First International Conference on Stem Cell Engineering: Benchtop to Bioprocess, January 20-23, 2008; Coronado, California

首届干细胞工程国际会议：从台式到生物过程，2008年1月20-23日，加利福尼亚州科罗纳多，加州大学伯克利分校David V.Schaffer(CBET-0752605)作为对干细胞领域迅速扩大和工程师在该领域日益广泛的参与的及时反应，会议组织者正在发起和组织首届干细胞工程国际会议(ICSCE)。这次会议每两年举行一次，将涵盖干细胞工程学的广泛领域，并有助于促进、塑造和完善该领域的整体定义。第一次会议的主题是“Benchtop to BioProcess”；会议的目的是提供一个场所：1.为涵盖干细胞工程领域的不同领域的领先生物学和工程研究人员提供科学报告。2.学术和行业研究人员之间的互动，他们为该领域带来了不同的方法和视角。3.博士生和博士后研究人员的积极参与，他们代表着干细胞生物学和工程学的未来。4.将生物学家和工程师聚集在一起有助于提供一个气氛和场所，让双方讨论他们的学科和方法，这将有助于所有人更好地了解这一领域。会议的三个主要议题是：1.发现新的调节信号的高通量技术；2.了解干细胞调节的系统生物学方法；3.干细胞培养和植入平台的开发和合成。科学计划将包括9次特邀演讲，约20次贡献演讲，以及2次海报会议，供研究生、博士后和初级教师展示他们的研究，以及讨论和辩论该领域当前问题的小组讨论。

First International Conference on Stem Cell Engineering: Benchtop to BioprocessJanuary 20-23, 2008; Coronado, CaliforniaDavid V. SchafferUniversity of California-Berkeley(CBET - 0752605)As a timely response to the rapidly expanding field of stem cells, and to the escalating involvement of engineers in this field, the Conference Organizers are instituting and organizing the First International Conference on Stem Cell Engineering (ICSCE). This meeting, to be held every two years, will cover the breadth of Stem Cell Engineering and serve to promote, shape, and refine the definition of the field as a whole. The Theme of the first meeting will be "Benchtop to Bioprocess"; the conference Aims are to provide a venue: 1. For scientific presentations from a diverse group of leading biology and engineering researchers who cover the breadth of Stem Cell Engineering. 2. For interactions between academic and industry researchers, who bring different approaches and perspectives to the field. 3. For active participation by Ph.D. students and postdoctoral researchers, who represent the future of stem cell biology and engineering. 4. For bringing biologists and engineers together can help to provide an atmosphere and venue for both to discuss their disciplines and approaches, which will lead to a better understanding of the field by all. The three major topics of the Conference will be: 1. High throughput technologies for the discovery of novel regulatory signals; 2. Systems biology approaches towards understanding stem cell regulation; and 3. Development and synthesis of stem cell culture and implantation platforms. The scientific program will include 9 invited talks, approximately 20 contributed talks, and 2 poster sessions for graduate students, postdocs, and junior faculty to showcase their research, as well as panel discussions to discuss and debate the current issues of this field.