BIT's 2nd Annual Congress of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell at 2009 4th China Medical Biotech Forum Theme: Open a Whole New World
Time: August 8-10, 2009 Venue: Dalian, China
Aug. 7, 2009 (Friday)
Time
Dalian World Expo Center
8:00-20:00
Registration
Aug. 8, 2009 (Saturday)
Opening Ceremony and Keynote Forum
Time
Activities
Aug.8, 2009 (Saturday)
9:00-12F00
Opening Ceremony & Keynote Forum
Track 1 Technology Development of Stem Cells
Aug.8, 2009 (Saturday) 13:30-17:30
Track1-1: Embryonic and Adult Stem Cells
Session Chair: Dr. Kuldip Sidhu, Professor, Director, Stem Cell Lab, Chair, Stem Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine, The University of New South Wales (UNSW), Australia Co-Chair: Call for Co-Host
13:30-13:50
Title: Recent Studies Assessing the Proliferative Capability of a Novel Adult Stem Cell Identified in Menstrual Blood Dr. Julie G. Allickson, Vice President Laboratory Operations, Research & Development, Cryo-Cell International, Inc., USA
13:50-14:10
Title:A Saga of Definitive Endoderm from hESCs-A Tale of Two Genes? Dr. Kuldip Sidhu, Professor, Director, Stem Cell Lab Chair, Stem Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine, The University of New South Wales (UNSW), Australia
14:10-14:30
Title: A Live Cellular Vaccine based on Wild-type Mesenchymal Stem Cells Exerts an Anticarcinogenic Bioprevention Effect Against Unestablished Lung Cancer Dr. Xia Zhao, Professor, Vice President, Second West China Hospita , Sichuan University, China
14:30-14:50
Title: Production of Offspring from a Germline Stem Cell Line Derived from Postnatal Ovaries Dr. Ji Wu, Professor, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
14:50-15:10
Title:Stress-induced Loss of Pluripotency Dr. Chris O'Neill, Director, Sydney Centre for Developmental and Regenerative Medicine, Associate Professor, Medicine, Northern Clinical School, The University of Sydney, Australia
15:10-15:25
Coffee Break
15:25-15:45
Title: Cause and Consequences of Epigenetic Changes in Human Embryonic Stem Cells Dr. Ernst Wolvetang, Associate Professor, Group leader, Stem Cell Engineering Group, Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, Australia
15:45-16:05
Title: Pluripotency and Lineage Specification in the early Embryo Dr. Adam Hart, Head, Molecular Embryology Laboratory, Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, Monash University, Australia
16:05-16:25
Speech Opportunity Available
16:25-16:45
Title:Hmeatopoietic Stem Cell Niche in Bone Marrow Dr. Fumio Arai, Assistant Professor, Department of Cell Differentiation, The Sakaguchi Laboratory of Developmental Biology, School of Medicine, Keio University, Japan
16:45-17:05
Title: Differentation potential of Mesenchymal Stem Cells into Cardiomyocytes in Respose to Ischaemia Dr. Asmat Salim, Assistant Professor, Principal Investigator, Dr. Panjwani Center for Molecular Medicine and Drug Research, International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences, University of Karachi, Pakistan
17:05-17:30
Panel Discussion 3-5 topics will be proposed by Session Chair
Aug.8, 2009 (Saturday)
13:30-17:30
Track 1-2: Cancer Stem Cells
Session Chair:Dr. J. Milburn Jessup, Chief, Cancer Diagnosis Program, Diagnostics Evaluation Branch, NCI, USA Co-Chair: Dr. Suling Liu, Sr. Research Investigator/Research Faculty, Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Michigan, USA
13:30-13:55
Keynote speech Opportunity Available
13:55-14:20
Title:Expression of Nanog is Associated with Cancer Stem Cell-like Function in Human Colorectal Carcinoma (CRC) Cell Lines Dr. J. Milburn Jessup, Chief, Cancer Diagnosis Program, Diagnostics Evaluation Branch, NCI, USA
14:20-14:45
Title: CD44 as a Marker for Colorectal Cancer Stem Cell Dr. Quan Chen, Investigator, The Laboratory of Apoptosis and Cancer Biology, IOZ, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
14:45-15:10
Speech Opportunity Available
15:10-15:25
Coffee Break
15:25-15:50
Title:Mesenchymal Stem Cells Regulate Breast Cancer Stem Cells Defining a Cancer Stem Cell Niche Dr. Suling Liu, Sr. Research Investigator/Research Faculty, Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Michigan, USA
15:50-16:15
Speech Opportunity Available
16:15-16:40
Title: Liver Cancer Stem Cell Epithelial-mesenchymal Transition Associated with Tumor Growth and Chemotherapy Resistance Dr. Carl Bart Rountree, Assistant Professor, Pediatrics and Pharmacology, Penn State College of Medicine, USA
16:40-17:05
Title: Mouse Fibroblasts Lacking RB1 Function form Spheres and Undergo Reprogramming to a Cancer Stem Cell Phenotype Dr. Yongqing Liu, Instructor, Brown Cancer Center, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Louisville Health Sciences Center, USA
17:05-17:30
Panel Discussion 3-5 topics will be proposed by Session Chair
Aug.8,2009 (Saturday) 13:30-17:30
Track 1-3: Stem Cell Epigenetics and Cell Reprogramming
Session Chair:Dr. Ping Zhang, Associate Professor of Medicine and Physiology, Section of Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Louisiana State University Medical Center, USA Co-Chair: Dr. Fangming Lin, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Nephrology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, USA
13:30-14:00
Keynote speech Opportunity Available
14:00-14:30
Title: LKS Cells, Phenotypic Conversion, and the Granulopoietic Response to Bacterial Infection Dr. Ping Zhang, Associate Professor of Medicine and Physiology, Section of Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Louisiana State University Medical Center, USA
14:30-15: 00
Title:Oocyte-mediated Nuclear Reprogramming and the Possibility of Oocyte Engineering Dr. Huizhen Sheng, Professor, Center for Developmental Biology Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, China
15:00-15:15
Coffee Break
15:15-15:45
Title: Reprogramming of Hematopoietic Stem Cells to Treat Acute Kidney Injury Dr. Fangming Lin, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Nephrology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, USA
15:45-16:15
Title: Chromatin Remodelling: The Key to Reprogram Adult Stem/Progenitor Cells in Vtro and to Open the Way for Hepatic Differentiation Dr. Sarah Snykers, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Toxicology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
16:15-16:45
Title: Alternative Expression of Parental Genomes in Embryonic Stem Cell-fibroblast Cell Hybrids is Determined by Ploidy of Somatic Partner Dr. Anna Kruglova, Research Fellow, Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Russia
16:45-17:10
Panel Discussion 3-5 topics will be proposed by Session Chair
Aug.8,2009 (Saturday)
13:30-17:30
Track 1-4: iPSC, and Directed Differentiation of Human Pluripotent Stem Cells
Session Chair:Call for Host Co-Chair: Call for Co-Host
13:30-14:00
Keynote speech Opportunity Available
14:00-14:30
Title:Turning Your Skin Cells into Pluripotent Stem Cells for Personalized Therapy–Are We There yet? Dr. Yupo Ma, Professor, Head of Stem Cell Program, Chief of Hematopathology, Medical Director of Flow Cytometry Lab, Nevada Cancer Institute, USA
14:30-15:00
Title: Learning about iPS Reprogramming Using the Mouse Model Dr. Miguel A. Esteban, Investigator, South China Institute of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Guangzhou Institute of Biomedicine and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
15:00-15:15
Coffee Break
15:15-15:45
Speech Opportunity Available
15:45-16:15
Title: Differentiation of Human Embryonic Stem Cells into Mesodermal-lineage Cell Types by Modulating MEK/ERK and BMP4bsignaling Pathways Dr. Yong-Mahn Han, Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, KAIST, Korea
