Program of 2020 International Forum on Stem Cells Virtual Meeting
November 18-19, 2020
11/18/2020, Wednesday |
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8:00-8:10 |
Welcome Ceremony and Opening Remarks |
8:10-9:00 I Keynote speech I
Chair: Tao Cheng |
1. Title: Remembrance of things past: turning on fetal hemoglobin to treat hemoglobin disorders for therapy Speaker: Stuart Orkin Harvard University, USA |
9:00-10:15 II Stem cell gene therapy (Each talk 25 mins, including 5 mins discussion)
Chairs: Lee Grimes Linheng Li |
2. Title: Programming and reprograming of aging Speaker: Guanghui Liu Chinese Academy of Sciences, China |
3. Title: BCL11A enhancer editing for the beta-hemoglobin disorders Speaker: Yuxuan Wu East China Normal University, China |
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4. Title: Transform cell and organ therapy using genome editing Speaker: Luhan Yang Hangzhou Qihan Biotech, China |
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10:25-11:40 III Stem cell diseases and target therapy (Each talk 25 mins, including 5 mins discussion)
Chairs: Nadia Carlesso Min Wang |
5. Title: Bcl-xl PROTAC–A safer and more effective therapeutic agent for hematologic malignancies Speaker: Daohong Zhou University of Florida, USA |
6. Title: Hematopoietic stem cell heterogeneity is associated with myeloproliferative neoplasm Speaker: Lihong Shi Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, China |
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7. Title: Anti-IL-2 preserves graft versus leukemia activity while preventing graft versus host disease Speaker: Defu Zeng City of Hope, USA |
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11:40-15:00 |
Lunch Break |
15:00-16:40 IV Hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (Each talk 25 mins, including 5 mins discussion)
Chairs: Simón Méndez-Ferrer Bing Liu |
8. Title: Notch ligands orchestrate the generation of hematopoietic stem cells in the embryo Speaker: Anna Bigas Institut Hospital del Mar d'Investigacions Mèdiques, Spain |
9. Title: Engraftment of functional human hematopoietic stem cells in mice Speaker: Claudia Waskow Leibniz Institute on Aging, Germany |
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10. Title: Multi-scale analysis of haematopoietic stem/progenitor cell function Speaker: Bertie Göttgens University of Cambridge, UK |
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11. Title: Human haematopoietic stem and progenitor cell landscapes: location matters Speaker: Elisa Laurenti University of Cambridge, UK |
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16:50-18:30 V Tissue regenerative and repair (Each talk 25 mins, including 5 mins discussion)
Chair: Terry Lappin Ding Ai |
12. Title: Decoding the heterogenous vascular niche in lung regeneration Speaker: Bisen Ding Sichuan University, China |
13. Title: Developing cell therapies for vascular repair in diabetes Speaker: Reinhold Medina Queen’s University Belfast, UK |
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14. Title: Revealing cellular heterogeneity, developmental trajectory and novel subpopulations with immune functions in megakaryocytes Speaker: Jiaxi Zhou Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, China |
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15. Title: Mitochondrial transfer by mesenchymal stem cells as a strategy for lung repair Speaker: Anna Krasnodembskaya Queen’s University Belfast, UK |
11/19/2020, Thursday |
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8:00-8:50 VI Keynote speech II
Chair: Linzhao Cheng |
1. Title: Regenerative medicine: current concepts and changing trends Speaker: Anthony Atala Wake Forest School of Medicine, USA |
8:50-10:05 VII Regenerative medicine (Each talk 25 mins, including 5 mins discussion)
Chairs: Hideo Ema Jinyong Wang
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2. Title: Hematopoietic stem cell expansion: developmental pathway and clinical results Speaker: John Wagner University of Minnesota, USA |
3. Title: Use of human pluripotent stem cells to identify novel regulators of immune cell activity Speaker: Dan Kaufman University of California at San Diego, USA |
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4. Title: CAR-NK cells from engineered pluripotent stem cells: off-the-shelf therapeutics for all patients Speaker: Shijiang Lu HebeCell Corporation, USA |
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10:15-11:30 VIII Molecular mechanism and network
(Each talk 25 mins, including 5 mins discussion)
Chairs: Jiwang Zhang Jia Yu |
5. Title: RNA-binding proteins harness RNA and phase separation to modulate transcription in pluripotent stem cells Speaker: Xiaohua Shen Tsinghua University, China |
6. Title: Deciphering new mechanisms of HSC fate determination in vertebrates Speaker: Feng Liu Chinese Academy of Sciences, China |
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7. Title: Single-cell transcriptomes of blood cells and beyond Speaker: Ping Zhu Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, China |
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11:30-15:00 |
Lunch Break |
15:00-17:05 IX CAMS-PUMC Webinar Series -- Belt and Road Leaders (Each talk 25 mins, including 5 mins discussion)
Chairs: Tsvee Lapidot Hui Cheng Lai Guan NG
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8. Title: An instructive role for IL7RA in the development of human B-cells and B cell precursor leukemia Speaker: Shai Izraeli Tel Aviv University, Israel |
9. Title: Gene editing and high-throughput functional genomics Speaker: Wensheng Wei Peking University, China |
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10. Title: The aging of the blood system Speaker: Liran Shlush The Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel |
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11. Title: Identify Pancreatic Islet Resident Progenitors Speaker: Yi Zeng Chinese Academy of Sciences, China |
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12. Title: Epithelial cell therapies for kidney disease Speaker: Benjamin Dekel Tel Aviv University, Israel |
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17:05-17:15 |
Closing Remarks |