Stem Cell Day 2011
We will be posting educational events taking place throughout California, the U.S. and the world. Check in often to find new events near you. If you would like to host an event, please contact Chris Stiehl at chris@stiehlworks.com.
You can see events from 2010 here: http://2010.stemcellday.com/SCAD_Events.html
2011 Events
California:
- CIRM at the World Stem Cell Summit
- CIRM Patient Advocate Day
- The Bay Area Science Festival
- The Buck Institute
- The Parkinson's Institute
- Rady Children's Hospital, San Diego
- San Diego State University
- Sanford Burnham Medical Research Institute
- Santa Clara University
- The Scripps Research Institute and the Parkinson's Association
- Sonoma State Univesity - Bay Area Science Festival
- Stanford University, Students Supporting Stem Cell Research (SSSCR)
- Susan B. Komen Foundation for the Cure and UCSD Moores Cancer Research Center
- UC-Berkeley
- UC-Davis
- UC-Irvine
- UC-San Diego
- UC-San Francisco
- UC-Santa Barbara
- University of Southern California
United States
International
- Canadian Stem Cell Foundation
- Canadian Stem Cell Network
- Delhi, India
- England - NESCI Research Day
- Irish Stem Cell Foundation
- Monash University
- Turkish Student’s Council for Stem Cell Research, Hacettep University, Ankara, Turkey
- University College London
California
CIRM at the World Stem Cell Summit
Join CIRM chairman Jonathan Thomas at the World Stem Cell Summit in Pasadena to celebrate CIRM's progress. The event will be on Tuesday, October 4 at the Pasadena Convention Center in the Outdoor Courtyard. From 6-7pm CIRM will provide light refreshments and a cash bar.
CIRM will be hosting a Patient Advocacy Day on Saturday, October 22nd, from 8:30 AM to 1:30 PM at the Doubletree by Hilton in Bakersfield. Researchers from USC, the City of Hope and UC Santa Barbara will be sharing their latest results on stem cells and diseases related to aging, such as macular degeneration. The public is welcome. Please RSVP to Chris Stiehl (chris@stiehlworks.com).
Hosting their 1st annual event at Santa Clara University. Contact: Katy Korsmeyer, kuokaty@scientist.com.
The Buck Institute planned events during the first week of October, which they are calling "Stem Cell Awareness Week." Dr. Julie Mangada is planning a video contest for high school students. For more details, contact krebillot@buckinstitute.org.
On the day, 35 students and 4 adults visited Buck Institute. Students learned about hESC, adult stem cells, iPS cells and many of the therapies being developed with these amazing populations of cells. The class was very interactive and the students asked some thought provoking, insightful questions. Toward the end, students got to try their hand at manually dissecting pluripotent colonies away from differentiated derivatives and MEFS. The students are even interested in working with us to produce an educational video about Stem Cells for the CIRM website and YouTube. The students were very inspired!
The Parkinson’s Institute has invited over 60 Peninsula and San Jose area high school science departments to their Stem Cell Awareness Day Open House on October 5th. Science classes from local junior colleges and biology majors from San Jose State have been invited. The public is also welcome.
Stem cell scientists will be sharing information and conducting lab tours from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Appropriate behavior and attire are required, including close- toed shoes. Please RSVP to (408-734-8323). For more information, visit the Stem Cell Awareness Day page found at www.thepi.org.Contact: mtunison@parkinsonsinstitute.org.
The Rady Children's Hospital sponsored a Sickle Cell Event at the Ronald McDonald House in mid-september. The event, which was attended by more than 30 families, featured presentations on research and patient care, as well as presentations by Patient Advocates on the progress, problems and concerns of living with Sickle Cell Disease.
Planning to have presentations and panel discussions on stem cell research at the BioScience Center Auditorium on Wednesday, October 5 from 10 AM to Noon. Contact: Susan Kaiser, skaiser@sciences.sdsu.edu
Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute
Planning to give tours of their stem cell research facility and their drug discovery center, where beating heart cells created in the stem cell lab can be viewed under a microscope. Contact: Heather Buschman, hbuschman@sanfordburnham.org.
Read a description of the 2011 event on the Sanford-Burnham blog, Beaker.
As part of the Bay Area Science Festival, Santa Clara University will honor Stem Cell Awareness Day by hosting a stem cell lecture on November 2nd, possibly by Alan Trounson, the President of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, the state stem cell agency. Contact: Katy Korsmeyer (kuokaty@scientist.com) for more information.
Scripps Research Institute and the Parkinson's AssociationWill be planning a public event to celebrate Stem Cell Awareness Day in San Diego. For more information, please contact jerry.henberger@parkinsonsassociation.org.
