Mount Desert Island Stem Cell Symposium

描述（由申请人提供）： 山荒岛生物实验室（索尔兹伯里湾，ME）和杰克逊实验室（酒吧 Harbor，ME）提出了一个为期五年的会议系列，沙漠山岛干细胞研讨会， 2007年至2011年，每年在沙漠山岛生物实验室举行。沙漠山 岛干细胞研讨会将集中在干细胞研究的最新进展，如 开发新的模型系统，建立胚胎干细胞系的新方法， 干细胞分化为新的细胞类型。该系列会议将致力于研究 MDIBL和TJL的优势，强调在人类，小鼠，鱼类， 和无脊椎动物，这是本次会议特有的方案方法。组委会为此 会议系列，包括在生物医学和干细胞研究的国家领导人，将制定 每个专题讨论会的计划，以解决重要的专题问题，干细胞研究界。 2007年研讨会的具体目标是：1）分享和讨论当前的知识和最新的 胚胎干细胞和成体干细胞的分子遗传学发现; 2）分享和讨论最近的 研究肺癌、乳腺癌、血癌和神经癌中的干细胞; 3）检查发育动力学 包括小鼠、苍蝇和鱼类在内的模式生物的器官系统;以及4）讨论最近的研究 干细胞在神经肌肉、肾脏和心脏疾病中的作用，以及干细胞在 免疫反应和移植排斥。科学会议将包括平台介绍、 海报展示会和向公众开放的主旨演讲。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory (Salisbury Cove, ME) and The Jackson Laboratory (Bar Harbor, ME) propose a five-year conference series, The Mount Desert Island Stem Cell Symposium, to be held annually at the Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory, 2007 to 2011. The Mount Desert Island Stem Cell Symposium will focus on recent advances in stem cell research-such as the development of new model systems, novel ways to establish embryonic stem cell lines, and the differentiation of stem cells into new cell types. The conference series 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 for this conference series, comprised of national leaders in biomedical and stem cell research, will develop the program of each symposium to address topical issues important to the stem cell research community. The specific aims of the 2007 symposium are: 1) Share and discuss current knowledge and recent discoveries in the molecular genetics of ES and adult stem cells; 2) Share and discuss the recent research on stem cells in lung, breast, blood, and neural cancers; 3) Examine developmental dynamics of organ systems in model organisms including mouse, fly, and fish; and 4) Discuss the recent research on stem cells in neuromuscular, renal, and cardiac disease, in addition to the role of stem cells in immune responses and transplant rejection. Scientific sessions will include platform presentations, a poster session, and a keynote address open to the general public.