September: New frontiers and implications of new species models

Date: Wednesday 2nd September at 15:00 - 16:30:

Invited speakers:

Professor Vera Gorbunova, Co-director Rochester Aging Research Center, University of Rochester, USA

Title: Mechanisms of longevity

Topic: Investigating fundamental molecular and cellular mechanisms of aging using naked mole-rats. 

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Assistant Professor Amy Ryan Firth, University of Southern California, USA

Title: Ferret pluripotent stem cells: an opportunity to evaluate autologous cell engraftment in the lung

Topic: Developments of work using ferrets as a model system to study lung pathophysiology.

Organisers & chairs: Karolina Pircs, Cristian Bellodi & Claire McKay

October: Frontiers in the Development of New Gene Therapy Delivery

Date: Thursday 1st October at 15:30 - 17:00

Invited speakers:

Professor Luigi Naldini, Director of the San Raffaele Telethon Institute for Gene Therapy, Italy

Title: Advanced genetic engineering of hematopoiesis to treat inherited disease and cancer

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Professor Viviana Gradinaru, Director of the Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience Center of the Chen Institute at Caltech, USA

Title: Engineered gene delivery vectors for high-precision minimally-invasive study and repair of diseased
systems across species

Organisers & chairs: Fabio Rosa, Nika Gvazava, Karolina Pircs & Claire McKay

January: Industry and Innovation

Date: Tuesday 26th January at 14:00 - 16:30

Invited speakers:

Bobby Soni, Chief Business Officer,  BII (BioInnovation Institute), Denmark

Title: Founder traps in Biotech: The loss-avoidance behaviors that doom you to incur losses.

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Andreas Bosio, Head of Molecular Technologies & Stem Cell Therapy bei Miltenyi Biotec, Germany 

Title: Innovation in cell therapy: a biotech perspective

Panel discussion: Filipe Pereira, Agnete Kirkeby & Johan Richter

Panel Moderator: Kerstin Jakobsson, CEO, Medicon Village

Organisers & chairs: Fabio Rosa, Malin Parmar & Claire McKay

March: Leadership, collaboration & team building

Date: Tuesday 2nd March at 14:00 - 16:00

Invited speakers:

Professor Paola Arlotta, Chair of the Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, Harvard University, USA

Title: Discovery at the intersection of science, leadership and community: it takes a village

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Professor Masayo Takahashi, President of Vision Care, Kobe Eye Center, Japan

Title: Development of  retinal cell therapy; it takes a translational team

Organisers & chairs: Malin Parmar, Darcy Wagner & Claire McKay

Further lectures TBA throughout 2021

On behalf of the SCC lecture organising committee, we look forward to seeing you on zoom for interactive discussions:

Cristian Bellodi, Malin Parmar, Darcy Wagner, Karolina Pircs, Fabio Rosa, Nika Gvazava & Claire McKay

Please contact: Claire [dot] McKay [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Claire[dot]McKay[at]med[dot]lu[dot]se) for more information and respective zoom links.