ROCHESTER ? Michigan Senator Carl Levin will be a guest speaker at Oakland University’s Midwest Conference on Stem Cell Biology and Therapy May 9?11 at Meadow Brook Hall. The conference also will bring together scientists and clinicians from across the globe to share the latest advancements in stem cell research.
The conference will address the latest advancements in research on stem cell biology, tissue engineering, and therapy involving embryonic stem cells, adult stem cells, and umbilical cord blood stem cells. In addition, the conference will provide an opportunity to educate the general public on ethical and scientific issues concerning stem cell research and clinical applications.
Sen. Levin will be a guest speaker at the conference. The keynote speaker will be Andras Nagy, senior scientist at Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto. Nagy will discuss ?Mouse Genetics: The Changing Landscape.? More than two dozen other researchers from Canada, Sweden, the Czech Republic, NIH, Beaumont Hospitals, Providence Hospital, Harvard Medical School, University of Michigan, University of Madison?Wisconsin, University of Pittsburg, Wayne State University and Oakland University, among others, will speak at the conference.
The conference is jointly sponsored by Oakland University and Beaumont Hospitals, in cooperation with St. John Health Providence. Platinum sponsors include Sigma Life Science, OU College of Arts and Sciences, and OU School of Health Sciences. Gold sponsors include OU School of Nursing. Silver sponsors include BioSpherix and Blackstone Medical, Inc. Bronze sponsors include University of Michigan?s Organogenesis and ATCC.
Early registration deadline is Monday, March 17. The abstract submission deadline is Tuesday, April 1. To register or for more information, click on Oakland.Edu/Research/StemCell
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