16:15 -16:45
Title: Development of Cell Processing and Banking Systems of Human Stem Cells for Regenerative Medicine Dr. Yonehiro Kanemura, Surgery Doctor, Department of Regenerative Medicine, Institute for Clinical Research, Osaka National Hospital, National Hospital Organization, Japan
16:45-17:10
Panel Discussion 3-5 topics will be proposed by Session Chair
Track 2 Stem Cells, Diseases and Therapeutics Development
Aug.9,2009 (Sunday) 08:30-12:10
Track 2-1: Neural and Cardiac Diseases and Stem Cell Therapy
Session Chair: Call for Host Co-Chair:Dr. Christof Stamm, Researcher, German Heart Institute Berlin, Germany
08:30-09:00
Keynote speech Opportunity Available
09:00-09:30
Title: Stimulating Natural Stem Cell Systems in Treatment of Cardiovascular Diseases Dr. Edimar A Bocchi, Professor, Heart Institute of São Paulo University Medical School, Brazil
09:30-10:00
Title: Supportive Cell Therapy in Patients with End-Stage Heart Failure Dr. Christof Stamm, Researcher, German Heart Institute Berlin, Germany
10:00-10:15
Coffee Break
10:15-10:45
Title: Therapeutic Angiogenesis using Adipose-derived Mesenchymal Stem Cell in Patients with Buergerfs Disease Dr. Sang Hong Baek, Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, School of Medicine; Director of Heart Failure, Transplantation Program and Preventive Cardiology, Director of Coronary Care Unit and IRB, Director of Cardiovascular Research Labarotory, Cardiovascular Center, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, Korea
10:45-11:15
Title: Modification of Mesenchymal Stem Cells for Therapeutic Application Dr. Ki-Chul Hwang, Associate Professor, Cardiovascular Research Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Korea
11:15-11:45
Title: Therapeutic Angiogenesis for Stroke Patients to Enhance Endogenous Neurogenesis Dr. Akihiko Taguchi, Laboratory chiefs, Department of Cerebrovascular Disease, National Cardiovascular Center, Japan
11:45-12:10
Panel Discussion 3-5 topics will be proposed by Session Chair
Aug.9,2009 (Sunday) 08:30-12:30
Track 2-2: Liver and Diabetes and Stem Cell Therapy
Session Chair:Dr. Andreas K. Nüssler, Professor, Department of Traumatology, Technical University of Munich, Germany Co-Chair: Dr. Bangyan Stiles, Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Southern California, USA
08:30-09:00
Keynote speech Opportunity Available
09:00-09:30
Title: Use of Monocyte-derived Hepatocytes in Drug Development and as Possible Clinical Tool Dr. Andreas K. Nüssler, Professor, Department of Traumatology, Technical University of Munich, Germany
09:30 -10:00
Title: Cellular Therapies for Liver Disease - Lessons from Basic Science Dr. Michael Ott, Associate Professor, Laboratory for Cell and Gene Therapy, Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endocrinology, Hannover Medical School, Germany
10:00-10:15
Coffee Break
10:15-10:45
Title: Cell Autonomous and Paracrine Effects of PTEN Signaling on the Regeneration of Pancreatic b-cells Dr. Bangyan Stiles, Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Southern California, USA
10:45-11:15
Title:Clinical Use of Stem Cells for Liver Regeneration: Preliminary Experience and Future Perspectives Dr. Marcello Maestri, Liver Surgery, IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo and University of Pavia, Italy
11:15 -11:45
Title: Therapeutic Use of Identical Embryonic Stem Cells in Diabetic Mouse Dr. Hilmi Ozden, Associate Professor, Department of Anatomy, Eskisehir Osmangazi University, Turkey
11:45-12:10
Panel Discussion 3-5 topics will be proposed by Session Chair
Aug.9,2009 (Sunday) 08:30-12:30
Track 2-3: Oncology and Tumor Stem Cell Therapy
