OCT 07, 2024
Program At-a-glance

SCRM-2024 -Scientific Program
(***This is a tentative Program and it may undergo periodic changes in the future)
                                                                                                                                      (Last Updated on JUN 10, 2024)
DAY 1
 Oct 07, 2024
Keynote Session
09:00- 09:30 Cell Culture Process Scale-Up Challenges for Commercial-Scale Manufacturing of Allogeneic Pluripotent Stem Cell Products
Brian Lee, CEO, PBS Biotech, Inc., USA
09:30- 10:00 Slot Available
10:00-10:30 Animal Regeneration has an evolutionary explanation: a hypothesis
Lorenzo Alibardi, University of Bologna, Italy
10:30- 10: 50                                       Refreshment Break @ Foyer
10:50-11:10 Senescence-Targeted Intervention and its Impact on Obesity- and Age-Related Liver Disease Progression
Robert Kass, Columbia University, USA
11:10-11:30 Intercellular communication between neural progenitor cells and the neurovascular unit: modulation by amyloid beta and HIV-1
Michal Toborek, University of Miami, USA
11:30-11:50 Xenogeneic-free platform for the isolation and scalable expansion of human bladder smooth muscle cells
Cláudia Lobato da Silva, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
11:50-12:10 From Concepts to Clinic: Engineering of Allogeneic Donor Cells for Acceptance by the Host's Immune System
Sonja Schrepfer, UCSF & Scientific Founder and SVP  of Sana Biotechnology, Inc. 
12:10-12:30 Infection-experienced HSPCs provide heterologous protection to subsequent infections by generating neutrophils with enhanced mitochondrial bactericidal activity
Christopher J. Hall, University of Auckland, New Zealand
12:30-12:50 Production of cell therapeutics: Adherent platforms for expanding human induced pluripotent stem cells
Misha Teale , Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland
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Marcos F. Q. Sousa, Bayer AG, Germany
12:50-13:10 A series of studies on hUCB-MNCs therapy for multiple system atrophy
Dianrong Gong, Liaocheng People's Hospital, China
13:10- 14:00                                       Lunch @ Restaurant
14:00-14:20 Characterization of Bone Marrow Niche in Patients with Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Identifies CXCL14 as a New Therapeutic Option
Hong Qian, Karolinska Institute, Sweden
14:20-14:40 Cardiac Organoids to Model and Heal Heart Failure and Cardiomyopathies 
Hulot Jean-Sabastien, Université Paris Cité, INSERM, France 
14:40-15:00 iPSC-derived reactive astrocytes from patients with multiple sclerosis protect cocultured neurons in inflammatory conditions
Marlen Alisch, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin and Max Delbrück Center, Germany
15:00-15:20 Aqp2+ progenitor cells maintain and repair distal renal segments 
Wenzheng Zhang, Albany Medical College, USA
15:20-15:40 Using Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells and Kidney Organoids to Model Rare Human Kidney Disease and Find Alternative Treatments 
Jennifer Hollywood, University College Cork, Ireland
15:40- 16:00                                     Refreshment Break @ Foyer
16:00-16:20 Stem and stromal cell factors in prostate cancer differentiation
Alvin Y. Liu, University of Washington, USA
16:20-16:40 Human embryonic stem cells as a model of HIV drug toxicity in the context of pregnancy
Helene C.F. Cote, University of British Columbia, Canada
16:40-17:00 Autophagy exerts a protective role in cervical spinal injury by microglia inhibition through the nuclear factor kappa-b pathway
Yang Xinming, The First Affiliated Hospital of Hebei North University, China
17:00-17:20 Evaluation of the Effects of Human Dental Pulp Stem Cells on  the Biological Phenotype of Hypertrophic Keloid Fibroblasts
Lingling Fu, Guizhou University, China
17:20-17:40 Slot Available
Day-1 Concludes


