PLENARY III: ADULT HOMEOSTASIS: STEM CELLS IN PHYSIOLOGY AND DISEASE

Sponsored By 

Plenary Speaker(s)

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  Paola Arlotta, PhD (she/her/hers)

  Stem Cell & Regenerative Biology
  Harvard University, United States
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  James Hudson, PhD (he/him/his)

  Infection and Inflammation
  QIMR Berghofer, Australia
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  Toshio Suda, MD,PhD

  Institute of Hematology and Blood Disease Hospital, Ernest McCullough Memorial Lecture
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  Hongyan Wang, PhD (she/her/hers)

  Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore

Stem cells are the engines of daily regeneration essential for adult homeostasis. This session will explore advances in organ and disease models, the use of stem cells to study aging and neurodegeneration and address technical challenges in disease modeling to enhance therapies.

Presentations:

• CARDIOPEDIA: COMPREHENSIVE MODEL OF LIGAND-FUNCTION-OMICS FOR PREDICTION OF THERAPEUTIC TARGETS
  

  Plenary Speaker: James Hudson, PhD (he/him/his) – QIMR Berghofer
• WAKING UP “SLEEPING” NEURAL STEM CELLS
  

  Plenary Speaker: Hongyan Wang, PhD (she/her/hers) – Duke-NUS Medical School
• PASSAGE OF TIME IN BRAIN ORGANOIDS: THE JOURNEY TO UNDERSTAND HUMAN BRAIN DEVELOPMENT AND MATURATION
  

  Plenary Speaker: Paola Arlotta, PhD (she/her/hers) – Harvard University
• HIGH MITOCHONDRIAL MASS CHARACTERIZES ENHANCED SELF-RENEWAL IN AGED HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS
  

  Plenary Speaker: Toshio Suda, MD,PhD – Institute of Hematology and Blood Disease Hospital, Ernest McCullough Memorial Lecture