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The Center for Stem Cell Biology 2015 Symposium was held on Tuesday, March 31, 2015, and featured prominent speakers in the field of stem cell biology.

Program

Pluripotency in the artificial cell space
Andras Nagy, PhD
Professor and Senior Scientist, Mount Sinai Hospital Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute University of Toronto

Dynamic Patterns: self-organization of human embryonic cells
Ali H. Brivanlou, PhD
Robert & Harriet Heilbrunn Professor Head, Laboratory of Molecular Embryology The Rockefeller University

Understanding human pancreatic development and disease through genome editing in pluripotent stem cells
Danwei Huangfu, PhD
Assistant Member, Developmental Biology Program Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Human ES cells as a platform for modeling cancer
Viviane Tabar, MD
Attending Neurosurgeon and Professor Department of Neurosurgery Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Direct reprogramming towards the neural lineage
Marius Wernig, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Pathology, NYSCF-Robertson Investigator Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine Stanford University School of Medicine

2013 Research Symposium

The Center for Stem Cell Biology Symposium was held on Tuesday, April 16, 2013, and featured renowned speakers in the field of stem cell biology. The symposium was open to the Memorial Sloan Kettering’s research community as well as members of the public.

Design Principles of Pluripotency

Austin Smith, PhD
Director, Wellcome Trust/MRC Stem Cell Institute
Professor, Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge

Stem Cells, Pluripotency, and Nuclear Reprogramming
Rudolf Jaenisch, MD
Whitehead Institute
Professor, Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Stem Cells and Their Niche in the Adult Mammalian Brain
Fiona Doetsch, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Pathology & Cell Biology, Columbia University

Differential Regulation of Adult Stem Cells by Sonic Hedgehog Signaling
Alexandra Joyner, PhD
Member, Developmental Biology Program, Sloan Kettering Institute, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Modeling Neural Disease and Age in Human Pluripotent Stem Cells
Lorenz Studer, MD
Member, Developmental Biology Program, Sloan Kettering Institute, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Elizabeth Lacy (right) of the Sloan Kettering Institute's Developmental Biology Program and the Center for Stem Cell Biology.
Elizabeth Lacy (right) of the Sloan Kettering Institute's Developmental Biology Program and the Center for Stem Cell Biology.
Rudolf Jaenisch of the Whitehead Institute presents “Stem Cells, Pluripotency, and Nuclear Reprogramming.”
Rudolf Jaenisch of the Whitehead Institute presents “Stem Cells, Pluripotency, and Nuclear Reprogramming.”
Lorenz Studer, Director of the Center for Stem Cell Biology and Member of the Develomental Biology Program, discusses his presentation, “Modeling Neural Disease and Age in Human Pluripotent Stem Cells.”
Lorenz Studer, Director of the Center for Stem Cell Biology and Member of the Develomental Biology Program, discusses his presentation, “Modeling Neural Disease and Age in Human Pluripotent Stem Cells.”
Alexandra Joyner of the Sloan Kettering Institute's Developmental Biology Program and the Center for Stem Cell Biology presents “Differential Regulation of Adult Stem Cells by Sonic Hedgehog Signaling.”
Alexandra Joyner of the Sloan Kettering Institute's Developmental Biology Program and the Center for Stem Cell Biology presents “Differential Regulation of Adult Stem Cells by Sonic Hedgehog Signaling.”
Austin Smith of the University of Cambridge presents “Design Principles of Pluripotency.”
Austin Smith of the University of Cambridge presents “Design Principles of Pluripotency.”
Fiona Bangs of the Sloan Kettering Institute's Developmental Biology Program and the Center for Stem Cell Biology NYSTEM Trainings Grant presents “The Presence of Primary Cilia Is Regulated during Early Mouse Development and in Stem Cells Derived from Embryos.”
Fiona Bangs of the Sloan Kettering Institute's Developmental Biology Program and the Center for Stem Cell Biology NYSTEM Trainings Grant presents “The Presence of Primary Cilia Is Regulated during Early Mouse Development and in Stem Cells Derived from Embryos.”
Stuart Chambers (right) of the Sloan Kettering Institute's Developmental Biology Program discussing work at the poster session and reception.
Stuart Chambers (right) of the Sloan Kettering Institute's Developmental Biology Program discussing work at the poster session and reception.
Jorge Mansilla-Soto of the Sloan Kettering Institute's Molecular Pharmacology and Chemistry Program and the Center for Stem Cell Biology NYSTEM Trainings Grant presents “Beta-globin Gene Editing in Human Cells Using TALENs and Meganucleases: Towards a Gene Repair Approach for ß-thalassemias and Sickle Cell Anemia.”
Jorge Mansilla-Soto of the Sloan Kettering Institute's Molecular Pharmacology and Chemistry Program and the Center for Stem Cell Biology NYSTEM Trainings Grant presents “Beta-globin Gene Editing in Human Cells Using TALENs and Meganucleases: Towards a Gene Repair Approach for ß-thalassemias and Sickle Cell Anemia.”
Federico Gonzalez Grassi (left) of the Sloan Kettering Institute's Developmental Biology Program and the Center for Stem Cell Biology NYSTEM Trainings Grant discusses “Homologous Recombination DNA Repair Genes Play a Critical Role in Reprogramming to a Pluripotent State.”
Federico Gonzalez Grassi (left) of the Sloan Kettering Institute's Developmental Biology Program and the Center for Stem Cell Biology NYSTEM Trainings Grant discusses “Homologous Recombination DNA Repair Genes Play a Critical Role in Reprogramming to a Pluripotent State.”
Elsa Vera (right) of the Sloan Kettering Institute's Developmental Biology Program and the Center for Stem Cell Biology NYSTEM Trainings Grant presents “Telomere Length Dynamic and Manipulation during Neural Differentiation and Its Possible Application for Modeling Late-Onset Disease.”
Elsa Vera (right) of the Sloan Kettering Institute's Developmental Biology Program and the Center for Stem Cell Biology NYSTEM Trainings Grant presents “Telomere Length Dynamic and Manipulation during Neural Differentiation and Its Possible Application for Modeling Late-Onset Disease.”
2010 Research Symposium

