NYSCF’S Annual Translational Stem Cell Research Conference 2014
September 18, 2014
The NYSCF conference is unique: it focuses on translational stem cell research, demonstrating the potential to advance cures for the major diseases of our time.
It is designed for all professionals with an interest in stem cell research, including physicians, researchers, clinical investigators, professors, government and health officials, postdoctoral fellows and graduate students. The panels on Wednesday are designed to reach a broader audience, including the lay public.
2014 Conference Schedule
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2014
Caspary Auditorium, The Rockefeller University
8:15 – 9:00 AM Registration and Complimentary Breakfast
9:00 – 9:05 AM Introduction – Susan L. Solomon, JD – The New York Stem Cell Foundation
9:05 – 9:10 AM Welcome Remarks – Marc Tessier-Lavigne, PhD – The Rockefeller University
ROAD TO THE CLINIC
09:10 AM – 10:40 AM Panel Discussion
Chair and Moderator
Lee Rubin, PhD – Harvard University
Panelists
Gabriela Burian, MD – Independent Advisor
Kenneth R. Chien, MD, PhD – Karolinska Institutet
Peter J. Coffey, DPhil – University College London, Institute of Opthalmology
Michele De Luca, MD – University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
Kiyotoshi Sekiguchi, PhD – Laboratory of Extracellular Matrix Biochemistry Institute for Protein Research, Osaka University
LARGE SCALE, BIG DATA: STEM CELL INNOVATION
10:40 AM – 12:10 PM Panel Discussion
Chair and Moderator
Susan L. Solomon, JD – The New York Stem Cell Foundation
Panelists
George M. Church, PhD – Harvard Medical School
John Greally, PhD – Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Scott Noggle, PhD – The NYSCF Research Institute
Eric Schadt, PhD – Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
12:10 – 1:15 PM COMPLIMENTARY LUNCH & POSTER SESSION
NEURODEGENERATION
Chair: Moses V. Chao, PhD – Skirball Institute, NYU
1:15– 1:35 PM Samuel Gandy, MD, PhD – Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Evolving concepts in Alzheimer’s pathophysiology
1:40 – 2:00 PM Jeffrey Rothstein, MD, PhD – Johns Hopkins University
Personalized brain therapy for Dementia and ALS: How iPS cells are the forefront of pathophysiology and drug development
2:05 – 2:25 PM Lorenz Studer, MD – Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Manipulating in vivo function of human pluripotent stem cell grafts for Parkinson’s disease
2:30 – 3:00 PM BREAK & POSTER SESSION
REPROGRAMMING & CANCER
Chair: Ali H. Brivanlou, PhD – The Rockefeller University
3:00 – 3:20 PM Jacob Hanna, MD, PhD – Weizmann Institute of Science
Mechanisms for inducing, maintaining, and existing naive pluripotency
3:25 – 3:45 PM Catriona Jamieson, MD, PhD – University of California, San Diego
Targeted reversal of malignant reprogramming
3:50 –4:10 PM Michael Milone, MD, PhD – University of Pennsylvania
Building synthetic immunity to cancer using chimeric antigen receptors
4:15 –4:35 PM Ruth Lehmann, PhD – Helen L. and Martin S. Kimmel Center Stem Cell Biology, NYU School of Medicine
Mitochondrial localization and function in germ line stem cells
4:40 – 5:15 PM BREAK & POSTER SESSION
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
5:15 – 5:45 PM Sir Ian Wilmut, FRS, FRSE – University of Edinburgh
Development of a global induced pluripotent stem cell haplobank
PERSONALIZED MEDICINE: A CONVERSATION
5:45 – 6:30 PM Panel Discussion
Chair and Moderator
Susan L. Solomon, JD – The New York Stem Cell Foundation
Panelists
Dieter Egli, PhD – The NYSCF Research Institute
Rudolf Jaenisch, MD – The Whitehead Institute
Sir Ian Wilmut, FRS, FRSE – University of Edinburgh
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2014
Caspary Auditorium, The Rockefeller University
8:15 – 8:45 AM Registration and Complimentary Breakfast
8:45 – 8:50 AM Introduction – Susan L. Solomon, JD – The New York Stem Cell Foundation
8:50 – 9:00 AM Welcome Remarks – Kenneth Adams – Empire State Development Corporation
9:00 – 9:10 AM Welcome Remarks – Kyle Kimball – New York City Economic Development Corporation
DIABETES AND IMMUNITY
Chair: Shuibing Chen, PhD – Weill Cornell Medical College
9:10 – 9:30 AM Dan R. Littman, MD, PhD – Skirball Institute, NYU
Influence of the microbiota on host immunity, barrier function, and inflammation
9:35 – 9:55 AM Domenico Accili, MD – Columbia University Medical Center
Making insulin in the gut
10:00 – 10:20 AM Ludovic Vallier, PhD – University of Cambridge
hIPSCs to model inherited metabolic disorders
10:25 – 11:00 AM BREAK & POSTER SESSION
TRANSLATING INNOVATION
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM TBD
12:00 – 1:15 PM COMPLIMENTARY LUNCH & POSTER SESSION
GENERATING BLOOD
Chair: Ravi Majeti, MD, PhD – Stanford University
1:15 – 1:30 PM Ihor Lemischka, PhD – Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Pluripotency and beyond
1:35 – 1:50 PM Shahin Rafii, MD – Weill Cornell Medical College
Direct reprogramming of adult endothelium into functional hematopoietic stem cells
1:55 – 2:10 PM Derrick Rossi, PhD – Harvard University
Making a hematopoietic stem cells: forwards and backwards
2:15 – 2:45 PM Generating Blood: A Conversation
2:45 – 3:15 PM BREAK & POSTER SESSION
HEART AND MUSCLES
Chair: Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic, PhD – Columbia University
3:15 – 3:35 PM Christine Mummery, PhD – Leiden University Medical Center
Human pluripotent stem cells as models for cardiac and vascular disease: the new patient?
3:40 – 4:00 PM Bruce Conklin, MD – Gladstone Institute, UCSF
Precise genome engineering disease phenotypes in human iPS cells
4:05 – 4:25 PM Chuck Murry, MD, PhD – University of Washington
Heart Regeneration
4:30 – 4:50 PM Gabsang Lee, PhD – John Hopkins University School of Medicine
Chemical compounds direct human pluripotent stem cells into patient-specific skeletal muscles
4:55 – 5:15 PM BREAK & POSTER SESSION
THE 2014 NYSCF – ROBERTSON STEM CELL PRIZE RECIPIENT ADDRESS
5:15 – 5:45 PM TBD
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
5:45 – 6:15 PM Rudolf Jaenisch, MD – The Whitehead Institute
iPS technology, gene editing and disease research
6:20 PM – CLOSING RECEPTION