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5th Joint Meeting

Program - Joint Meeting
Danish Stem Cell Research Doctoral School (DASCDOC)
and
Danish Stem Cell Research Center (DaSC)


February 4 – 6, 2007
The Sandbjerg Estate Conference Centre
Sandbjerg, Sønderborg

Sunday, February 4
12.00-14.00
   Arrival – check in - lunch - mounting of posters
                      
14.00-14.15   Opening of Joint DASC-DASCDOC Meeting
                    Jens Zimmer, Head of DASC and DASCDOC
14.15-16.30   Guest lecture: Epigenetics
                          Kunio Shiota, Veterinary Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Japan

                          Epigenetics and Stem Cells
                          Naoko Hattori, Veterinary Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Japan
16.30-17.15   Coffee and Poster Sessioin                       
18.00-19.45
  Dinner
19.45-21.00
  Guest lecture: Stem cell differentiation into the hepatic and pancreatic
                          lineage with the main focus on embryonic stem cells.
                     
    Anna M. Wobus, Leibnitz Institute on Plant Genetics, Gatersleben,
                         Germany

Monday, February 5
08.00-08.30     Breakfast
08.30-09.30
  Student presentations
                         Expansion and dopaminergic differentiation of ventral mesencephalic
                   precursor cells: influence of oxygen tension
                         Pia Jensen, University of Southern Denmark
08.45-09.00    Molecular basis for the osteogenic differentiation of human mesenchymal
                         stem cell line at different oxygen tensions
                   Kirsten Fogd, Aalborg University
09.00-09.15     Studies of the molecular mechanisms of Wnt signalling on role of osteoblast
                   differentiation: potential therapeutic targets to increase bone formation in
                   patients with bone disease
                     
   Tom E. Andersen, University of Southern Denmark
09.15-09.30     Identification of GH-regulated genes that may promote beta-cell
                         proliferation and neogenesis
                   Louise W. Gaarn, Copenhagen University
09.30-10.00   Discussion on Founding of Danish Stem Cell Society                      
10.00-10.30   Coffee & Posters
10.30-11.15   Genetically modified pigs and stem cells as human disease models
                          Poul Maddox-Hyttel, Faculty of Life Science, Copenhagen University
11.15-12.00   Stem Cells and Dentistry - Status
                     
    Henrik Løvschall, School of Dentistry, Aarhus University
12.00-13.30   Lunch and Air                                     

13.30-15.00   Guest lecture - Human embryonic stem cells
                     
    Henrik Semb, University of Lund, Sweden
                      
15.00-15.30   Coffee and Poster Session                       
15.30-17.15   Datablitz presentations and intro to posters
17.15-17.30   PhD Forum - 2007 activities                   
18.45-21.00   DASC – DASCDOC dinner


Tuesday, February 6
08.00-08.30
   Breakfast (OBS: Clearance of rooms, return of keys)
08.30-10.00   Stem cells and cardiac repair
                           Stem cell mobilization induced by subcutaneous granulocyte-colony
                    stimulating factor to improve cardiac regeneration after acute ST-elevation
                    myocardial infarction/
                    Intramyocardial injection of vascular endothelial growth factor-A165
                    plasmid followed by granulocyte-colony stimulating factor to induce
                    angiogenesis in patients with severe chronic ischaemic heart disease
                           Rasmus Ripa, Copenhagen University Hospital
09.00-09.20      Characterisation and differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) for
                    clinical use
                    Mandana Haack-Sørensen, Copenhagen University Hospital
09.20-09.40      Mesenchymal stem cell treatment in patients with chronic coronary artery
                    disease. Status of an ongoing clinical trial.
                    Jens Kastrup, Copenhagen Univ. Hospital
09.40-10.00     Danish Stem Cell Study – Congestive Heart Failure
                    Axel Diederichsen, Odense University Hospital
10.00-10.30    Coffee break
10.30-11.30   Endocrine stem cell differentiation – Status Lecture
                          Palle Serup, Hagedorn Research Institute
11.30-12.00    Founding of Danish Stem Cell Society
12.00-12.10    Closing remarks
                      
     Jens Zimmer, Head of DASC and DASCDOC
12.10-13.00   Sandwich and Departure       

Data Blitz Session (open for more)

