BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 X-WR-CALNAME;VALUE=TEXT:Regenesis of Epidermolysis Bullosa: From Cloning to Clinic PRODID:-//Harvard events data//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event_1024436_0 SUMMARY:Regenesis of Epidermolysis Bullosa: From Cloning to Clinic DESCRIPTION:

HSCI Skin Program Seminar

Guest speaker:
Jakub Tolar, MD, PhD

Executive Vice Dean, University of Minnesota Medical School
Distinguished McKnight Professor, in the Department of Pediatrics, Blood and Marrow Transportation
Director, Stem Cell Institute
Edmund Wallace Tulloch and Anna Marie Tulloch Chair, Stem Cell Biology, Genetics and Genomics

Lecture begins at 11:00 a.m. followed by a light lunch.

Registration for this free event is available, on a first-come, first-served basis, by clicking here. Due to room limitations, we may not be able to accept walk-ins.

Abstract:
Dr. Tolar's research focuses on finding new ways of treating children with lethal diseases - cancer, inborn errors of metabolism, and devastating genetic disorders - using stem cell transplantation. He is also looking for safe and more effective methods of repairing and using a patient's own cells in diseases such as epidermolysis bullosa, mucopolysaccharidosis type I (Hurler syndrome), Fanconi anemia, and dyskeratosis congenita. Additional research interests include: reducing the negative effects of stem cell transplantation (such as using mesenchymal stromal cells for graft-versus-host disease), creation and use of induced pluripotent stem cells, gene therapy using gene addition (with viral vectors and transposons), or gene editing (iwth synthetic nucleases to repair genes).

https://www.stemcell.umn.edu/bio/stem-cell-ins-faculty-staff/jakub-tolar

TEDx talk link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxb2Tnlsv88

LOCATION:Harvard Medical School, Tosteson Medical Education Center, Room 227, 260 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTART:20170501T150000Z DTEND:20170501T170000Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR