SC-Stroke
European Symposium on
Stem Cell Research for Stroke
May 4-5, 2010
Ascotel, Lille, France
Tuesday 4 May, 2010
13:00-13:45 Registration
13:45-14:00 Brigitte Onteniente (Evry, France)
Welcome and introduction
Session 1: SC for stroke - Adult and embryonic SC-derived transplants
Chair: Lidia de Filippis (Milan, Italy), Klaus Reymann (Magdeburg, Germany)
14:00-14:30 Eva Sykova (Prague, Czech Republic)
Cell therapy: A comparison of adult and embryonic stem cells
14:30-15:00 Holger Braun (Magdeburg, Germany)
MSC and ESC before and after transplantation into stroke damaged rats
15:00-15:30 Bente Finsen (Odense, Denmark)
Safety & compatibility issues
15:30-16:00 Coffee break
Chair: Eva Sykova (Prague, Czech Republic), Johannes Boltze (Bonn, Germany)
16:00-16:30 Jukka Jolkkonen (Kuopio, Finland)
Evaluation of functional outcome in experimental stroke
16:30-17:00 Lidia De Filippis (Milan, Italy)
The effects of mild hypoxia on the proliferation and multipotency of human neural SC
iPS for stroke
Exploring non-viral strategies to manipulate cellular identity
20:00 Gala dinner at the Couvent des Minimes, Lille (registration required)
Posters will be presented in the Hall during the 2 days
Wednesday 5 May, 2010
Session 2: Endogenous responses: Neurogenesis & vasculogenesis
Chair: Bente Finsen (Odense, Denmark), Jukka Jolkkonen (Kuopio, Finland)
08:30-09:00 Zaal Kokaia (Lund, Sweden)
Stroke-induced neurogenesis and the expertise of STEMSTROKE
09:00-09:30 Fabio Cavaliere (Zamudio, Spain)
Purinergic modulation of ischemia-induced neurogenesis in a 3D organotypic model
09:30-10:00 Jean-Léon Thomas (Paris, France)
When neural cells make use of vascular growth factors
10:00-10:30 Coffee break
Chair: Catharina Ellerström (Göteborg, Sweden), Fabio Cavaliere (Zamudio, Spain)
10:30-11:00 Laurent Tritschler (Mannheim, Germany)
Graft-induced angiogenesis in the ischemic brain
11:00-11:30 Johannes Boltze (Leipzig, Germany)
Quality assurance in preclinical trials
11:30-12:30 Poster session
12:30-14:00 Lunch
Session 3: Clinical trials
Chair: Eva Sykova (Prague, Czech Republic), Catherine Verfaillie (Leuven, Belgium)
14:00-14:30 Catharina Ellerström (Göteborg, Sweden)
Advancements in human embryonic stem cell technologies towards clinical applications
14:30-15:00 Keith Muir (Glasgow, Scotland)
The ReN001 trial
15:00-15:30 Jef Pinxteren (ReGenesys, Heverlee, Belgium)
Cell therapy for stroke and ischemic brain injury. The MultiStem trial
15:30-16:00 Coffee break
Session 4: The European effort for stroke
Chair: Brigitte Onteniente (Evry, France), Zaal Kokaia (Lund, Sweden)
16:00-16:30 Stephen Meairs (Heidelberg, Germany)
The European Stroke Network
16:30-17:00 Jürgen Sautter (Brussels, Belgium)
Regenerative medicine in FP7
17:30 CLOSING REMARKS (Brigitte Onteniente)
18:00 For STEMS members only: STEMS concluding meeting and celebration
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