17th Wisconsin Stem Cell Symposium

Stem Cell Innovations in Building and Rebuilding the Nervous System

HELD: APRIL 19, 2023 | Madison, WI

held: APRIL 19, 2023
Stem Cell Innovations in Building and Rebuilding the Nervous System

This Symposium is coordinated by the University of Wisconsin–Madison Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine Center and the BTC Institute. Scientists’ ability to model CNS morphogenesis, development, and disease and to treat neurodegenerative diseases using human pluripotent stem cell-derived technologies has never been greater. This symposium brought together world leaders to present and discuss recent advancements, promising strategies, and clinical trials in regenerative technologies for preventing and treating neurological disorders.

HIGHLIGHTED TOPICS:

  • Modeling neurodevelopment and neurodegeneration using iPSCs
  • Bioengineering CNS morphogenesis, development, and disease using organoids
  • Stem cell-derived cell therapies for the eye
  • Stem cell-derived cell therapies for Parkinson’s Disease
  • Big Data in CNS regenerative therapies
confirmed presenters

Kapil Bharti, Ph.D., Senior Investigator: Ocular and Stem Cell Translational Research Section, National Eye Institute, Bethesda, MD

David Gamm, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences; RRF Emmett A. Humble Distinguished Director McPherson Eye Research Institute; Sandra Lemke Trout Chair in Eye Research; Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin – Madison, Madison, WI

Li Gan, Ph.D., Professor of Neuroscience, Weill Cornell Medicine Helen & Robert Appel Alzheimer’s Disease Research Institute, New York, NY

Eyal Karzbrun, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Center District, Israel

Clemens Scherzer, M.D., Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School; Director, Precision Neurology Program and Director, Center for Advanced Parkinson Disease Research, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston MA

Andre M.M. Sousa, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience, Department of Neuroscience, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin – Madison, Madison, WI

Jun Takahashi, M.D., Ph.D., Director and Professor, Center for iPS Cell Research and Application, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Momoko Watanabe, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center, School of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA

The Symposium wAS held in-person at the biopharmaceutical technology center (BTC) on the promega corporation campus in fitchburg, WI. Promega Campus Map

POSTER SESSION + CONTEST – POSTER ABSTRACTS

Congratulations to the contest winners: 
1st Place: Yunlong Tao, UW-Madison, Zhang Lab
2nd Place: Aaron Simmons, UW-Madison, Palecek Lab
3rd place: Bo Peng, UW-Madison, Moore Lab

schedule

Presenter Abstracts

 

ARCHIVE

organizing committee

Randolph Ashton, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Wisconsin Institute of Discovery & Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Wisconsin – Madison, Madison, WI

David Gamm, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin – Madison, Madison, WI

Timothy J. Kamp, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Medicine, Cell and Regenerative Biology; Director, Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Center, University of Wisconsin – Madison, Madison, WI

Su-Chun Zhang, Ph.D., Professor, Neuroscience and Neurology, Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin – Madison, Madison, WI

Xinyu Zhao, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Neuroscience, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin – Madison, Madison, WI

POSTER JUDGES

Randolph Ashton, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Wisconsin Institute of Discovery & Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Wisconsin – Madison, Madison, WI (Chair)

Anita Bhattacharyya, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Cell and Regenerative Biology, School of Medicine and Public Health; Principal Investigator, Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin – Madison, Madison, WI

Timothy Gomez, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Neuroscience, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin – Madison, Madison, WI

Xinyu Zhao, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Neuroscience, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin – Madison, Madison, WI