"Innovating Stem Cell Research"

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Faculty co-chairs: 
David Breault, MD, PhD (CHB)         and                 Bernhard Kuhn, MD (CHB) 

8:00 ‐ 9:00 am     
    Registration and continental breakfast  
   
9:00 ‐ 9:15 am     
    Welcome, and set context for day     
            Doug Melton, PhD / David Scadden, MD*     

9:15 ‐ 10:00 am     
    Opening Keynote (35 min talk ‐ 10 min Q&A)     
            Mark C. Fishman, MD ‐ President, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research*     
            "Is Harvard perfect?  Hints from the hinterland."     

10:00 ‐ 10:30 am     
            Eva Guinan, MD (DFCI and CHB)*      
            "Opening Up:  Several Paths Forward"     

10:30 ‐ 10:45 am     
    BREAK   
 
10:50 ‐ 11:20 am     
            George Daley, MD, PhD*     
            "The role of Lin28/Let7 regulation in stem cell regulation and beyond"     

11:20 ‐ 11:55 am     
    Seed Grant Presentations     
  
Noon ‐ 1:10 pm     
    Lunch and poster set up     

1:15‐1:50 pm     
    Seed Grant Presentations     

1:50‐2:20 pm     
            Regenerative therapeutics program - Trista North 1:50‐2:05 pm*    
            Tissue regeneration and repair program - Breault/Humphreys 2:05‐2:20 pm*     

2:20‐2:50 pm   
    Innovation at HSCI     
            Richard Lee, MD*     
            "Cross‐disciplinary innovation at HSCI"
   
2:50 ‐ 3:05 pm     
    BREAK  
   
3:10 ‐ 3:50 pm     
    Closing Keynote (35 mins + 10 mins Q & A)     
            Xiaowei Zhuang, Harvard University, Chemistry and Chemical Biology*   
            "Emerging Technology: Single-molecule and Super-resolution Fluorescence Microscopy"
   
3:50‐4:00 pm     
    Closing remarks     
            David Breault and Bernhard Kuhn*   
 
4:00 ‐ 6:00 pm     
    Poster session and cocktail reception 
    
                                * confirmed participant