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May
20
Wed
Stem Cell Club: Shaffer/Lerner
May 20 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Jun
17
Wed
POSTPONED-Stem Cell Club: Koehler/Kolev
Jun 17 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
POSTPONED-Stem Cell Club: Koehler/Kolev

Our June 2020 Stem Cell Club meeting is being postponed until the fall. Please check back for more details.

Aug
12
Wed
Stem Cell Club: Simeonov/Cheng
Aug 12 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

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Sep
16
Wed
Stem Cell Club: Kolev/Asfaha
Sep 16 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

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Contact Diona Cashioli (diona.cashioli@pennmedicine.upenn.edu) with any questions.

Oct
21
Wed
Stem Cell Club: Alapati/Mori
Oct 21 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Stem Cell Club: Alapati/Mori

Check back soon for details. Contact Diona Cashioli (diona.cashioli@pennmedicine.upenn.edu) with any questions.

Nov
4
Wed
Scientific and Ethical Frontiers in Understanding Human Development
Nov 4 @ 9:00 am – 4:00 pm

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Our ability to study the first stages of life is profoundly changing. Come learn about the science and discuss the ethics on these frontiers.

Update (11/2): The attendee link was sent to all registrants this morning. Please check your spam or junk folders if you did not receive it. If you did not receive the link, please contact yaroshc@pennmedicine.upenn.edu.

Event Details

WHEN: November 4, 2020 (Schedule)

WHERE: Virtual via BlueJeans Events- Link will be sent to registered attendees

WHAT: A timely and exciting event that will focus on the latest advances in modeling early human development and provide a forum to discuss both the scientific and ethical dimensions of newly developed technologies. Our speakers will examine cutting-edge methods such as extended in vitro embryo models; chimeras of animal hosts seeded with human cells; the use of human induced pluripotent cells (iPSCs) to generate germ cell precursors and embryo-like structures; and curing forms of infertility by uterine transplantation.

This event is free and open to the public. REGISTER to receive a link to the event and submit an abstract for lightning talk consideration. This event will not be recorded. Generously sponsored by New England Biolabs and Penn’s Vice Provost for Research University Research Foundation.

Schedule

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Welcome and Introductions (9:00 AM)

Session 1- “Frontiers of embryonic development research”

9:15-9:45               Janet Rossant (University of Toronto/Hospital for Sick Children)

9:45-10:05            Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz (University of Cambridge/Caltech)

10:15-10:35           Nicolas Plachta (University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine)

10:35-10:50          Break

10:50-11:10           Kurt Barnhart (University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine)

11:10-11:45           Panel Discussion with Session 1 Speakers and Audience

Lightning Talks (11:45-noon)

Akshata Almad

Louis Prahl

Wenchao Qian

Session 2- “Approaches & Ethics for the Future of Developmental Biology”

1:00-1:30               Jianping Fu (University of Michigan)

1:30-1:50               Kathleen (Kate) O’Neill (University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine)

1:50-2:10               Kataro Sasaki (University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine)

2:10-2:25               Break

2:25-2:45               Guo-li Ming (University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine)

2:45-3:05               Insoo Hyun (Case Western University/ Harvard University)

3:05-3:50               Panel Discussion with Session 2 Speakers and Audience

3:50-4:00               Closing remarks

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Nov
18
Wed
Stem Cell Club: Yin/Wang
Nov 18 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Stem Cell Club: Yin/Wang

Check back soon for details. Contact Diona Cashioli (diona.cashioli@pennmedicine.upenn.edu) with any questions.

Dec
16
Wed
Stem Cell Club: Chakrabarti/Nagarajan
Dec 16 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Stem Cell Club: Chakrabarti/Nagarajan

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Jan
20
Wed
Stem Cell Club: Koehler/Kuri
Jan 20 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Check back soon for details. Contact Diona Cashioli (diona.cashioli@pennmedicine.upenn.edu) with any questions.

Feb
17
Wed
Stem Cell Club: Ito/Sasaki
Feb 17 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

IRM Stem Cell Club

Wednesday, February 17, 2021 at 4 PM EST

Featuring:

Junpei Ito, DVM, PhD (University of Tokyo)

Kotaro Sasaki, MD, PhD (University of Pennsylvania)