Cancer & Stem Cells

Date: Tuesday, 22 January 2013 - Wednesday, 23 January 2013
Location: San Diego, CA, USA

Keynote Speakers

Hans Keirstead
Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of California, Irvine

Karen Aboody
Associate Professor, City of Hope

Ellen Feigal
Senior Vice President, The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine

Overview

Select Biosciences has designed this conference track to bring together researchers and industry participants focusing on the utility of stem cells for the treatment of various types of cancer.

There is much interest in the field to use stem cells for treating hematological as well as solid tumors. HSCTs using bone marrow, PBLs, and cord blood have paved the way for such treatments to be possible and successful.

We examine in this conference track the basic and translational research studies being performed to bring stem cells to the oncology field.We also examine in this conference track cancer stem cells (CSCs), an often controversial topic, but nevertheless important for understanding cancer propagation at the basic level and also as a means to target tumors.

Agenda Topics

Clinical Trials Focusing on Targeting Cancer Stem Cells (CSCs)
Clinical Trials Status on Stem Cell Therapies for Cancer
Development of Stem Cell Therapies for Treating Cancers

Hematological Cancers
Solid Tumors

Emerging Companies Presentations
Grants and Funding Sources for Basic Translational Research Focusing on Stem Cell Therapies for Cancer
Role of CSCs in Progression of Disease and Metastasis
What will it Take to Successfully Translate Stem Cell Research/Cellular Therapy to Focus upon Problems in the Oncology Field?

Sponsorship and Exhibition Opportunities

Exhibition Team,
exhibitors@selectbio.com
+44 (0) 1206 501654

Confirmed Speakers to date

Eric Bouhassira, Professor/Principal Investigator, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Timo Faltus, Research Associate, Martin-Luther-University
Joseph Frank, Senior Investigator, National Institutes of Health
Brian Freed, Professor, University of Colorado School of Medicine
Rosario Isasi, Research Associate, McGill University
Silvana Libertini, PostDoc, The Beatson Institute for Cancer Research
Norman Maitland, Director, University of York
Jennie Mather, Senior Vice President, MacroGenics Inc
Enal Razvi, Managing Director, Select Biosciences Inc
Robert Wieder, Professor of Medicine, University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey