NYSTEM Awardees Meeting

Stem Cell Science in New York State:
Emerging Opportunities

Date: Friday, June 12, 2009

Description

The 2009 NYSTEM Awardees Meeting will be an intensive one-day scientific event that will bring together stem cell scientists representing the diversity of institutions across New York State and the wide array of research topics under investigation. The planned program will provide an update on stem cell research underway in New York, and include a keynote speaker, plenary talks, a poster session and a panel discussion.

Who Should Attend

Institutional development awardees, other scientists and academics interested in stem cell research, and those interested in commercialization opportunities should attend. Please note that space is limited, and priority will be given to NYSTEM Institutional Development awardees, who are required to attend.

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Agenda

Meeting Agenda

Time	Activity
7:30 AM	Registration, poster set up
8:30 AM	Welcome - Commissioner Dr. Richard F. Daines Dr. Lawrence S. Sturman - Executive Director, NYSTEM
8:50 AM	Keynote Address: Susan Solomon - CEO, The New York Stem Cell Foundation
Models and Tissues
9:20 AM	Ruth Lehmann (NYU Sch Med)
9:50 AM	Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic (Columbia)
10:20 AM	Tudorita Tumbar (Cornell)
10:50 AM	Fiona Doetsch (Columbia Medical)
11:20 AM	Break
Programs and Reprogramming
11:30 AM	Ihor Lemischka (Mt. Sinai)
12:00 PM	Ali Brivanlou (Rockefeller)
12:30 AM	Lunch and Poster session (Institutional Development Grantees)
Neurons and Disease/Toward the Clinic
2:00 PM	Sally Temple (NYNSCI)
2:30 PM	Shahin Rafii (Weill Cornell)
3:00 PM	Steve Goldman (U Rochester)
3:30 PM	Lorenz Studer (MSKCC)
4:00 PM	Panel Discussion: "Emerging Opportunities and Challenges" Moderator Dr. Allen Spiegel (Dean of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine); Panelists Drs. Stelios Andreadis (SUNY Buffalo), Ira Cohen (SUNY Stony Brook) and Sanjeev Gupta (Albert Einstein College of Medicine)
5:00 PM	Adjourn

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Location

The Desmond Hotel and Conference Center
660 Albany Shaker Road, Albany, NY 12211
www.desmondhotelsalbany.com

Free parking is available and driving directions will be provided upon registration. A block of rooms has been reserved at a rate of $129/night.

Call the Desmond Hotel and Conference Center:
Toll Free: 800.448.3500
Direct: 518.869.8100
Fax: 518.869.7659
The group ID is #11F8VL.
Rooms will be held until May 14, 2009.

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Questions?

For additional program information, contact: the NYSTEM Staff (518) 473-1394 or stemmtg@wadsworth.org

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3/3/2009