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SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE
"The Scientific Challenge: From Basic Research to the Clinic"
Date: July 13, 2006
Time: 10:00 am - 4:00 pm PDT
Location:
The J. David Gladstone Institutes
Robert M. Mahley Auditorium
PROGRAM
(Please note: All times provided below are estimated and subject to change)
| 10:00 am – 10:15 am | Welcome Zach Hall, Ph.D., CIRM |
| 10:15 am – 10:45am | Joan Samuelson, J.D., Parkinson’s Action Network Vice Chair, CIRM Scientific and Medical Research Funding Working Group “Report from the July 12th Scientific and Medical Research Funding Working Group Meeting” |
| 10:45 am – 11:15 am | Stuart Orkin, M.D., Harvard Medical School Chair, CIRM Scientific and Medical Research Funding Working Group “Stem Cells: Looking Back and Ahead” |
| 11:15 am – 11:45 am | Jill Heemskerk, Ph.D., National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke “The SMA Project: A New Approach to Therapy Development at NIH” |
| 11:45 am – 12:30 pm | Question and Answer Moderator: Zach W. Hall, Ph.D., CIRM |
| 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm | Break for Lunch |
| 1:30 pm – 2:00 pm | Allen M. Spiegel, M.D., Albert Einstein College of Medicine “Delivering on the Promise of Stem Cell Research: What Will it Take?” |
| 2:00 pm – 2:30 pm | Stephen A. Sherwin, M.D., Cell Genesys, Inc. “The Development of Novel Cellular Therapeutics: Some Lessons from the Private Sector” |
| 2:30 pm – 2:45pm | Break |
| 2:45 pm – 3:4 5pm | Discussion Moderator: Zach Hall, Ph.D., CIRM |
| 3:45 pm – 4:00 pm | Closing Remarks Zach Hall, Ph.D., CIRM |