programme - Mercia Stem Cell Alliance

MSCA
Mercia Stem Cell Alliance
09.30-10.30
10.30-11.45
11.45-12.00
12.00-12.30
12.30-13.00
13.00-14.30
Registration and welcome breakfast
Technical presentation
Virginie Mournetas/ Sofia Pereira
Knock-in and Knock-down using a lentiviral approach
Duncan Robertson
Functional genomics made easy: a new facility and collaborative hub
for stem cell research
Sponsor Presentations
Maja Petkovic
Advantages of Lentiviral Vectors in Molecular and Cell Biology
Imran Tahir
Lentiviral based Genome Editing and Gene Silencing
Lunch and Sponsor Stands
Young Investigators Research Presentations
15.30-16.00
Anne Herrmann
Utilising lentivirus for live in vivo imaging of metastasis
Joseph Zeguer
Reporter gene systems for stem cell tracking in vivo
Kelly Ward
Lentivirus applications in cellular and molecular analyses of
mesothelial cell recruitment during angiogenesis
Tea break and sponsor stands
16.00-17.00
Q&A Session/ Networking
14.30-14.50
14.50-15.10
15.10-15.30
18.00-onwards Science Pub Quiz
Young Investigators Workshop
18th September 2014, Lecture Theatre C
Central Teaching Hub (802, F6 on Campus Map)
Sponsored by:
MSCA
Mercia Stem Cell Alliance
Morning Session
09.00-09.30 Registration and welcome breakfast
Dr Patricia Murray, University of Liverpool, UK
09.30-09.45
Opening Remarks
Dr Hassan Rashidi, University of Nottingham, UK
Ex vivo chick embryonic femur as a model to evaluate the effect
09.45-10.10
of growth factor release from microparticles manufactured for
bone tissue engineering
Dr Rosalind Stewart, University of Liverpool, UK
10.10-10.35
Developing Stem Cell Therapies for Ocular Surface Disease
Dr Tao Wang, University of Manchester, UK
10.35-11.00 A journey using pluripotent stem cells to model genetic vascular
disease
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MSCA Annual Meeting
19th September 2014, Lecture Theatre A
Central Teaching Hub (802, F6 on Campus Map)
Afternoon Session
Prof. Benjamin Dekel, University of Tel Aviv, Israel
14.00-15.00 PLENARY LECTURE: Regenerating kidneys: from basic biology to
translational themes
Alinda Fernandes, Keele University, UK
15.00-15.20 A multicellular, neuro-mimetic model to study nanoparticle uptake in cells
of the central nervous system
Carl Ward, University of Birmingham, UK
15.25-15.45
B-myb a gatekeeper of somatic cell reprogramming
15.40-16.15 Tea break/ Sponsor Stands
Dr Ivana Barbaric, University of Sheffield, UK
16.15-16.40 Survival of the fittest: Causes and consequences of human pluripotent
stem cell culture adaptation
11.00-11.40 Tea break/ Teaser Talks
Dr Divya Maitreyi Chari, University of Keele, UK
16.40-17.05
Biomedical engineering strategies to augment neural stem cell therapies
Prof. Hossein Baharvand, Royan Institute, Iran
Human embryonic stem cell-derived hepatocyte-like cells
11.40-12.05
ameliorate disease in the carbon tetrachloride-induced mouse
liver injury model
Dr Eric O’Neill, University of Oxford, UK
17.05-17.30
Regulation of cell fate decisions by the hippo pathway
Dr Adam Watkins, Aston University, UK
12.05-12.30 From Embryo to Adult: The Developmental Origins of Health and
Disease
12.30-14.00 Lunch, Poster Session and Sponsor Stands
17.30-17.35 Poster, teaser talk and lottery prize awards
Prof. Jon Frampton/ Prof. Sue Kimber
17.35-17.45
Closing Remarks
17.45-19.00 Networking over Wine Tasting and Cheese board

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