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• Conference Report: CIRM Scientific Meeting held Oct. 1-2, 2005 (pdf)
• Summary of recommendations by session chairs and speakers to the CIRM (pdf)

The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) will hold its first scientific meeting entitled Stem Cell Research: Charting New Directions for California on October 1-2, 2005. The purpose of the meeting is to identify scientific priorities for the first phase of stem cell research funded under Proposition 71. The meeting, which will be held at the Renaissance Parc 55 Hotel in San Francisco, will feature six scientific sessions with presentations by stem cell researchers and clinicians from the United States as well as Australia, Canada, Israel, Sweden and the United Kingdom. In addition to the presentations, each session will include a panel discussion aimed to generate recommendations for scientific funding priorities for CIRM.

The meeting will cover fundamental and applied aspects of stem cell research and will span topics ranging from basic stem cell biology to prospects for therapeutic applications and discoveries using specialized cells derived from stem cells. To better understand processes that govern stem cell fates, fundamental questions such as regulation of stem cell division and maturation will be addressed. Applied research topics include the use of stem cells as tools for disease research and for discovery of drug therapies. One session will focus on private industry perspectives on clinical applications of stem cells as cellular therapeutics.

• Please click here for a full meeting agenda.

To facilitate scientific discussions, the meeting will be limited to 200 attendees including scientists from academia and private industry, patient advocates and the public. CIRM will webcast the proceedings, courtesy of BayBio, throughout the state in an effort to reach a broad audience of interested Californians. In addition, summaries of the recommendations from each session will be posted on the CIRM website following the meeting.