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3rd Annual Interdisciplinary
Stem Cell Institute Symposium
University of Miami

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

 

8:00 am Registration

8:15 am Coffee and Tea

9:00 am - 9:10 am Welcome and Opening Ceremonies: Pascal Goldschmidt , M.D., Dean of the Miller School of Medicine

9:15 am - 10:00 am Presentation: Human Embryonic Stem Cells

Speaker: Jan Lebkowski, Ph.D., Gerontology

10:00 am - 10:45 am Presentation: Cord Blood Transplantation

Speaker: John Wagner, M.D., University of Minnesota

10:45 am - 11:00 am Coffee Break

11:00 am - 11:45 am Presentation: Application of stem cells to model and treat neurological diseases

Speaker: Masatoshi Suzuki, M.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison
 
UM Cell Therapy Clinical Trials
Updates on Ongoing Trials


11:45 am - 12:10 pm Presentation: MSC in Cardiac Patients

Speaker: Joshua Hare , M.D., University of Miami, Interdisciplinary Stem Cell Institute

12:10 pm - 12:35 pm Presentation: Islet Cell Transplants

Speaker: Camillo Ricordi, M.D., University of Miami

12:35 pm - 1:00 pm Presentation: Bone Marrow Cells for Deep Wounds

Speaker: Evangelos Badiavas, M.D., Ph.D., University of Miami, Department of Dermatology, and Interdisciplinary Stem Cell Institute

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Lunch: Will be provided
 
New Trials for Cell Therapy

2:00 pm - 2:25 pm Presentation: Schwann Cell Transplantation for Spinal Cord Injury

Speaker: W. Dalton Dietrich III, Ph.D., University of Miami

2:25 pm - 2:50 pm Presentation: Dendritic Cell-Based Immmunotherapy of Glioma

Speaker: Eli Gilboa, Ph.D., University of Miami

2:50 pm - 3:20 pm Coffee Break

3:20 pm - 3:45 pm Presentation: Miami Cells

Speaker: Paul Schiller, Ph.D., University of Miami

3:45 pm - 4:30 pm Presentation: Targeting Cancer Stem Cells

Speaker: Richard Jones, M.D., Johns Hopkins University

4:30 pm - 5:00 pm Concluding Remarks: Joshua Hare, M.D.

Miller School of Medicine