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Confirmed speakers to date:
(in alphabetical order)
Anversa, Piero New York Medical College (USA)
Stem Cells and Cardiac Repair
Arnold, Bernd German Cancer Research Center (Germany)
Peripheral T cell Tolerance in Neonates and Adults
Borlak, Jürgen Fraunhofer-Institut für Toxikologie
und Experimentelle Medizin (Germany)
Novel MAG inhibitors in nerve repair
Brehm, Walter
University of Bern, Switzerland
Treatment of tendon and ligament injury in the horse using autologous mesenchymal stem cells
Bulte, Jeff W.M. Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (USA)
MR Imaging of Stem Cells and Immunotherapy
Cortesini, Raffaello Columbia University Medical Center (USA)
Generation of Antigen-Specific T Supressor Cells and Tolerogenic APC
Dwenger, Anne German Federal Ministry of Health (Germany)
Considerations, Controversies and Stage of the Proceedings Pertaining to the Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products
Emmrich, Frank Fraunhofer Institut für Zelltherapie und Immunologie (Germany)
State of the Field in Transplantation Tolerance
Graf, Hermann Schering AG (Germany)
Commercialization of Living Cells as Therapeutic Products
Hasenfuß, Gerd Georg-August University of Göttingen (Germany)
Pluripotency of Spermatogonial Stem Cells
from Adult Mouse Testis
Hasskarl, Horst Dr. Hasskarl & Kollegen (Germany)
Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products
Haverich, Axel Hanover Medical School (Germany)
Cardiovascular Tissue Engineering – "Bench to Bedside" Approaches
Hayden, Oliver IBM Research GmbH (Switzerland)
Low-Dimensional Materials for Life-Science Applications
Hengstler, Jan G. University of Leipzig (Germany)
Fate of Human Stem Cells after Transplantation
into Mouse Livers
Kaminski, Alexander University of Rostock (Germany)
Cardiac Stem Cell Therapy
Krafft, Hartmut Paul Ehrlich Institute (Germany)
Clinical Trials with Biologicals in Germany: Experience of the Paul-
Ehrlich-Institute (PEI) after 2 Years of the New Legislation
Krauss, Stefan Rikshospitalet University Hospital (Norway)
Wnt Signalling in Cortical Neural Stem Cells: Lessons from In Vivo Studies for In Vitro Approaches
Linke, Axel (Germany)
Current Status of Clinical Stem Cell Trials in Cardiology
Masuda, Koichi Rush University Medical Center (USA)
Repair of Degenerated Disc by an Injection of Growth Factor
Meisel, Hans Jörg BG Kliniken "Bergmannstrost" (Germany)
Degenerative Disc Disease – Cellular Repair Options
Nikolich, Karoly Stanford University (USA)
Nerve Regeneration as a Challenge for Pharmaceutical
Discovery and Development
Nüssler, Andreas K. Fresenius Biotech GmbH (Germany)
A New Hepatocyte-Like Cell Derived from the Monocyte
Fraction and its in Vitro and in Vivo Application
Ott, Michael Hanover Medical School (Germany)
Resources and Concepts for Cellular Therapies in Liver Disease
Reinke, Petra Charité Berlin (Germany)
Adoptive T-Cell Therapy – Potential as Cell Therapy in Virus-Mediated Complication after Transplantation
Reisner, Yair Weizmann Institute of Science (Israel)
Embryonic Pig Precursor Tissues as a New Source for Organ Transplantation: The Choice Between Teratoma, Normal Growth and Immunogenicity
Sabri, Osama/Barthel, Henryk University of Leipzig (Germany)
PET Imaging of Regenerative Therapies
Schwarz, Johannes University of Leipzig (Germany)
The Role of Neural Stem Cells for Neuroregeneration and Neurorestauration: Focus on Dopaminergic Neurons and
Parkinson's Disease
Sokal, Etienne Université catholique de Louvain (Belgium)
Clinical Uses of Cyropreserved and Allogenic Liver Stem Cells in Liver Cell Transplantation
Sykova, Eva Institute of Experimental Medicine (Czech Republic)
Stem Cells and Biomaterials for Treatment of Spinal Cord Injury
Tarnok, Attila Herzzentrum Leipzig GmbH (Germany)
Cytomics emerging from Cytometry - Report of the 16th Annual
Meeting of the German Society for Cytometry (DGfZ)
Wilken, Matthias Bundesverband der Pharmazeutischen Industrie e.V. (Germany)
Regulation Advanced Therapies: Industry Position, Required Changes and Amendments, Further Time Frame
Wood, Kathryn University of Oxford (Great Britain)
Regulatory T Cells – Potential as Cellular Therapy in Transplantation and Autoimmune Disease