Date: April 17, 2019
Location: BioPharmaceutical Technology Center, Promega Corporation campus in Madison, Wisconsin
- 7:30 am - 8:15 am
Registration and Continental Breakfast
- 8:15 am - 8:20 am
WELCOME
Timothy J. Kamp
- 8:20 am - 9:40 am
SESSION 1: MSCs AND IMMUNOMODULATION
Moderator: Jenny Gumperz
- 8:20 am - 9:00 am
Multipotent Adult Progenitor Cells Suppress T Cell Activation in vivo
Karen English
- 9:05 am - 9:45 am
MSC Therapies to Mitigate Tissue Injury and Inflammation
Jacques Galipeau
- 9:40 am - 10:00 am
BREAK/POSTER SESSION
- 10:00 am - 11:20 am
SESSION 2: NK CELLS AND STEM CELLS
Moderator: Christian Capitini
- 10:00 am - 10:40 am
Improved Cancer Therapy Using Engineered Human Pluripotent Stem Cells
Dan Kaufman
- 10:40 am - 11:20 am
Off-the-shelf iPS Derived NK Cells to Treat Cancer
Jeff Miller
- 11:20 am - 12:00 pm
Rapid Fire Poster Presentations
Poster Contest Finalists
- 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
LUNCH/POSTER SESSION
- 1:30 pm - 2:50 pm
SESSION 3: TOLERANCE FOR PSC-BASED THERAPIES
Moderator: Jon S. Odorico
- 1:30 pm - 2:10 pm
Immune Rejection of Allogeneic Cell Transplants Derived from iPSCs is Prevented by Genetic Engineering
Sonja Schrepfer
- 2:10 pm - 2:50 pm
Achieving Durable Immune Tolerance of Curative Pluripotent Stem Cell Therapies, in the Absence of Immunosuppressive Drugs
Matthew E. Brown
- 2:50 pm - 3:10 pm
BREAK/POSTER SESSION
- 3:10 pm - 4:30 pm
SESSION 4: BIOENGINEERING FOR IMMUNOMODULATION
Moderator: Krishanu Saha
- 3:10 pm - 3:50 pm
Biomaterials Strategies to Promote Brain Repair after Stroke
Tatiana Segura
- 3:50 pm - 4:30 pm
Who is Orchestrating Repair - Immune Cells or Stem Cells?
Jennifer Elisseeff
- 4:30 pm - 4:45 pm
POSTER CONTEST AWARDS & CLOSING REMARKS
- 4:45 pm - 6:00 pm
RECEPTION