3rd Annual Interdisciplinary
Stem Cell Institute Symposium
University of Miami

May 15, 2009, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM, Retter Auditorium,
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute

The Interdisciplinary Stem Cell Institute would like to invite you to our 3rd Annual Symposium. This symposium brings together leading experts to discuss novel data on the latest cutting-edge advancements in the field of stem cell research (click here for the program). Discussions from prominent keynotes including:

• Jane Lebkowski, Ph.D. - Human Embryonic Stem Cells
• John Wagner, M.D. - Cord Blood Transplantation
• Joshua Hare, M.D. - MSC in Cardiac Patients
• Camillo Ricordi, M.D. - Islet Cell Transplants
• Evangelos Badiavas, M.D., Ph.D. - Bone Marrow Cells for Deep Wounds
• Eli Gilboa, Ph.D. - Dendritic Cell-Based Immunotherapy of Glioma
• Paul Schiller, Ph.D. - Miami Cells
• Richard Jones, M.D. - Targeting Cancer Stem Cells

Lunch will be provided along with periodic coffee breaks.

For more information and registration please contact Sharifa Pettigrew at spettigrew@med.miami.edu or click here to download a registration form that can be filled out and faxed to our office.

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2nd Annual Symposium of University of Miami
Interdisciplinary Stem Cell Institute

June 27, 2008, 7:30 AM to 5:00 PM, University of Miami Hospital, South Building, Seminar Center, First Floor Conference Rooms A, B, & C...

University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Interdisciplinary Stem Cell Institute Seminar Series

• Thursday, January 31, 2008: “Towards Rational Design of Cardiac Cell Therapies”
  Gordon Center for Research in Medical Education
  CRB, 1st Floor Auditorium
  
  Guest Speaker:
  Nenad Bursac, PhD
  Assistant Professor
  Department of Biomedical Engineering
  Duke University
  
  
• Thursday, December 6, 2007: “ALDH1- Marker of Normal and Malignant Human Mammary Stem Cells and a Predictor of Poor Clinical Outcome”
  Lois Pope Life Center, 7th Floor Auditorium
  
  Guest Speaker:
  Gabriela Dontu, M.D., Ph.D.
  Research Assistant Professor
  Division of Hematology/Oncology
  Department of Internal Medicine
  University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
  
  
• Thursday, November 8, 2007: “Regulation of Adult Progenitor Cell Differentiation and Function”
  Lois Pope Life Center, 7th Floor Auditorium
  
  Guest Speakers:
  Stephanie Dimmeler, Ph.D
  Professor of Molecular Cardiology
  University of Frankfurt
  
  Andreas Zeither, MD
  Professor and Head of the Division of Cardiology
  University of Frankfurt