StemCONN 2021 - STATE’S LARGEST SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE GOES VIRTUAL

[Mary Coursey]

A Virtual Conference – April 1^st & 8^th

www.stemconn.org

 

PRESS ADVISORY                                                                              CONTACT:  Mary Coursey 860-305-0476

STATE’S LARGEST SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE GOES VIRTUAL  

StemCONN 2021 will include scientists, educators, healthcare professionals, policy makers, and industry & economic development stakeholders in stem cell research and regenerative medicine.

NEW HAVEN, CONN (March, 29, 2021) On April 1 & April 8, StemCONN, Connecticut’s largest scientific conference, will be held virtually in light of the pandemic. Participants at the conference will include scientists, educators, students, health care professionals, academic and state leaders, policy makers, and stakeholders from industry and state economic development.

StemCONN 2021 is being hosted and jointly sponsored by Yale University, Wesleyan University, the University of Connecticut, and The Jackson Laboratory. It seeks to promote scientific research, collaboration, and education in Connecticut with a specific focus on stem cells and regenerative medicine.

“This conference is an unprecedented collaboration of the scientific research community in Connecticut and a testament to the bio-science and research powerhouse that the state has become,” said Diane Krause, Chair of the StemCONN 2021 organizing committee. “It is truly exciting to be hosting this forum featuring leading researchers from the US and abroad discussing their work at the forefront of stem cell research.”

Confirmed speakers and topics to date include:

·       Angela Cacace, PhD Arvinas | Vice President of Neuroscience and Platform Biology

·       Allen Eaves, PhD STEMCELL Technologies | Founder and CEO

·       Connie Eaves, PhD Terry Fox Laboratory | Normal and cancer stem cells

·       Se-Jin Lee, M.D., Ph.D. The Jackson Laboratory | Tissue homeostasis and development in muscle repair and regeneration

·       Douglas Melton, PhD, Harvard University | Stem cell biology for diabetes

·       Samira Musah, PhD Duke University | Mechanical Forces force for Organ Development/Physiology, how to design an artificial kidney

·       Alison O’Neil, PhD Wesleyan University | Biochemistry of Neurodegeneration

·       Karolina Palucka, PhD Jackson Laboratory | Experimental Immunotherapy using stem cells

·       In-hyun Park, PhD Yale University | Human Brain Development

    

   Find more information on the conference at StemConn 2021 (stemconn.org).  Registration is now open for the conference at EVENTBRITE LINK .  Your coverage is invited.

 

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