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BIT Life Sciences' 3rd Annual World Congress of

Regenerative Medicine & Stem Cells
Theme: From Bench to Bedside

Time: December 5-7, 2010
Venue: Everbright Convention & Exhibition Center(ECEC), Shanghai, China
Website: http://www.bitlifesciences.com/rmsc2010/default.asp

LANGUAGE NOTE: This meeting will be conducted in English.


Scientific Program

Opening Ceremony & Keynote Forum

Time: December 5, 2010, Sunday, 08:30-12:10
Place: ECEC, Shanghai, China

08:30-08:40

Group Photo(Place: Gate of ECEC)

09:00-09:30

Opening Ceremony

Keynote Forum

Moderator:

Dr. Thomas Ming Swi Chang, Professor & Director, McGill University, Canada

09:30-10:00
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Title: Enhancing Hematological Recovery by Graft Engineering of Cord Blood
Dr. Paul J Simmons, Professor and Director, Centre for Stem Cell Research, UT-HSC at Houston,
USA

10:00-10:30
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Title: Artificial Cells Containing Stem Cells in Regenerative Medicine
Dr. Thomas Ming Swi Chang, Professor & Director, McGill University, Canada

10:30-11:00
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Title: Adult Adherent Stem Cells in Treatment of Cardiovascular Injury; Development Considerations and Clinical Experience
Dr. Robert Deans, Senior Vice President, Regenerative Medicine, Athersys Inc., USA

11:00-11:30
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Title: ChondroCelect©, The First Cell-based Product Approved by the EMA
Dr. Gil Beyen, Chief Executive Officer, TiGenix, Belgium

11:30-12:00
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Title: Regenerative Medicine: A Force for Change in the Biotechnology
Dr. Michael D. West,
Chief Executive Officer, BioTime, Inc., USA

18:30-20:30

Welcome Banquet and Art Performance


Track 1: Research Trend of Regenerative Medicine

Track 1-1: Human Myoblast Genome Therapy for Regenerative Medicine
Time: 13:30-17:10, December 5, 2010 (Sunday)

Chair:

Dr. Jianjie Ma, Professor & Chair, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, USA

Co-Chair:

Dr. Claire Stewart, Professor, Institute for Biomedical Research into Human Movement and Health, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK

13:30-13:55

Title: Targeting MG53-mediated Membrane Repair in Human Diseases
Dr. Jianjie Ma, Professor & Chair, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, USA

13:55-14:20

Title: Skeletal Muscle Stem Cells in Regeneration and Repair: Influence of Age and Disease
Dr. Claire Stewart, Professor, Institute for Biomedical Research into Human Movement and Health, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK

14:20-14:45

Title: Stem Cells and Tissue Engineering for the Creation of Bioartificial Myocardium
Dr. Juan Carlos Chachques
, Director, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Pompidou Hospital, France

14:45-15:10

Title: Pre-clinical and Clinical Studies on Application of Human Myoblasts in Regeneration of Post-infarction Heart
Dr. Maciej Kurpisz, Professor, Polish Academy of Sciences Pozna, Poland

15:10-15:30

Coffee Break

15:30-15:55

Title: Clinical study of Duchenee Muscular Dystrophy with Stem Cell Transplantation in Sequence Therapy
Dr. XiaoFeng Yang, Cell Treatment Center, PLA 463 Hospital , China

15:55-16:20

Title: Novel Regulators of Skeletal Muscle Differentiation and Regeneration
Dr. Reshma Taneja, Associate Professor, Department of Physiology, National University of Singapore, Singapore

16:20-16:45

Title:Molecular Aspects of Functional Heterogeneity in Muscle Satellite Cells
Dr. Yusuke Ono,
Senior Research Associate, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Japan


Track 1-2: Stem Cell vs Artificial Cells in Regenerative Medicine
Time: 13:30-16:20, December 5, 2010 (Sunday)

Chair:

Dr. Thomas Ming Swi Chang, Professor & Director, McGill University, Canada

Co-Chair:

Dr. Wei-Qiang Gao, Chair Professor, Med-X Research Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China

13:30-13:55

Title: Generation of a Prostate from a Single Adult Stem Cell
Dr. Wei-Qiang Gao, Chair Professor, Med-X Research Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China

13:55-14:20

Title:Cochlear Repair after Human Stem Cell Transplantation to Nod-scid Mice Made Deaf with Kanamycin and Noise
Dr. Roberto P. Revoltella, Professor, Institute for Chemical-Physical Processes, Italy

14:20-14:45

Title: Establishment of a Novel System for Fetal Liver Stem Cells Isolation and Culture
Dr. Kefeng Dou, Professor & Director, Xijing Hospital of the Forth Military Medical University, China

14:45-15:10

Title: Placental Stem Cells Expansion, Differentiation and Transplantation
Dr. Wilairat Leeanansaksiri, Assistant Professor, Suranaree University of Technology, Thailand

15:10-15:30

Coffee Break

15:30-15:55

Title: Skin Banking System for Allogeneic Cultured Dermal Substitute Composed of Hyaluronic Acid and Collagen Spongy Matrix Containing Fibroblasts
Dr. Akane Yu,
Member of Japan Society of Plastic and Reconstructive of Surgery, Japan

15:55-16:20

Title: Stem Cell Therapy Improves the Outcome of Liver Resection in Cirrhotics
Dr. Alaa Ismail,
Professor of General Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Egypt


Track 1-3: New Frontiers in Angiogenesis and Tissue Engineering
Time: 08:30-12:10, December 6, 2010 (Monday)

Chair:

Dr. Farrell O. Mendelsohn, Director, Center for Therapeutic Angiogenesis, USA

Co-Chair:

Dr. Randall J. Lee, Professor of Medicine, Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California-San Francisco, USA

08:30-08:55

Title: Intra-myocardial Administration of a Novel Gene Therapy, JVS-100, Promotes Cardiac Benefit and Improves Angiogenesis in Porcine Heart Failure Models
Dr. Farrell O. Mendelsohn, Director, Center for Therapeutic Angiogenesis, USA

08:55-09:20

Title: Altering the Microenvironment of the Ischemic Myocardium to Induce Angiogenesis and Facilitate Myocardial Repair
Dr. Randall J. Lee, Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Section of Electrophysiology, University of California, San Francisco, USA

09:20-09:45

Title: The Possible Role of Nitric Oxide in Colonic Tissue Repair Process
Dr. Hongying Wang, Professor, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Oncology, Cancer Institute and Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College, China

09:45-10:10

Title: Hemangioblast: Regulation and Therapeutics in Vascular Diseases
Dr. Wang Min, Associate Professor, Yale University, USA

10:10-10:30

Coffee Break

10:30-10:55

Title: Bone Marrow Stem Cell Therapy in Patients with Thromboangiitis Obliterans
Dr. Dong-Ik Kim,
Professor, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Korea

10:55-11:20

Title: Functional Tissue-engineered Small Diameter Blood Vessels Generated from Human Hair Follicle Stem Cells
Dr. Jin Yu Liu, Professor, Department of Pathobiology, the Key Lab of Educational Ministry, Jilin University, China

