Baltic Summer School

Programme Baltic Summer School 2006

Stem Cell Biology: future perspectives and possible treatment options

University of Kiel, August 20th - September 1st, 2006

Sunday, August 20th:
13.00 - 17.00Registration
17.00 - 18.30Welcome addresses and honorary lecture - open for public
17.00 - 17.30Welcome addresses:
Director of the Baltic Summer School: M. Illert, University of Kiel
Representative of Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel: nn
Deans of the Medical Faculties
Representative of the Goverment: Jost de Jager, State Secretary, Ministry of Science, Economics and Transport
Local Organizer: F. Fändrich
17.30 - 18.30Honorary lecture by Günther Fuhr;:
"The role of surfaces in stem cell differentiation: theoretical aspects and future perspectives for applied nanotechnology"
19.00 - 21.00Get together

21.08. - 25.08.2006 (Monday - Friday):daily sessions
26.08. - 27.08.2006:social events, excursions in the area of Schleswig-Holstein
28.08. - 01.09.2006 (Monday - Friday):daily sessions


Day 1 (08/21/2006)
General topic: Stem Cell Biology
 speakers
8.50-9.00 Introduction  
9.00-9.45 Review Differentiation of Lymphocytes from Pluripotent Hematopoietic Stem CellsFritz Melchers
(Basel / Berlin)
9.45-10.30 Lecture Human and Nonhuman Primate Embryonic Stem Cells in Medical ResearchUlrich Martin
(Hannover, DE)
11.00-11.45 Lecture Epigenetic Modification of Somatic Stem Cells and Subsequent Developmental PotentialMüller AM
(Würzburg, DE)
11.45-12.30 Lecture Lineage Selection of ES Cell-Derived Progeny Evans, Martin
14.30-15.15 Lecture Multi lineage differentiation of ES CellsStephan Minger
(London, UK)
15.15-16.30 Lecture Stem Cell and Cell CycleMitarbeiter MPI,
(Dresden, DE)
17.00-18.00 Round table
 
Day 2 (08/22/2006)
General topic: Stem Cell Programming
 speakers
8.50-9.00 Introduction  
9.00-9.45 Review Stem Cells: Hype and HopeRon McKay
(Bethesda, US)
9.45-10.30 Lecture Transcriptional Profiling of Stem CellsJ. Zimmer Rasmussen
(DCSR, DK)
11.00-11.45 Lecture Markers of Adult Stem CellsM. Alison
(London, UK)
11.45-12.30 Lecture Skeletal Stem Cells: basic biology and clinical applications for bone tissue regenerationMoustapha Kassem
(Odense, DK)
14.30-15.15 Lecture Bridging the Gap - Mesenchymal Stem Cell Populations for Skeletal Regeneration ? Concepts and StrategiesRichard O.C. Oreffo
(Southhampton, UK)
15.15-16.30 Lecture Pharmaceutical Company to be namedn/a
17.00-18.00 Round table
 
Day 3 (08/23/2006)
General topic: Stem Cell Division and Expansion
 speakers
8.50-9.00 Introduction  
9.00-9.45 Review Towards an Understanding of the Signalling Pathways Regulating Stem Cell FateNN
9.45-10.30 Lecture Gut Stem Cells: Characterization and potential clinical ApplicationM. Alison
(London, UK)
11.00-11.45 Lecture Influence of Notch signalling on mesodermal lineage decisionsU. Just
(Kiel, DE)
11.45-12.30 Lecture Skeletal Stem and Pogenitor CellsP. Bianco (Rome, IT)
14.30-15.15 Lecture Mechanisms of Senscence and Rejuvenation of Human Stem CellsHendrik D. Schrøder
(Odense, DK)
15.15-16.30 Lecture Pharmaceutical Company to be namedn/a
17.00-18.00 Round table
 
