CTTE-2008 Preliminary Program

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Course is scheduled to be held in CLAPP HALL Arrive at the Hovorka Atrium at the center of the Millis Science Center Building Millis Science Center 2080 Adelbert Road Cleveland, OH 44106-7080 (Click here for a Campus Map to locate the Millis Science Center)

Check-In time begins Monday, May 19, 2008 (12:00-1:00 p.m. Hovorka Atrium). Course notebooks, nametags, and other meeting materials will be distributed during the check-in process. Course registrations should be completed as soon as possible via fax or email with the registration form on this site. Registration questions can be answered by emailing Tammie Lee directly at txl116@case.edu.

Monday, May 19, 2008
12:00-1:00 p.m. - Registration

SESSION I: Stem Cells

1:00-2:15 p.m.
Introduction to Course: Adult Mesenchymal Stem Cells: Cell-Based
Therapies and Tissue Engineering.
Arnold I. Caplan, Ph.D. - Case Western Reserve University

2:15-3:15 p.m.
Multi-potent Progenitor Stem Cells
Catherine Verfaillie, M.D. - Stamcelinstituut, Katholieke Universiteit, Leuven

3:15-3:30 p.m. - Break

3:30-4:30 p.m.
Cardiac Therapies: ES-cells or ELSE
Loren Field, Ph.D. - Indiana University Department of Medicine

4:30-5:30 p.m. - Keynote Lecture: Society, Stem cells and Expectations
Alan Trounson - Califonia Institute for Regenerative Medicine

6:00 p.m. - Dinner reception, Hovorka Atrium

 

 

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

SESSION II: Translational Stem Cells and Vasculature

8:00-9:00 a.m.
The Engineering Interface: Cells and Scaffolds
Antonios Mikos, Ph.D. - Rice University

9:00-10:00 a.m.
New Scaffold Logic
Horst von Recum, Ph.D. - Case Western Reserve University

10:00-10:15 Break

10:15-11:15 a.m.
Engineering Scaffolds to Maximize Biological Response and Repair in Hard Tissue
Ann Burgess, Ph.D. - Sr. Director Wright Medical Technology, Inc. - SPONSOR LECTURE

11:15-12:15 p.m.
Stem Cells Homing: Have A Heart
Marc Penn, M.D., Ph.D. - The Cleveland Clinic

12:15-1:30 p.m. - Lunch

1:30-2:30 p.m.
Optimizing the Differentiation of MSCs
Luis Solchaga, Ph.D. - Case Western Reserve University

2:30-3:30 p.m.
Marrow-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells
Donald Lennon, D.D.S. - Case Western Reserve University

3:30-3:45 p.m. - Break

3:45- 6:00 p.m.
MSCs, Cubes, Osteoblasts, Myoblasts
Donald Lennon, D.D.S. - Case Western Reserve University

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Wednesday, May 21, 2008
SESSION III: Scaffolds and Bioreactors

8:00-9:00 a.m.
The New Frontiers in Orhtopaedics
Steven Goldstein, Ph.D. - University of Michigan

9:00-10:00 a.m.
The Correct Cell Uses the Proper Signal
Hari Reddi, Ph.D. - University of Califonia, Davis

10:00-10:15 - Break

10:15-11:15 a.m.
Extracellular Matrix Molecules for Scaffolds
Glenn Prestwich, Ph.D. - University of Utah

11:15-12:15 p.m.
Stem Cells, DNA Repair and Longevity
Stanton Gerson, M.D. - Case Western Reserve University

12:15-1:30 p.m. - Lunch

1:30-2:30 p.m.
TBA - Sponsor Lecture

2:30-3:30 p.m.
Development of Placenta Derived Progenitor Cell Therapies
Wolfgang Hofgartner, Ph.D. - Celgene - SPONSOR LECTURE

3:30-3:45 p.m. - Break

3:45-4:45 p.m.
Human Adult Bone Marrow Derived Somatic Cells for Treament of Acute Tissue Damage
Joe Wagner, Ph.D. - Neuronyx - SPONSOR LECTURE

 

Thursday, May 22, 2008
SESSION IV: Skeletal Tissues & Bioreactors

8:00-9:00 a.m.
OsteoBalance by Cells and Drugs
Philip Osdoby, Ph.D. - Washington University

9:00-10:00 a.m.
Cells: Their Growth, Differentiation, and Lineage Path toward Commercialization
Scott Bruder, M.D., Ph.D. - Becton Dickinson and Company

10:00-10:15 a.m. - Break

10:15-11:15 a.m.
PDGF-BD: From Teeth to Toes
Samuel Lynch, DMD, DMSc. - BioMimetic Therapeutics, Inc.

11:15-12:15 p.m.
Tendon- Ligament
Anthony Ratcliffe, Ph.D. - Synthasome Inc.

12:15-1:30 p.m. - Lunch

1:30-2:30 p.m.
New Designs for Bioreactors
Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic, Ph.D. - Columbia University

2:30-3:30 p.m.
Development and Clinical Performance of a Regenerative Tissue Matrix
David McQuillian, Ph.D. - V.P. Research LifeCell Corporation - SPONSOR LECTURE

3:30-3:45 p.m. - Break

3:45-4:45 p.m.
Cranial-Facial Tissue Engineering
Jeremy Mao, D.D.S., Ph.D. - Columbia University

 

Friday, May 23, 2008
SESSION V: Nerves & Skin

9:00-10:00 a.m.
Embryonic and Adult Neural Stem Cells
Robert Miller, Ph.D. - Case Western Reserve University

10:00-10:15 a.m. - Break

10:15-11:15 a.m.
Skin and New Skin Substitutes
J. Michael Sorrell, Ph.D. - Case Western Reserve University

11:15-12:15 p.m.
Cartilage Regeneration: From Bench to Bedside
Gil Beyen, MSc., MBA - CEO Tigenix

12:15 P.M. - ADJOURN