11:20-11:45

Title: A Large Animal Model for Assessing Angiogenic Cell Therapy with Human Bone Marrow derived Cells in Ischemic Cardiovascular Disease
Dr. Cristina Tourino,
Professor, Medicine Department, UDELAR University, Uruguay


Track 1-4: Breakthroughs in Cell Culture Technology for Tissue Engineering
Time: 08:30-12:35, December 6, 2010 (Monday)

Chair:

Dr. David C. Hay, Principal Investigator, MRC Centre for Regenerative Medicine, the University of Edinburgh, UK

Co-Chair:

Dr. Louis Yuge, Professor & Main Director, Division of Bio-Environment Adaptation Sciences, Graduate School of Health Sciences & Space Bio-Laboratories Y.K., Hiroshima University, Japan

08:30-08:55

Title: Importance of Oxygen Supply in Liver Tissue Engineering: Scaffolds Having Flow Channels, Oxygen Carriers and Oxygen-Permeable Membranes
Dr. Yasuyuki Sakai,Professor, University of Tokyo, Japan

08:55-09:20

Title: Generating Metabolically Active Hepatocytes from Pluripotent Stem Cells
Dr. David C. Hay, Principal Investigator, MRC Centre for Regenerative Medicine, the University of Edinburgh, UK

09:20-09:45

Title:Adult and  Embryonic Stem Cells Culture in Microgravity Environment
Dr. Louis Yuge, Professor & Main Director, Division of Bio-Environment Adaptation Sciences, Graduate School of Health Sciences & Space Bio-Laboratories Y.K., Hiroshima University, Japan 

09:45-10:10

Title: Human Amniotic Epithelial Cells and Embryonic Stem Cells
Dr. Dongmei Lai, Associate Professor, The International Peace Maternity and Child Health Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University, China

10:10-10:30

Coffee Break

10:30-10:55

Title: Hydrogel Based Microenvironment for Regulating Tissue Morphogenesis
Dr. Takuya Matsumoto, Associate Professor, Department of Oromaxillofacial Regeneration, Osaka University, Japan

10:55-11:20

Title: A Safe & Effective Expansion System for Stem Cell in Vitro
Dr. Yanqiu Yu,
Professor, China Medical University, China

11:20-11:45

Title: Controlled Assembly of Cell Aggregates in Hydrogel Matrices for Microscale Tissue Reconstruction
Dr. Ying Luo, Associate Professor, Peking University, China

11:45-12:10

Title: Micro-well Array Perfusion Bioreactor for High-throughput Lineage Analysis
Dr. Robert Nordon,Senior Lecturer, Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, University of New South Wales, Australia

12:10-12:35

Title: Shrink Induced Biomimetic Cell Culture Platform
Dr. Michelle Khine, Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of California at Irvine, USA


Track 1-5: Tissue Engineering Scaffold System
Time: 13:30-16:45, December 6, 2010 (Monday)

Chair:

Dr. Kibret Mequanint, Associate Professor & Associate Chair, University of Western Ontario, Canada

13:30-13:55

Title: The Use Of a Chitosan-based Hyaluronate Gel for Degenerative Disc Disease
Dr. Dror Robinson, Director, Orthopedic Research Unit, Hasharon Hospital, Rabin Medical Center, Israel

13:55-14:20

Title: Cranial Regeneration through MSC-loaded Polymer-reinforced 3D Calcium Phosphate Scaffolds
Dr. Tien-Min Gabriel Chu,Associate Professor, Department of Restorative Dentistry,Indiana University, USA

14:20-14:45

Title: Progress towards Elastin-containing Engineered Vascular Tissue
Dr. Kibret Mequanint, Associate Professor, University of Western Ontario, Canada

14:45-15:10

Title: Biomimetic Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering: Production and Characterization
Dr. Lidia Agata de Sena,Researcher, INMETRO, Brazil

15:10-15:30

Coffee Break

15:30-15:55

Title: Architecture - properties Relationship of Foam - like and Fibrous Scaffolds
Dr. Monika Bil, Research Fellow, Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland

15:55-16:20

Title: In vitro Model of Mesenchymal Condensation during Chondrogenic Development–optimization of Bombyxmori Silk Fibroin Materials
Dr. Michael Laha, Research Assistant, The Rockefeller University, USA

16:20-16:45

Title: The Injectable Porous Scaffolds: A Novel Strategy of Stem Cell Therapy
Dr. Dianliang Wang, Professor, Second Artillery Corps General Hospital, China


Track 1-6: Nanotechnology in Tissue Engineering
Time: 13:30-15:10, December 6, 2010 (Monday)

Chair:

Dr. Ikuo Morita,Vice-President & Professor, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Japan

Co-Chair:

Dr. Xiumei Mo, Professor, Donghua University, China

13:30-13:50

Title: Implantation of Capillary Structure Engineered by Optical Lithography
Dr. Ikuo Morita,Vice-President & Professor, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Japan

13:50-14:10

Title: Nanotechnology in Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine
Dr. Xiumei Mo, Professor, Donghua University, China

14:10-14:30

Title: Control of Secondary Structure of Thermogelling Polypeptide of PA-PLX-PA: Implication on Nanoassembly and Biomedical Applications
Dr. Byeongmoon Jeong, Professor, Ewha Womans University, South Korea

14:30-14:50

Title: Biomechanically Stimulated Hybrid Ceramo Polymeric Nanocomposites Scaffolds for Stem Cell Specialisation
Dr. Antonio Apicella, Professor, Second University of Naples, Italy

14:45-15:10

Title: Stem Cells in Nanotoxicity Testing
Dr. Yiling Hong, Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, University of Dayton, USA

15:10-15:30

Coffee Break


Track 1-7: Novel Technology in Regenerative Medicine
Time: 13:30-15:30, December 7, 2010 (Monday); Place: Guang Da No. 1, 2nd Floor, ECEC

Chair:

Dr. Bruce Whitelaw, Professor, The University of Edinburgh, UK

13:30-15:55

Title: iPS Cells in Drug Discovery
Dr. Ian Wilmut, Director, Scottish Centre for Regenerative Medicine, The University of Edinburgh, UK

13:55-14:20

Title: Manufacturing Cellular Therapies: Preparing for Commercialization
Dr. Christian van den Bos, Executive Program Manager, LIFT LONZA Cologne GmbH, Germany

14:20-14:45

Title: Stem Cells in the Commercial Arena
Dr. Robin Young, CEO, PearlDiver Technologies, Inc., USA

14:45-15:10

Title: Transgenic Livestock Models for Therapy Development
Dr. Bruce Whitelaw, Professor, The University of Edinburgh, UK

15:10-15:35

Title: Self-adaptive Phototherapy
Dr. Timon Cheng-Yi Liu, Professor, Laboratory of Laser Sports Medicine, South China Normal University, China


Track 1-8: Biomaterials in Regenerative Medicine
Time: 08:30-12:10, December 7, 2010 (Tuesday)

Chair:

Dr. Yasuhiko Tabata, Professor & Chairman, Kyoto University, Japan

Co-Chair:

Dr. Kaitian Xu, Director of Polymer Laboratory, Research Institute of Biomedical and Advanced Materials, Shantou University, China

08:30-08:55

Title: Investigation and Applications of Biodegradable Polymeric Biomaterials
Dr. Kaitian Xu, Director of Polymer Laboratory, Research Institute of Biomedical and Advanced Materials, Shantou University, China

08:55-09:20

Title:In Vivo Evaluation of Ceramic–Polymer Composite Scaffolds
Dr. Xigeng Miao, Associate Professor, Queensland University of Technology, Australia

09:20-09:45

Title: Membrane Rich Hydrogels as Scaffolds for Engineering Adipose Tissue
Dr. Keren Abberton, Group Leader, Adipose Tissue Engineering, The O’Brien Institute, Australia

09:45-10:10

Title: Synergistic Role for Extracellular Matrix in Stable Human Pluripotent Stem Cell Propagation
Dr. Raj R. Rao, Assistant Professor, Virginia Commonwealth University, USA

10:10-10:30

Coffee Break

10:30-10:55

Title: Cardiovascular Substitute Materials – the Regeneration of Acelluar Xenograft Matrix in Vivo 
Dr. Zhongshi Wu, Professor ,The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University ,China

10:55-11:20

Title: Development of Biomaterial Carriers for Ocular Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine
Dr. Jui-Yang Lai, Assistant Professor, Chang Gung University, Taiwan

11:20-11:45

Title: Peptides-mediated Biomaterials for Cardiovascular Repair
Dr. Jiashing Yu, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taiwan


Track 2: Translational Regenerative Medicine and Tissue Engineering

Track 2-1: Neodermis, Epidermis and Membrane Regeneration
Time: 13:30-15:10, December 5, 2010 (Sunday)

Chair:

Dr. Magnus von Unge, Professor, Akershus University Hospital, Norway

13:30-13:55

Title: Stem Cells / Progenitor Cells and the Epithelial Repair of Tympanic Membrane Perforations
Dr. Magnus von Unge, Professor, Akershus University Hospital, Norway

13:55-14:20

Title: Autologous Fat Graft and Scar Treatment
Dr. Marco Klinger, Professor of Plastic Surgery, University of Milan, Italy

14:20-14:45

Title: Stretch and Growth: Changes in Skin Gene Expression Induced by Tissue Expansion
Dr. Yimin Liang,Professor, Department of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Shanghai JiaoTong University, China

14:45-15:10

Title: Role of Autologous Adipuos Tissue Transplantation and Stem Cells in Anal-rectal Pathology
Dr. Giuseppe Malleo, Resident in Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Verona, Italy


Track 2-2: Spinal Cord, Peripheral Nerve and Neural Tissues Regeneration
Time: 15:30-17:35, December 5, 2010 (Sunday)

Chair:

Dr. Giles Plant, Associate Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University, USA

15:30-15:55

Title: New Stem Cell based Therapy for Intractable Diabetic Neuropathy and Peripheral Neuropathy
Dr. Kyung-Soo Kim, Professor of Medicine(Cardiology) & Biomedical Science College of Medicine, Hanyang University, Korea

15:55-16:20

Title: Mesencymal Stem Cells (hMSCs) from Spinal Cord Injured (SCI) Patients Transplanted into Rat Spinal Cords after Complete-Transection
Dr. Giles Plant, Associate Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University, USA

16:20-16:45

Title: Comparative Study of Axonal Regeneration beyond Scar Tissue after Spinal
Dr. Kengo Funakoshi, Professor, Department of Neuroanatomy, Yokohama City University School of Medicine, Japan

16:45-17:10

Title: Treatment of Chronic Spinal Cord Injury Patients by Autologous Bone Marrow Derived Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation: One Year Follow-up
Dr. Haluk Deda,Professor, Halman Neurotherapy Center, The United Arab Emirates

17:10-17:35

Title: Acellular Nerve Grafting Supplemented with Fibrin Glue Containing Bone-marrow Stromal Cells to Improve Peripheral Nerve Regeneration
Dr. Jiang Peng, Professor, General Hospital of Chinese People’s Liberation Army, China


Track 2-3: Articular Cartilage and Bone Regeneration(Part I)
08:30-12:35, December 6, 2010 (Monday)

Chair:

Dr. Franz E. Weber,Professor & Project Leader, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland

Co-Chair:

Dr. Peng Liu,Professor, Wuhan University School of Dentistry, China

08:30-08:55

Title: Novel Developments in Guided Bone Regeneration Membranes. From the Bench to the Bedside
Dr. Franz E. Weber,Professor & Project Leader, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland

08:55-09:20

Title: Engineering Bone: Challenges and Obstacles
Dr. Herve Petite, Chairman, the Laboratory of Orthopaedic Research, France

09:20-09:45

Title: Generation of Chondrocytes from Human Embryonic Stem Cells
Dr. S. J. Kimber,
Co-Director, the North West Embryonic Stem cell Centre (NWESCC), Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, UK

09:45-10:10

Title: The Fate and Contribution of Expanded Human Bone Marrow Stem/Progenitor Cells for Bone Regeneration
Dr. Peng Liu,Professor, Skeletal Developmental and Regenerative Medicine, Wuhan University School of Dentistry, China

10:10-10:30

Coffee Break

10:30-10:55

Title: Treatment of Early Stage Osteonecrosis of the Femoral Head with Autologous Implantation of Bone Marrow-derived and Cultured Mesenchymal Stem Cells
Dr. Dewei Zhao, Director of the Hospital, Affiliated Zhongshan Hospital of Dalian University, China

10:55-11:20

Title: A Cellular Implantation System using a Novel Injectable Gel for Cartilage Tissue Engineering
Dr. Norimasa Iwasaki, Associate Professor, Member of Japanese Orthopaedic Association, Japan

11:20-11:45

Title: Feasibility of Transgene-based Bone Engineering
Dr. Shinji Kuroda, Assistant Professor, Oral Implantology and Regenerative Dental Medicine, Graduate School, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Japan

11:45-12:10

Title : Articular Cartilage Regeneration with Autologous Peripheral Blood Stem Cells and Hyaluronic Acid
Dr Khay-Yong Saw, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Kuala Lumpur Sports Medicine Centre, Malaysia


Track 2-4: Ocular Surface Reconstruction
Time: 13:30-15:10, December 5, 2010 (Sunday)

Chair:

Dr. Calvin C. P. Pang,Professor & Head, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong China

13:30-13:50

Title: Molecular Biology of Ocular Stem Cells
Dr. Calvin C. P. Pang,Professor & Head, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong China

13:50-14:10

Title: Carbodiimide Cross-linked Amniotic Membranes for Cultivation of Limbal Epithelial Cells
Dr. David Hui-Kang Ma, Associate Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taiwan

