RegenBell 2024 symposium on Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine
Institut d’Estudis Catalans (IEC), C/ del Carme, 47 08001 Barcelona
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21
9:00
Registration
9:30
Welcome
Gabriel Capellá, General Director of Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL)
9:40
SESSION I: Development and regeneration of definitive endoderm
Chairs: Meritxell Rovira, IDIBELL, P-CMR[C] and UB, L’Hospitalet de Llobregat
& Esteban Hoijman IDIBELL and CSIC, l’Hospitalet de Llobregat
9:45
Modeling pancreas development and disease with organoids
Anne Grapin-Botton, Max Planck Institute for Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden
10:15
Mucosal macrophages govern intestinal regeneration in response to radiation injury
Jordi Guiu, IDIBELL and P-CMR[C], L’Hospitalet de Llobregat
10:45
Selected short talks:
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11:05
Coffee break
11:45
SESSION II: Stem cell regeneration in aging and disease
Chairs: M. Carolina Florian, ICREA, IDIBELL and P-CMR[C], L’Hospitalet de Llobregat
& Alessandra Giorgetti, IDIBELL, P-CMR[C] and UB, L’Hospitalet de Llobregat
11:50
Mechanistic insights into stem cells in aging and regeneration
Hartmut Geiger, Ulm University, Ulm
12:20
Impact of germline GATA2 mutations: from functional deficiency to development of myeloid neoplasms
Laëtitia Largeaud, Toulouse University, Tolouse
12:50
Selected short talks:
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13:15
LUNCH & posters
15:15
SESSION III: iPSC for disease modeling
Chair: Anna Veiga , IDIBELL and P-CMR[C], L’Hospitalet de Llobregat
15:20
Human organoid models to understand selective neural vulnerability in neurodegenerative diseases
Natalia Rodríguez Muela, German Center for Neurodegenerative Disease, Dresden
15:50
Culture-acquired genetic variation in human pluripotent stem cells: the causes and consequences
Ivana Barbaric, Centre for Stem Cell Biology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield
16:20
Selected short talks:
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16:40
Coffee break
17:20
SESSION IV: Manipulating collective cell behaviour
Chair: Jordi Guiu , IDIBELL and P-CMR[C], L’Hospitalet de Llobregat
17:25
Mechanobiology of intestinal organoids
Xavier Trepat, ICREA and IBEC, Barcelona
17:55
Building barriers: developing in vitro 3D brain microvascular models to study malaria pathogenesis
Maria Bernabeu, EMBL, Barcelona
18:15
Poster session
20:00
End of the session
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22
9:00
SESSION V: Restoration of homeostasis and tissue repair
Chair: Mireya Plass, IDIBELL and P-CMR[C], L’Hospitalet de Llobregat
9:05
Listening to the songs of the dying cells – integral link between cell turnover and tissue repair
Kodi Ravichadran, Washington University, Washington
9:35
Dynamics of epithelial protection in the live embryo
Esteban Hoijman, IDIBELL and CSIC, l’Hospitalet de Llobregat
10:05
Selected short talks:
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10:25
Coffee break
11:05
SESSION VI: Keynote talk
Chair: Angel Raya, ICREA, IDIBELL and P-CMR[C], L’Hospitalet de Llobregat
11:10
Adult heart regeneration in zebrafish, and genetic compensation
KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Didier Stainier, Director and Scientific Member at the Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim
12:10
Poster/short talk award and concluding remarks
Angel Raya, ICREA, IDIBELL and P-CMR[C], L’Hospitalet de Llobregat
13:00
End of the conference
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