Stem Cell Seminars and Events in Cambridge


2007-07-11 14:00: Floppy Modes and Nonaffine Deformations in Random Fiber Networks (Alexandre Kabla (University of Cambridge))

2007-07-18 14:00: Microtubules can bear enhanced compressive loads + Shape oscillations of cells (Cyril Picard, Cavendish)

2007-07-25 14:00: Shape Oscillations in Cells and Cell Fragments (J Etienne)

2007-08-07 14:00: Elastic Behavior of Cross-Linked and Bundled Actin Networks (Pietro Cicuta, Cavendish)

2007-10-04 14:30: Cell Spreading and Lamellipodial Extension Rate Is Regulated  by Membrane Tension (J Etienne, DAMTP)

2007-10-31 16:00: Regulation of transcription through histone demethylation (Dr Ramin Shiekhattar, CRG, Barcelona, Spain)

2008-10-13 08:00: Cambridge Initiative for Musculoskeletal Tissue Engineering, Inaugural Meeting (Keynote Speakers: Prof I Yannas, MIT & Dr P Verdonk, Ghent)

2008-10-13 08:30: A Clinical Perspective on Musculoskeletal Tissue Engineering (Dr Peter Verdonk, University Hospital, Ghent)

2008-10-13 09:00: Biological approaches to the treatment of musculoskeletal injury with cell therapies. (Mr Alan Getgood, Orthopaedic Research Unit)

2008-10-13 09:30: Title to be confirmed (Dr Matthew Lim, Dept of Surgery)

2008-10-13 11:00: Porous Scaffolds for Osteoarticular Tissue Repair (Ms Meera Arumugam, Cambridge Centre for Medical Materials)

2008-10-13 11:30: Biomolecules in Tissue Engineering (Prof Richard Farndale, Department of Biochemistry)

2008-10-13 12:00: Biomolecules in accelerated fracture healing (Dr Simon Donell, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at the Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital)

2008-10-13 15:00: Tissue Engineering of the Musculoskeletal System (Prof Ioannis Yannas, MIT)

2009-02-26 09:00: Platform Technologies for Stem Cell Research (Dr Michael D. Wilson, Dr Jonathon Pines, Dr Rachael Walker, Dr Kathryn Lilley)

2009-02-27 08:45: Promoting myelin regeneration in the injured brain. (Jeff Huang)

2009-03-12 09:30: Intestinal cancer models and stem cell biology (Doug Winton, CRUK Cambridge Research Institute)

2009-04-07 12:00: Connecting Lung Epithelial Stem Cells and Lung Cancer by Stress-Activated Protein Kinases (Juan Jose Ventura, Wellcome Trust Centre for Stem Cell Research, University of Cambridge)

2009-04-23 09:30: Stem cells and cancer (epithelial cancers) (Fiona Watt, CRUK Cambridge Research Institute)

2009-04-23 14:30: "Evolution of embryonic pluripotency and the early lineages of the mammalian blastocyst". (Dr Miguel Manzanares - CNIC, Madrid)

2009-04-24 08:45: The effect of donor age on the remyelinating potential of olfactory ensheathing cell transplants in the demyelinated CNS (Dave Coutts)

2009-05-11 20:00: Human Stem Cells: Therapeutic and Research Potential (Dr Stephen Minger (King's College London))

2009-05-21 16:00: Matrix elasticity directs stem cell lineage – Better (polymeric) materials for Better biology (Professor Dennis Discher, Biophysical Eng. & Nanobiopolymers Lab, University of Pennsylvania)

2009-06-08 13:00: The mechanical properties of cells and tissues --- does soft matter? (Jochen Guck (Canvendish))

2009-06-16 12:00: Is brain cancer a stem cell disease? (Colin Watts, Department of Clinical Neurosciences)

2009-09-07 16:00: Towards a transcriptional taxonomy of in vitro stem cell preparations (Franz-Josef Müller (University of Kiel / The Scripps Research Institute))

2009-09-29 11:30: Epigenetic reprogramming in mammalian development (Professor Wolf Reik, The Babraham Institute, Cambridge)

2009-09-30 16:30: Can we ever really repair the brain in Parkinson’s disease with cells? (Professor Roger Barker, Cambridge Centre for Brain Repair, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Cambridge)

2009-09-30 17:00: Controlling stem cells in health and disease (Dr. Ron McKay, National Institute of Health, USA)

2009-10-21 18:30: CAMBRIDGE STEM CELL CLUB - Physics, Fate and the Business of Epigenetics (Dr Magdalena Zernicka-Gotz,  Gurdon Institute; Dr Jochen Guck, Physics of MEdicine; Dr Will West, CellCentric)

2009-11-18 18:30: Ways to enhance reprogramming lead to novel mechanistic insights for iPS (Professor Duanqing Pei, Guangzhou Institute of Biomedicine and Health, China)

2009-11-18 18:30: Functional genetic approaches in in-vitro stem cell systems using RNAi (Dr Patrick Paddison' Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Centre, Seattle)

2009-11-20 13:15: Establishing and manipulating pluripotency in the early embryo (Jenny Nichols, Stem Cell Institute, University of Cambridge)

2009-11-24 18:00: Clones, stem cells, and cell replacement (Hats Off Club) (Professor Sir John Gurdon)

2009-11-24 20:00: Prof. Anthony Hollander - Claudia's Tracha and other Stem Cell Stories (Prof. Anthony Hollander)

2009-11-25 13:00: Fate determination of retinal neurons: Lineage relationships and the inhibitory master switch Ptf1a (Dr. Patricia Jusuf)

2010-02-02 19:30: Stem Cells: Overcoming the Embryo (Professor Austin Smith, School of Biological Sciences, University of Cambridge)

2010-02-05 13:15: The role of Gata3 in the emergence of hematopoietic stem cells - a link between the hematopoietic and sympathetic nervous system (Katrin Ottersbach, Cambridge Institute for Medical Research)

2010-02-08 18:00: Sperm from Stem Cells (Professor Karim Nayernia)

2010-04-22 09:30: Stem cell fate (Phil Jones, MRC Cancer Cell Unit, Hutchison-MRC Research centre)

2010-05-04 18:00: Cloning, Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine: The World After Dolly (Professor Sir Ian Wilmut, Director of the Centre for Regenerative Medicine, University of Edinburgh)

2010-05-17 16:00: Dynamics of molecular clocks expose the lineage relations of cells (Shalev Itzkovitz (MIT))

2010-05-18 12:00: "Stem cell identity and mRNA export: unexpected roles of geminin and GANP" (Prof. Ron Laskey, Hutchison/MRC Research Centre)

2013-01-24 09:30: Stem cells and cancer (John Stingl, Cambridge Research Institute)