BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//eluceo/ical//2.0/EN VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8a73862a10cfe4e70f3231d82c88a961 DTSTAMP:20260714T092751Z SUMMARY:Stem Cell Stars Seminar with Elizabeth Ng & Andrew Elefanty DESCRIPTION:Contact: Claire.Mckay@med.lu.se\n\nTalk Title: "TBA"When: 15 Ju ne 2026 | 15:00 - 16:00 + mingleWhere: \;Segerfalksalen\, BMC A10Chair : Professor Johan FlygareFollowing the lecture\, take the opportunity to m ingle and connect with colleagues and fellow researchers over refreshments at our post-seminar gathering. This is a wonderful opportunity to expand your professional network and share ideas in a relaxed setting. \;All are welcome\, and no registration is required!Are you a postdoc or student at the Lund Stem Cell Center? Register to join the Meet the Expert Lunch with Elizabeth Ng &\; Andrew Elefanty (15 June from 12:00 - 13:00): Ste m Cell Stars: Meet the Expert Lunch with Elizabeth Ng &\; Andrew Elefan ty – Fill out formAbout the Speakers: \;Elizabeth NgTeam Leader\, Mu rdoch Children's Research Institute\, Blood DevelopmentPrincipal Investiga tor\, Novo Nordisk Fondation Center for Stem Cell MedicineElizabeth Ng is an Associate Professor and group leader in the Blood Development Laborator y at MCRI. She completed her undergraduate degree at the University of Mel bourne and received her PhD from Monash University. Elizabeth’s research uses induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) technology to investigate haema topoietic stem cell (HSC) formation during human development and to transl ate that to the in vitro differentiation of iPSCs to blood lineages. A maj or focus of her work is the generation of transplantable haematopoietic st em cells (iHSCs) from human iPSCs for tissue repair and regeneration\, dis ease modeling and the testing of pharmaceuticals and other therapeutic pro ducts. She has devised and patented protocols for haematopoietic different iation together with a differentiation medium that supports the efficient production of large numbers of blood cells. APEL medium has been licensed and commercialised by STEMCELL Technologies.Together with long term collab orators Prof Andrew Elefanty and Prof Ed Stanley\, her work showed that ex pression of the HOXA genes during differentiation identified haematopoieti c cells with a transcriptional profile similar to blood cells seen in the aorta-gonad-mesonephros (AGM) region of the human embryo. In 2024 she publ ished the first systematic method for generating transplantable HSCs from human iPSCs (iHSCs) which can be clinically translated to provide a source of personalised CD34+ iHSCs. She aims to understand the mechanisms that u nderlie iHSC maturation and to develop in vitro bone marrow-like 'niches' to sustain them. \; \;Andrew ElefantyHonorary Professor\, Universi ty of Melbourne\, Department of PaediatricsGroup Leader\, Blood Developmen t Laboratory\, Murdoch Children's Research InstituteProfessor Andrew Elefa nty's research focuses on the differentiation of human pluripotent stem ce lls to understand and model blood diseases in vitro and for transplantatio n. Together with the laboratories of Professor Ed Stanley (Immune Developm ent group) and Dr Elizabeth Ng (Blood Development group) at MCRI\, Prof El efanty has made important contributions to the generation of genetically m odified human stem cell lines in which lineage-specific fluorescent report ers allow monitoring of differentiation.After training as a physician\, Pr ofessor Elefanty completed a PhD in leukaemogenesis at the Walter and Eliz a Hall Institute of Medical Research supervised by Professor Suzanne Cory. He subsequently worked on globin gene regulation with Professor Frank Gro sveld at the National Institute for Medical Research in Mill Hill\, London before returning to the Hall Institute to pursue interests in development al haematopoiesis and the differentiation of mouse embryonic stem cells.He moved to Monash University in 2002 to initiate studies with human embryon ic stem cells. In 2013\, his laboratory relocated to the Murdoch Children ’s Research Institute. In collaboration with Dr Elizabeth Ng and Prof Ed Stanley\, he has focused on haematopoietic differentiation of human pluri potent stem cells.More about the Blood Development Laboratory\n\nMore info rmation about the event: https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/calendar/stem-ce ll-stars-seminar-elizabeth-ng-andrew-elefanty DTSTART;TZID=GMT:20260615T130000 DTEND;TZID=GMT:20260615T140000 LOCATION:Segerfalksalen\, BMC A10 | Sölvegatan 17\, 223 62 Lund END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR