The Symposium is offered free of charge and is open to members of the HSCI/HU/HMS research community.  No registration is necessary.  The subsequent Roundtable is by invitation only.

Program:

8:30—9:00 am
    Breakfast

9:00—9:50 am   
    Pier Paolo Pandolfi, MD, PhD (BIDMC)
    Leukemia genes in stem cell maintenance and therapeutic implications

9:50—10:15 am   
    Carla Kim, PhD (CHB)   
    Lung tumor propagating cells:  Genotype matters

10:15—10:40 am
    Ben Ebert, PhD (BWH)
    Characterization of the disease-initiating cell population in a murine model of   myeloproliferative disease

10:40—11:00 am
    Break

11:00 am—12:00 pm   
    John Dick, PhD (University of Toronto)
    Stem cells in cancer:  Does it matter?   
    [Dr. Dick’s appearance is made possible by a gift from Stemgent for the HSCI Seminar
    Series}

Noon    Pizza and beverages available

Roundtable to follow - by invitation only