2015 CDW - #cytDev15
Cells, Sensors, and Systems Symposium
Thursday, October 22
Duane Roth Auditorium
Sanford Consortium for Regenerative Medicine
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A collaboration between Cytometry Development Workshop and San Diego Center for Systems Biology and sponsored by:

Program Committee:
Sumit Chanda (SBPMDI), Vincent Chen (SBPMDI), Jason Kreisberg (UCSD, SDCSB), Mark Mercola (UCSD), John Nolan (SI), Jeff Price (SI, SBPMDI), Evan Snyder (SBPMDI), Jiwu Wang (SI)
Agenda
Morning Session
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Session 1: Cell-Derived Vesicles in Cancer - Chair, John Nolan
9:00 Dolores Di Vizio (UCLA): Large Oncosomes: New Frontiers for Cell-to-Cell Communication in Cancer
9:30 Bob S. Carter (UCSD): Tumor-derived Vesicles in Glioblastoma
10:00 Coffee Break
Session 2: Fluorescent Proteins - Chair, Nathan Shaner
10:30 Amy Palmer (UC Boulder): FRET in Genetically-Encoded Zinc (II) FP Sensors
11:00 Erik Rodriguez (UCSD): A Photostable, Far-Red Fluorescent Protein Evolved From Cyanobacteria
11:20 Peter Yingxiao Wang (UCSD): Molecular Engineering for Imaging and Reprogramming in Live Cells
11:40 Jin Zhang (UCSD): Spatiotemporal Regulation of Protein Kinases with FP Biosensors
12:00 Lunch
Afternoon Session
1:00 - 5:00 pm
Session 3: Physiological Bases of Cardiac Arrhythmias - Chairs, Vincent Chen and Mark Mercola
1:00 Donald M. Bers (UC Davis): Measuring local Micro-Domain Calcium signaling in Cardiac Myocytes
1:40 Kenneth Laurita (Case Western): Cardiac Alternans and Arrhythmias
2:05 Lothar Blatter (Rush University): IP3-Dependent Ca2+ Signaling in Atrial Arrhythmias and Heart Failure
2:30 Wesley McKeithan (SBP): Drug Development for a Congenital Arrhythmia with Patient-Derived Stem Cells
2:45 Coffee Break
Session 4: Neural Stem Cells: Development, Regeneration & Drug Discovery - Chairs, Evan Snyder and Jiwu Wang
3:15 Yang (Ted) D. Teng (Harvard): Recovery Neurobiology Defined by Donor or Endogenous Stem Cells
3:55 Oren Levy (Brigham Womans Hosp): Small-Molecule Screen for Enhanced Homing of Systemically Infused MSCs
4:20 Xiong Zhang (UCSD): Retinal ganglion cell differentiation and transplantation: Towards cell replacement therapy for glaucoma
4:45 Baptiste Jaeger (Salk): Neuroinflammation and Mechanisms of Memory Encoding
5:00 Happy Hour
Symposium Location
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