Scientific Symposium - AMNIOTIC AND OTHER MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS – RESEARCH AND CLINICAL APPLICATIONS

To mark its official opening, Biocell Center hosted a scientific symposium on Amniotic Fluid Stem Cells at MassBio at One Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA.

Agenda:
12:30 pm - Welcome remarks by Peter Abair, Director, Economic Development at Massachusetts Biotechnology Council, and Luis Barros, Senior Vice President of Investments and Industry Development for Massachusetts Life Sciences Center
12:45pm - Symposium introduction by Prof. Eugene Pergament, MD, Clinical Genetics, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL, and Member of the International Scientific Advisory Board of Biocell Center Corporation
1:00 pm - Amniotic Fluid Mesenchymal Stem Cells Isolation, Characterization and Cryopreservation by Prof. Giuseppe Simoni, Scientific Director of Biocell Center
1:30 pm - Novel Developments in Isolators Technology for Stem Cells Manipulation, by Dr. Augusto Mitidieri, General Manager of Sintetica SA
2:00 pm - Phenotype and Function of Mesenchymal Progenitor Cells Derived from Human Embryonic Stem Cell, by Dr. Jonathan Garlick, D.D.S., Ph.D. Director of the Division of Cancer Biology and Tissue Engineering, Tufts University
2:30 pm - Chemically Engineered Cell Homing: Towards a New Paradigm in Cell Therapy, by Dr. Jeffrey Karp, Ph.D., Director of the Laboratory for Advanced Biomaterials and Stem Cell-Based Therapeutic, Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Stem Cell Institute
3:00 pm - Fetal Tissue Engineering for the Treatment of Congenital Structural Anomalies, by Dr. Dario Fauza, MD, Associate in Surgery, Children's Hospital Boston and Associate Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Harvard Stem Cell Institute
3:30 pm - Symposium conclusion given by Prof. Laird Jackson, MD, Drexel University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, member of the organizing committee for the American Board of Medical Genetics, FACP member and member of the International Scientific Advisory Board of Biocell Center
In Cooperation with MassBio and the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center

Event Sponsors:

Tomalab
Sintetica SA

With support from Region of Lombardia, Italy