Program of events
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| 8.00am-8.30am | Registration | Foyer, Queensland Conservatorium of Music, Griffith University |
| 8.30am-8.40am | Introduction and Welcome | Ian Hanger Recital Hall, Queensland Conservatorium of Music, Griffith University |
| Alan Mackay-Sim National Centre for Adult Stem Cell Research Introduction and Welcome |
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| 8.40am-9.30am | Opening Address | Ian Hanger Recital Hall |
| Fiona Wood Director, Western Australian Burns Unit Scar free healing: A multidisciplinary scientific and clinical approach |
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| 9.30am-10.00am | Symposium 1: Mesenchymal Stem Cells | Ian Hanger Recital Hall |
| Mari Dezawa Department of Histology, Tohuku University A challenge to auto-transplantation in neuro- and muscle-degenerative diseases: the discovery of specific induction systems in bone marrow stromal cells |
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| 10.00am-10.30am | Morning Tea | Foyer |
| 10.30am-11.30pm | Eva Sykova Institute of Experimental Medicine, Charles University Use of stem cells and biomaterials for treatment of spinal cord injury |
Ian Hanger Recital Hall |
| Gary Brooke Mater Medical Research Institute Therapeutic potential of mesenchymal stem cells |
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| 11.30pm-1.00pm | Lunch | Foyer |
| 1.00pm-2.30pm | Symposium 2: Autologous Sources for Cell Therapy | Ian Hanger Recital Hall |
| Kohji Nishida Graduate School of Medicine, Tohuku University Corneal Reconstruction with Tissue-Engineered Cells |
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| Sharon Oleskevich Neuroscience Research Program, Garvan Institute of Medical Research Stem cell therapies in a rodent model of traumatic hearing loss |
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| James St John National Centre for Adult Stem Cell Research, Griffith University The olfactory ensheathing cell: origins of a heterogeneous population. |
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| 2.30pm-3.00pm | Afternoon Tea and Posters | Foyer |
| 3.00pm-5.00pm | Symposium 3: Stem Cell Bioinformatics | Ian Hanger Recital Hall |
| Winston Hide Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Harvard University A platform approach to classification of pluripotency using high throughput comparison between stem cell types |
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| Alistair Forrest National Centre for Adult Stem Cell Research Systems biology - lessons learnt from FANTOM4 |
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| Alistair Chalk National Centre for Adult Stem Cell Research, Griffith University An integrated transcriptome analysis approach to characterise adult neural stem cells and study complex disease |
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| Sean Grimmond Institute of Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland Redefining stem cell biology through whole transcriptome sequencing |
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| 7.00pm-12.00pm | Conference Dinner |
Vino's Restaurant & Bar, Upper Level, Eagle Street Pier, 1 Eagle St, Brisbane |
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8.00am-8.30am |
Plenary Hideyuki Okano Department of Physiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Keio University Neural differentiation of pluripotent stem cells-based therapy for spinal cord injury |
Ian Hanger Recital Hall |
| 8.30am-9.30am | Symposium 4: Neural Stem Cells | Ian Hanger Recital Hall |
| Kirsty Spalding Karolinska Institute Analysis of Neuronal Turnover in the Adult Human Brain |
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| Stefano Pluchino San Raffaelle Institute The therapeutic plasticity of neural stem cells. |
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| 9.30am-10.30am | Morning Tea and Posters | Foyer |
| 10.30am-12.00pm | David Adams Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland Role of ion channels in adult neural precursor cell function |
Ian Hanger Recital Hall |
| Stephen Wood National Centre for Adult Stem Cell Research, Griffith University Post-translational regulation of Neural Stem Cell function |
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| Cate Browne Institute of Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland Multipotent neural stem cells from adult mouse nose |
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| 12.00pm-1.00pm | Lunch | Foyer |
| 1.00pm-3.00pm | Free Presentations Presentations from those submitted |
Ian Hanger Recital Hall |
| 3.00pm-3.30pm | Afternoon Tea and Posters | Foyer, Queensland Conservatorium of Music, Griffith University |
| 3.30pm-5.30pm | Symposium 5: Stem Cells as Disease Models | Ian Hanger Recital Hall |
| Christine Wells National Centre for Adult Stem Cell Research, Griffith University The transcriptional landscape of the human olfactory stem cell niche |
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| George Mellick National Centre for Adult Stem Cell Research, Griffith University Using human olfactory-derived cell lines to study the aetiology of Parkinson's disease |
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| John McGrath Queensland Brain Institute, University of Queensland and The National Centre for Adult Stem Cell Research, Griffith University. What can stem cells tell us about schizophrenia? |
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| Carolyn Sue National Centre for Adult Stem Cell Research, University of Sydney Investigation of neurological disease using human olfactory stem cells |
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| 5.30pm-6.30pm | Posters | Foyer |
| 7.30pm-11.00pm | Speakers Dinner | Tukka Restaurant 145 Boundary Street West End, Brisbane 4101 |
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| 9.00am-9.30am | Plenary Nick Fisk, Director Centre for Clinical Research, The University of Queensland Fetal stem cells - betwixt and between - and their role in endogenous and therapeutic tissue repair. |
Ian Hanger Recital Hall |
| 9.30am-10.30am | Symposium 6: Cancer Stem Cells | Ian Hanger Recital Hall |
| Iver Langmoen Department of Neurosurgery, University of Oslo Brain tumor stem cells - from the lab bench to the clinic |
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| Brent Reynolds Department of Neurosurgery, University of Florida Targeting Cancer Stem Cells. |
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10.30am-11.00am |
Morning Tea | Foyer |
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11:00am-1.00pm |
Session 7: Cell Therapy Clinical Trials in Australia | Ian Hanger Recital Hall |
| Peta O'Connell Office of Devices, Blood and Tissues, Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration Clinical trials - the regulatory journey to the clinic |
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| Zee Upton Tissue Repair and Regeneration Program Queensland University of Technology Towards clinical application of stem cells: development of novel defined media formulations for maintain stem cells serum-free and feeder cell-free culture of human embryonic stem cells |
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| Silviu Itescu Mesoblast Limited |
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| Alan Mackay-Sim National Centre for Adult Stem Cell Research, Griffith University Olfactory ensheathing cells: A Phase I clinical trial in human spinal cord injury. |
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| 1.00pm-1.30pm | Round Table Discussion Where to from here: adult stem cells in the age of iPS cells? |
Ian Hanger Recital Hall |
| 1.30pm-1.45pm | Closing Remarks Alan Mackay-Sim, Director, National Centre for Adult Stem Cell Research |
Ian Hanger Recital Hall |
| 1.45pm-2.15pm | Lunch | Foyer |
This is a preliminary version of the program