The Center for Stem Cell Biology Inaugural Symposium was held on Tuesday, November 16, 2010, featuring renowned speakers in the field of stem cell biology. The symposium was open to the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center’s research community as well as members of the public.

Program
SKI Center for Stem Cell Biology
Lorenz Studer, MD
Member, Developmental Biology Program
Director, Center for Stem Cell Biology
Sloan Kettering Institute

Multilineage Regeneration in the Amphibian Nervous System and Its Relevance to Mammalian Stem Cell Biology
Elly Tanaka, PhD
Group Leader, Center for Regenerative Therapies Dresden
Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics

Mechanisms of Cellular Reprogramming
Konrad Hochedlinger, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department for Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology
Harvard University

Controlling Stem Cells in Health and Disease
Ronald McKay, PhD
Director for Basic Science
Lieber Institute for Brain Development
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

The Regulation of Stem Cell Self-Renewal
Sean Morrison, PhD
Professor, Department of Internal Medicine
Director, Life Sciences Institute
University of Michigan

Opening remarks by Lorenz Studer, Director, Center for Stem Cell Biology
Opening remarks by Lorenz Studer, Director, Center for Stem Cell Biology
Lorenz Studer presenting SKI Center for Stem Cell Biology
Lorenz Studer presenting SKI Center for Stem Cell Biology
Elly Tanaka from the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics presents Multilineage Regeneration in the Amphibian Nervous System and Its Relevance to Mammalian Stem Cell Biology
Elly Tanaka from the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics presents Multilineage Regeneration in the Amphibian Nervous System and Its Relevance to Mammalian Stem Cell Biology
Konrad Hochedlinger from Harvard University presents Mechanisms of Cellular Reprogramming
Konrad Hochedlinger from Harvard University presents Mechanisms of Cellular Reprogramming
Robert Benezra of Sloan Kettering Institute's Cancer Biology and Genetics Program poses a question during the symposium
Robert Benezra of Sloan Kettering Institute's Cancer Biology and Genetics Program poses a question during the symposium
Ronald McKay from the Lieber Institute for Brain Development presents Controlling Stem Cells in Health and Disease
Ronald McKay from the Lieber Institute for Brain Development presents Controlling Stem Cells in Health and Disease
Sean Morrison from the University of Michigan presents The Regulation of Stem Cell Self-Renewal
Sean Morrison from the University of Michigan presents The Regulation of Stem Cell Self-Renewal
Speaker Elly Tanaka with a guest following the symposium
Speaker Elly Tanaka with a guest following the symposium
Speaker Ronald McKay of Johns Hopkins School of Medicine with Lorenz Studer and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center President Craig Thompson
Speaker Ronald McKay of Johns Hopkins School of Medicine with Lorenz Studer and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center President Craig Thompson
Poster Session and Reception
Poster Session and Reception--A poster session following the symposium featured the research of postdoctoral research fellows and graduate students from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Weill Cornell Medical College, Rockefeller University, and New York University.
Memorial Sloan Kettering researchers discussing their work at the poster session and reception
Memorial Sloan Kettering researchers discussing their work at the poster session and reception