Stem Cell Campus Laboratory Meetings
This event is held in the center of campus at the Genetics-Biotechnology Center, making it easy for all groups to attend. It currently attracts up to 60 students, post-doctoral fellows, staff and faculty each week. The structure is flexible and will encompass presentations of current research as well as discussion of relevant journal articles. A major goal is to maintain communication within the very diverse stem cell community at UW-Madison.
The meetings will be held on Fridays from noon to 1:00 P.M. in Room 1360 Biotechnology Center. Pizza and beverages will be served. Contact Sue Gilbert for more information or to be added to the Stem Cell Research mailing list.
Fall 2007 Campus Lab Meeting Schedule
| Friday, Jan. 25 | Bernard Siegel, Executive Director of the Genetics Policy Institute | "Stem Cell Advocacy 2.0." |
| Friday, Feb. 1 | (*) Christian Metallo, graduate student in Sean Palecek and Juan de Pablo labs | "Epithelial and keratinocyte differentiation from human embryonic stem cells." |
| Friday, Feb. 8 | (*) Michael Sussman, Director Biotechnology Center / Professor of Biochemistry | ""Differentiation and dedifferentiation in higher plants--or, 'getting to the root of plant stem cells' " |
| Friday, Feb. 15 | (*)
Giorgia Salvagiotto, PhD
WiCell Research Institute |
"Molecular Profiling of hES Cell-Derived Hematopoietic Progenitors" |
| Friday, Feb. 22 | Masatoshi Suzuki, Scientist, Stem Cell Research at the Waisman Center | "Combining growth factor and stem cell therapy for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) " |
| Friday, Feb. 29 | Greg Hudulla, Biomedical Engineering, Bill Murphy's lab | "Defined materials for controlled presentation of peptides and growth factors to stem cells" |
| Friday, March 7 | Karen Downs, Professor of Anatomy | "Preliminary report: Identification and maintenance of a novel stem cell reservoir in the mouse gastrula required for building the umbilical vasculature, hindgut, and possibly, the germ cell population." |
| Friday, March 14 | Ruben Alexanian, undergraduate working with Fritsch & Murdoch labs | "Where the ChIPs Fall during Mouse Embryonic Stem Cell Exit from Pluripotency." |
| Friday, March 28 | Paul Clark, Neurosurgery John Kuo's lab |
"Cancer stem cells isolated from brain tumors" |
| Friday, April 4 | Rupa Shevde, WiCell | "Differentiation of hES cells into Functional Osteoblasts." |
| Friday, April 11 | Anita Bhattacharyya, Waisman Center |
"Stem cells and developmental disorders" |
| Friday, April 25 | Nisha McConnell, Oncology Caroline Alexander's lab |
"Defining Mouse Mammary Stem Cells" |
| Friday, May 2 | Ryan J. Wozniak, Pharmacology Emery Bresnick's lab |
"Exploiting Rules Governing Combinatorial Transcriptional Mechanisms to Discover Novel Cell Regulatory Pathways" |
| Friday, May 9 | Stephen A. Duncan, D.Phil, Department of Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy Medical College of Wisconsin |
"ES cells as a model of liver development and disease" |
| Friday, May 16 | Ming Zhao, Ph.D.Assistant Professor, Departments of Biophysics and Radiology, Medical College of Wisconsin | "Acute Myocardial Infarction - Novel Approaches in Diagnosis and Repair" |
* To be held in Biotechnology Center Auditorium