Session Chair:Dr.Gang Li, Professor in Stem Cells and Regeneration, School of Biomedical Sciences, The Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, Department of Orthopaedics & Traumatology, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China Co-Chair: Call for Co-Host
08:30-09:00
Keynote speech Opportunity Available
09:00-09:30
Title: MSCs and Cancer: Their Interplay Dr.Gang Li, Professor in Stem Cells and Regeneration, School of Biomedical Sciences, The Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, Department of Orthopaedics & Traumatology, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
09:30 -10:00
Title: Reprogramming of Stem Cells Dr. Michael Klentze, Professor, Udayana University Denpasar, Indonesia, International Medical Director, VitalLife, c/o Bumrungrad Hospital, Thailand
10:00-10:15
Coffee Break
10:15-10:45
Speech Opportunity Available
10:45-11:15
Title: Targeting HER-2/NEU and Basal-like Breast Cancer Initiating Cells Using Existing and Novel Mouse Models Dr. Eldad Zacksenhaus, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology, Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Canada
11:15 -11:45
Title: The Role of Obesity and Adipose-derived Stem Cells in Cancer Dr. Mikhail Kolonin, Assistant Professor, Centre for Stem Cell Research, The Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center, USA
11:45-12:10
Panel Discussion 3-5 topics will be proposed by Session Chair
Aug.9,2009 (Sunday) 08:30-12:30
Track 2-4: Stem Cell Transplantation and Tolerance
Session Chair: Call for Host Co-Chair:Dr James Chan, Advisory Committee Member, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash Institute of Medical Research Centre for Inflammatory Disease, Monash University, Australia
08:30-09:00
Keynote speech Opportunity Available
09:00-09:30
Title: Total Marrow and Lymph Node Irradiation (TMLI) with Fludarabine (FLU) and Melphalan (MEL) is Well Tolerated and May Result in Improved Outcome in Patients (pts) with Advanced Hematological Malignancies Dr. Joseph Rosenthal, Director, Pediatric Hematology & Bone Marrow Transplantation, City of Hope, USA
09:30-10:00
Title: Fetal Stem Cells and Opportunities for Regenerative Medicine Dr. Jerry Chan, Assistant Professor, Experimental Fetal Medicine Group, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, Singapore
10:10-10:15
Coffee Break
10:15-10:45
Title: Gene Therapy for the Treatment of Autoimmune Diseases by the Induction of Immunological Tolerance Dr James Chan, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash Institute of Medical Research Centre for Inflammatory Disease, Monash University, Australia
10:45-11:15
Speech Opportunity Available
11:15-11:45
Title: The Lung as a Target Organ of Acute and Chronic Graft Versus Host Disease: Insights into Pathophysilogy and Novel Therapeutic Approaches Dr.Gerhard C. Hildebrandt, Clinical Researcher, Department of Hematology and Oncology, University of Regensburg Medical Center, Regensburg, Germany
11:45-12:10
Panel Discussion 3-5 topics will be proposed by Session Chair
Aug.9,2009 (Sunday) 08:30-12:30
Track 2-5: Stem Cell and Therapeutics Development
Session chair: Call for Host Co-Chair: Dr. Premjit Arpornmaeklong, Associate Professor, Research Fellow, The University of Michigan School of Dentistry, USA; Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Dept, School of Dentistry, Prince of Songkla University, Thailand
08:30-09:00
Title: The Challenges Facing the Stem Cell Therapy in a Market Dominated by Biotech Block Bustards Dr. Avinoam Kadouri, Chief Executive Officer, Rainbow Biotechnologies Sarl, Switzerland
09:00-09:30
Title: Stem cells for Stress Urinary Incontinence: The Adipose Promise Dr. Régis Roche, Group leader, Obesity and Inflammation& Stem Cells and Adipose tissue, Laboratoire of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Reunion Island
University, France
09:30-10:00
