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6th ISSCR Annual Meeting
June 11, 2008
8:00 a.m. - Noon
Pennsylvania Convention Center
Philadelphia, PA USA

Thermo Fisher Scientific
Strategies and Current Technologies for Accelerating Stem Cell Research
Room 204C, Pennsylvannia Convention Center

Incredible strides are being made in stem cell research and the potential of these cells as tools for basic research or as clinical therapies is expanding.  This symposium will help researchers gain a better understanding of some of the strategies and tools they can employ to accelerate their work.  Speakers from industrial and clinical settings will cover topics ranging from considerations for differentiation of Mesenchymal stem cells into Hepatocyte like cells to the current uses and potential of pluripotent cells. Additional topics include the quantitation of up- and down-regulated proteins of differentiation along with RNA interference and high content analysis for the discovery and characterization of changes on the cellular and molecular levels.

Talks and Speakers:

• Differentiation of Adipose Derived and Wharton's Jelly Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells into Hepatocyte Like Cells: Practical Considerations and Physiologic Analysis. (Anant  Kamath)
• Pluripotent Stem Cells: Current Uses and Future Potential
  (Robin Wesselschmidt)
• RNAi Screen Identifies Critical miRNAs for Human Mesenchymal Stem Cell Differentiation (Jon Karpilow)
• Accelerating Stem Cell Research with High Content Analysis: A Case Study
  (Jeff Haskins)
• Identification of GRP94-Dependent Proteins Essential for Embryonic Development Using SILAC-Based Protein Quantitation (Yair Argon)

Learning Objectives:

• Develop an understanding of the types and uses of pluripotent stem cells.
• Learn methods for quantitatively detecting up-regulated and down-regulated proteins that are involved in major lineage decisions.
• Explore new techniques for discovering and characterizing molecules that regulate differentiation.

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