7th Annual Wisconsin Stem Cell Symposium:

Neural Stem Cells: Generation and Regeneration

April 11, 2012
BioPharmaceutical Technology Center, Madison, WI

Note: All speakers listed are confirmed

7:30-8:15	REGISTRATION and CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
8:15-8:30	Welcome: Robert N. Golden, M.D., Dean, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Carl E. Gulbrandsen, Ph.D., J.D., Director, Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
8:30-9:30	iPS Technology and Disease Research: Issues to Be Resolved: Rudolf Jaenisch, M.D., Member, Whitehead Institute; Professor of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA Moderator: Qiang Chang, Ph.D.
9:30-10:30	Modeling Human Retinal Disease with iPS Cells: David M. Gamm, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Retina Research Foundation/Kathryn and Latimer Murfee Chair; Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences; Waisman Center Stem Cell Research Program; Eye Research Institute; School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI Moderator: Qiang Chang, Ph.D.
10:30-10:45	BREAK
10:45-11:45	Towards a Regenerative Medicine for Multiple Sclerosis: Robin J. M. Franklin, Ph.D., Professor of Neuroscience, Cambridge Stem Cell Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK Moderator: Ian D. Duncan, Ph.D.
11:45-1:30	LUNCH AND POSTER SESSION
1:30-2:30	Self-Organized Formation of Three-Dimensional Tissues in ES Cell Culture: Yoshiki Sasai, M.D., Ph.D., Director, Neurogenesis and Organogenesis Group, RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, Kobe, Japan Moderator: Su-chun Zhang, M.D., Ph.D.
2:30-3:30	Post-Transcriptional Regulation of Adult Neural Stem Cell Fate: Xinyu Zhao, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience, Waisman Center, School of Medicine & Public Health, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI Moderator: Su-chun Zhang, M.D., Ph.D.
3:30-3:45	BREAK
3:45-4:45	Molecular Engineering of Extrinsic and Intrinsic Cues to Control Stem Cell Function: David V. Schaffer, Ph.D., Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Bioengineering, and the Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute; Director, Berkeley Stem Cell Center, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA Moderator: Anita Bhattacharyya, Ph.D.
4:45-5:15	Poster Winner & Closing Remarks
5:15-6:00	RECEPTION