"Designing Cellular Therapies"

3rd International Conference on Stem Cell Engineering

Date and Time: April 29, 2012 - 5:00pm - May 2, 2012 - 6:00pm
Location: The Sheraton Hotel, Seattle (downtown), Washington

The Society for Biological Engineering (SBE) and the International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) are partnering for the second time to co-organize the 3rd International Conference on Stem Cell Engineering (ICSCE) which will take place from April 29th to May 2nd in downtown Seattle. The event will be co-chaired by Chuck Murry (University of Washington) and Sean Palecek (University of Wisconsin).

The meeting brings together engineers, biologists, and clinicians who are working on cellular therapies in order to accelerate progress towards designing the stem cell and its environment. The eventual goal of this progress is to generate cells and tissues to advance our understanding of biology and tissue regeneration, which will lead to further development of cell-based therapies. These approaches are contributing to the development of applied efforts in stem cell biology and engineering that can combine to aid in the development of stem cell therapeutics and bioprocesses.

Registration for the conference will open in the fall of 2011. Let us know if you would like to be notified when registration is available.  Please visit the event website for updated information.

The following topics will be explored throughout the conference. If you would like to submit a paper or poster relating to any of the following, please visit our Call for Papers page.

  • Adult Stem Cell Isolation, Expansion, Differentiation and Bioprocessing
  • Pluripotent Stem Cell Expansion, Differentiation and Bioprocessing
  • Cellular Reprogramming
  • Technologies for Stem Cell Analysis and Characterization
  • Stem Cell Models of Development and Disease
  • Engineering Environments to Control Cell Fate
  • Stem Cells in Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine
  • Clinical Translation of Cellular Therapies
  • Vascularization
  • Immunity, Inflammation, and Fibrosis

 

Conference Chairs

Chuck Murry (Washington)

Sean Palecek (Wisconsin - Madison)

Organizing Committee

George Daley (Harvard)

Gordon Keller (University Health Network)

Todd McDevitt (Georgia Tech)

Steve Oh (Bioprocessing Technology Institute)

Roger Pedersen (Cambridge)

Martin Pera (Southern California)

April Pyle (California, Los Angeles)

Jon Rowley (Lonza)

David Schaffer (California, Berkeley)

Molly Stevens (Imperial College, London)

Lorenz Studer (Memorial Sloan-Kettering)

Peter Zandstra (Toronto)

Conference Organizer

Miriam Cortes-Caminero (Society for Biological Engineering)

Nancy Witty (International Society for Stem Cell Research)