15th Annual HSCI Retreat: Translating Science to the Clinic

8:45–9:00 a.m.

Welcome Brock Reeve, Harvard Stem Cell Institute

9:00–9:45 a.m.

To the Clinic: Sickle Cell Gene Therapy   "Remembrance of things past: Turning on fetal hemoglobin to treat hemoglobin disorders" Stuart Orkin, MD, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute   "Sickle cell gene therapy: Our clinical trial experience at Boston Children's" Erica Esrick, MD, Boston Children’s Hospital

9:45–10:00 a.m.

Trainee 1 and 2 presentations Hannah Uckelmann (Armstrong Lab) and Juan Alvarez (Melton Lab)

10:00–10:15 a.m.

Break

10:15–10:30 a.m.

"Knee in a dish: An ESC model of joint cell specification" April Craft, PhD, Boston Children’s Hospital

10:30–10:45 a.m.

Trainee 3 and 4 presentations Michael Florea (Wagers Lab) and Ryoko Hamaguchi (Lian Lab)

10:45–11:00 a.m.

Audience votes for top trainee presentation Break

11:00–11:30 a.m.

"Reclaiming the narrative: Why social media needs more scientists" Sarah Mojarad, Viterbi School of Engineering and Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California

11:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.

"Toward the Correction of Monogenic Muscle Disorders by Gene Editing" Eric Olson, PhD, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center 

12:00–12:10 p.m.

Award presentations   Barry Family HSCI Innovation Award for Early Investigators
Top trainee presentation 

12:10–12:25 p.m.

Lunch break

12:25–1:15 p.m.

Trainee Breakout Sessions   Getting an Academic Job
Panelists: Jeffrey Macklis, MD | Vicki Rosen, PhD | David Sykes, MD, PhD | Jessica Whited, PhD
Moderator: Zuzana Tothova, MD, PhD   Finding the Right Scientific Question to Pursue
Panelists: Amy Wagers, PhD | Len Zon, MD
Moderator: Jonathan Hoggatt, PhD

 

Jonathan Hoggatt, PhD, Massachusetts General Hospital

Zuzana Tothova, MD, PhD, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute