The McEwen Centre for Regenerative Medicine, together with the McLaughlin Centre for Molecular Medicine, is hosting a seminar series to profile exciting new research in stem cell biology and regenerative medicine. Leading scientists from around the world are invited to present their research to the Toronto scientific community. Updates will be posted here regularly.
Upcoming Seminars
March 26, 2009 – Dr. Amy Wagers, Harvard Medical School
Dr. Wager is a faculty member in the Section on Developmental and Stem Cell Biology at Joslin Diabetes Center and Assistant Professor of Pathology at Harvard Medical School.
“Stem cell maintenance and function in aged and regenerating tissues”
Past Seminars
October 16, 2008 – Dr. Timm Schroeder, German Research Centre for Environmental Health
Dr. Schroeder is Deputy Director of the Helmholtz Zentrum München – German Research Center for Environmental Health, Institute of Stem Cell Research.
"Tracking of stem cell behavior at the single cell level: New tools for old questions"
Location and Time: TBA
September 8, 2008 – Dr. Tony Green, University of Cambridge
Dr. Green is University Chair in the Department of Haematology at the University of Cambridge, UK.
"From the birth of a HSC enhancer to death in the myeloproliferative malignancies"
Location and Time: Princess Margaret Hospital, 6th Floor Auditorium, Room 6-604, 12:00 - 1:00PM
August 13, 2008 – Dr. Leif Carlsson, Umeå University, Sweden
Dr. Carlsson is a professor at the Umeå Center for Molecular Medicine at Umeå University in Sweden.
“The role of the LIM-homeobox gene Lhx2 in stem cell function, organ development and disease"
 June 26, 2008 – Dr. Joseph Wu, Stanford University
Dr. Wu is an assistant professor in Cardiovascular Medicine in the Department of Medicine at Stanford University.
“Molecular imaging of adult and embryonic stem cell fate”
 May 15, 2008 – Dr. Carla Bender Kim, Children’s Hospital, Harvard University
Dr. Kim is a member of the Department of Genetics and the Children’s Hospital Stem Cell Program at Harvard University.
“Examining stem cells in normal lung and lung cancer”
April 24, 2008 – Dr. Charles Murry from University of Washington
Dr. Murry is Co-Director of the Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine at the University of Washington.
“Embryonic Stem Cells: Differentiation Pathways and Cardiac Repair Applications”
April 3, 2008 – Dr. Konrad Hochedlinger,
Harvard Medical School and Harvard Stem Cell Institute
Dr. Hochedlinger is an assistant professor in the Department of Medicine at the Cancer Center and the Center for Regenerative Medicine at Harvard University.
“Reprogramming of adult cells into pluripotent cells”
 November 13, 2007 – Dr. Austin Smith from Cambridge University
Dr. Smith, Director of the Wellcome Trust Centre for Stem Cell Research at the University of Cambridge, presented his work in a presentation entitled "Capturing Pluripotency."
 November 1, 2007 – Visiting Speaker Dr. Anand Asthagiri from Caltech
Dr. Asthagiri, from the California Institute of Technology (“Caltech”), presented his work to a Toronto audience in a presentation entitled “Quantitative variations in molecular networks and the emergence of multicellular phenotypic diversity."
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