2012 Sanford-Burnham Annual Symposium

34th Annual Sanford-Burnham Symposium

Identifying and Treating Rare Disorders

October 26, 2013
8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. PT

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Program


Continental Breakfast - 8:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.

Welcome - 8:30 a.m. - 8:35 a.m.


John C. Reed
Kristiina Vuori, M.D., Ph.D.
President, Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute




Session 1: 8:40 a.m. - 10:20 a.m.

Moderator: Mark Mercola, Ph.D.

Disease Modeling and Drug Screening


Lee Rubin

New Ways to Use Stem Cells to Study Motor Neuron Diseases


Lee Rubin, Ph.D.
Director of Translational Medicine, Harvard Stem Cell Institute




Christine Mummery

Cardiomycoytes from Pluripotent Stem Cells in Disease Modeling and Drug Discovery


Christine Mummery, Ph.D.
Leiden University Medical Center, The Netherlands



Alysson Muotri

A Drug-Screening Platform for Autism Using Human Neurons


Alysson Muotri, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics and Cellular and Molecular Medicine, UC San Diego

Coffee- 10:25 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.

Session 2: 10:50 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Moderator: Michael Jackson, Ph.D.

Small Molecule Modulators of Stem Cell Differentiation and Regeneration


Mark Mercola

Development of a Pharmacological Approach to Myocardial Regeneration


Mark Mercola, Ph.D.
Professor, Sanford Children’s Health Research Center
Director, Muscle Development and Regeneration Program, Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute



Jenny Hsieh

Neurogenic Small Molecules for Brain Repair and Plasticity


Jenny Hsieh, Ph.D.
Principal Investigator, Dept. of Molecular Biology, UT Southwestern Medical School, Dallas



Randall Peterson

In Vivo Small Molecule Discovery


Randall Peterson, Ph.D.
Scientific Director, Cardiovascular Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital

Lunch - 12:30 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.

Session 3: 1:50 p.m. - 4:05 p.m.

Moderator: Evan Snyder, M.D., Ph.D.

Modeling Complex Disease Traits from iPSCs


Larry Goldstein

Using Stem Cells to Understand and Treat Neurodegenerative Disease


Larry Goldstein, Ph.D.
Investigator, HHMI
Distinguished Professor, Dept of Cellular and Molecular Medicine
Director, Dept of Neurosciences, UC San Diego School of Medicine



Ricardo Dolmetsch

Using iPSCs to Study Autism


Ricardo Dolmetsch, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurobiology, Stanford University




Ludovic Vallier

Variability Between Human Pluripotent Stem Cells: Challenges and Opportunities


Ludovic Vallier, Ph.D.
Anne McLaren Laboratory for Regenerative Medicine, Cambridge




Clive Svendsen

Modeling Huntington's Disease and Spinal Muscular Atrophy using iPS Cells


Clive Svendsen, Ph.D.
Director, Regenerative Medicine Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles




Closing Remarks - 4:15 p.m.


Kristiina Vuori
Kristiina Vuori, M.D., Ph.D.
President, Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute

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