09:00-17:00
Day-2 HALL- A

SCRM-2024 -Scientific Program
(***This is a tentative Program and it may undergo periodic changes in the future) 
DAY 2
 Oct 08, 2024
                                                                                                       HALL- A
Keynote Session
09:00- 09:30 Cardiac Cell Therapy : Hype or Hope ?
Philippe Hénon, Founder and Chairman of the Board Scientific Advisor, cellprothera, France
09:30- 10:00 Diagnostic Criteria for Traumatic Encephalopathy Syndrome (TES)
Barry Jordan, Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center, USA
10:00-10:30 Slot Available
10:30- 10: 50                                       Refreshment Break @ Foyer
10:50-11:10 Reviewing the State of the Art of Pluripotent Stem Cells for Spinal Cord Injury Repair
María Martín López, Andalusian Network for the Design and Translation of Advanced Therapies (And&tAT), Spain
11:10-11:30 Extracellular matrix modulates the spatial hepatic features in hepatocyte-like cells derived from human embryonic stem cells
Faiza Farhan, Imperial College London, UK
11:30-11:50 Human placenta-derived mesenchymal stem cells stimulate neuronal regeneration by promoting axon growth and restoring neuronal activity
Maite Iglesias, Universidad Francisco de Vitoria, Spain
11:50-12:10 Quantification of Human Hematopoietic Stem Cells in Immunodeficient Mice
Marcus Muench, Vitalant Research Institute, USA
12:10-12:30 Ischemia and Reperfusion in Enhancing Myogenic Progenitor Cell Transplantation
Rainer Marksteiner, Co-founder and CSO of Innovacell AG, Austria
12:30-12:50 iPSC as model systems to study disease progression in Myelodysplastic syndromes.
Paloma Garcia, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom
12:50-13:10 Adipose-Derived Stem Cells to Treat Ischemic Diseases: Peripheral Artery Disease
Gemma Arderiu, Cardiovascular area, Institut de Recerca Sant Pau, Spain
13:10- 14:00                                       Lunch @ Restaurant
14:00-14:20 The olfactory receptor Olfr78 promotes differentiation of enterochromaffin cells in the mouse colon 
M.Isabelle Garcia, Universite libre de Bruxelles ULB, Belgium
14:20-14:40 Common molecular mechanisms of SLC6A1 variant-mediated neurodevelopmental disorders in astrocytes and neurons
Jing-Qiong Kang, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, USA
14:40-15:00 Subretinal Implantation of Human Primary RPE Cells Cultured on Nanofibrous Membranes in Minipigs
Hana Studenovska, Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry CAS, Czech Republic
15:00-15:20 Progress on the Endometrium_ Update on Function, Pathology, and Testing
David Frankfurter, Yale Universtiy School of Medicine, USA
15:20-15:40 Slot Available
15:40- 16:00                                     Refreshment Break @ Foyer
16:00-16:20 Role of Jag2 in HCC tumorigenesis
Liang Qiao, Westmead Institute for Medical Research, Australia
16:20-16:40 Lipids Maintain Genomic Stability and Full Potency of Murine Embryonic Stem Cells 
Duancheng Wen, Weill Cornell Medical College, USA
16:40-17:00 Slot Available


10:30-16:00
Day-2 Hall B

Parallel Session
DAY 2
 Oct 08, 2024
                                                                                                       HALL- B
10:50-11:10 Encapsulation of human-bone-marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells in small alginate beads using one-step emulsification by internal gelation: evaluation in degenerate intervertebral disc model
Sarit Sivan, Braude College of Engineering, Israel
11:10-11:30 Adult Prg4+ population is the principal progenitor for long-term articular cartilage wound repair in situ
Mei Massengale, Spaulding Rehabilitation Network at Mass General Brigham, USA
11:30-11:50 BCG vaccine packaged human mesenchymal stem cells reprogram the transcriptome of naïve human macrophages ex vivo switching them into an M1 phenotype that controls the growth of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Chinnaswamy Jagannath, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Weill Cornell Medicine, USA
11:50-12:10 Muscling Towards Cell Therapy
Michael Hicks, University of California, Irvine, USA
12:10-12:30 Slot Available
12:30-12:50 Identification of a Hematopoietic Cell Population Emerging From Mouse
Alexandrina Burlacu, Institute of Cellular Biology and Pathology “Nicolae Simionescu”, Romania
12:50-13:10 CDK inhibitors, CYC065 and THZ1 induce apoptotic cell death in glioma stem cells in the in vitro and in vivo models of recurrent GBM 
Brona M. Murphy, Centre for Systems Medicine, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Ireland
13:10- 14:00                                       Lunch @ Restaurant
14:00-14:20 Mesenchymal Stem Cells Derived Extracellular Vesicles Alleviate Traumatic Hemorrhagic Shock Induced Hepatic Injury via IL-10/PTPN22-Mediated M2 Kupffer Cell Polarization
Yunwei Zhang, Wuhan Union Hospital, China
14:20-14:40 Slot Available
14:40-15:00 Slot Available
15:00-15:20 A look at a well-orchestrated wound healing response
Guluna ERDEM KOC, Gaziantep University, Turkey
15:20-15:40 Slot Available
15:40- 16:00                                     Refreshment Break @ Foyer


