Stem Cell Center lectures
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Lund Stem Cell Center's annual Retreat has been cancelled and therefore, as a replacement activity, a set of zoom lectures by outstanding scientists from different strategic areas of molecular and cell biology related to stem cell research have been booked over the course of the autumn term.
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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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:
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.
Stem Cell Center zoom lectures organising committee September 2020 - February 2021
Cristian Bellodi
Malin Parmar
Darcy Wagner
Karolina Pircs
Fabio Rosa
Nika Gvazava
Claire McKay