ANIMAL MODELS OF REGENERATION

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Concurrent Speaker(s)

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  Mayssa Mokalled, PhD

  Department of Developmental Biology
  Washington University, School of Medicine, United States
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  Tatiana Sandoval-Guzmán, PhD (she/her/hers)

  Medical Faculty
  Technische Universität Dresden, Germany

Presenting Author(s)

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  Albert Almada, PhD

  Orthopaedic Surgery; Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine
  University of Southern California (USC), United States
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  Kai Lei, PhD

  School of Life Sciences
  Westlake University, United States
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  Yi Sun

  ShanghaiTech University, China
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  Hui Zhang, PhD

  Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, China

This session will explore our understanding of organ regeneration through animal models and discuss the potential for translating these insights into human organ regeneration.

Presentations:

• OUT OF THE TANK APPROACHES TO PROMOTE NEURAL REPAIR
  

  Concurrent Speaker: Mayssa H. Mokalled, PhD – Washington University, School of Medicine
• PRE-EXISTING STEM CELLS REGENERATE SKELETAL MUSCLE DE NOVO IN THE SUPER-HEALING LIZARD TAIL
  

  Presenting Author: Albert Ernesto Almada, PhD – University of Southern California (USC)
• RETINOIC ACID REGULATES K+ CHANNEL ACTIVITY VIA RCAN2 TO SCALE THE SIZE OF DEVELOPING AND REGENERATING ZEBRAFISH APPENDAGES
  

  Presenting Author: Yi Sun – ShanghaiTech University
• MITOCHONDRIAL DYNAMICS GOVERN WHOLE-BODY REGENERATION THROUGH STEM CELL PLURIPOTENCY AND MITONUCLEAR BALANCE
  

  Presenting Author: Kai Lei, PhD – Westlake University
• INHIBITION OF LYSOZYME2 IN ENDOCARDIAL CELLS PROMOTES RAPID RECOVERY OF NON-REGENERATIVE HEARTS
  

  Presenting Author: Hui Zhang, PhD – Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences
• INSIGHTS INTO SHARED AND DISTINCT MECHANISMS IN SALAMANDER LIMB AND HUMAN FINGERTIP REGENERATION
  

  Concurrent Speaker: Tatiana Sandoval-Guzmán, PhD (she/her/hers) – Technische Universität Dresden