Organizers:
Aaron Chuang (GlaxoSmithKline, USA)
Melanie Welham (University of Bath, UK)
Katy Gearing (GlaxoSmithKline, UK)
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Session 1
Chair:
Jason Gardner (GSK, UK)
09:30 - 11:00 Registration with tea and coffee
The ground state of pluripotency
Austin Smith (University of Cambridge, UK)
Therapeutic and research potential of human stem cells
Stephen Minger (GE Healthcare, UK)
Surface chemical gradients direct the differentiation of kidney stem cells to proximal tubule cells and podocytes
Selected oral communication - Patricia Murray (University of Liverpool, UK)
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Session 2
Chair:
Melanie Welham (Univeristy of Bath, UK)
A bio-active polymer promotes stem cell derived hepatocyte inducible drug metabolism
David Hay (Scottish Centre for Regenerative Medicine, UK)
Derivation and utility of cardiomyocytes from human pluripotent stem cells
Chris Denning (University of Nottingham, UK)
15:20 - 15:50 Coffee/tea break
Finding new solutions to old problems in drug discovery: Can stem cell technologies help and how?
17:30 - 18:30 Poster session and drinks reception
18:45 Buses to conference dinner
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Session 3
Chair:
Graeme Milligan (University of Glasgow, UK)
High content screening using human embryonic stem (ES) cell lines
Peter Andrews (University of Sheffield, UK)
3D tissue culture systems for drug development applications
Lars Sundstrom (University of Southampton, UK)
Live image based screen on glioblastoma stem cells
Selected oral communication - Davide Danovi (University of Cambridge, UK)
10:40 - 11:10 Coffee/tea break
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Session 4
Chair:
Peter Andrews (University of Sheffield, UK)
Pluripotent stem cells for drug discovery and predictive toxicology
Marc Peschanski (I-Stem, France)
Identification and characterization of small molecule ligands that maintain pluripotency of hESCs
Graeme Milligan (University of Glasgow, UK)
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Session 5
Chair:
Aaron Chuang (GSK, USA)
Platform technology for three-dimensional cell culture enabling enhanced cell growth, differentiation and function
Selected oral communication - Dan Maltman and Eleanor Knight (Durham University, UK)
Automation-amenable human pluripotent stem cell culture
Lorraine Young (University of Nottingham, UK)
Stem cells and drug discovery
Ian Wilmut (Scottish Centre for Regenerative Medicine, UK)
Presentation of the poster prize and closing remarks with Melanie Welham
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