Past Meeting
The First Annual Meeting for ASSCR, Canberra, November 2009
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Speakers include: Huck Hui Ng (A*STAR Genomics Institute, Singapore) and Huseyin Sumer (Monash University) work on ips cells. A session on stem cell regulation and differentiation includes Sean Grimmond (IMB), Stephen Wood (NCASCR), Andrew Elefanty (Monash University) and Stephanie Hughes (Otago University). A session on cancer and stem cells with Jane Visvader (WEHI), Peter Dallas (Telethon Institute), Albert Melick (Griffith University), Andreas Strasser (WEHI) speaking. Gary Brooke (MMRI), Nick Fisk (University of Queensland) and Sally Dunwoodie (Victor Chang Institute) will speak about mesenchymal stem cells. Chunyi Li from AgResearch in New Zealand will discuss regeneration and Edna Hardeman (University of NSW) aspects of transplantation and muscle stem cells.
The First Annual Meeting for the Australasian Society for Stem Cell Research (ASSCR)
Invited speakers for the ASSCR Meeting: Emmanuel Baetge (Novocell, California); Richard Harvey (Victor Chang Institute); Maurice Curtis (University of Auckland); Naoki Nakayama (Australian Stem Cell Centre); Ian Lewis (Hanson Institute); Sharon Ricardo (Monash University); Julie Lukic (Fertility East); Gary Hime (University of Melbourne)
As part of the meeting a Forum “Stem Cells in Action: New Directions in Translational Research”, will address the various issues associated with clinical trials of new stem cell therapies in our region. Participants include: Bernie Tuch (Prince of Wales Transplant Unit), Ed Baetge (Novocell), Ian Lewis (Hanson Institute), Alan McKay-Sim (National Adult Research Centre), Kerry Atkinson (Mater Medical Research Institute), Silivio Itescu (Mesoblast)