Title: Autologous Limbal Stem Cells: A multicentric Clinical Trial Experience Dr. Goutam Pujari, Head RLS Clinical Research, Dhirubhai Ambani Life Sciences Centre, Reliance Life Sciences, India
10:00-10:15
Coffee Break
10:15-10:45
Speech Opportunity Available
10:45-11:15
Title:Osteoblastic Differentiation and Bone Formation Capacity of Human Embryonic Stem Cells Dr. Premjit Arpornmaeklong, Associate Professor, Research Fellow, The University of Michigan School of Dentistry, USA; Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Dept, School of Dentistry, Prince of Songkla University, Thailand
11:15-11:45
Title: Stem Cell Therapy in Mice Compressive Spinal Cord Injury Dr.Ana Maria Blanco Martinez, Coordinator of the Basic and Clinal Neuroscience Research Program, Department of Histology and Embryology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Center for Health Sciences, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
11:45-12:10
Panel Discussion 3-5 topics will be proposed by Session Chair
Track 3 Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine
Aug.9,2009 (Sunday)
13:30-17:30
Track 3-1: Scaffolding Materials and Bioreactor System in Tissue Engineering
Session Chair: Call for Host Co-Chair: Call for Co-Host
13:30-14:00
Title: Novel Biomaterials for Skeletal Tissue Regeneration: In vitro and in vivo Studies Dr. Hala Zreiqat, Head, Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering Research Group, Biomedical Engineering, School of Aerospace, Mechanical & Mechatronic Engineering, The University of Sydney; Founder of the Sydney University Tissue Engineering Network (SuTEN), Australia
14:00-14:30
Title: The Role of Dynamic Strain in Cardiomyogenic Differentiation in Human Periodontal Ligament Stem Cells Dr. Herman S. Cheung, James L. Knight Professor of Biomedical Engineering; Senior VA Research Career Scientist, University of Miami, USA
14:30-15: 00
Speech Opportunity Available
15:00-15:15
Coffee Break
15:15-15:45
Title:In-vivo Bioreactor for Tissue Engineered Trachea Reconstruction Dr. Qiang Tan, Clinic of Thoracic Surgery, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland
15:45-16:15
Title: Perspective of Bioartificial Liver and Pancreas Dr. Katsutoshi Naruse, Division of Artificial Organs and Transplantation, Department of Surgery,University of Tokyo, Japan
16:15-16:45
Speech Opportunity Available
16:45-17:10
Panel Discussion 3-5 topics will be proposed by Session Chair
Aug.9,2009 (Sunday)
13:30-17:30
Track 3-2: Biomimetic Tissue Engineering and Biomaterial-based Tissue Regeneration
Session Chair: Call for Host Co-Chair: Call for Co-Host
13:30-14:00
Keynote speech Opportunity Available
14:00-14:30
Title: Layered and Heterogeneous Scaffolds for Subchondral Bone and Osteochondral Tissue Engineering Dr. Simon X. Miao, Associate Professor in Biomaterials, Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation (and School of Engineering Systems), Queensland University of Technology, Australia
14:30-15: 00
Title: Ex-vivoDifferentiation of Mesenchymal Stem Cells: Towards Biofabrication of Vascularized Bone Tissue Dr. Razi Vago, Professor, Department of Biotechnology Engineering, Ben-Gurion University of The Negev, Israel
15:00-15:15
Coffee Break
15:15-15:45
Speech Opportunity Available
15:45-16:15
Title:Experimental Reconstruction of Cervical Trachea with Allografts Treated by Vitrified Cryopreservation Dr. Hongcan Shi, Professor & Chief, Department of Thracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, School of Medicine, Yangzhou University Medical School, China
16:15-16:45
Title:Dynamic Connective Tissue of Echinoderms: A Promise for Smart Biomimetic Substrates for Tissue Regeneration Dr. Alice Barbaglio, PostDoc, Biology Department, University of Milan, Italy
16:45-17:10
Panel Discussion 3-5 topics will be proposed by Session Chair
Aug.9,2009 (Sunday)
