FIRST 6th

Program

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MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS:
BIOLOGY, USE AND THEIR MECHANISMS OF ACTION
 

May 12th-13th 2014

Aula Padiglione Invernizzi
Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico Milano

May 12 th, 2014
- h 8.30 - 9.30: Registration and poster setting
 

SESSION: CORD BLOOD AND BONE MARROW
- h 9.30 - 10.00
Potential application of cord blood-derived stromal cells in cellular therapy and regenerative medicine.
Gesine Kogler
Institute for Transplantation Diagnostics and Cell Therapeutics, Heinrich Heine University Medical Center, Duesseldorf, Germany
- h 10.00 – 10.30
Mesenchymal stromal  cells : misconceptions and evolving concepts
Luc Sensebé
UMR5273 CNRS/UPS/EFS - INSERM U1031 STROMALab, Toulouse, France
- h 10.30 – 11.15 Coffee break
 

LECTURE:

- h 11.30 – 12.30 Lecture
How grafted stem cells speak with the host immune system
Stefano Pluchino
Stem Cell Institute, University of Cambridge, UK
- h 12.30 – 14.00 Lunch break and poster presentation
- h 14.00 – 15.30 Session: Young Researchers, FIRST Award (to be selected)

SESSION: YOUNG AND OLD
- h 15.30 – 16.00
Stressed stem cells and age-related changes
Alexandra Stolzing
Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and Immunology,  Leipzig, Germany
- h 16-00 – 16.30
Mitochondrial function, energy metabolism and membrane glycerophospholipid composition in mesenchymal stem cells
Saara Laitinen
Advanced Therapies and Product Development,  Finnish Red Cross Blood Service, Helsinki, Finland
- h 16.30 – 17.00
DNA-methylation changes in long-term culture and aging
Carola Weidner
Helmholtz Institute for Biomedical Engineering, Stem Cell Biology und Cellular Engineering, Aachen, Germany
- h 19.30 – 24.00
Happy hour and music!
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May 13 th, 2014
 

-h 09.00 – 10.00 Industry symposium
Multi-color flow cytometry assays for the immunophenotypical and functional characterization of MSCs
Mirko Corselli
BD Biosciences, San Diego, California
 

SESSION: CLINICAL TRIALS: AN UPDATE

- h 10.00 – 10.30
The role of human mesenchymal stem cells in neuroprotection: a phase I study in progressive supra nuclear palsy
Rosaria Giordano
Cell Therapy Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Cà Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
- h 10.30 – 11.00 Coffee break
- h 11.00 – 11.30
Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Musculoskeletal Development and Disease
Frank Barry
Regenerative Medicine Institute, National University of Ireland Galway
- h 11.30 – 12.00
Immunomodulating potential of mesenchymal stem cells in organ transplantation
Giuseppe Remuzzi
Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Bergamo, Italy
- h 12.00 – 13.30 Lunch break and poster presentation
 

SESSION: MICROVESICLES

h 13.30 – 14.00
Assessment of microvesicles
Edit Buzàs
Department of Genetics, Cell and Immunobiology, Semmelweis University,Budapest,  Hungary
- h 14.00 – 14.30
Mesenchymal stem cells as drug delivery vehicles
Augusto Pessina
Department of Biomedical, Surgical and Dental Sciences,  University of Milan, Italy
- h 14.30 – 15.00
Extracellular vesicles: exosomes,  microvesicles , and friends
Graça Raposo-Benedetti
Institut Curie, Centre de Recherche, Paris, France
- h 15.00 – 15.30
Role of microvesicles in mesenchymal stem cell-mediated immunomodulation
Maurizio Muraca
Research Laboratories, Children's Hospital Bambino Gesù, Rome, Italy
- h 15.30 – 16.00
The role of microvesicles derived from mesenchymal stem cells in tissue regeneration: how to envision clinical applications
Giovanni Camussi
Department of Medical Sciences, University of Turin, Italy
- h 16.00 – 16.30 Closing remarks