Today’s science; tomorrow’s medicine. GI and liver stem cell symposium
The Barcelona UEGW is proud to host an international two day symposium on GI and liver stem cells, co-organised and hosted by Hans Clevers and Tania Roskams. This will feature the best stem cell scientists from around the world, meeting to discuss the current state of the art in stem cell research.
Speakers will concentrate on the new understanding that stem cell biology is bringing to regenerative medicine and GI oncology, and the important implications this has for research directions and for therapies. There will also be free paper sessions where the best original research is presented by young and established researchers, and discussed by international experts.
The “GI and liver stem cell symposium” is open to all UEGW registrants at no extra cost. It provides a unique opportunity for gastroenterologists and hepatologists to learn how stem cell research is impacting on their disciplines. It will interest inquisitive clinicians and young clinician-scientists, as well as those already active in the stem cell field.
Provisional Programme
showMonday, October 25, 2010
UEGW Plenary session talk: GI stem cells: The good, the bad and the ugly
Hans Clevers
11.00 – 12.30
Symposium: Stem cells: Today’s science; tomorrow’s medicine
In this flagship introductory session, some of the world’s leading stem cell researchers will introduce the principles of stem cell biology and its clinical context. They will focus particularly
on the role of stem cells in organ regeneration.
Lunch
Poster session: Stem cell original research
14.00 – 15.30
Symposium: Intestinal and colonic stem cells
Speakers will explore how intestinal stem cells survive and replicate, their position in the micro-anatomy of the gut and signalling mechanisms underlying “stemness”. They will discuss the role of stem cells in inflammation-associated gut remodelling and in colonic carcinogenesis.
15.45 – 17.15
Oral abstract presentations
This session will feature the best submitted original research in the stem cell field.
showTuesday, October 26, 2010
08.30 – 10.30
Oral abstract presentations:
This session will feature the best submitted original research in the stem cell field and a “Rising Star” presentation on the clonal evolution of pre-malignant GI disease.
11.00 –12.30
Symposium: Stem cells and clonality in the stomach
This session will focus on the position and nature of gastric stem cells, including important differences to stem cells elsewhere in the gut. It will also address the spread of clonality through the stomach, and the potential implications of this for pathogenesis, including carcinogenesis.
Lunch
Poster session: Stem cell original research
14.00 – 15.30
Symposium: Hepatic stem cells: Importance in fibrosis and carcinogenesis
Speakers will address clonality in the liver and how it relates to disease and regeneration; the role of stem cells in fibrosis; and recent evidence that hepatocellular carcinoma arises from cells with stem characteristics.
15.45 – 17.15
Symposium: Cancer stem cells: New implications for treatment
This final session will feature different views on the principles underlying cancer stem cell biology: Discussion will range from hierarchy to hedgehog. The speakers will focus on the implications of this work for cancer research, particularly with regard to therapy.