Events
RMI Research-In-Progress and Annual Retreat
The Regenerative Medicine Institute hosts a monthly research-in-progress series that provides research trainees (PhD students, postdocs and clinical fellows) opportunities to present their work, and an annual retreat that brings RMI investigators together to share ideas and develop new collaborations.
Regenerative Medicine Seminar Series
The Regenerative Medicine Institute hosts a monthly seminar series featuring experts in stem cell and developmental biology, disease modeling using organoids and tissue chips, and cell and gene therapies. Recent invited speakers included:
- Sean Morrison, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center: “Niches for Hematopoiesis and Osteogenesis in the Bone Marrow”
- Sonja Schrepfer, University of California San Francisco: “Protecting Allogeneic Transplants From Immune Rejection Is The Key To Bringing Cell-Based Therapies To Patients”
- Jun Wu, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center: “Dynamic Pluripotent Stem Cells and Their Applications”
- Feng Guo, Indiana University Bloomington: “Organoids Meet AI and Medicine”
- James Wilson, University of Pennsylvania: “Gene Therapies for Neurologic Disease”
- Joseph Wu, Stanford University: “Stem Cells & Genomics: From Precision Medicine to Clinical Trial in Dish”
- April Pyle, University of California Los Angeles: “Human Muscle Stem and Progenitor Cells in Development and Disease”
- Sheila Chari, Cell Stem Cell: “Publishing with Cell Press: Inside the Editorial Process”
- Emmanuelle Passegue, Columbia University Irving Medical Center: “Hematopoietic Stem Cells in Stress, Disease and Aging”
- Ashok Kumar, Wayne State University: “Interaction of SARS-CoV-2 with Ocular Surface”
- Pinchas Cohen, University of Southern California: “Mitochondrial Microproteins: Novel Regulators of Diseases of Aging”
- Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic, Columbia University: “Engineering Human Tissues for Medical Impact”
- Robbie Majzner, Stanford University: “Engineering Immunotherapies for Pediatric Cancer”
- Joy Wu, Stanford University: “Stem Cells in the Bone Marrow Microenvironment”
- Thomas A. Rando, University of California Los Angeles: “Unraveling the Mysteries of Stem Cell Quiescence”
- Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz, California Institute of Technology: “Deconstructing and Reconstructing Embryos with Stem Cells - The Principles of Self-Organization”
- Aparna Bhaduri, University of California Los Angeles: “Understanding Cell Types in Human Brain Development and Glioblastoma”
- Elazar Zelzer, Weizmann Institute: “Revisiting the Model of Limb Skeleton Development and the Proprioceptive System and Skeleton Biology”
- James Wells, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Research Foundation: “Using Human Pluripotent Stem Cells to Study Development, Diabetes and Digestive Disease”
Symposia
The Regenerative Medicine Institute and Cedars-Sinai Biomanufacturing Center host symposia for stem cell biologists and physicians interested in the development and manufacturing of cell and gene therapies to treat diverse diseases. Recent symposia and keynote speakers included:
Symposium on Biomanufacturing
- Chad Cowan, Clade Therapeutics: “Unlocking the Broader Potential of Cell Therapy”
- Lili Yang, University of California Los Angeles: “Harnessing iNKT Cells for Off-the-shelf Cancer Therapy”
- Heather Lombardi, United States Food and Drug Administration Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research: “Manufacturing, Quality and Regulatory Considerations for Human Cells, Tissues, and Cellular and Tissue-Based Products”
Cell Symposium: Advances in Therapeutic Applications of Stem Cells (with Cell Symposia)
Engineering patient-specific human tissues for impact in science and medicine
- Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic, Columbia University: “Stem cell-based organoids in human disease”
- Hans Clevers, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands and Roche, Switzerland: “Stem cell-based organoids in human disease”
- Douglas Melton, Vertex: “Stem cell-derived islets as a new approach to treat Type I diabetes”
Symposium on Translational Medicine and Biomanufacturing
- Lorenz Studer, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center: “Pluripotent-based Cell Therapy Development for CNS and PNS Disorders – Progress and Remaining Challenges”
- Christine Mummery, Leiden University Medical Center: “Advanced Human Pluripotent Stem Cell Models to Study Cardiovascular Disease and Drug Responses”
- Jens Vogel, Bayer Pharmaceuticals: “Industrialization of Cell Therapies Through Innovation and Standardization”
- Maria-Grazia Roncarlo, Stanford University: “Engineered Regulatory T Cells: New Therapeutics for Immune-Mediated Diseases”
- Peter Marks, United States Food and Drug Administration Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research: “Advancing the Manufacturing of Complex Biologic Products”
Symposium on Translational Medicine and Biomanufacturing
- Carl June, University of Pennsylvania: “CAR T Cells: electing the next generation”
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Board of Governors Regenerative Medicine Institute
Pavilion, Eighth Floor
8700 Beverly Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90048