14:10-14:30

Title: Corneal Endothelium Reconstruction Using Untransfected Human Corneal Endothelial Cells and Denuded Amniotic Membrane
Dr. Tingjun Fan, Professor, Ocean University of China, China

14:30-14:50

Title: Corneal Reconstruction Using Autolohous Oral Mucosal Epithelial Cell Sheet
Dr. Kohji Nishida, Professor & Chairman, Osaka University Medical School, Japan

14:50-15:10

Title: Regulation of Human Corneal Epithelial Differentiation by MicroRNA
Dr. Gary HF Yam, Assistant Professor, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong China


Track 2-5: Hematopoietic, Cardiovascular Tissue and Heart Valve Regeneration
Time: 13:30-17:30, December 6, 2010 (Monday)

Chair:

Dr. Dipak Panigrahy, Instructor in Surgery, Harvard Medical School, USA

13:30-13:55

Title: Myocardial Tissue Engineering Based on the Embryonic Stem Cells
Dr. Changyong Wang, Professor & Director, Tissue Engineering Reseach Center, Academy of Military Medical Sciences, China

13:55-14:20

Title: Tissue Engineered Hybrid Artificial Vascular Graft
Dr. Fumio Yamamoto, Professor, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Akita University School of Medicine, Japan

14:20-14:45

Title: First Experience with Intramiocardial Stem Cells Imlantation in cases of Dilatation Cardiomiopaty in Pediatric Patients
Dr. Aris Laci, Professor, University Childrens Hospital, Latvia

14:45-15:10

Title: Constructing Tissue Engineeringed Venous Valves with MAPCs and EPCs
Dr. Chuan-sen Zhang, Professor & Director, Department of Anatomy, Second Military Medical University, China

15:10-15:30

Coffee Break

15:30-15:55

Title: Epoxyeicosatrienoic Acids Control Angiogenesis-dependent Regeneration
Dr. Dipak Panigrahy, Instructor in Surgery, Harvard Medical School, USA

15:55-16:20

Title: Myocardial Regeneration and Recruitment of Endothelial Progenitor Cells by Low Energy Shock Wave Treatment
Dr. Johannes Holfeld, Research Assistant, Medical University of Vienna, Austria

16:20-16:45

Title: Heart Regeneration and Coronary Vessel Formation in Adult Zebrafish
Dr. Ching-Ling Ellen Lien, Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, University of Southern California, USA

16:45-17:10

Title: Application of Bone Marrow Derived Stem Cells in the Regeneration of Myocardium : A Long Term Study
Dr. Balram Airan, Head, Cardio Thoracic Vascular Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, India


Track 2-6: Articular Cartilage and Bone Regeneration(Part II)
Time: 13:30-17:10, December 6, 2010 (Monday)

Chair:

Dr. Melissa Knothe Tate, Director & Professor, Case Western Reserve University, USA

13:30-13:55

Title: Harnessing the Power of Resident Pluripotent Cells to Generate Tissue
Dr. Melissa Knothe Tate, Director & Professor, Case Western Reserve University, USA

13:55-14:20

Title: Preconditioning of Mesenchymal Stem Cells using Low-Intensity Ultrasound Improves Articular Cartilage Regeneration
Dr. Ji Hao Cui, Associate Chief Physician, Suzhou Kowloon Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University Medical School, China

14:20-14:45

Title: Dental Pulp Stem Cells and Bone Regeneration
Dr. Raul Rosales Ibanez,Professor, University of San Luis Potosi, Mexico

14:45-15:10

Title: Developing an off-the-shelf Tissue Engineered Bone Graft for Clinical Application
Dr. Zhiyong Zhang,Associate Professor, Xijing Orthopaedic Hospital The Fourth Military Medical University, China

15:10-15:30

Coffee Break

15:30-15:55

Title: Mechanical Stress Loading for Scaffold-free Cartilage Tissue
Dr. Katsuko S Furukawa, Associate Professor, Department of Bioengineering, University of Tokyo, Japan

15:55-16:20

Title: Tissue Engineering in Bone Regeneration Using Autologous Adipose-derived Stem Cells in Small Animals
Dr. Anna Brini, Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Milan, Italy

16:20-16:45

Title: Making Bone from Cartilage: Learning from Nature
Dr. Serafim P. Melo de Oliveira, Professor,Department of Mechanical Engineering, ESTV—Escola Superior de Tecnologia de Viseu, Portugal

16:45-17:10

Title: Injectable Tissue Engineering Cartilage Constructed with Articular Cartilage-derived Hair Bulb like Microcarrier and Chondrocytes
Dr. Yu Wang, Assistant Research Fellow, General Hospital of Chinese People’s Liberation Army, China


Track 2-7: Digestive Respiratory and Urologic Tissues and Organ Regeneration
Time: 08:30-12:10, December 7, 2010 (Tuesday)

Chair:

Dr. Peter Frey,Professor & Head of Pediatric Urology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV) and IBI, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL), Switzerland

Co-Chair:

Dr. Shing-Hwa Lu, Professor, Department of Urology, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan

08:30-08:55

Title: Tissue Engineering of Functional Tubular Structures in Urology
Dr. Peter Frey,Professor & Head of Pediatric Urology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV) and IBI, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL), Switzerland

08:55-09:20

Title: EuroSTEC: Urological Tissue Engineering Progress and Collaboration
Dr. Wouter F. J. Feitz,Professor, Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands

09:20-09:45

Title: Tissue Engineering for Reconstructive Urology
Dr. Magdalena Fossum, Head of Section of Pediatric Urology, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden

09:45-10:10

Title: The Regenerative Airway by Engineered Cartilage
Dr. Makoto Komura, Lecturer, The University of Tokyo Hospital, Japan

10:10-10:30

Coffee Break

10:30-10:55

Title: Isolation of Muscle Derived Stem Cells for Urological Regeneration
Dr. Shing-Hwa Lu, Professor, Department of Urology, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan

10:55-11:20

Title: Tissue Engineering of Intestinal System for Surgical Replacement
Dr. Mevlit Korkmaz, Assistant Professor, istanbul Göztepe Traning and Research Hospital, Turkey

11:20-11:45

Title: Involvement of Renal Stem/Progenitor Cells in the Regeneration Process of the Kidney
Dr. Akito Maeshima, Assistant Professor, Gunma Uviversity Graduate School of Medicine, Japan

11:45-12:10

Title: Infuence of Everolimus on Wound Healing in Experimental Intestinal Anastomoses
Dr. Martine C. M. Willems,Surgeon, Department of Surgery, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, The Netherlands


Track 2-8: Skin, Hair and Dental Tissues
Time: 08:30-12:10, December 7, 2010 (Tuesday)

Chair:

Dr. Michael Zimber, Director of Applied Research, Histogen, Inc., USA

08:30-08:55

Title: From Bench to Bedside and Beyond, Delivering Innovative Products for Dental Tissue Regeneration
Dr. Weishui Weiser, CEO & Managing Director, Scil Technology GmbH, Germany

08:55-09:20

Title: Clinical Evaluation of Embryonic-like Fibroblast Secreted Proteins to Induce Hair Growth
Dr. Michael Zimber, Director of Applied Research, Histogen, Inc., USA

09:20-09:45

Title: Development of Novel Tissue Engineered Skin Using Stem Cell Technology and Nanotechnology
Dr. Thang T Phan, Associate Professor, YLL School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore

09:45-10:10

Title: Hair Stem Cells and Epidermal Morphogenesis
Dr. Ekaterina Vorotelyak, Head of the Group, Institute of Developmental Biology, Russian


Track 2-9: Musculoskeletal Tissue Regeneration
Time: 10:30-12:10, December7, 2010 (Tuesday)

Chair:

Dr. Herman S. Cheung, James L. Knight Professor of Biomedical Engineering; Senior VA Research Career Scientist, University of Miami, USA

Co-Chair:

Dr. Guang Qian Zhou, Professor, Shenzhen University Medical School, China

10:30-10:55

Title: Novel Regulators of Skeletal Muscle Differentiation and Regeneration
Dr. Reshma Taneja, Associate Professor, Department of Physiology, National University of Singapore, Singapore

10:55-11:20

Title: Control Cell Delivery and Growth Factor Activity for Orthoepedic Application
Dr. Bo Han, Assistant Professor, Director of Tissue Engineering Lab, Department of Surgery and Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California, USA

11:20-11:45

Title:Phenotypical and Functional Identification of Endogenous Stem Cells from Intervertebral Disc Tissues
Dr. Guang Qian Zhou, Professor, Shenzhen University Medical School, China

11:45-12:10

Title: The Construction and Clinical Use of Bio-derived Human Bone with Cells
Dr. Zhou Xiang, Professor, Sichuan University, China


Track 2-10: Clinical Trials on Regenerative Medicine
Time: 08:30-12:10, December7, 2010 (Tuesday)

Chair:

Dr. Alain Chapel, Principal Investigator, Institute of Nuclear Safety and Radioprotection, France

Co-Chair:

Dr. Emmanuel C Opara, Professor, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, USA

08:30-08:55

Title: Stem Cells the Rapy in Radiation Injuries from Bench to Bedside
Dr. Alain Chapel, Principal Investigator, Institute of Nuclear Safety and Radioprotection, France

08:55-09:20

Title: Bioengineering a Bioartificial Pancreas
Dr.Emmanuel C Opara, Professor, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, USA

09:20-09:45

Title: A Bio-engineered Therapy for Hyaline Cartilage in the Knee. From Laboratory to Results of a Prospective Randomized Clinical Trail vs. Standard of Care Microfracture Surgery at 2 Years
Dr. Dennis Crawford, Surgical Director, Sports Medicine Program, Department of Orthopedics & Rehabilitation, Oregon Health Science University, USA

09:45-10:10

Title: Regenerative Medical Therapy Based on Drug Delivery Technology of Tissue Engineering
Dr. Yasuhiko Tabata, Professor & Chairman, Kyoto University, Japan

10:10-10:30

Coffee Break

10:30-10:55

Title: Long Term Results of Transurethral Autologous Myoblast Injection for Treatment of Urinary Incontinence in Children with Classic Bladder Exstrophy
Dr. A.M. Kajbafzadeh, Director of Pediatric Urology and Regenerative Medicine Research Centre, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran

10:55-11:20

Title: Tissue Engineering in Urology
Dr. Heung Jae Park, Professor & Dirctor, Sungkyunkwan Univerity School of Medicine, Korea

11:20-11:45

Title: Tissue Enginnering in Spinal Surgery. Current Concepts
Dr. Federico P. Girardi, Associate Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, Hospital for Special Surgery, USA

11:45-12:10

Title: Generation of Functionally Mature Blood Cells from Human ES/iPS Cells and their Possible Clinical Utilization
Dr. Feng Ma, Assistant Professor, Division of Stem Cell Processing, Research Center for Stem Cell Research and Regenerative Medicine, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Japan


Track 3: Breaking Research Development in Stem Cells

Track 3-1: Stem Cell Biology-Cloning, Chimeras and Gene Expression
Time: 13:30-17:35, December 5, 2010 (Sunday)

Chair:

Dr. Fang-Xu Jiang, Associate Professor & Head, Western Australian Institute for Medical Research, Centre for Medical Research, University of Western Australia, Australia

Co-Chair:

Dr. Yuhong Fan, Assistant Professor, School of Biology and the Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA

13:30-13:55

Title: Functional Neural Stem Cells with High Therapeutic Potential: An Overview
Dr. Jong Eun Lee, Chair Professor, Yonsei University College of Medicine, South Korea

13:55-14:20

Title: Investigating the Molecular Mechanisms of How Islet Progenitors Give Rise to Insulin-producing Beta Cells
Dr. Fang-Xu Jiang, Associate Professor & Head, Western Australian Institute for Medical Research, University of Western Australia, Australia

14:20-14:45

Title: Generation of α1, 3-Galactosyltransferase-Gene Knockout in Cattle for Xenotransplantation
Dr. Tokihiko Sawada, Associate Professor, Dokkyo Medical University, Japan

14:45-15:10

Title: Bidirectional Reprogramming in Mouse Embryonic Stem Cell/Fibroblast Hybrid Cells Starts at the Heterokaryon Stage
Dr. Oleg Serov, Professor, Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Academy of Sciences of Russia, Siberian Branch, Russia

15:10-15:30

Coffee Break

15:30-15:55

Title:Impact of Adult Neurogenesis on Schizophrenia Related Behavioral Phenotype by Using DISC1 shRNA Knockdown Retrovirus Approach
Dr. Weidong Li, Professor, Bio-X Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China

15:55-16:20

Title: Role of Linker Histone H1 in Embryonic Stem Cell Differentiation
Dr. Yuhong Fan, Assistant Professor, School of Biology and the Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA

16:20-16:45

Title: Epigenetic Differences between Embryonic Stem Cells Generated from Blastocysts Developed in Vivo and in Vitro
Dr. Takuro Horii, Assistant Professor, Gunma University, Japan

16:45-17:10

Title: Hints in Selecting the Right and High Quality Antibodies for Your Research
Dr. Peter Lee, Ap General Manager,Abcam(HK), China

17:10-17:35

Title: Oocyte-mediated Nuclear Reprogramming and the Possibility of Oocyte Eengineering
Dr. Huizhen Sheng, Professor & Head, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, China


Track 3-2: Cancer Stem Cells
Time: 15:30-17:30, December 5, 2010 (Sunday)

Chair:

Dr. Edda Tobiasch, Professor, Natural Sciences, University of Applied Sciences Bonn-Rhine-Sieg, Germany

Co-Chair:

Dr. Gail Naughton, Dean, San Diego State University, USA

15:30-15:50

Title: P2 Receptors Influence Differentiation in Human Mesenchymal and Ectomesenchymal Stem Cells
Dr. Edda Tobiasch, Professor, Natural Sciences, University of Applied Sciences Bonn-Rhine-Sieg, Germany

15:50-16:10

Title: Human Embryonic-like ECM Stimulates Proliferation and Differentiation in Stem Cells While Killing Cancer Cells
Dr. Gail Naughton, CEO and Chairman, Histogen, Inc., USA

16:10-16:30

Title: Stromal Derived Factor 1a (SDF-1a), A Homing Factor for Mesenchymal Stem Cells, Is Elevated in Tumor Tissue and Plasma of Glioma Ppatients
Dr. Marco Timmer, Neuroscientist, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Germany

16:30-16:50

Title: Shh Signaling Pathway Involves in Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma and It's Cancer Stem Cell
Dr. Wantao Chen, Vice Chairman & Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Ninth
People’s Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, China

16:50-17:10

Title: Development of Therapeutics Targeting Brain Tumor Stem Cells
Dr. Ichiro Nakano, Director of Neural Cancer Stem Cell Program, Department of Neurological Surgery, The Ohio State University, USA

17:10-17:30

Title: Nanog, Cancer Stem Cells, and Breast Cancer Metastasis
Dr. Daotai Nie, Associate Professor, Molecular Oncology, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, USA


Track 3-3: Regulatory Networks in Stem Cells
Time: 08:30-11:45, December 6, 2010 (Monday)

Chair:

Dr. Xue-Jun Li, Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience, The University of Connecticut Health Center, USA

08:30-08:55

Title: Epigenetic Biomarkers of Human Embryo Stem Cell Identity
Dr. Paul de Sousa, Senior Research Fellow, MRC Centre for Regenerative Medicine, University of Edinburgh, UK

08:55-09:20

Title: Surface Molecules and Pluripotency Maintenance of Embryonic Stem Cells
Dr. Ming Zhang, Professor, The Institute of Cell Biology and Genetics, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, China

09:20-09:45

Title: Design of Novel 2D and 3D Bio-Interfaces using Self-Organization to Control Stem Cell behavior
Dr. Masaru Tanaka, Professor, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Department of Biochemical Engineering, Biomaterials Science Group, Yamagata University, Japan

09:45-10:10

Title: Coordination of Sonic Hedgehog and Wnt Signaling Determines Forebrain Neuronal Types from Hescs
Dr. Xue-Jun Li, Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience, The University of Connecticut Health Center, USA

10:10-10:30

Coffee Break

10:30-10:55

Title: Porous Membranes as a Physical Barrier Support Human ES and Ips Cell Culture on Proliferating Human ASCs
Dr. Soohong Lee, Assistant Professor, Stem Cell Institute, CHA University, South Korea

10:55-11:20

Title: Senescent Growth Arrest in Mesenchymal Stem Cells is Bypassed by Wip1-mediated Downregulation of Intrinsic Stress Signaling Pathways
Dr. Hyukjin Cha,
Assistant Professor, Bio-medical Sciences Department, CHA University, South Korea

11:20-11:45

Title: Stemness Control in Embryonic Stem Cells by aNovel Transcription Elongation Factor
Dr. Kyung-Soon Park
, Assistant Professor, CHA University, South Korea


Track 3-4: Stem Cell Differentiation and Transplantation
Time: 13:30-15:10, December 6, 2010 (Monday)

Chair:

Dr. Olga F. Gordeeva, Professor & Head, Institute of Developmental Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia

13:30-13:50

Title: Developmental Dynamics of Pluripotent Stem Cells after Transplantation of Them into Different Tissue Sites of Immunodeficient Mice
Dr. Olga F. Gordeeva, Professor & Head, Institute of Developmental Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia

13:50-14:10

Title: A Functional Retinal Pigment Epithelium-like Cell specifically Induced from Bone marrow-derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells
Dr. Wei Wang, Professor,Third Hospital of Peking University,China

14:10-14:30

Title: Therapeutic Strategy and Future Perspective Using Adipose-derived Stem Cells in Regenerative Medicine
Dr. Hiroshi Mizuno, Associate Professor, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Nippon Medical School, Japan

14:30-14:50

Title: Development Of Novel Cell- and Antibody Therapies for Prevention of Gvhd after Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
Dr. Stephan Fricke, Group Leader, Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and Immunology, University of Leipzig, Germany

14:50-15:10

Title: Developmental and Immunological Challenges to Successful Embryonic Stem Cell-Derived Therapies
Dr. Jennifer O. Manilay, Assistant Professor, University of California, USA


Track 3-5: Breaking on Embryonic and Adult Stem Cell Research
Time: 08:30-12:10, December 6, 2010 (Monday)

Chair:

Dr Alain A.G. Vertès, Sloan Fellowship, London Business School, UK

Co-Chair:

Dr. Ji Wu, Professor, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China

08:30-08:55

Title: The Adoption of Therapeutic Stem Cell Technologies by Big Pharma
Dr. Alain A.G. Vertès, Sloan Fellowship, London Business School, UK

08:55-09:20

Title: Activation of ERK1/2 Pathway Dictates the Lineage Commitment of MSCs Subjected to Dynamic Cyclic Compression
Dr. Herman S. Cheung, James L. Knight Professor of Biomedical Engineering; Senior VA Research Career Scientist, University of Miami, USA

09:20-09:45

Title: Establishment of iPS Cells from Aged Mice and Possible Use for Age-related Diseases
Dr. Ken-ichi Isobe, Professor & Director, Department of Immunology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine Japan
Presenter: Zhao Cheng

09:45-10:10

Title: Production of Offspring from Germline Stem Cell Lines Derived from Postnatal Ovaries or Adult Testes
Dr. Ji Wu, Professor, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China

10:10-10:30

Coffee Break

10:30-10:55

Title: The Role of Human Embryonic Stem Cells in Modeling Human Genetic Disorders
Dr. Benvenisty Nissim, Professor, Department of Genetics, The Hebrew University, Israel

10:55-11:20

Title: The Immunogenicity and Immunomodulatory Effects of Endodermal Lineages Derived from Human Amnion Epithelial 'Stem' Cells
Dr. Ursula Manuelpillai, Senior Scientist / Group Leader, Monash Institute of Medical Research, Monash University, Australia

11:20-11:45

Title: Gingival Fibroblasts as a Promising Source of Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells
Dr. Hiroshi Egusa, Assistant Professor, Department of Fixed Prosthodontics, Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, Japan

11:45-12:10

Title: Use of IPS Technology to Generate Pluripotent Stem Cells Derived from Adult Testis Tissues
Dr. Hideyuki Kobayashi, Assistant Professor, Department of Urology, Toho University School of Medicine, Japan

12:10-12:35

Title: Long-Term Culture and Identification of Sheep Spermatogonial Stem Cells
Dr. Yingji Wu, Professor, Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education of China for Mammalian
Reproductive Biology and Biotechnology, Inner Mongolia University, China


Track 3-6: Stem Cell Assay
Time: 13:30-17:35, December 6, 2010 (Monday)

