When:
Friday, February 16, 2007
8:15 a.m. - 5:30p.m.  

Where:
UCLA DeNeve Plaza - De Neve Auditorium  
Directions/Map

Fees: 
Free. On-line registration required and space
subject to availability.
REGISTRATION
(CLOSED 2/12/07)

The UCLA Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Medicine, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, and UCLA Extension:

February 16, 2007
DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY & STEM CELLS

CONFERENCE AGENDA (revised 2/12/07):

7:45-8:15am                 Check-in/registration
8:15-8:20am                 Welcome: Owen Witte, MD  (UCLA)
8:20-8:30am                 Michael Teitell, MD, PhD  (UCLA)

Out of the Niche
Introductions:                Amander Clark, PhD  (UCLA)
8:30-9:05am                 Judith Kimble, PhD  (University of Wisconsin)
9:05-9:40am                 Utpal Banerjee, PhD  (UCLA)

9:40-10:15am               Break

Origin of Stem Cells
Introduction:                April Pyle, PhD  (UCLA)
10:15-10:50am           Leonard Zon, MD (Children’s Hospital, Boston)

Adult Stem Cells
Introduction:                William Lowry, PhD  (UCLA)
10:50-11:25am          Elaine Fuchs, PhD (Rockefeller University)

11:30-1:30pm              Lunch

Introductions:               Hanna Mikkola, MD, PhD  (UCLA)
Neural Stem Cells
1:30-2:05pm                Sean Morrison, PhD (University of Michigan)

Early Development
2:05-2:40pm                Janet Rossant, PhD (University of Toronto)

2:40-2:50pm                Break

Beyond the Laboratory
Introductions:               Kathrin Plath, PhD  (UCLA)
2:50-3:25pm                Jerome Zack, PhD  (UCLA)
3:25-4:00pm                Ihor Lemischka, PhD  (Princeton University)

4:00-5:30pm                Poster Session and Refreshments