13:30-17:30
Track 3-3: Nanotechnologies, Imaging/Tracking Technologies in Regenerative Medicine
Session Chair: Call for Host Co-Chair:Call for Co-Host
13:30-14:00
Keynote speech Opportunity Available
14:00-14:30
Title: TBD Dr. Joseph A. Frank, Chief, Frank Laboratory, Radiology & Imaging Sciences Clinical Center, Senior Investigator National Institutes of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, USA
14:30-15: 00
Speech Opportunity Available
15:00-15:15
Coffee Break
15:15-15:45
Title: TBD Dr. Martine Hamann, RCUK Research Fellow, Department of Cell Physiology and Pharmacology, Medical Sciences Building, Leicester University, UK
15:45-16:15
Speech Opportunity Available
16:15-16:45
Title: Stem Cell Tracking Using Cardiac MRI Dr. Jonathan Hill, Clinical Senior Lecturer and Consultant Cardiologist, Cardiovascular Division, Kingfs College London, UK
16:45-17:10
Panel Discussion 3-5 topics will be proposed by Session Chair
Aug.9,2009 (Sunday)
13:30-17:30
Track 3-4: Angiogenesis and Growth Factor in Tissue Engineering
Session Chair: Dr. Weijun Cai, Professor, Department of Marine Sciences University of Georgia Athens, USA Co-Chair: Call for Co-Host
13:30-14:00
Keynote speech Opportunity Available
14:00-14:30
Title: Arterial Regeneration Dr. Wei-jun Cai, Professor, Department of Marine Sciences, University of Georgia Athens, USA
14:30-15: 00
Title: TBD Dr. Guido Krenning, Stem Cell and Tissue Engineering Research Group, Department of Pathology and Medical Biology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
15:00-15:15
Coffee Break
15:15-15:45
Speech Opportunity Available
15:45-16:15
Title: TBD Dr. Isabella Rocchietta, Department of Periodontology, School of Dentistry, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
16:15-16:45
Speech Opportunity Available
16:45-17:10
Panel Discussion 3-5 topics will be proposed by Session Chair
Aug.9,2009 (Sunday)
13:30-17:30
Track 3-5: Gene Delivery for Tissue Regeneration
Session Chair: Dr.Damien D. Pearse, Associate Professor, Dept. of Neurological Surgery, The Neuroscience Program, The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, USA
Co-Chair: Dr. Martin Oudega, Assistant Professor, Director of the Spinal Cord Repair Laboratory, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Department of Neurobiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, USA
13:30-14:00
Keynote speech Opportunity Available
14:00-14:30
Title:Combinatory Gene and Cellular Therapies for CNS Repair Dr. Damien D. Pearse, Associate Professor, Dept. Of Neurological Surgery, The Neuroscience Program, The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, USA
14:30-15: 00
Speech Opportunity Available
15:00-15:15
Coffee Break
15:15-15:45
Title:Dorsal Root Schwann Cells for Site-Specific Delivery of Therapeutic Gene Products to the Contused Rat Spinal Cord Dr. Martin Oudega, Assistant Professor, Director of the Spinal Cord Repair Laboratory, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Department of Neurobiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, USA
15:45-16:15
Title:AAV-mediated Gene Therapy Restored the Normal outer Segments from Rd12 Mice: An Animal Model of Human Lebfs Congenital Amaurosis 2 with RPE65 Mutation Dr. Ji-jing Pang, Research Assistant Professor, Dept. of ophthalmology, College of Medicine, University of Florida, USA
16:15-16:45
Title: In Vivo Silencing of a Target by siRNA in Contact Hypersensitivity and Tumor Dr. Yukio Yuzawa, Associate Professor, Department of Nephrology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
16:45-17:10
Panel Discussion 3-5 topics will be proposed by Session Chair
Aug.9,2009 (Sunday)
13:30-17:30
Track 3-6: Nervous System and Hippocampal Neurogenesis Regeneration
