Events
Irv's Birthday Symposium -
Saturday Oct. 17, 2009
Clark Center Auditorium, Stanford
A symposium to celebrate the 70th birthday of Irving Weissman
8:00 – 8:15
Philip Pizzo
Welcome Remarks
8:15 – 8:30
Stephen Galli
Welcome Remarks
8:30 – 9:00
Koichi Akashi
Stem Cells in Human Hematological Malignancies
9:00 – 9:30
Catriona Jamieson
The Molecular Evolution of Leukemia Stem Cells
9:30 – 10:00
Ravi Majeti
CD47 is an Adverse Prognostic Factor and Therapeutic
Antibody Target on Human AML Stem Cells
10:00 - 10:30 Break
10:30 – 11:00
Amy Wagers
Regenerative Potential of Skeletal Muscle Stem Cells
11:00 – 11:30
Max Cooper
Evolution of Alternative Adaptive Immune Systems
11:30 – 12:00
Owen Witte
Following Irv's advice: Tissue Stem Cells and Cancer
12:00 –13:00 Lunch
13:00 – 13:30
Steve Quake
2,000 years of Stem Cell Research
13:30 – 14:00
Lee Hood
Systems Biology and Systems Medicine
14:00 – 14:30
Judith Shizuru
The Power of Purity: Transplantation of HSC
14:30 – 15:00
Jim Allison
Immune Checkpoint Blockade in Cancer Therapy
15:00 – 15:30 Break
15:30 – 16:00
Nobuko Uchida
Therapeutic Potential of Human Neural Stem Cells
16:00 – 16:30
Rusty Gage
Neuronal Plasticity and Neural Diversity
16:30 –17:00
Fred Alt
Mechanisms Contributing to Recurrent Translocations
in B Cell Lymphoma
17:00 – ? Irv Weissman