Chair:

Dr. Norio Nakatsuji, Professor & Director, Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (iCeMS), Kyoto University, Japan

15:30-15:55

Keynote speech:
Title: High Throughput Cardiotox Screening Using Human IPS Cell Derived Cardiomyocyte and Novel 96-well Plate
Dr. Yasuyuki Asai, Chief Technology Officer, Reprocell Inc, Japan

15:55-16:20

Title: Enhanced Stem Cell Procurement for Drug Discovery
Dr. Clara Cavelier, Group Leader Product Management Laboratory, Hamilton Bonaduz AG, Switzerland

16:20-16:45

Title: Multi-disciplinary Research and Application of Pluripotent Stem Cells for Drug Discovery and Disease Mechanism Research
Dr. Norio Nakatsuji, Professor & Director, Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (iCeMS), Kyoto University, Japan

16:45-17:10

Title: Noninvasive Diagnosis of a Single Dead/alive cell and Hazard Identification on a Single Cell Level Using a Laser Beam
Dr. Wu Xing-Zheng, Professor, Fukuoka Institute of Technology, Japan

17:10-17:35

Title:3D Stem Cell Culture-based Assays with Higher Throughput
Dr. Hagen Thielecke, Head of Biohybrid Systems Department, Fraunhofer Institute for Biomedical Engineering (IBMT), Germany


Track 3-7: Neural Stem Cell Research
Time: 08:30-10:10, December 7, 2010 (Tuesday)

Chair:

Dr. Michel Levesque, President, NeuroGeneration,Inc., USA

08:30-08:55

Title: Neural Stem Cells-derived Biotherapeutics for Human Degenerative Disorders: Clinical Experience in Parkinson’s Disease
Dr. Michel Levesque, President, NeuroGeneration,Inc., USA

08:55-09:20

Title: Regulating Neural Stem Cells Using Extracellular Matrix
Dr. Charles ffrench-Constant,
Deputy Director, MRC Centre for Regenerative Medicine, the University of Edinburgh, UK

09:20-09:45

Title: Ectopic Neurogenesis in Forebrain Cholinergic Pathways of Rat Dementia Model
Dr. Xinhua Zhang, Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Nantong University, China

09:45-10:10

Title: Human in vitro Neural Models for Human Cytomegalovirus Neuropathogenesis and Drug Screening Study
Dr. Min Hua Luo, Group leader of Neurovirology, State Key Laboratory of Virology, Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences , China


Track 3-8: Legal, Politics, Ethic, and Social Acceptance of Stem Cell Research
Time: 10:30-12:10, December 7, 2010 (Tuesday)

Chair:

Dr. Mark T. Brown, Professor of Philosophy, University of Wisconsin, USA

10:30-10:55

Title: International Stem Cell Therapeutic Development
Dr. Brian Lundstrom, President, International Stem Cell Corporation, USA

10:55-11:20

Title: No Ethical Bypass for Moral Status in Stem Cell Research
Dr. Mark T. Brown, Professor of Philosophy, University of Wisconsin, USA

11:20-11:45

Title: Stem Cell Governance and Finance: Some Notes on the American Experience
Dr. James W. Fossett, Professor, Rockefeller Institute of Government, USA

11:45-12:10

Title: Regulations and Guidelines to Shaperone Regenerative Medicine
Dr. Jiaxue Huang, Vice President, Science & Technology,Union Stem Cell & Gene Engineering Co. Ltd, China

12:10-12:35

Title: Science and Ethics: A Bridge to the Future
Dr. Patricio Ventura-Juncá, Professor, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile  


Track 4: Stem Cell Research and Therapeutics

Track 4-1: Applications of Stem Cells in Neurodegenerative Diseases
Time: 13:30-15:10, December 5, 2010 (Sunday)

Chair:

Dr. Laura Calzà, Professor & Head, Department of DIMORFIPA, University of Bologna, Italy

13:30-13:50

Title: Human Nasal Olfactory Stem Cells Restore Learning and Memory in Mice
Dr. Francois Roman, Vice-President, Laboratoire de Neurobiologie des Processus Mnésiques, University of Provence, France

13:50-14:10

Title: Effects of Chymase on the Macular Region in Monkeys And Porcine Muller Cells: Probable Involvement of Chymase in the Onset of Idiopathic Macular Hole
Dr. Tsunehiko Ikeda, Professor & Chair, Department of Ophthalmology, Osaka Medical College, Japan

14:10-14:30

Title: Stem Cells in Neurological Diseases: To Know the Disease, To Protect Residual Cells, To Restore the Circuits
Dr. Laura Calzà, Professor & Head, Department of DIMORFIPA, University of Bologna, Italy

14:30-14:50

Title: Alterations in Adult Neurogenesis in Huntington's Disease
Dr. Yvona Mazurova, Associate Professor & Deputy Head, Department of Histology and Embryology, Charles University, Faculty of Medicine, Czech Republic

14:50-15:10

Title: Neural Stem Cell Detection in the Human Brain: New Developments
Dr. Mirjana Maletic-Savatic, Assistant Professor, Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute, Baylor College of Medicine, USA


Track 4-2: Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Therapy of Cardiovascular Diseases
Time: 15:30-17:10, December 5, 2010 (Sunday)

Chair:

Dr. Juan Carlos Chachques, Director, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Pompidou Hospital, France

Co-Chair:

Dr. Li-Ru Zhao, Assistant Professor & Director, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center (LSUHSC), USA

15:30-15:55

Title: PLX-PAD, An Allogeneic Cell Product for the Treatment of Critical Limb Ischemia
Dr. Farrell O. Mendelsohn, Director, Center for Therapeutic Angiogenesis, Interventional & Regenerative Cardiovascular Medicine, USA

15:55-16:20

Title: The Fate of Mesenchymal Stem Cells after Injection into Ischemic Myocardium
Dr. Keith A. Horvath,Chief & Director, NIH Heart Center at Suburban Hospital, USA

16:20-16:45

Title: Stem Cell Factor and Granulocyte-Colony Stimulating Factor Promote Neuronal Lineage Commitment of Neural Stem Cells
Dr. Li-Ru Zhao, Assistant Professor & Director, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center (LSUHSC), USA

16:45-17:10

Title: The Use of Autologous Bone Marrow Stem Cells Mobilization in the Treatment of Heart Failure with Chinese Medicine
Dr. Jie Wang, Director, Guang’anmen Hospital of CACMS, China


Track 4-3: Ocular Limbal Stem Cell and Stem Cell Therapy for Eye Diseases
Time: 08:30-10:10, December 6, 2010 (Monday)

Chair:

Dr. Winston W.-Y. Kao, Professor & Director, University of Cincinnati, USA

08:30-08:55

Title: Transplantation of Umbilical Mesenchymal Stem Cells Maintains Corneal Epithelial Progenitors in a Mouse Model of Limbal Deficiency
Dr. Winston W.-Y. Kao, Professor & Director, University of Cincinnati, USA