Sonoma State University - Bay Area Science Festival
CIRM will be hosting a Stem Cell Patient Advocacy Day event at Sonoma State University on Saturday, October 29th from 8:30 AM to 1:30 PM. Researchers from the Buck Institute and from UCSF will share their latest results on the promise of stem cells for diseases related to aging. CIRM’s Vice Chairman of the Independent Citizen’s Oversight Committee, Senator Art Torres, will be the keynote speaker. The public is welcome to attend. Please RSVP to Lorraine Stiehl (lorstiehl@stiehlworks.com).
Stanford University, Students Supporting Stem Cell Research (SSSCR)
Planning several events in support of Stem Cell Awareness Day. Contact: Alan Le, acle@stanford.edu
Susan B. Komen Foundation for the Cure and UCSD Moores Cancer Research Center
The Susan G. Komen Foundation and the UCSD Moores Cancer Center will be hosting a symposium entitled “Talk of the Cure” on Saturday, October 1st at the Goldberg Auditorium of the UCSD Moores Cancer Center from 8:00 AM to 12:30 PM in La Jolla. There is a charge of between $10 (student), $20 (academic) and $40 (industry) to attend. Please RSVP at Events.KomenSD@gmail.com.
The Stem Cell Center on campus at UC Berkeley will be hosting a seminar on October 5th to honor Stem Cell Awareness Day. Please contact Dr. David Schaffer for more details (schaffer@berkeley.edu).
UC-DavisUC Davis showcased ten CIRM-funded teams who gave brief presentations to the public at interactive booths where the guests could actually "do something." Highlighted were the stem cell trials currently going on at UCD. There were 150 people there, plus two ponies and one dog that are stem cell recipients, to highlight the close interaction with our school of veterinary medicine. More photos of the event can be found at jannolta.com. In addition to the Stem Cell Awareness Day event, Six young scientists lectured at local high schools. They loved it, as did the kids and teachers.
The Stem Cell Research Center at the University of California, Irvine, will host an OPEN HOUSE for K-12 Educators on October 5th, 2010, from 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM. You will be able to meet UC Irvine scientists and listen to a panel discussion on cutting edge stem cell research. A tour of the stem cell research laboratory will follow. The event will take place at the Sue and Bill Gross Hall, A CIRM Institute. Refreshments will be served. Please RSVP to Lila Sosnowska at lila.s@uci.edu.
Sue and Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center at UC Irvine will host a second event on October 7. The event will be held from 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM in Sue and Bill Gross Hall-A CIRM Institute reception and student poster session to follow. UC Irvine scientists from across disciplines will present basic and translational stem cell research findings on a number of disease-related topics, with time for Q&A after each lecture. We encourage graduate students, postdocs and faculty to join this event. Breakfast and light lunch will be served to those who RSVP to lila.s@uci.edu.
The UCSD Stem Cell Lab is planning a public event. It will likely be a panel presentation on progress in stem cell research on many levels during the lunch hour, possibly followed by a lab tour, on October 5th. Contact: Contact: jbraswell@ucsd.edu.
The Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regeneration Medicine and Stem Cell Research at UCSF will host a private event to celebrate stem cell awareness day with philanthropic supporters and friends of the program. For more information, contact mfaber@support.ucsf.edu
UCSB is staging a photo contest among researchers in celebration of Stem Cell Awareness Day, with the winning photo being posted in their conference room and used in a press release to educate the public (photo, description, meaning of the photo for public health). In addition, Dr. Dennis Clegg will present a discussion of stem cell research later in the week. For more information, contact Dr. Clegg at (dennis.clegg@lifesci.ucsb.edu).
At UCSB on Stem Cell Awareness Day, UCSB alumni were treated to a tour of The Center for Stem Cell Biology and Engineering at UCSB.
The winning photo was from David Buccholz: Human embryonic stem cells differentiating into neuroectoderm form unique structures (here immunolabeled against a nuclear protein), termed neural rosettes, for their resemblance to flowers (right).
University of Southern California
USC will be hosting a reception at the World Stem Cell Summit on Monday evening, October 3rd in Pasadena, to honor Stem Cell Awareness Day. The reception is by invitation only. Please contact Ted Wynn (twynn@usc.edu) for more information.
United States
Will be hosting their 2nd Annual Stem Cell Symposium at the AT&T Conference Center at the University of Texas in Austin on September 30th. Well known CIRM Patient Advocates Roman and Don Reed will be featured speakers among several other researchers and advocates. For more information, go to http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?llr=lqijm7dab&oeidk=a07e3cw4qvf67b415e8.
The Maryland Stem Cell Research Fund of the Maryland Technology Development Corporation is sponsoring their 4th Annual Symposium honoring Stem Cell Awareness Day at Towson University on October 6th. There will be exciting speakers discussing the latest in their research. The event costs $75 for the entire day. You may register at http://www.mscrf.org/content/events/annual.cfm.
