Inaugural HSCI Skin Program Symposium

Date: 

Thursday, November 12, 2015, 8:00am to 5:00pm

Location: 

Harvard Medical School, New Research Building, Rotunda Room, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston, MA

This program is offered free of charge to our research community, but registration is required.  Please visit the registration webpage at: 
https://hsci.formstack.com/forms/hsci_skin_program_symposium 
Attendance by HSCI  members from across the different disease platforms will ensure a productive discussion!

Stem Cell Plasticity
Rudolf Jaenisch | "Human ES and iPS cells:  Pluripotency and plasticity"
Natasha Frank | "ABCB5-Positive stem cells in organ development and regeneration"

Regulation of Stem Cell Specification
Robert Lavker | "How microRNA's help to maintain epithelial stem cell homeostasis"
Cedric Blanpain | "Mechanism regulating tumor heterogeneity"

Hair Follicle as a Stem Cell Paradigm
George Cotsarelis | "Hair Follicle Stem Cells in Androgenetic Alopecia"
Ya-Chieh Hsu | "Stem Cells and Their Progeny in the Hair Follicle Niche"

Skin Cancer and the Stem Cell Niche
Markus Frank | "Immunoregulatory stem cells in skin and skin-associated malignancy"

Panel Discussion
Setting Sail for the Future of Skin Stem Cell Research

Co-leaders:  Markus Frank, MD and George F. Murphy, MD

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