Thursday, March 3, 2011 |
19:00:00 |
Keynote Session: Connecting Stem Cells, Development, and Cancer |
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19:15:00 |
Introduction and Welcome |
Connie J Eaves, Geoffrey M Wahl
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19:30:00 |
The good and the bad of Lgr5 stem cells |
Hans Clevers
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19:45:00 |
Skin stem cells in morphogenesis and cancer |
Elaine Fuchs
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20:40:00 |
Opening Reception |
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Friday, March 4, 2011 |
07:00:00 |
Continental Breakfast |
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08:00:00 |
Session 1 | Stem Cells during Development |
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08:15:00 |
The roles of stem cells, epigenetic stability, and polyploidy in cancer: Lessons from Drosophila |
Allan Spradling
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08:30:00 |
Mechanisms regulating hematopoietic stem cell development |
Hanna Mikkola
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09:00:00 |
The state of stemness and correlations with cancer: Clues from studying embryonic mammogenesis |
Geoffrey M Wahl
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10:00:00 |
Short talk from proffered paper |
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10:05:00 |
Break |
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10:35:00 |
Session 2 | Reprogramming Mechanisms |
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10:45:00 |
Dissecting the mechanisms of cellular reprogramming |
Konrad Hochedlinger
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11:00:00 |
Transposon-mediated reprogramming provides a powerful tool for understanding stem cell induction |
Andras Nagy
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11:15:00 |
Human aging and iPS cells |
Juan Carlos Izpisúa-Belmonte
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11:45:00 |
Short talk from proffered paper |
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12:40:00 |
Poster Session A | Lunch |
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15:40:00 |
Session 3 | Epigenetics |
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16:00:00 |
Title to be announced |
Stephen B Baylin
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16:15:00 |
Cell fate and chromatin differences between sister chromatids |
Peter Lansdorp
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17:00:00 |
Role of polycomb repressors in stem cells, cancer, and development |
Maarten van Lohuizen
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17:30:00 |
Short talk from proffered paper |
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17:45:00 |
Evening off | Dinner on own |
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Saturday, March 5, 2011 |
07:00:00 |
Continental Breakfast |
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08:00:00 |
Session 4 | Tissues from ES and iPS Cells |
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08:15:00 |
Evaluating the safety of human induced pluripotent stem cells |
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09:00:00 |
Microfluidics and automation for quantitative and high-throughput experiments |
Hang Lu
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09:30:00 |
Reprogramming and cancer stem cells: Lessons from glioblastomas |
Inder Verma
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10:00:00 |
Short talk from proffered paper |
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10:05:00 |
Break |
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10:35:00 |
Session 5 | Tissue Stem Cells |
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10:45:00 |
Title to be announced |
Brigid Hogan
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11:00:00 |
Regulation of proliferation and differentiation in adult stem cell lineages |
M T Fuller
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12:00:00 |
Hematopoietic stem cells: Not all are created equal |
Connie J Eaves
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12:15:00 |
Short talk from proffered paper |
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12:40:00 |
Free time | Lunch on own |
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15:00:00 |
Session 6 | Hot Topics: New Tools on the Horizon |
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15:30:00 |
Engineering cell fate analysis for cell and molecular therapy development |
Peter W Zandstra
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16:00:00 |
Short talks from proffered papers |
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16:30:00 |
High throughput genetic analysis of single cells |
Stephen QUAKE
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17:30:00 |
Poster Session B | Reception |
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Sunday, March 6, 2011 |
08:00:00 |
Session 7 | Cancer, Stem Cells, and Clonal Evolution I |
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08:15:00 |
Dynamic heterogeneity and clonal evolution of the metastatic phenotype |
Ann F. Chambers
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09:00:00 |
The breast epithelial hierarchy and its implications for oncogenesis |
Jane Visvader
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09:30:00 |
Prostate tissue stem cells and cancer progression |
Owen N Witte
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10:00:00 |
Short talk from proffered paper |
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10:05:00 |
Break |
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10:35:00 |
Session 7 | Cancer, Stem Cells, and Clonal Evolution II |
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11:00:00 |
Tumor maintenance cells and therapy resistance |
Professor Meenhard Herlyn
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11:30:00 |
Reversible tolerance to anticancer drugs |
Jeffrey Settleman
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12:00:00 |
Defining similarities and differences between normal neural stem cells and brain tumor stem cells |
Peter B Dirks
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12:30:00 |
Short talk from proffered paper |
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13:00:00 |
Departure |
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