Molecular Switches and Genome Function in Stem Cells & Development
September 21 - 25, 2010 | Suzhou, China

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Abstract Deadline: July 25, 2010

Arranged by:

Duanqing Pei, CAS Guangzhou Institute of Biomedicine and Health, China
Shin-ichi Nishikawa, RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, Japan
Patrick Tam, Children’s Medical Research Institute, Australia

We are pleased to announce the inaugural Cold Spring Harbor Asia conference on Molecular Switches and Genome Function in Stem Cells & Development which will be held at the Suzhou Dushu Lake Conference Center in Suzhou, China. The conference will begin at 7.30pm on the evening of Tuesday September 21st, and will conclude after lunch on Saturday, September 25th, 2010.

This conference is similar in design to the famous Cold Spring Harbor meetings series, a program now in its 75th year. The conference will include eight oral sessions and two poster sessions covering the latest findings in stem cells and development.

Abstract submission:

Abstracts should contain only new and unpublished material and must be submitted electronically by the abstract deadline. Selection of
material for oral and poster presentation will be made by the organizers.

Stipends:

We are eager to have as many young people as possible attend since they are likely to benefit most from this meeting. We have applied for funds from government and industry to partially support graduate students and postdocs. For more details, please visit http://www.csh-asia.org/stipends.html  .

Topics:

-Embryo-derived Stem Cells: Maintenance of Pluripotency& Interconversion of Stem Cell Types
-Induced Pluripotency: Molecular Biology of Reprogramming
-Tissue-specific Stem/Progenitor Cells
-Molecular and Functional Characterization of Stem Cell Niche
-Extrinsic Factors and Genetic Activity Controlling Stem Cell Differentiation
-System Biological Analysis of Pluripotency and Stemness
-Transdifferentiation of Somatic Cell Types

Keynote Speakers

Andras Nagy, Samuel Lunenfeld Research Inst., Mt. Sinai Hospital, Canada

Invited Speakers

Nick Barker, Hubrecht Institute, The Netherlands
Robert Blelloch, UCSF, USA
Ian Chambers, University of Edinburgh, UK
Hongkui Deng, Peking University, China
Venugopala Gonehal, University of California, USA
Jacob Hanna, Whitehead Institute, USA
Richard Harvey, The Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, Australia
Ihor Lemischka, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, USA
Melissa Little, University of Queensland, Australia
Pentao Liu, The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, UK
Emi Nishimura, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Japan
Hitoshi Niwa, RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, Japan
Guangjin Pan, University of Wisconsin, USA
Mitinori Saitou, Kyoto University, Japan
Timm Schroeder, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Germany
Michael Shen, Columbia University Medical Center, USA
Yun-Bo Shi, NICHD, NIH, USA
Toshio Suda, Keio University, Japan
Emma Whitelaw, University of Queensland, Australia
Rongwen Xi, National Institute of Biological Sciences, China
Ting Xie, Stowers Institute for Medical Research, USA
Guo-Liang Xu, Shanghai Institutes for Biology Sciences, China
George Yeoh, University of Western Australia, Australia
Rui Zhao, Children’s Hospital Boston, USA
Thomas Zwaka, Baylor College of Medicine, USA

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Cold Spring Harbor Asia Conferences

Suzhou Dushu Lake Conference Center
No.299 Qiyue Road
SIP/ Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China
Phone: +86 512 6272 9029
Fax: +86 512 6272 9028
E-mail: meetings@csh-asia.org