National Institutes of Health "STEM CELLS"
General Motors Cancer Research Foundation
Annual Scientific Conference
June 10 and 11, 2003

Full Program

National Institutes of Health
DHHS
NIH Clinical Center
(Building 10)
Masur Auditorium
Bethesda, Maryland
The Department of Health and Human Services

TUESDAY, JUNE 10
8:30 am

Welcome and Introductions
Samuel A. Wells, Jr., M.D.
President
General Motors Cancer Research Foundation Professor of Surgery
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, North Carolina

8:40 am

Keynote Address and Conference Overview
"Biology of Stem and Progenitor Cells"
Irving L. Weissman, M.D.
Professor of Cancer Biology
Professor of Pathology and Biological Sciences
Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford, California

Session I

Developmental Biology of Stem Cells

Moderator: Phillip A. Sharp, Ph.D.
Chair, Awards Assembly
General Motors Cancer Research Foundation
Institute Professor and Director
McGovern Institute for Brain Research
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, Massachusetts

9:30 - 9:50 am

"Regulation of Stem Cell Self-Renewal vs. Differentiation in the Male Germ Line"
Margaret T. Fuller, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair
Department of Developmental Biology and Genetics
Chair, Department of Developmental Biology
Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford, California

9:50-10:00 am Discussion
10:00-10:20 am "Regulation of Germ Line Stem Cells in C. Elegans"
Judith E. Kimble, Ph.D.
Department of Biochemistry
College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
University of Wisconsin
Madison, Wisconsin
10:20-10:30 am Discussion
10:30-10:50 am

Break
 
Session II

Embryology of Stem Cells

Moderator: Stuard H. Orkin, M.D.
Professor and Chair
Department of Pediatric Oncology
Dana Farber Cancer Institute / Children's Hospital
Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts
10:50-11:20 am

"Stem Cells and Developmental Pathways"
Janet Rossant, Ph.D.
Senior Investigator
Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute
Department of Medical Genetics and Microbiology
Mount Sinai Hospital
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada

11:20-11:50 am

"Pluripotency and Lineage Restriction of ES Cells"
Austin Smith, Ph.D.
Professor
Institute for Stem Cell Research
The University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, Scotland

11:50-12:20 pm

"Nulcear Cloning, Stem Cells, and the Reprogramming of the Genome"
Rudolph Jaenisch, Ph.D.
Professor of Biology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, Massachusetts

12:20-1:15 pm Lunch Break
 
Session III:

Organ Stem Cells - Part I

Moderator: Suzanne Cory, B.Sc., Ph.D.
Director
The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Melbourne, Australia

1:15-1:35 pm

"Control of Cell Fate and Developmental Potential in Neural Stem Cells"
David J. Anderson, Ph.D.
Professor of Biology
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, California

1:35-1:45 pm Discussion
1:45-2:05 pm
"Nuclear Transfer and Embryonic Stem Cells"
Peter Mombaerts, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor and Head
Developmental Biology/Neurogenetics Laboratory
Rockefeller University
New York, New York
2:05-2:15 pm Discussion
2:15-2:35 pm
"Adult Neural Stem Cells"
Fred H. Gage, Ph.D.
Professor of Biology
Laboratory of Genetics
Salk Institute for Biological Studies
La Jolla, California
2:35-2:45 pm Discussion
 

Organ Stem Cells - Part II

Moderator: Charles J. Sherr, M.D., Ph.D.
Chairman, Department of Tumor Cell Biology
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Memphis, Tennessee
3:00-3:20 pm "Genomics Approaches to Retinal Development and Disease"
Connie L. Cepko, Ph.D.
Professor of Genetics
Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts
3:20-3:30 pm Discussion
3:30-3:50 pm "How Do Intestinal Stem Cells Protect their DNA From Genotoxic Damage"
Christopher S. Potten, B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D., D.Sc.
Professor of Stem Cell Biology
Manchester University
Epistem Limited
Manchester, England
3:50-4:00 pm Discussion
  Adjourn


WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11

Hematopoietic Stem Cells

Moderator: Alan Bernstein, Ph.D.
President
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Ottawa, Canada
9:00-9:20 am "Control of Hematopoietic Lineage Choice and Stem Cells"
Stuart H. Orkin, M.D.
Chairman, Department of Pediatric Oncology
Dana Farber Cancer Institute / Children's Hospital
Harvard Medical School
Cambridge, Massachusetts
9:20-9:30 am Discussion
9:30-9:50 am "Stem Cell Biology in the Post-Genome Era"

Ihor R. Lemischka, Ph.D.
Department of Molecular Biology
Princeton University
Princeton, New Jersey
9:50-10:00 am Discussion
10:00-10:30 am Break
 
Stem Cells and Therapy
Moderator: Edison Liu, M.D.
Executive Director
Genome Institute of Singapore
Professor of Medicine
National University of Singapore
Singapore
10:30-10:50 am "Complexity of the Human Stem Cell Compartment: Implications for Therapy"
John E. Dick, Ph.D.
Canada Research Chair in Stem Cell Biology
Director, Program in Stem Cell Biology
Toronto General Research Institute
Toronto, Canada
10:50-11:00 am Discussion
11:00-11:20 am "Isolation and Characterization of Breast Cancer Stem Cells"
Michael F. Clarke, M.D.
Professor of Internal Medicine,
Cell and Developmental Biology
University of Michigan School of Medicine
Ann Arbor, Michigan
11:20-11:30 am Discussion
11:30-11:50 am "Stem Cells from Cloned Embryos in Research and Therapy"
Ian Wilmut, Ph.D., M.Sc.
Professor
Roslin Institute
Midlothian Scotland
11:50-12:00 pm Discussion
Adjourn

 
1:00 - 3:00 pm Laureate Lectures
2003 Charles F. Kettering Prizewinner:
V. Craig Jordan, Ph.D., D.Sc.
2003 Charles S. Mott Prizewinners:
Yuan Chang, Ph.D., M.D.
Patrick Moore, M.D., M.P.H.
2003 Alfred P. Sloan Prizewinners:
Pierre Chambon, M.D.
Ronald M. Evans, Ph.D.


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