Session Chair:Dr. Wenbin Deng, Assistant Professor, Department of Cell Biology and Human Anatomy School of Medicine, University of California, USA Co-Chair: Dr. Ying Liu, Senior Scientist, Primary and Stem Cell Systems, Invitrogen Corporation, USA
13:30-13:55
Keynote speech Opportunity Available
13:55-14:20
Title: New Stem Cell based Strategies for Spinal Cord Repair: Making Gains without Pain Dr. Stephen Davies, Associate Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Colorado Denver, USA
14:20-14:45
Title: Stem Cells for Neural Repair Dr. Wenbin Deng, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Cell Biology and Human Anatomy School of Medicine, University of California, USA
14:45-15:10
Title: Rapid Prototyping a Double Layer Polyurethane-collagen Conduit for Peripheral Nerve Regeneration Dr. Xiaohong Wang, Associate Professor, Department of Materials Science & Engineering, Tsinghua University, China
15:10-15:25
Coffee Break
15:25-15:50
Title: Generating a Targeted Neuroglial Reporter Line via Homologous Recombination in Human Embryonic Stem Cells Dr. Ying Liu, Senior Scientist, Primary and Stem Cell Systems, Invitrogen Corporation, USA
15:50-16:15
Title: A Novel Defense Mechanism That is Activated upon Amyloid-b Insult to Mediate Cell Survival: Role of SGK1-STAT1/STAT2 Signaling Dr. Eminy H.Y. Lee, Distinguished Research Fellow, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
16:15-16:40
Speech Opportunity Available
16:40-17:05
TitleFTBD Dr. Chieh Chang, Assistant Professor, Department of Biology and Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University, Canada
17:05-17:30
Panel Discussion 3-5 topics will be proposed by Session Chair
Aug.10,2009 (Monday) 08:30-12:30
Track 3-7: Cardiac and Vascular Tissue Engineering
Session Chair: Dr. Xi-Long Zheng, Associate Professor, Senior Scholar of Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research, Smooth Muscle and Gastrointestinal Research Groups, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta, The University of Calgary, Canada Co-Chair: Dr. A. Vincentelli, Professor of Cardiac Surgery, Cardiologic Hospital, Lille University, France
08:30-09:00
Keynote speech Opportunity Available
09:00-09:30
Speech Opportunity Available
09:30 -10:00
Title: Smooth Muscle Differentiation in Engineered Tissue: The Roles of Smooth Muscle Myocardin Dr. Xi-Long Zheng, Associate Professor, Senior Scholar of Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research, Smooth Muscle and Gastrointestinal Research Groups, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta, The University of Calgary, Canada
10:00-10:15
Coffee Break
10:15-10:45
Title:The Use of Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Tissue Engineered Heart Valve Dr. A. Vincentelli, Professor of Cardiac Surgery, Cardiologic Hospital, Lille University, France
10:45-11:15
Title: Transplantation of Mesenchymal Stem Cells Seeded on the PGCL Scaffold to Infarcted Myocardium Attenuates LV Remodeling and Improves LV Function in Rats Dr. Myeong-Chan Cho, Chairman, Department of Internal Medicine; Professor, Division of Cardiology, Chungbuk National University Hospital, Korea
11:15 -11:45
Speech Opportunity Available
11:45-12:10
Panel Discussion 3-5 topics will be proposed by Session Chair
Aug.10,2009
(Monday) 08:30-12:30
Track 3-8: Skin, Cartilage and Bone in Orthopaedic, Plastic, Craniofacial and Dental Tissue Engineering
Session Chair:Call for Host
Co-Chair: Dr. Cory Xian, Associate professor, Bone Growth and Repair Research Unit, Sansom Institute, and School of Pharmacy & Medical Sciences, University of South Australia, Australia
08:30-08:55
Title: New Technologies in Human Craniofacial Tissue Regeneration: Autogenous Growth Factors and Adult Expanded Mesenchymal Stem Cells Dr. Jose Mendonça Caridad, Director, Head and Neck Surgery Unit; Hospital POLUSA, Lugo, Spain
08:55-09:20
Speech Opportunity Available
09:20-09:45
