SCIENCE AT THE SHINE DOME canberra 4 - 6 may 2005
Symposium: Recent advances in stem cell science and therapies
| Friday 6 May Symposium: Recent advances in stem cell science and therapies |
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| Opening address Dr Jim Peacock President, Australian Academy of Science |
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| Chair: Professor Bob Williamson (Symposium convenor) | ||||
| Human embryonic stem cells – the state of the art Professor Martin Pera Research Professor, Monash Institute of Reproduction and Development, Monash University; and Director of Embryonic Stem Cell Research, Australian National Stem Cell Centre |
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| Chair: Professor Roger Short | ||||
| Plenary Lecture ES-equivalent adult stem cells from cord blood Professor Gesine Kögler Professor for Immunology in Medicine, University of Düsseldorf, Germany (Sponsored by the Lion Foundation) |
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| Chair: Professor Julie Campbell | ||||
| The heart – potential for use of stem cells to treat coronary heart disease Professor Bob Graham Executive Director, Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, Sydney (Sponsored by ANZ Children’s Heart Research Centre) |
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| Airway repair with bone marrow-derived cells Professor Brandon Wainwright Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland (Sponsored by Cystic Fibrosis Victoria and Cystic Fibrosis Australia) |
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| Kidney regeneration using stem cells – fiction or feasible? Dr Melissa Little NHMRC Principal Research Fellow, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland |
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| The brain – are stem cells required for a healthy brain? Professor Perry Bartlett Director, Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland (Sponsored by the Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland) |
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| Discussion | ||||
| Chair: Professor Alan Trounson | ||||
| Plenary Lecture Nuclear transfer to create stem cells Dr Konrad Hochedlinger Postdoctoral Researcher, Whitehead Institute of Biomedical Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA (Sponsored by the Australian Stem Cell Centre) |
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| Chair: Dr Jim Peacock | ||||
| Stem cell therapies – from cutting-edge research to clinical application Professor Peter Rathjen Executive Dean, Faculty of Sciences, University of Adelaide |
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| Chair: Professor John White (Sponsored by Biotechnology Australia, an Australian Government initiative) | ||||
| Ethical issues raised by stem cell research Professor Julian Savulescu Uehiro Chair in Practical Ethics, University of Oxford, UK |
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| Striving for an ethical way forward for stem cell research in Australia Professor Bob Williamson Honorary Senior Principal Fellow, University of Melbourne |
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| Discussion | ||||
| Closing remarks Dr Jim Peacock |
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