Mount Desert Island Stem Cell Symposium

描述(由申请人提供)： 芒特沙漠岛生物实验室(索尔兹伯里湾，ME)和杰克逊实验室(巴尔港，ME)提议，将于2009年8月7-8日在芒特沙漠岛生物实验室举行2009年芒特沙漠岛干细胞研讨会，名为“重新编程和表观遗传学”。荒漠岛干细胞研讨会将重点讨论干细胞研究的最新进展，特别是表观遗传因素在干细胞发育和分化中的作用，以及核重新编程方面的最新研究进展。会议将通过强调人类、小鼠、鱼类和无脊椎动物的比较干细胞研究，发挥MDIBL和TJL的研究优势，这是本次会议独有的一种方案方法。组织委员会由生物医学和干细胞研究领域的国家领导者组成，制定了这次研讨会的计划，以解决对干细胞研究界重要的热点问题。2009年专题讨论会的具体目标是：1.)介绍和讨论表观遗传学在干细胞生成和分化中的作用和使用核重编程的新研究；介绍和讨论利用比较模型(小鼠、斑马鱼、蠕虫、苍蝇和酵母)来研究表观遗传调节和重新编程的新研究；为受训者、干细胞研究新手和在该研究领域有良好基础的研究人员之间的互动提供大量机会。科学会议将包括平台演讲、海报会议和向公众开放的主旨演讲。(摘要结束)

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory (Salisbury Cove, ME) and The Jackson Laboratory (Bar Harbor, ME) propose the 2009 Mount Desert Island Stem Cell Symposium, 'Reprogramming and Epigenetics', to be held at the Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory, August 7 - 8, 2009. The Mount Desert Island Stem Cell Symposium will focus on recent advances in stem cell research-specifically, the role of epigenetic factors in stem cell development and differentiation and recent research advances in nuclear reprogramming. The conference will engage the research strengths of MDIBL and TJL by emphasizing comparative stem cell research in human, mouse, fish, and invertebrates, a programmatic approach unique to this meeting. The Organizing Committee, comprised of national leaders in biomedical and stem cell research, has developed the program of this symposium to address topical issues important to the stem cell research community. The specific aims of the 2009 symposium are: 1.) Present and discuss new research on the role of epigenetics and the use of nuclear reprogramming in the generation and differentiation of stem cells; 2.) Present and discuss new research in which comparative models (mouse, zebrafish, worm, fly, and yeast) are utilized to study epigenetic regulation and reprogramming; and 3.) Provide substantial opportunities for interaction between trainees, investigators new to stem cell research, and investigators well-established in this research area. Scientific sessions will include platform presentations, a poster session, and a keynote address open to the general public. (End of Abstract)