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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

Thank you to our sponsors!

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Nov
6
Fri
Advances in MSK Regeneration: Pisconti
Nov 6 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

 

Dada Pisconti, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Biochemistry & Cell Biology
Stony Brook University
“No Cell is an Island: Muscle Stem Cells and Their Niche in Health and Disease”
Friday, November 6 @ 12 PM Eastern.
Please check your email or contact yaroshc@pennmedicine.upenn.edu for a link to this seminar.

 

Nov
9
Mon
Distinguished Seminar Series: Jayaraj Rajagopal
Nov 9 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Distinguished Seminar Series: Jayaraj Rajagopal

Open to all. Join us for this IRM-sponsored installment of the Distinguished Seminar Series, which features notable researchers from institutions around the world.

This week, we are hosting Jayaraj Rajagopal, M.D. from Harvard University.

For questions about one-on-one meetings or trainee lunch with our speaker, please contact Diona Cashioli (diona.cashioli@pennmedicine.upenn.edu). Call details will be posted here before the seminar.

Nov
11
Wed
Faculty Lunch: Kyla Ortved
Nov 11 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Faculty Lunch: Kyla Ortved

IRM Faculty members only. Information about call details or room location will be emailed 1 week prior to the lunch. Please contact Diona Cashioli (diona.cashioli@pennmedicine.upenn.edu) if you have any questions.

This month: Kyla Ortved,D.V.M, Ph.D., Jacques Jenny Endowed Term Chair of Orthopedic Surgery (Penn Vet)

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.

Nov
19
Thu
Science & Bias: Dannelle Gutarra Cordero
Nov 19 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

 

“STEM and Institutional Anti-Blackness: Curricular Reform in Light of the History of Scientific Racism”

Dr. Gutarra Cordero specializes in the Intellectual History of the Modern Caribbean and the Atlantic World, and her research and teaching interests include the topics of slavery, scientific racism, gender, sexuality, and colonialism.

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Dec
2
Wed
Faculty Lunch: Nico Plachta
Dec 2 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Faculty Lunch: Nico Plachta

IRM Faculty members only. Information about call details or room location will be emailed 1 week prior to the lunch. Please contact Diona Cashioli (diona.cashioli@pennmedicine.upenn.edu) if you have any questions.

This month: Nico Plachta, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology

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

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

Jan
6
Wed
Faculty Lunch: Kathryn Hamilton
Jan 6 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Faculty Lunch: Kathryn Hamilton

IRM Faculty members only. Information about call details or room location will be emailed 1 week prior to the lunch. Please contact Diona Cashioli (diona.cashioli@pennmedicine.upenn.edu) if you have any questions.

This month: Kathryn Hamilton, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Pediatrics