- 7:30 am - 8:15 am
REGISTRATION & CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
- 8:15 am - 8:20 am
WELCOME
Timothy J. Kamp, M.D., Ph.D.
- 8:20 am - 11:40 am
SESSION 1: MECHANISMS GOVERNING HEMATOPOIETIC STEM/PROGENITOR CELL DEVELOPMENT AND FUNCTION
Moderators: Jing Zhang, Ph.D., Marjorie Brand, Ph.D.
- 8:20 am - 9:00 am
Understanding and targeting stem cell transcription dynamics and heterogeneity
Ulrich G. Steidl, M.D., Ph.D.
- 9:00 am - 9:40 am
Characterization of multi-cellular niches supporting hematopoietic stem cells in distinct zones
Linheng Li, Ph.D.
- 9:40 am - 10:00 am
Reprogramming of stem cells during contact with the niche
Owen Tamplin, Ph.D.
- 10:00 am - 10:20 am
BREAK
- 10:20 am - 10:40 am
Macrophage transfer to hematopoietic stem cells assigns residence in bone marrow
Xin Gao, Ph.D.
- 10:40 am - 11:20 am
Regulation of innate immune signaling by RUNX1
Nancy Speck, Ph.D.
- 11:20 am - 11:40 pm
Gata2 noncoding genetic variation as a determinant of hematopoietic stem/progenitor cell levels and activity
Alexandra Soukup, Ph.D.
- 11:40 am - 12:10 pm
RAPID FIRE POSTER SESSION
- 12:10 pm - 1:30 pm
LUNCH, POSTER SESSION & SPONSOR EXHIBITS
- 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
SESSION 2: SYSTEMS AND STRATEGIES TO ENGINEEER STEM CELLS
Moderators: Igor Slukvin, Ph.D., Jenny Gumperz, Ph.D.
- 1:30 pm - 2:10 pm
Blood stem cell expansion: technology to biology
Adam Wilkinson, Ph.D.
- 2:10 pm - 2:50 pm
Differentiation and characterisation of mulitlineage repopulating cells from human pluripotent stem cells.
Andrew Elefanty, Ph.D. and Elizabeth Ng, Ph.D.
- 2:50 pm - 3:10 pm
BREAK
- 3:10 pm - 3:50 pm
Separating and uniting genetic and non-genetic hierarchies in human AML
Erini Papapetrou, M.D., Ph.D.
- 3:50 pm - 4:30 pm
Genome editing of hematopoietic stem cells: technology improvements and applications
Matthew Porteus, M.D., Ph.D.
- 4:30 pm - 4:45 pm
POSTER CONTEST AWARDS & CLOSING REMARKS
- 4:45 pm - 5:45 pm
RECEPTION