08:55-09:20

Title: Gene Therapy Approach through Stealth SiRNA against P63 to Correct Ocular Surface Disorders in Ectrodactyly-ectodermal Dysplasia-clefting (EEC) Syndrome
Dr. Enzo Di Iorio, Quality Control Manager, The Veneto Eye Bank Foundation-Epithelial Stem Cell Research Centre, Italy

09:20-09:45

Title: Limbal Niche and Corneal Epithelial Stem Cell Deficiency -The Impact of Tear Film and Oxygen Tension
Dr. Wei Li, Associate Professor, Eye Institute of Xiamen University, Xiamen Eye Center of Xiamen University, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, China


Track 4-4: Stem Cell Therapy for other Diseases
Time: 10:30-12:10, December 6, 2010 (Monday)

Chair:

Dr. Wolf-D. Grimm, Professor of Periodontology, Faculty of Health, Department of Periodontology, University of Witten, Germany

10:30-10:55

Title: Cord Blood Transplantation for Novel Cellular Therapy Treatments
Dr. Martin Sieber,
Senior Manager, Stem Cell Laboratory, BIONET Corp., Taiwan

10:55-11:20

Title: The Ability of Human Palatal-derived Stem Cells (paldSCs) to Regenerate Periodontal Tissues
Dr. Wolf-D. Grimm, Professor of Periodontology, Faculty of Health, Department of Periodontology, University of Witten, Germany

11:20-11:45

Title: The Application of Mesenchymal Stem Cells Derived from The Umbilical Cord Instead of The Bone Marow in Hematopoietic Stem Cells Transplantation
Dr Kang-Hsi Wu, Chief of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology at China Medical University Hospital, Taiwan

11:45-12:10

Title: Renal Progenitor Cell Therapy Improve the Outcome of Acute Kidney Injury
Dr. Po-Tsang Lee, Attending Physician, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan


Track 4-5: Stem Cell Therapy for Autoimmune and Lung Disease
Time: 13:30-15:10, December 6, 2010 (Monday)

Chair:

Dr. Ramon Farre, Professor of Physiology, University of Barcelona, Spain

Co-Chair:

Dr. Olcay Jones, Associate Professor, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, USA

13:30-13:55

Title: Stem Cells in the Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome
Dr. Ramon Farre, Professor of Physiology, University of Barcelona, Spain

13:50-14:10

Title: Solution of the Pathogenesis of the Autoimmune Diseases with Principles for Immunotherapy and Ogan Transplantation
Dr. Duncan Adams, Director of the MRC Autoimmunity Research Unit, University of Otago, New Zealand

14:10-14:30

Title: Role of Mesenchymal Stem Cell Chimerism in Treatment of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Dr. Olcay Jones, Associate Professor, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, USA

14:30-14:50

Title: Enhancement of Mesenchymal Stem Cell Homing and Engraftment to Lungs
Dr. Guoshun Wang, Associate Professor of Microbiology, Medicine and Genetics, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, USA

14:50-15:10

Title:Improvement of Efficiency in Type 1 Diabetic Treatment by Insulin-producing Cell Transplantation Combined Immune-isolation Therapy
Dr. Pham Van Phuc, Head, Lab of Animal Physiology and Biotechnology, University of Science, Vietnam


Track 4-6: Stem Cell Therapy for Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases
Time: 15:30-16:45, December 6, 2010 (Monday)

Chair:

Dr. Jong Yoon Bahk, Professor,Gyeongsang National University Medical, South Korea

15:30-15:55

Title: Experiences of Stem Cell Therapies on Diabetes and Diabetes Related Disease
Dr. Jong Yoon Bahk, Professor,Gyeongsang National University Medical, South Korea

15:55-16:20

Title: Clinical Research of Mesenchymal Stem Cells Therapy for Type 2 and Initial Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus
Dr. Yangang Wang, Chief Physician, Stem Cell Research Center of QDUMH, China

16:20-16:45

Title: Beta Cells Can be Generated from EndogenousProgenitors in Injured Adult Mouse Pancreas--- An Open Gate Towards Endogenous Stem Cell Therapy in Diabetes
Dr. Xiaobo Xu, Research Fellow, Diabetes Research Center, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium


Track 4-7: Stem Cell Therapy for Liver Disease
Time: 13:30-17:10, December 7, 2010 (Tuesday)

Chair:

Dr. Andreas Nussler, Professor & Head, Department of Traumatology, Technical University Munich (TUM), Germany

Co-Chair:

Dr. Gangming Zou, Professor & Principal Investigator, Shanghai Cancer Institute, Shanghai Jiaotong University, China

08:30-08:55

Title: Adipose Tissue-derived MSC′s are an Option to Human Hepatocytes for In-vitro and In-vivo Studies
Dr. Andreas Nussler, Professor & Head, Department of Traumatology, Technical University Munich (TUM), Germany

08:55-09:20

Title: Hematopoietic Stem Cell in Liver Repair and Regeneration
Dr. Gangming Zou, Professor & Principal Investigator, Shanghai Cancer Institute, Shanghai Jiaotong University, China

09:20-09:45

Title: Prospective Isolation and Clonal Analysis of Murine Hepatic Stem Cells
Dr. Atsushi Suzuki, Associate Professor, Kyushu University, Japan

09:45-10:10

Title: Self-renewal versus Differentiation in Vitro of Human Hepatic Stem Cells
Dr. Yun-Wen Zheng, Assistant Professor, Department of Regenerative Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama City University, Japan


Young Scientist Forum
Time: 10:30-12:30, December 7, 2010 (Tuesday)

Chair:

Dr. Dipak Panigrahy, Instructor in Surgery, Harvard Medical School, USA

10:30-10:50

Title: Endothelial Epoxyeicosatrienoic Acids Regulate Tissue Homeostasis
Emily Greene, PhD Candidate, Harvard Medical School, USA

10:50-11:10

Title: Spontaneous Differentiation of Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells (mESCs) on Negatively Charged Hydrogels
Dr. Jianfang Liu, Postdoctoral Fellow, Laboratory of Soft & Wet Matter, Hokkaido University, Japan

11:10-11:30

Title: Redifferentiation of Dedifferentiated Human Articular Chondrocytes on Hydrogel Surfaces
Dr. Jingjing Yang, Postdoctoral Fellow, Hokkaido University, Japan

11:30-11:50

Title: Cartilage Tissue Regeneration from Dedifferentiated Chondrocyte by Co-delivery of BMP2 and SOX9
Byung-Hyun Cha, Ph.D. Candidate, CHA University, South Korea

11:50-12:10

Title: Asialoerythropoietin Is A Strong Modulator of Angiogenesis By Bone Marrow Cells
Dr. Hiroyuki Hachiya, Member of Second Department of Surgery, Dokkyo Medical University, Japan

12:10-12:30

Title: Cancer Associated Fibroblasts Induce Stem Cell-Like Phenotype of Normal Skin Keratinocytes
Dr. Kodet Ondrej, Postgraduate Student, Charles University, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Czech Republic


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