION and CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
8:30-8:40 Welcome: Robert N. Golden, M.D., Dean, School of Medicine & Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Carl E. Gulbrandsen, Ph.D., J.D., Director, Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation; William A. Linton, Chairman & CEO, Promega Corporation
8:40-9:20 Nuclear Reprogramming by Eggs and Oocytes: John Gurdon, Kt., DPhil., DSc., FRS, Emeritus Professor & Distinguished Group Leader, The Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge, UK
9:20-10:00 Epigenetic State and Genetic Stability of Human iPS Cells: James A. Thomson, Ph.D., Director, Regenerative Biology, Morgridge Institute for Research, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
10:00-10:20 BREAK AND POSTER VIEWING
10:20-11:00 Gene Networks in Stem Cells and Cancer: Stuart H. Orkin, M.D., Professor, Department of Pediatric Oncology, DFCI; Children's Hospital and Dana Farber Cancer Institute; Howard Hughes Medical Institute; Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Boston, MA
11:00-11:40 Recapitulation of Human Premature Aging by Using iPSCs from Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome: Juan Carlos Izpisúa Belmonte, Ph.D., Professor, Gene Expression Center, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA
11:40-1:00 LUNCH AND POSTER VIEWING
1:00-1:40 Of Newts and Niches: Regenerating Tissues by Mimicking Natural Processes: Helen M. Blau, Ph.D., Donald E. and Delia B. Baxter Professor & Director, Baxter Laboratory for Stem Cell Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA
1:40-2:20 Dynamically Tunable Hydrogels as 3D Culture Platforms: Kristi S. Anseth, Ph.D., Tisone Professor, Associate Professor of Surgery, HHMI Investigator, Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado-Boulder, Boulder, CO
2:20-2:40

BREAK AND POSTER VIEWING

2:40-3:20 A Chemical Approach to Cellular Reprogramming: Sheng Ding, Ph.D., Professor, Chemistry Department, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA
3:20-4:00 Tailored Synthetic Surfaces to Control Cell Propagation and Differentiation: Laura Kiessling, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Chemistry and Department of Biochemistry & Director, Keck Center for Chemical Genomics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
4:00-4:15 CONCLUDING REMARKS [TBD]
4:15-5:30 RECEPTION