INVITED SPEAKERS FOR 2008:

08-1. January 14, 2008

"Time, Stem Cells, and Aging"

by

David Larocca, Ph.D., Associate Director
Advanced Cell Technology, Inc.
Worcester, Massachusetts and
Visiting Scientist at the
Burnham Institute for Medical Research
10901 North Torrey Pines Road
La Jolla, CA 92037
Voice: 760-815-2439
E-mail: dlarocca@advancedcell.com

08-2. February 18, 2008

"Stem Cells: Disease and Aging"

by

Nir Barzilai, M.D., Director
The Institute for Aging Research
LonGenity and The Longevity Genes Project
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
1300 Morris Park Avenue, Belfer 701
Bronx, NY 10461
Voice: 718-430-3237
E-mail: longevity@aecom.yu.edu

08-3. March 10, 2008

"The Homeostatic Pressure Exerted by Stem Cells in Degenerative or Injured CNS Environments"

by

Prof. Evan Y. Snyder, M.D., Ph.D., Program Director
Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine
The Burnham Institute for Medical Research
10901 North Torrey Pines Road
La Jolla, CA 92037
Voice: 858-646-3158
FAX: 858-713-6273
E-mail: esnyder@burnham.org
URL: www.burnham.org

08-4. April 14, 2008

"Telomerase-Based Therapy for Enhancing Immunity"

by

Dr. Steven R. Fauce, Ph.D.
CHS: 18-111
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine
10833 Le Conte Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1732
Voice: 310-825-8786
E-mail: sfauce@mednet.ucla.edu
Note: Dr. Fauce is now at Geron Corp. in Menlo Park, California

08-5. April 28, 2008

"The Bioprogressive Imperative and The IF Prize: How and Why We Should Transcend Our Evolved Limitations"

by

Dr. Preston (Pete) Estep III, Ph.D., Chairman
The InnerSpace Foundation
URL: innerspacefoundation.org
E-mail: pestep@post.harvard.edu

08-6. June 16, 2008

"Hair Restoration: Pharmacology, Surgery, and Biotechnology"

by

Kenneth Washenik, M.D., Ph.D.
Chief Medical Officer
The Bosley Company
East Tower Penthouse
9100 Wilshire Blvd.
Beverly Hills, CA 90212
Voice: 310-288-9999
FAX: 310-888-3461
Cell: 917-865-9022
E-mail: washenik@bosley.com
URL: www.bosley.com

08-7. July 14, 2008

"Functional Neuroregeneration of Spinal Cord Injury: Beyond the Glial Scar"

by

Prof. Jerry Silver, Ph.D.
Department of Neurosciences
School of Medicine, E653
Case Western Reserve University
10900 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44106-4975
Voice: 216-368-2150
FAX: 216-368-4650
E-mail: neurosciences.case.edu/faculty/silver/index

08-8. August 11, 2008

"Closed Electrical Circuits for Recalcitrant Wound Healing "

by

Dr. Steven M. Kaye, M.D., Co-Founder
Los Angeles Gerontology Research Group
American Institute of Regeneration
P.O. Box 456
Pacific Palisades, CA 90272
Voice: 310-459-0099
Cell: 310-871-3434
E-mail: smk@balance1.com

08-9. September 15, 2008

"Systems-Biology-Driven In Vitro Diagnostics and Measurement Technologies for Cancer"

by

Prof. James Heath, Ph.D.
Elizabeth W. Gilloon Professor and Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry at CalTech and
Professor of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology
UCLA
Director of the National Cancer Institutes
Nano Systems Biology (NSB) Cancer Center
Chemistry Division, MC 127-72
California Institute of Technology
1200 East California Blvd.
Pasadena, CA 91125
Voice: 626-395-8920
E-mail heath@caltech.edu
URL: chem.ucla.edu/dept/Faculty/health.html

08-10. October 6, 2008

"Epigenetic Gene Regulation in Pluripotent Stem Cells and Aging"

by

Prof. Guoping Fan, Ph.D.
Department of Human Genetics
6357 Gonda Center
UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine
P. O. Box 957088
Los Angeles, CA 90095-7088
Voice: 310-267-0439
FAX: 310-794-5446
E-mail: genetics.ucla.edu/labs/fan

08-11. November 10, 2008

"A Comparison of Mouse, Rat, and Human Embryonic Stem Cells"

by

Prof. Qi-Long Ying, Ph.D.
Eli and Edythe Broad Center for Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research
Department of Cell and Neurobiology
Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute
Keck School of Medicine
University of Southern California
1501 San Pablo Street, ZNI 529
Los Angeles, CA 90033-4503
Voice: 323-442-3308
Lab: 323-442-2261
FAX: 323-442-4040
E-mail: qying@keck.usc.edu

08-12. December 15, 2008

"LIF Promotes Oligodendrocyte Progenitor Cell Proliferation and Re-Myelination"

by

Dr. Benjamin E. Deverman, Ph.D.
Post Doctoral Fellow in
Prof. Paul Patterson's Lab, 137 BBB
California Institute of Technology
1200 East California Blvd., M/C 216-76
Pasadena, CA 91125
Voice: 626-395-6827
E-mail: bd@caltech.edu
URL: linkedin.com/pub/8/a9/662