Since it was founded in 2006, the Yale Stem Cell Center has supported the ground-breaking work of researchers and scientists working in basic stem cell research and translational science. On Thursday, Nov. 10, and Friday, Nov. 11, the center will hold a symposium in honor of its 10th anniversary.
The Yale community and the general public are invited to attend a free celebratory event from 3 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 10. Guest speakers, including Yale President Peter Salovey, Yale School of Medicine Dean Robert J. Alpern, and Connecticut leaders and lawmakers will give short presentations before a panel discussion. The panel discussion will be hosted by WNPR radio personality Colin McEnroe. Panelists include stem cell scientists, stem cell research funding organizations, and patient advocates.
Scientists and researchers are encouraged to attend the second day of the symposium from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 10. Leading stem cell scientists from other institutions, as well as from Yale, will be presenting as part of the scientific symposium.
Please see more details below. Click here to register for the symposium – it’s free!
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10 – A Public Celebration
3pm–3:30pm: Registration and Refreshments
3:30pm–4:15pm: Welcome and Opening Remarks
Robert Alpern, M.D., Dean, Yale School of Medicine
Peter Salovey, Ph.D., President, Yale University
Remarks by distinguished guests, including: Toni N. Harp, Mayor, City of New Haven; Julia Hsiao, International & Special Project Director, Li Ka Shing Foundation; Dannel P. Malloy, Governor, State of Connecticut (tentative); Richard Blumenthal, United States Senator (tentative); and Chris Murphy, United States Senator (tentative).
4:15pm–5:15pm: Panel Discussion - Stem Cell Research: Progress and Prospect
Moderator: Colin McEnroe, WNPR host, The Colin McEnroe Show
Panelists include:
- Janet Rossant, Ph.D., Senior Scientist, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto
- Susan Solomon, J.D., Founder and CEO of the New York Stem Cell Foundation
- Milton Wallack, D.D.S., patient advocate and lay leader in stem cell research
- Sean Morrison, Ph.D., Director, Children’s Research Institute at University of Texas Southwestern
5:15pm: Closing Remarks
Haifan Lin, Ph.D. and Diane Krause, M.D., Ph.D.
5:30–6:30pm: Reception
Yale Medical Historical Library
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11 – A Scientific Symposium
8am–9am: Registration and Continental Breakfast
9am–9:05am: Welcoming remarks
Carolyn Slayman, Ph.D.
Sterling Professor of Genetics and Deputy Dean of Research, Yale School of Medicine
9:05am–9:40am: Stem cells and the early embryo
Janet Rossant, Ph.D., FRS, FRSC
Senior Scientist and Chief of Research Emeritus
Hospital for Sick Children
University Professor
Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto
Moderator: In-hyun Park, Ph.D.
9:40am–10:05am: A surprising lesson from stem cells – Recent expansion of the mammalian epigenetic repertoire
Andrew Xiao, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Genetics
Yale University
Moderator: In-hyun Park, Ph.D.
10:05am–10:40am: Programming early germ cell chromatin: cellular and molecular mechanisms
Allan C. Spradling, Ph.D.
Director, Department of Embryology
Carnegie Institution for Science
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Moderator: Matthew S. Rodeheffer, Ph.D.
10:40am–11:05am: Coffee Break in Harkness Auditorium
11:05am–11:30am: Mechanism of somatic cell reprogramming
Shangqin Guo, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Cell Biology
Yale University
11:30am–12:05pm: Stem cell niches in the bone marrow
Sean J. Morrison, Ph.D.
Director, Children’s Research Institute
Mary McDermott Cook Chair in Pediatric Genetics
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Moderator: Natalia Ivanova, Ph.D.
12:05pm–12:30pm: Regulation of tissue regeneration
Valerie Horsley, Ph.D.
Maxine F. Singer Associate Professor of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology
Yale University
Moderator: Natalia Ivanova, Ph.D.
12:30pm–2pm: Lunch
2pm–2:35pm: Heterogeneity in the making of blood
David T. Scadden, M.D.
Co-Director, Harvard Stem Cell Institute
Chair, Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, Harvard
University
Director, Center for Regenerative Medicine, Massachusetts General
Hospital
Moderator: Jun Lu, Ph.D.
2:35pm–3pm: Modeling human hematopoiesis in humanized mice
Richard A. Flavell, Ph.D., D.Sc., FRS
Sterling Professor of Immunobiology
Yale University
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Moderator: Jun Lu, Ph.D.
3pm–3:35pm: Finding the fountain of youth through muscle stem cell rejuvenation
Helen M. Blau, Ph.D.
Donald E. and Delia B. Baxter Foundation Professor
Director, Baxter Laboratory for Stem Cell Biology
Stanford University
Moderator: Yibing Qyang, Ph.D.
3:35pm–4pm: Contributions of stem cells to engineered tissues
Laura Niklason, M.D., Ph.D.
Nicholas M. Greene Professor of Anesthesia and Biomedical Engineering
Yale University
Moderator: Yibing Qyang, Ph.D.
4pm–4:05pm: Closing Remarks
Haifan Lin, Ph.D.
4:05pm–5pm: Closing Reception