INVITED SPEAKERS FOR 2009:

09-1. January 12 , 2009

"The Commercialization of Stem-Cell Therapeutics and Other Innovative Technologies"

by

Paul L. Kessler, Principal
Bristol Capital Advisors, LLC
10990 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1410
Los Angeles, CA 90024
Voice: 310-696-0333
FAX: 310-696-0334
E-mail: pkesslere@bristolcompanies.net
URL: bristolcompanies.net

09-2. February 8, 2009

"Growth Hormone-Releasing Hormone and Growth Hormone Secretagogues in Normal Aging: Fountain of Youth or Pool of Tantalus?"

by

Prof. George R. Merriam, M.D.
Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology, and Nutrition
VA Puget Sound Health Care System
Tacoma, WA 98493
E-mail: merriam@u.washington.edu

09-3. March 9, 2009

"Biological Clocks"

by

UCLA Chancellor Gene D. Block, Ph.D.
2147 Murphy Hall
University of California
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1405
Voice: 310-825-2151
E-mail: chancellor@conet.ucla.edu

09-4. April 13, 2009

"Autologous Stem Cell Therapy for the Heart"

by

Dr. Eduardo Marban, M.D., Ph.D., Chief
Heart Stem Cell Treatment Center
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center of Los Angeles
Voice: 310-423-3300
E-mail: lisa.kim@cshs.org

09-5. May 18, 2009

"Storage and Retrieval of Stem Cells"

by

Larry Cohen, Western Regional Manager
GenVault Corporation
6190 Corte Del Cedro
Carlsbad, CA 92011-1515
Cell: 619-804-6200
Voice: 760-268-5200
FAX: 760-268-5201
Toll Free: 1-888-436-2005
URL: www.genvault.com
E-mail: lcohen@genvault.com

09-6. June 8, 2009

"How Does the Human Genome Work?"

by

Prof. Barbara Wold, Ph.D., Bren Professor of Molecular Biology and Director of The Beckman Institute at CalTech
130 Kerckhoff Hall
California Institute of Technology
1200 East California Blvd.
Pasadena, CA 91125-9200
Voice: 626-395-4951
FAX: 626-449-0756
URL: woldlab.caltech.edu
E-mail: woldb@caltech.edu

09-7. July 13, 2009

"Physicians Order for Life Sustaining Treatment?"

by

Prof. Miriam Piven Cotler, Ph.D., Emeritus

09-8. August 10, 2009

"Amplification of Hematopoietic Stem Cells"

by

Mattias Magnusson, Ph.D.
Post Doctoral Fellow
Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology
2203 Life Sciences Building
University of California at Los Angeles
Voice: 310-825-2565
FAX: 310-206-5553
E-mail: mmagnusosn@mcdb.ucla.edu
URL: www.mikkolalab.com/LabMembers.htm

09-9. September 14, 2009

"In Pursuit of Programmable Molecular Technologies"

by

Prof. Niles A. Pierce, Ph.D.
Applied and Computational Mathematics and Bioengineering and Executive Officer for Bioengineering
165 Broad
California Institute of Technology
1200 East California Blvd., 114-96
Pasadena, CA 91125-9200
Voice: 626-395-8086
FAX: 626-395-8845
E-mail: niles@caltech.edu
URL: www.piercelab.caltech.edu/people/niles

09-10. October 12, 2009

"Strategies for Stopping Aging Chemistry in Its Tracks"

by

Prof. Steven G. Clarke, Ph.D.
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Director
UCLA Molecular Biology Institute
640 Boyer Hall
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1570
Voice: 310-825-8754
Voice: 310-825-3137
FAX: 310-825-1968
E-mail: clarke@mbi.ucla.edu
URL: www.biochemistry.ucla.edu/biochem/Faclty/SClarke

09-11. November 9, 2009

"The Domestication of Biotechnology"

by

Prof. Freeman Dyson
Professor Emeritus of Physics
School of Natural Sciences
Institute for Advanced Studies
Einstein Drive
Princeton, NJ 08540
Phone: 609-734-8055
FAX: 609-951-4489
URL: www.sns.ias.edu/~dyson
E-mail: dyson@ias.edu

09-12. November 30, 2009

"Mitochondrial Dynamics and mtDNA"

by

Prof. David C. Chan, M.D., Ph.D.
Division of Biology, MC 156-29
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, CA 91125
Voice: 626-395-4951
FAX: 626-395-8826
E-mail: dchan@caltech.edu
URL: biology.caltech.edu/Members/Chan