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SUMMARY:Reprogramming Stem Cell Fate
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DESCRIPTION:Prof. Helen M. Blau\, Stanford University\, Stanford\, CA (USA
 )\nDISTINGUISHED LECTURE IN BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERINGBio:\n- Education:\nPh.D
 .\, Harvard University (1975)\n    M.A.\, Harvard University (1970)\n 
    B.A.\, University of York (1969)\nAcademic Appointments:\n    Prof
 essor\, Microbiology & Immunology - Baxter Laboratory\n    Member\, Bio
 -X\n    Member\, Child Health Research Institute\n    Member\, Stanf
 ord Cancer Institute\n- Administrative Appointments:\n    Director\, Ba
 xter Laboratory for Stem Cell Biology (2000 - Present)\n    Associate P
 rogram Director\, Predoctoral Training\, Developmental Biology and Neonato
 logy Training Grant (2008 - Present)\n    Member\, Institute for Stem C
 ell Biology and Regenerative Medicine (2004 - Present)\n    Faculty Aff
 iliate\, Bio-X Program (2005 - Present)\n    Faculty Affiliate\, Stanfo
 rd Cardiovascular Institute (2003 - Present)\n    Chair\, Department of
  Molecular Pharmacology (1997 - 2002)About the speaker:\nDr. Blau received
  her B.A. from University of York in England and her M.A. and Ph.D. from H
 arvard University. She is currently the Donald E. and Delia B. Baxter Prof
 essor and Director of the Baxter Laboratory for Stem Cell Biology in the M
 icrobiology and Immunology Department and the Stanford Institute for Stem 
 Cell biology and Regenerative Medicine in the Stanford University School o
 f Medicine\, Stanford\, California. Dr. Blau served on the Ellison Medical
  Foundation Scientific Advisory Board and the Harvard Board of Overseers a
 nd is an elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences\, the
  Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences and a fellow of
  the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Awards and honor
 s include the Senior Career Recognition Award of WICB of the American Soci
 ety of Cell Biology\; the FASEB Excellence in Science Award\; an Honorary 
 Doctorate from the University of Nijmegen\, Holland\; a Nobel Forum Lectur
 e at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm\, a Rolf-Sammet-Fonds Visiting 
 Professorship at the University of Frankfurt\, an invitation to give a ple
 nary talk at the 400th Pontifical Academy at the Vatican and an audience w
 ith Pope John Paul II\, and a Fulbright Senior Specialist award to study a
 nd teach at the Institut Pasteur and Institut Curie in Paris.\nDr. Blau's 
 research area is regenerative medicine with a focus on stem cells. She is 
 world renowned for her work on nuclear reprogramming and demonstration of 
 the plasticity of cell fate using cell fusion. These studies provided the 
 scientific underpinnings for mammalian cloning and induced pluripotent ste
 m cells. Blau also led the field with novel approaches to treating muscle 
 damaged due to disease\, injury\, or aging. She pioneered the design of bi
 omaterials to mimic the in vivo microenvironment and direct stem cell fate
 . A major focus of her current work is the rejuvenation of muscle stem cel
 l function to enhance muscle repair in the aged. Her research has enhanced
  muscle stem cell based therapies and led to the discovery of novel molecu
 les and therapeutic strategies for the treatment of muscle wasting in dise
 ase and aging.\nThe Blau lab brings together bioscientists\, computer scie
 ntists\, and bioengineers who are interested in everything from the basic 
 mechanisms of disease\, to technology development\, to clinical translatio
 n. The laboratory also collaborates extensively with other researchers. Ou
 r overall objective is to understand and apply biology to improve quality 
 of life.\n(For further details please visit http://web.stanford.edu/group/
 blau).
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