Of Newts and Niches: Regenerating tissues by mimicking natural processes
Event details
| Date | 05.10.2011 |
| Hour | 16:15 |
| Speaker | Helen Blau PhD, Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford |
| Location |
SV 1717a
|
| Category | Conferences - Seminars |
We are exploiting natural mechanisms to derive mammalian cell sources for regenerative medicine: (1) by recapitulating pathways used by newts and zebrafish, (2) by mimicking biophysical cues to which adult stem cells are exposed in the body, (3) by gaining insights into the mechanisms such as DNA demethylation by which adult cells are reprogrammed to pluripotency (iPS) by cell fusion in heterokaryons and (4) by studying the role of tolomerese in stem-cell based diseases. These approaches provide fundamental mechanistic insights into stem cell fate determination, provide novel cell sources, and should enable clinical applications of cell therapies for regenerative medicine.
Practical information
- General public
- Free
Organizer
- Prof. Didier Trono
Contact
- Diane Cevat