On April 13th, the BTC Institute and Promega Corporation will host the 11th Annual Wisconsin Stem Cell Symposium — Stem Cells in the 4th Dimension: Mechanisms of Stem Cell Aging and Maturation.
Our co-coordinators at the UW-Madison Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Center have put together an outstanding list of presenters, including leading researchers who are investigating the effects of aging on stem cell populations and their progeny and recapitulating aging mechanisms in vitro to mature human stem cell derivatives and transplants.
The morning session will review systemic and cell autonomous factors known to impact stem cell maturation, aging and senescence. The afternoon session will focus on using these approaches and understanding to develop in vitro models of matured, stem cell-derived neural, cardiac, and pancreatic cells and tissues for regenerative medicine applications.
HIGHLIGHTED ISSUES:
- Endocrine, micro-RNA, epigenetic, and metabolic regulators of aging
- Systemic regulators elucidated by parabiosis
- Treatment of age-related stem cell dysfunction
- In vivo and in vitro models of neural, musculoskeletal, cardiac, and pancreatic tissue maturation