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

第一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；作为对快速发展的干细胞领域的及时回应，以及工程师在这一领域不断升级的参与，会议组织者正在制定和组织第一届国际干细胞工程会议（ICSCE）。该会议每两年举行一次，将涵盖干细胞工程的广度，并有助于促进、塑造和完善整个领域的定义。第一次会议的主题是“从台式到生物过程”；会议的目的是提供一个场所；来自不同群体的领先生物和工程研究人员的科学报告，涵盖了干细胞工程的广度。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观点。3. 鼓励代表干细胞生物学和工程学未来的博士生和博士后研究人员积极参与。4. 因为将生物学家和工程师聚集在一起有助于为双方讨论他们的学科和方法提供一个氛围和场所，这将导致所有人更好地理解这个领域。会议的三个主要议题是：1。用于发现新的调控信号的高通量技术；2. 理解干细胞调控的系统生物学方法；和 3所示。干细胞培养与植入平台的开发与合成。科学项目将包括9场特邀演讲，约20场专题演讲，2场面向研究生、博士后和青年教师的海报会议，以展示他们的研究成果，以及小组讨论，讨论和辩论该领域的当前问题。

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.