1

Chondrogenic differentiation of human adipose tissue derived mesenchymal stem cells under physiological and ambient oxygen tension
Linda Pilgaard, Stem Cell Lab, Aalborg University

2

Recruitment of BrdU-labeled progenitor cells along pulp injury in mouse and rat molars
Tien Hoang Than, School of Dentistry, Aarhus University

3

Role of oxygen in the differentiation of hum embryonic stem cell
Mayuri S. Prasad, Stem Cell Lab, Aalborg University

4

Quantitative secretome analysis during osteoblast differentiation
Lars Kristensen, University of Southern Denmark

5

Finding microRNAs regulating cardiac myocyte differentiation
Mikael Schneider, University of Southern Denmark

6

The WT1 gene is surprisingly stable in patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) – longitudinal evaluation by loss of heterozygosity of the WT1 region analyzing five common polymorphisms in 58 patients
Hans Beier Ommen, Aarhus University Hospital

7

Dopaminergic differentiation - the role of oxygen tension
Christina Krabbe, NsGene A/S

8

Isolation of stem cells from the postnatal spinal cord
Rosa Winther, University of Southern Denmark

9

In vivo bone formation of human embryonic stem cells
Amer Mahmood, KMEB, Odense University Hospital

10

Optimization of isolation and expansion of adipose tissue-derived stem cells (ASCs)
Pia Lund, Stem Cell Lab, Aalborg University

11

Myogenic differentiation of embryoid bodies
Stine Juhl Petersson, University of Southern Denmark

12 Culturing of Quiescent satellite cells
Jeeva Sellathurai, Odense University Hospital



Poster Session

1 Chondrogenic differentiation of human adipose tissue derived mesenchymal stem cells under physiological and ambient oxygen tension
Linda Pilgaard, Aalborg University
2 Transcriptional profiling of human and rat islets: Identification of GH-regulated genes that may promote beta cell proliferation and neogenesis
Louise W. Gaarn, Copenhagen University
3 Optimization of isolation and expansion of adipose tissue-derived stem cells (ASCs)
Pia Lund, Aalborg University
4 The effect of low oxygen tension on osteogenic differentiation of human mesenchymal stem cells
Kirsten Fogd, Aalborg University
5 Analysis of the LIM-homeodomain protein Lhx1 in pancreatic development
Jan Nygaard Jensen, Hagedorn Research Institute
6 A BMP signal is required for normal pancreas morphogenesis and timing of endocrine differentiation in the chick embryo
Jonas Ahnfelt-Rønne, Hagedorn Research Institute
7 The WT1 gene is surprisingly stable in patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) – longitudinal evaluation by loss of heterozygosity of the WT1 region analyzing five common polymorphisms in 58 patients
Hans Beier Ommen, Aarhus University Hospital
8 Identification of cerebral proteins and micro-environments of importance for dopaminergic differentiation of neural stem cells
Christian M. Andreasen, University of Southern Denmark
9 S100A4 promotes cardiac myocyte development, growth and regeneration
Mikael Schneider, Copenhagen University Hospital
10 Myogenic specification of a novel adipose derived “side population” in skeletal muscle
Ditte C. Andersen, University of Southern Denmark
11

Immunocytochemical studies of OCT-4, SOX-2, and beta-tubulin III expression in early procine embryos
Kirsten Schauser, Faculty of Life Sciences, Copenhagen University

12

The Hagedorn Mouse ES Cell Core Facility
Tino Klein, Hagedorn Research Institute

13

Recruitment of BrdU-labeled progenitor cells along pulp injury in mouse and rat molars
Tien Hoang Than, School of Dentistry, Aarhus University

14

Evaluating the therapeutic potential of human hematopoietically derived stem cells in animal models of acute myocardial infarction<
Claus S. Søndergaard, Aarhus University

   

 

     
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To secretary Bodil Theilade (
btheilade@health.sdu.dk)   

 

 


 

 

 

 


Secretary Bodil Theilade University of Southern Denmark
Anatomy and Neurobiology
Winslowparken 21
DK-5000 Odense C
Denmark

Tel. +45 6550 3800
Fax +45 6590 6321
E-mail: btheilade@health.sdu.dk