Seminar Series
The Center for Regenerative Medicine Seminar Series features invited speakers presenting topics related to stem cell biology, developmental biology, gene therapy, tissue injury and repair, or regenerative medicine. All are welcome to attend and no RSVP is needed.
Please contact the Seminar Series organizer, Dr. Darrell Kotton (dkotton@bu.edu) with any inquiries.
Upcoming CReM Seminars (2009-2010):
◊October 6, Tuesday 9-10am, R3 Seminar Room,
Chad Cowan, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
“Twists of Fate: Programming and Reprogramming Development”
◊November 3, Tuesday, 9-10am, R3 Seminar Room,
Gary S. Stein, PhD, Professor and Chair of Cell Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical School; Interim Director, UMass Center for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine
“Transcription Factor Mediated Epigenetic Regulation of Cell Growth and Phenotype for Biological Control and Cancer”
◊January 19, Tuesday, 9-10am, X-715 EBRC Seminar Room,
Douglas A. Melton, PhD, Professor in Natural Sciences, Harvard University; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; Co-Director, Harvard Stem Cell Institute
◊March 2, Tuesday, 9-10am, R3 Seminar Room,
Terence R. Flotte, MD, Executive Deputy Chancellor, Dean and Provost, University of Massachusetts Medical School
“Clinical Trials in Gene Therapy for Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency”
Past CReM Seminars (2009):
◊May 5, 2009 Tuesday 9-10am, R3 Seminar Room,
Gustavo Mostoslavsky, MD PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine and Microbiology, Boston University
“Democratizing Pluripotency: Cellular Reprogramming Using a Single Lentiviral Stem Cell Cassette Vector”
◊June 9, 2009 Tuesday 9-10am, R3 Seminar Room,
George J. Murphy, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Boston University
“iPS Cells: Novel Applications for Blood Disorders”
◊September 15, Tuesday 9-10am, X-715 EBRC Seminar Room,
Rudolf Jaenisch, MD, Professor of Biology, Whitehead Institute, MIT
“Stem Cells, Reprogramming, and the Induction of Pluripotency”
