Overview
The 5th International Conference on Mesenchymal and Non-Hematopoietic Stem Cells (MSCs) will be held from Thursday, November 12, 2009 through Saturday, November 14, 2009 in Austin, Texas, the live music capital of the world. The conference is jointly organized by the Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine, the Scott & White Healthcare System, and the International Society for Cell Therapy (ISCT).
The program addresses the latest developments in research on the adult stem/progenitor cells referred to as mesenchymal stem cells or multipotent mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs). Each session will begin with presentations by leaders in the field that including A. Uccelli, Y. Shi, J. Galipeau, F. Dazzi, P. Anversa, RH. Lee, P. Bianco, E. Mezey, I. Sekiya, M. Yoder and C. Westenfelder. Each session will also include presentations from selected abstracts. The deadline to submit abstracts is October 1, 2009. The program allows for both poster presentations and adequate discussions of successes and frustrations investigators have encountered.
Registration which includes most meals is $450 for faculty or corporate attendees or $300 for students and postdoctoral researchers.
Organizing Committee
Malcolm Brenner, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, Center for Cell and Gene Therapy
Baylor College of Medicine
Willem Fibbe, M.D.
University of Leiden Medical College
Edwin M. Horwitz, M.D., Ph.D.
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Armand Keating, M.D., FRCPC
Executive, Clinical Research Unit
Ontario Cancer Institute
Katarine Le Blanc, M.D., Ph.D.
Karolinska Institutet
Donald Phinney, Ph.D.
Associate Director of Research
Center for Gene Therapy, Tulane University
Darwin Prockop, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, Institute for Regenerative Medicine
Texas A&M College of Medicine at Scott & White
Paul Simmons, Ph.D.
Center for Stem Cell Research
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
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