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MSC2007 • Detailed Program

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Session 1Session 2Session 3Session 4

Session 5 Session 6 Session 7 Session 8

Short Talks


Program and Speakers:
Monday, August 27, 2007

1:15 p.m. Session I: Chronology of Discovery of MSCs

Chair: Stanton Gerson

1:15-1:45 Arnold Caplan “MSCs: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow”

1:45-2:15 Mark Pittenger “A Paradigm for Understanding Tissue Regeneration: Origins of                  MSCs"

2:15-2:45 Darwin Prockop “The Repairative Power of Multipotent Stromal Cells from Bone                  Marrow”

2:45-3:15 Catherine Verfaillie “Possible mechanisms underlying the greater potency of adult                  stem cells?”

3:15 – Break

3:30 p.m. – Session II: Stem Cells from Bone Marrow

Chair: George Muschler

3:30-4:00 Paolo Bianco “Self-renewing stromal progenitors and the hematopoietic                  microenvironment in the human bone marrow A tale of two stem cells”

4:00-4:30 Dominique Bonnet “Prospective isolation of the most primitive stem/progenitors in                  the adult murine bone marrow mesenchymal compartment”

4:30-5:00 Paul Simmons “The Yin and Yang of MSC”

5:00-6:00 p.m. – Short Talk Presentations

Chair: Arnold Caplan
5:00-5:05 Lianhua Bai “Signal Secreted from Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells Regulate Cell                  Fate Choices by Neural Stem Cells”

5:05-5:10 Antonio Crovace “Use of Autologous Bone Marrow Mononuclear Cells and Cultured                  Bone Marrow Stromal Cells in Dogs with Orthopedic Lesions”

5:10-5:15 Qian Ye “Characterization of Placenta Derived Adherent Cells (PDAC): a                  Novel Type of Stem/Progenitor Cell Isolated From Human Placenta”

5:15-5:20 Nicanor Moldovan “Sponstaneously Recurited Bone Marrow Progenitor Cells are                  Cardogenic and Vaculogenic in Ischemic Myocardium”

5:20-5:25 Maria Siemionow “Contribution of Donor Derived Bone Marrow Stromal Cells                  and Neurotrophic Factor for Regeneration of Peripheral Nerve Defects”

5:25-5:30 Anita Laitinen “Mesenchymal Stem Cells from Umbilical Cord Blood in Low Serum                  Conditions”

5:30-5:35 Noelle Mathieu “Human Mesenchymal Stem Cell Favour Healing of Cutaneous                  Radiation Syndrome”

5:35-5:40 Tomoyuki Okumura “Identification of a Specific Bone Marrow-Derived Cell Subset                  that Contributes to the Gastric Epitheluim”

5:40-5:45 Cecilia Sanchez “Global Epigenetics Changes in Human Multipotential Stromal Cells                  (hMSCs) During Culture”

5:45-5:50 Graham Sharp “Multipotential Mesenchymal Stromal Cells Improve Survival in a                  Murine Model of Graft-Versus-Host Disease”

5:50-5:55 Vladimir Smirnov “Circulating Stromal Colony-Forming Units and Coronary                  Atherosclerosis”

5:55-6:00 Joni Ylostalo “Human Multipotent Stromal Cells (MSCs) Repeatedly Create Their                  Own Microenvironments as they are Expanded and Re-expanded from Single Cells                  into Colonies”

6:00-9:00 p.m. – Poster Session with Heavy Hors D'oeuvres and Bar Service.

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Tuesday, August 28, 2007

7:00 a.m. – Breakfast

8:00 a.m. – Session III: Stem Cells from Adipose Tissue

Chair: Mark Pittenger
8:00-8:30 Marc Hedrick “Adipose tissue: A promising source of cells for cell-based therapies”

8:30-9:00 Farshid Guilak “Adipose-derived stem cells for cartilage tissue engineering”

9:00-9:30 Jan Nolta “Tracking Human Adipose-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells for Tissue                  Repair Applications in Immune Deficient Mouse Xenotransplantation Models”

Platform Presentations:
9:30-9:45 Reza Izadpanah “In Vivo Neurogenesis Potentials of Adult Mesenchymal Stem                  Cells”

9:45-10:00 Jeff Thompson “Differentiation of Human Adult Adipose-Derived Mesenchymal                   Stem Cells into Adipocytes, Osteocytes, and Neurons In Vitro”

10:00 a.m. – Break

10:15 a.m. – Session IV: Stem Cells from Cord Blood/Placenta

Chair: Pablo Rubinstein
10:15-10:45 Wolfgang Hofgartner “Placenta Derived Adherent Cells (PDACs): A Novel Type of                      Stem/Progenitor Cell Isolated from Human Placenta”