09:00-17:00
Day- 2 Parallel - Virtual Session CET- Berlin Time

DAY 2  Oct 08, 2024
Parallel Virtual Session- CET- Berlin Time
(**The slot timings will be adjusted based the time difference
with Berlin time to your local working times as the event progresses
)
09:00-09:20 Aquaporin-4 and Transient Receptor Potential Vanilloid 4 balance in early postnatal astrocyte differentiation 
Antonio Cibelli, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy
09:20-09:40 Long-term structural changes in the osteochondral unit in patients with osteoarthritis undergoing corrective osteotomy with PRP or SVF post-treatments
Elena Tchetina, Nasonova Research Institute of Rheumatology, Russia
09:40-10:00 Why biomaterial implants and cellular therapy have not become a regular clinical reality yet?
Lindemberg M Silveira-Filho, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil
10:00-10:20 Epigenetic Reprogramming Regulates Epithelial Progenitor Cell Signatures and Drives Inflammation in Hidradenitis Suppurativa
Lin Jin, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA
10:20-10:40 Protection of cell therapeutics from antibody-mediated killing by IgG Fc receptor overexpression
Tobias Deuse, UCSF, USA
10:40-11:00 CTNS Mutation Alters Differentiation of Human-induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (hiPSCs) into Renal Proximal Tubules
Mary Taub, University at Buffalo, USA
11:00-11:20 Selection for CD26− and CD49A+ Cells from Pluripotent Stem Cells-Derived Islet-Like Clusters Improves Therapeutic Activity in Diabetic Mice
Kfir Molakandov, Kadimastem Inc., Israel
11:20-11:40 Ascorbic acid mitigates the impact of oxidative stress in a human model of febrile seizure and mesial temporal lobe epilepsy
Stefania Scalise, University degli Studi Magna Graecia, Italy
11:40-12:00 Chemical Tracking Of Individual Epigenetic Writers During Cell State Transitions
Saulius Klimašauskas, Vilnius University Life Sciences Center, Lithuania
12:00-12:20 Defining parallels between gliogenesis and gliomagenesis
Stacey Glasgow, University of California San Diego, USA
12:20-12:40 Decrypting cell fate from a lens of intracellular pH dynamics
Yi Liu, University of California, San Francicsco, USA
12:40-13:00 Printable Cellular Scaffold with Human iPSCs and IGF Regenerates Skeletal Muscle and Improves Functions following Muscle Injuries  
Indranil Sinha, Brigham and Women's Hospital, USA
13:00-13:20 MYSM1 Maintains the Expression of Ribosomal Protein Genes in Hematopoietic Stem Cells to Prevent Hematopoietic Dysfunction
Anastasia Nijnik, Department of Physiology, McGill University, Canada
13:20-13:40 Mesenchymal Stem Cell Secretome in Ex-vivo Donor Heart Preservation
Meijing Wang, Indiana University School of Medicine, USA
13:40-14:00 Pericardial effusion as a manifestation of graft versus host disease following allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation
Aasiya Matin, Division of Hematology, Mayo Clinic, USA 
14:00-14:20 Safety and Tolerability of Allogeneic Bone Marrow-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells for Parkinson’s Disease: Results from a Single-Center Phase Ia
Mya Schiess, McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston, USA
14:20-14:40 Regulation of energy metabolism and skeletal muscle function by circulating peptide hormones
Katrin J Svensson, Stanford University, USA 
14:40-15:00 Slot Available
15:00-15:20 Slot Available
15:20-15:40 Slot Available
15:40-16:00 Slot Available
16:00-16:20 Slot Available
16:20-16:40 Slot Available
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