Baltic Summeracademy 2010

2010, August 26–27, Grand Hotel Heiligendamm

Topic: Integrative techniques in cardiac surgery – Traditio et innovatio

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Symposium on Real-Time Cell Analysis
Monitoring cellular metabolism and cell morphology
(hematopoietic stem cells)

Hosted by: Prof. Steinhoff Group, Cardiac Surgery Research Lab
Date: Friday, 11th December 2009
Time: 10.00 a.m. – 2.00 p.m.
Location: University of Rostock
Schillingallee 70
18057 Rostock
Seminar room SR II, Ground floor

Please register by email: fritz.evert@bionas.de

Program:

10.00	Welcome Prof. Gustav Steinhoff, Cardiac Surgery, University of Rostock
10.10	Lecture The Bionas® cell-based analyzing system for continuous determination of cell physiology Dr. Ralf Ehret, Bionas GmbH
10.30	Lecture Response profile of cancer cells to cisplatin treatment Hamed Alborzinia, Institute of Pharmacy and Molecular Biotechnology, University of Heidelberg
10.50	Coffee Break
11.10	Lecture Metabolic characterization of ex-vivo expanded mesenchymal stem cells with the Bionas® 2500 analyzing system Weiwei Wang, Cardiac Surgery, University of Rostock
11.30	Lecture Der Einfluss von Mangan Ionen auf zelluläre Funktionen von Osteoblasten Henrike Rebl, Medical Research - Cell Biology, University of Rostock
11.50	Hands on Presentation of the running experiment Isolated murine CD 133+ cells from bone marrow - Analysis of cellular activity after different storage conditions Data evaluation and discussion Dr. Cornelia Lux, Cardiac Surgery, University of Rostock
12.30	Lunch Buffet Food for thoughts

Workshop “cardiac stem cell therapy and tissue engineering”

From 28th to 30th of April the second “isle workshop” took place: this is an annual meeting of members of the working group “stem cells” of the German Cardiac Society and members of the working group “basic research” of the German Society for
Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery.

The 35 participnats addressed the interdisciplinary topic “cardiac stem cell therapy and tissue engineering”. What makes this workshop so special is the fact that young and experienced scientists discuss their current research in a cooperative and intensive working atmosphere. The small island of Vilm, located near Ruegen fits in that concept perfectely. For the first “isle workshop” the two working groups met last year on the isle of Frauenchiemsee.

	The workshop participants
	Romantic island atmosphere: Vilm belongs to the German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation. There is restricted access for visitors.

Welcome to

the Baltic Summer Academy 2009

Aortic arch anomalies
The failing ventricle

wich takes part in Rostock from September 3^rd to 6^th.

Invitation

This year, the “Baltic Summer Academy” is divided in two main topics: the diagnosis and treatment of “aortic arch anomalies” and the “failing ventricle” in the context of congenital heart disease. Like in the years before, the presentations -held by renowned experts- are structured to give you an overview on “state of the art” approaches to diagnosis and therapy. Again, we have put emphasis on the discussion of current therapeutic challenges and controversies.

We cordially invite you to come to Rostock and hope you will enjoy an outstanding scientific program and the beautiful hanseatic city with its historic buildings and maritime sights

Contact

Prof. Dr. Gustav Steinhoff
Department of Cardiac Surgery, University of Rostock, Germany
gustav.steinhoff@med.uni-rostock.de
Tel. 0381-494-6101

Prof. Dr. Matthias Peuster
Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Intensive Care, University of Rostock, Germany
matthias.peuster@med.uni-rostock.de
Tel. 0381-494-7201

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Welcome to:

The WRM will be held in historic Leipzig, Thursday, 29 October through Saturday, 31 October 2009. For information on registration visit the conference homepage. The WRM offers an unparalleled opportunity to learn about the latest advances in regenerative medicine, clinical care and regulatory affairs, while networking and collaborating with more than 900 colleagues from around the world.

Hear from influential leaders at the World Conference on Regenerative Medicine.

Professor Ian Wilmut of the Scottish Center for Regenerative Medicine, who was significantly involved in the cloning of the sheep Dolly in 1997, will hold a special lecture at the opening ceremony of the WRM. He will talk about the state of the art in stem cell research and drug discovery.

Professor Chris Mason focuses on advances in regenerative medicine and how stem cells can be translated into regenerative medicine products. We are happy to announce that Chris Mason will additionally moderate a part of the social evening of the WRM in the “Spiegelzelt” (mirror tent). Don’t miss it

Professor Arnold Kriegstein, Director of the Institute for Regeneration Medicine of the University of California will present his latest findings on the dynamics of neural stem and progenitor cells in cortical development and therapeutics.

Professor Giulio Cossu of the Stem Cell Research Center Milan (Italy) will highlight clinical trials planned for cell therapy of muscular dystrophy.

Further cutting edge keynote lectures include topics on stem cells and their therapeutic application, immune regulation and tolerance induction, tissue engineering, biomaterials and scaffolds as well as regulatory affairs and funding for regenerative medicine. This is your chance to attend interesting sessions and meet regenerative medicine experts from all over the world!

Furthermore important representatives of Pluristem, Johnson & Johnson, Invitrogen, Organogenesis and Batelle will be giving scientific presentations. Find out industry’s perspective on regenerative medicine!

Broaden your horizon at the affiliated meetings.

Regenerative Medicine with its array of trend-setting subjects that span from Tissue Engineering to Nanomedicine is a rapidly growing field. However, the synergy between regenerative medicine and other scientific fields offers mutually beneficially points of contact for each research area. Therefore, we are happy to announce the following affiliated meetings: the Fraunhofer Life Science Symposium on Rapid Prototyping and Scaffolds, the 1st International Meeting of the Veterinary Stem Cell Consortium, the Forum Bioinformatics and the HHL Healthcare Challenge “Future Healthcare” of the Leipzig Graduate School of Management.

Abstract deadline is 15 July 2009.

Participants are invited to submit electronic abstracts for either poster or oral presentation on the main topics of the conference or affiliated meetings. Abstracts will be published as a supplement of Regenerative Medicine, the world’s leading journal in the stem cell and regenerative medicine sector (Future Science Group). Take the opportunity to present your latest findings and click here for abstract submission.