University of WisconsinWilliam L. Murphy, associate professor, biomedical engineering and orthopedics, and associate director, Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Center, will present a talk, "Progress toward using stem cells to make tissues," at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on World Stem Cell Awareness Day.
Dr. Murphy's talk will be followed by hands-on learning lab activities and discussion with outreach specialists and researchers in the SCRMC Stem Cell Learning Lab, Rm. 1340 Biotechnology Center.
Times and locations:
- Dr. Murphy's talk is scheduled for 7-7:45 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2011, in the Biotechnology Center auditorium, 425 Henry Mall, Madison, WI 53706.
- The Stem Cell Learning Lab is scheduled for 8-9 p.m., Room 1340, Biotechnology Center.
This event is part of "Wednesday Night at the Lab" a free, regular public series at UW-Madison, sponsored by the Wisconsin Alumni Association and hosted by the Biotrek Outreach Program.
For more information, contact Jordana Lenon at jlenon@primate.wisc.edu, university relations specialist, Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
International
The Canadian Stem Cell Foundation will launch their new book, "Dreams & Due Diligence: Till and McCulloch's Stem Cell Discovery and Legacy" in celebration of Stem Cell Awareness Day. Autographed copies of the book may be pre-ordered by calling 613-739-6671. Fifty years ago, Canadian scientists Till & McCulloch discovered stem cells. Joe Sornberger has written this book on the incredible discovery at the request of the Canadian Stem Cell Foundation. The publisher is the University of Toronto Press. A contribution of $50 provides you with an autographed advance copy of the book and a charitable tax receipt for $32.
Canada's Stem Cell Network will formally launch the 2012 Cells I See art contest (www.cellsisee.ca) with a social media blitz on October 5. Join in the fun by liking and sharing via Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter (@stemcellnetwork). For the first time, the contest, which boasts a CAD$500 grand prize, will be open to international entries and include online voting for a people's choice award.
Regenerative Medicine Services of Mumbai, India, organized a media event on October 5th in Delhi in response to Stem Cell Awareness Day. The event featured speakers from various stem cell organizations within India, including cord blood banking, eye and heart therapeutic companies and other therapeutic options for patients. The scientists called for medicine and science within India to make progress and attain the status of other countries in the field of stem cell research.
1st November 2011, Chester le Street, Newcastle
Keynote talks will be from Professor Peter Andrews (University of Sheffield), Dr Alan Colman (A*STAR Institute of Medical Biology, Singapore), Professor Majlinda Lako (Newcastle University) and Professor Simon Pearce (Newcastle University). The remaining talks will be selected from abstracts submitted by delegates. All are welcome to attend, not just those from Newcastle & Durham Universities.
Abstracts are welcome from all delegates for poster or oral presentation – and this time we’re offering a choice of either 15 minute or 30 minute speaking slots. Prizes are available for best talk and best poster - please contact helen.kelt@ncl.ac.uk for any questions about abstract submission.
For Stem Cell Awareness Day (5th October 2011), the Irish Stem Cell Foundation will release a new 5 minute movie on its website (www.irishstemcellfoundation.org) which will focus on what the public should know about stem cells and what challenges currently face Irish Stem Cell Researchers in assisting the International effort to use stem cells to fight disease and injury. The Foundation will also be updating the public from the World Stem Cell Summit via its twitterfeed as well as doing several interviews and articles about stem cells with the Irish media.
The Irish situation regarding stem cell research has been reported internationally this year both by Reuters (www.reuters.com/article/2011/09/21/us-stemcell-scams-idUSTRE78K18120110921) and Nature (http://blogs.nature.com/news/2011/02/irish_election_raises_question.html )
Monash University and the Stem Cell Laboratories will be hosting free public seminars from 10 AM to 3 PM on Friday, October 7th at Federation Square in Melbourne. The disease focus will be neurodegenerative disorders and osteoarthritis. For more information, go to www.med.monash.edu.au/miscl.
Turkish Student’s Council for Stem Cell Research, Hacettep University, Ankara, TurkeyHosting a Stem Cell Symposium on September 23rd in support of Stem Cell Awareness Day. Contact: Riza Mert Cetik, rmcetik@gmail.com
University College London (UCL) and the UCL Centre for Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine will mark Stem Cell Awareness Day on Wednesday 5th by releasing a video "The potential of amniotic fluid stem cells" to promote greater understanding about stem cell research and the potential of amniotic fluid stem cells for correcting life-threatening birth defects.
Watch "The potential of amniotic fluid stem cells" video at http://www.youtube.com/ucltv
The UCL Centre for Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine brings together 185 research groups from serveral faculties, institutes and specialised hospitals across University College London (UCL) and the Medical Research Council (MRC) National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR), with a common interest in all aspects of stem cells, tissue engineering, repair and regeneration and the development of their therapeutic and biotechnological potential.
For more information visit http://www.ucl.ac.uk/stemcells/
