WISCONSIN STEM CELL SYMPOSIUM

Neural Stem Cells: Generation and Regeneration

DATE: April 11, 2012

LOCATION: BioPharmaceutical Technology Center, Madison, WI

OVERVIEW: Coordinated by the University of Wisconsin Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine Center and BTC Institute, this symposium brings together world leaders in the area of neural stem cell generation and regeneration. The focus is on understanding the mechanisms of neural development, modeling neural disorders and harnessing the potential of neural regeneration.

TOPICS:

  • What are the key mechanisms that underlie neural development and are these mechanisms maintained in adult neurogenesis?
  • How can we use pluripotent stem cells to model neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative disorders?
  • How can we manipulate the neural stem cell niche to influence phenotype?

CONFIRMED PRESENTERS:

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; University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI)

Robin J. M. Franklin, Ph.D. (Professor of Neuroscience and Departmental Director of Research, Department of Veterinary Medicine, Cambridge Veterinary School, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK)

Rudolf Jaenisch, M.D. (Member, Whitehead Institute; Professor of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA)

Yoshiki Sasai, M.D., Ph.D. (Director, Neurogenesis and Organogenesis Group, RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, Kobe, Japan)

David V. Schaffer, Ph.D. (Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Bioengineering, and the Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute; Co-Director, Berkeley Stem Cell Center, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA)

Xinyu Zhao, Ph.D. (Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience, School of Medicine & Public Health, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI)

ABSTRACTS

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REGISTRATION
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HOTELS
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