Titil: Tissue Engineered Skin in the Treatment of Chronic Wounds Dr. Robert J. Snyder, Medical Director, Wound Healing Center, University Hospital and Medical Center, USA
09:45-10:10
Speech Opportunity Available
10:10-10:25
Coffee Break
10:25-10:50
Title: Adult Chondrogenic Stem Cells for the Therapy of Osteoarthritis Dr. Nicolai Miosge, Professor, Department of Prosthodontics at the center ZMK, Georg-August-University, Germany
10:50-11:15
Ttitle:Growth Plate Regeneration Using Ex Vivo Expanded Mesenchymal Stem Cells or Mobolising Endogenous Progenitor Cells: Potentials and Challeges Dr. Cory Xian, Associate professor, Bone Growth and Repair Research Unit, Sansom Institute, and School of Pharmacy & Medical Sciences, University of South Australia, Australia
11:15-11:40
Title: Human Auricular Tissue Engineering in Immunocompetent Animal Model: A Study Dr. Aris Sterodimas, Consultant Plastic Surgeon, Lead Researcher Tissue Engineering, Department of Plastic Surgery, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Carlos Chagas Post-Graduate Medical Institute, Brazil
11:40-12:05
Speech Opportunity Available
12:05-12:30
Panel Discussion 3-5 topics will be proposed by Session Chair
Aug.10,2009
(Monday) 08:30-12:30
Track 3-9: Tendon and Muscle Tissue Engineering
Session Chair:Call for Host Co-Chair:Dr. Pauline Po-yee Lui, Assistant Professor, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
08:30-09:00
Keynote Speech Opportunity Available
09:00-09:30
Title :TBD Dr. Giuliano Cerulli, Director of Orthopaedic and Traumatologic Departments, University of Perugia, Italy
09:30-10:00
Title: Recent Studies on Musculoskeletal Tendon Regeneration with Autologous Platelet Growth Factors Dr. Peter A.M. Everts, Head Departments ECC and Peri-Operative Blood Management, Catharina Hospita , The Netherlands
10:00-10:15
Coffee Break
10:15-10:45
Title:Tendon Graft to Bone Tunnel Healing in Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Dr. Pauline Po-yee Lui, Assistant Professor, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
10:45-11:15
Title: Orthopedics and Ergonomics of Movement Dr. Redha Talar, Professor, Sport Science Department, Laboratory of Mechanical Stress Analysis, Biomechanical Research and Ergonomy, University of Remis, France
Panel Discussion 3-5 topics will be proposed by Session Chair
Aug.10,2009
(Monday) 08:30-12:30
Track 3-10: Tissue Engineered Artificial Organs
Session Chair:Call for Host Co-Chair: Call for Co-Host
The Program under Development
Aug.10,2009
(Monday) 08:30-12:30
Track 3-11: Translational Research of Regenerative Medicine
Session Chair: Call for Host Co-Chair: Call for Co-Host
08:30-09:00
Keynote Speech Opportunity Available
09:00-09:30
Title: Required Standards for First-in-person Models to Assess Safety of (Stem) Cell Based Therapies in the US and EU Dr. Jan Matthias Braun, Translational Centre for Regenerative Medicine, Regenerate – European Network for Regenerative Medicine, Leipzig University, Germany
09:30-10:00
Title: TBD Dr. Yuanyuan Zhang, Assistant Professor, Institute for Regenerative Medicine, School of Medicine, Wake Forest University, USA
10:00-10:15
Coffee Break
10:15-10:45
Title:A Novel Method of Human Keratinocyte Culture from Skin Explants: Superior Cell Expansion is Linked to Markers of Activated Progenitor Cells Dr. Aihua Guo, Research Associate, Department of Biomedical Science, University of Durham, UK
10:45-11:15
Speech Opportunity Available
11:15-11:45
Title: The Protective Effect of Relaxin Against Reperfusion Injury in the Liver during Transplantation - Shown in a Isolated Rat Liver Model
Dr.Markus U. Böhnert, Specialist in General Surgery, Attending, Department of Visceral and Transplant Surgery, University Hospital Berne, Switzerland
11:45-12:10
Panel Discussion 3-5 topics will be proposed by Session Chair