10:45-11:15 Peter Wernet “TBD"

Podium Presentations:
11:15-11:30 Jane Ennis “Human Umbilical Cord Perivascular Cells are Immunoprivileged and                      Immunomodulatory In Vitro”

11:30-11:45 Maria Roubelakis “Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells (MSCs) Derived from Amniotic                      Fluid: Proteomic Characterization & Differentiation Potential”

11:45-12:15 Anthony Atala “Regenerative Medicine: New Approaches in Health Care for the                      21st Century"

12:15 p.m. – Lunch Discussion "Terminology For Adult Derived Stem Cells"

Chair: Anthony Atala
Mark Pittenger
Paolo Bianco
Marc Hedrick
Catherine Verfaillie

1:30 p.m. – Session V: Trophic Pathways and Expression

Chair: Mahendra Rao
1:30-2:00 Marc Penn “Paracrine effects of improvement in cardiac function following stem cell                  therapy”

2:00-2:30 Luis Solchaga “FGF-treated hMSCs exhibit enhanced proliferation and                  differentiation potential”

Podium Presentations:
2:30-2:45 Arshak Alexanian “Transplanted Neurally Induced Mesenchymal Stem Cells Survive,                  Generate Neuronal and Glial Cells, and Integrate into Intact Spinal Cord of Rats”

2:45-3:00 Humberto Cerruti “Allogenous Bone Grafts improved by Bone Marrow Stem Cells                  and Platelet Growth Factors: Clinical Case Reports”

3:00-3:15 Keith Haskell “A RNAI Screen to Identify Genes that Regulate the Osteogenic,                  Adipogenic, and Prolifeative Capacities of Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells”

3:15-3:30 Biju Parekkadan “Bone Marrow Stroma-Derived Molecules Reverse Organ Failure”

3:30 p.m. – Break

3:45 p.m. – Session VI: Tissue Engineering and Animal Models

Chair: Stanley Dannemiller
3:45-4:15 Frank Barry “Cell Therapy for Musculoskeletal Repair: Cells and Differentiation"

4:15-4:45 Robert Harman “Veterinary Cell Therapy: Real Data from Real Diseases”

5:15-5:45 Alan Trounson “Stem Cell Repair of Lung Disease”

Podium Presentations:
5:45-6:00 Bruno Peault “Pervascular Cells as Ancestors of Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Human                  Tissues”

6:00-6:15 Manu Platt “Cue-Signal-Response Analysis of Mesenchymal Stem Cell Adhesion and                  Survival Behavior on Ligan-Coated Scaffolds”

6:15-6:30 Alexandra Semont “Structural and Functional Small Intestine Regeneration after                  Mesenchymal Stem Cell Infusion”

6:30 p.m. – Poster Session with Hors D'oeuvres and Bar Service

7:00 p.m. – Keynote Lecture by Linda Powers with Hors D'oeuvres and Bar Service

8:00 p.m. – Banquet

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Wednesday, August 29, 2007

7:00 a.m. – Breakfast

8:15 a.m. – Session VII: Therapeutic Applications

Chair: Alan Smith
8:15-8:45 Katarina LeBlanc “Mesenchymal Stem Cells (MSCs) in Immunotherapy”

8:45-9:15 Armand Keating “Mesenchymal Stromal Cells (MSCs) for Cardiac Regeneration:                  Development of a Unique Cell Type Characterized by Plasticity and not                  Transdifferentiation”

9:15-9:45 Robert Miller “Use of MSCs for the Treatment of Demyelinating Diseases”

Podium Presentations:
9:45-10:00 Paulette Conget “Adult Allogeneic MSC IN UTERO Transplantation to Human                    Fetuses with Severe Bone Pathology Lead to No Postnatal Fractures: 2 Cases                    Treated in Chile”

10:00-10:15 Frank Marini “Low-Dose Local Irradiation Increases Migration and Recruitment of                     Circulating MSC Into Tumor Microenvironment”

10:15 a.m. – Break

10:30 a.m. – Session VIII: Clinical Trials

Chair: Robert Deans
10:30-11:00 Keith Wonnacott "A Regulatory Perspective on Developing Mesenchymal Stem                      Cell Therapies"

11:00-11:30 Hillard Lazarus “Current and Future Clinical Trial Strategies for Managing GVHD                      in Hematopoietic Stem Cell (HSC) Transplantation”

11:30-12:00 Michael Chopp “Preclinical Applications of MSCs to Neurological Diseases—Long                      Term Benefits and Mechanisms of Action”

12:00-12:30 C. Randal Mills “Introduction to Osiris’ Clinical Programs”

12:30 p.m.– Closing Remarks: Arnold Caplan

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