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7th Annual Conference of The ISGCT
Sponsored by the Israeli Assosiation for the Study of Diabetes (IASD)
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Haim Sheba Medical Center
Tel Hashomer, Ramat-Gan, Israel
Sourasky Auditorium
SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM
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Invited Speakers
Viral gene delivery vs. protein administration for inducing reprogramming of liver to pancreas
Li-Jun Yang, University of Florida at Gainsville, FL, USA
The role of different viral vectors in inducing adult cell reprogramming, in-vivo
Mark Kay, Stanford, CA, USA
Reprogramming into pancreatic beta cells based on developmental cues, converting alpha to beta cells
Patrick Collombat, Institut National de la Sante de la Recherche Medical, Nice, France
The source of insulin producing cells; Use of Lenti-virus gene delivery for lineage tracing
Shimon Efrat, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel
Epigenetic changes during embryonic stem cell differentiation
Eran Meshorer, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
The development of cell therapies for retinal and neural degenerative diseases
Benjamin Reubinoff, Cell Cure Neurosciences Ltd., Jerusalem, Israel & Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel
Gene therapy for the brain in lysosomal storage diseases
Jean Michel Heard
Introducing transcription factors to multipotent mesenchymal stem cells: making transdifferentiation possible
Daniel Offen, Sackler School of Medinice Tel-Aviv University, Israel & Brainstorm Therapeutics, Petach Tikva, Israel
Immuno-Cell Therapy for Melanoma
Gal Merkel, Sheba Medical Ctr. And Tel-Aviv University, Israel
Stem Cells Markers on human Fetal Kidney
Benny Dekel, Chaim Sheba Medical Center and Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
Controlling stem cell maintenance and differentiation
Tzvee Lapidot, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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