Day 4 (08/24/2006)
General topic: Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering
 speakers
8.50-9.00 Introduction  
9.00-9.45 Review A New Evolving Paradigm for BiocompatibilityLars-Magnus Bjursten
(Lund, SE)
9.45-10.30 Lecture Therapeutic Tissue Engineering of the SkinT. Hunziker
(Bern, CH)
11.00-11.45 Lecture Quantification of Mechanical Loads Applied to Resident Cells Embedded in 3D Collagen SubstratesD. Karamichos
(London, UK)
11.45-12.30 Lecture Engineering of Blood Vessels By Gene and Cell TherapyM. Flugelman
(Haifa, IL)
14.30-15.15 Lecture Membrane Bioreactor Using Hepatocytes for in vitro Studies of Drug MetabolismL. De Bartolo
(Rende, IT)
15.15-16.30 Lecture Studying stem cell differentiation in vitro and in vivoStefan Przyborski
(Durham, U.K.)
17.00-18.00 Round table
 
Day 5 (08/25/2006)
General topic: Stem Cells and Immunity
 speakers
8.50-9.00 Introduction  
9.00-9.45 Review The Use of Human Stem Cells or Progenitor Cells in Organ Transplantation and AutoimmunityF. Fändrich
(Kiel, DE)
9.45-10.30 Lecture Regulatory T Cells: Immune-Modulating FunctionsAndrew Bushell
(Oxford: Wood)
11.00-11.45 Lecture Strategies to Modify T Cell ResponsesT. Herrmann
(Würzburg, DE)
11.45-12.30 Lecture T-Cell Manipulation to prevent Graft-versus-Host DiseaseRosa Bacchetta
(Milano, IT)
14.30-15.15 Lecture Tolerance Monitoring in Organ TransplantationBirgit Sawitzki
(Charité Berlin, DE)
15.15-16.30 Lecture Pharmaceutical Company to be namedn/a
17.00-18.00 Round table Tolerance Induction: overview of clinical studies
 
Day 6 (08/28/2006)
General topic: Genetic Aetiology of Population Diseases: Candidates for Stem Cell Treatment?
 speakers
8.50-9.00 Introduction  
9.00-9.45 Methodological review Identification of Disease Genes in Polygenic Disorders: Methodological Approaches and Clinical ConsequencesMichael Krawczak
(Kiel, DE)
9.45-10.30 Lecture Diabetes: Aetiology and Strategies for PreventionReinhard G. Bretzel
(Giessen, DE)
11.00-11.45 Lecture ColitisBeate Exner
(Kiel, DE)
11.45-12.30 Lecture ArteriosklerosisWulf Ito
(Lübeck, DE)
14.30-15.15 Lecture Chronic Mucosal Inflammation: Crohn's disease and SarcoidosisStefan Schreiber
(Kiel, DE)
15.15-16.30 Lecture Pharmaceutical Company to be namedn/a
17.00-18.00 Round table Is there a therapeutic role for stem cells ?
 
Day 7 (08/29/2006)
General topic: Stem Cell Related Clinical Aspect and Treatment Options (Part 1)
 speakers
8.50-9.00 Introduction  
9.00-9.45 Review Clinical Perspectives of Stem Cell ResearchO. Isacson
(Belmont, US)
9.45-10.30 Lecture Liver Stem Cell Replacement ApproachesM. Alison
(London, UK)
11.00-11.45 Lecture Stem Cell-Based Treatment Options for Diabetes MellitusB. Soria
(Sevilla, ES)
11.45-12.30 Lecture Imaging and Visualition of Stem Cells following in vivo Application C. H. Jensen
(University Southern Denmark, DK)
14.30-15.15 Lecture New methodologies in cellular trafficking and neuroimagingJ. Frank
(NIH, US)
15.15-16.30 Lecture Pharmaceutical Company to be namedn/a
17.00-18.00 Round table
 
Day 8 (08/30/2006)
General topic: Stem Cell Related Clinical Aspect and Treatment Options (Part 2)
 speakers
8.50-9.00 Introduction  
9.00-9.45 Review Use of Stem Cells for Cell Therapy in Parkinson's DiseaseA. Bjorklund
(Lund, SE)
9.45-10.30 Lecture Cell replacement therapies in Parkinson's diseaseL. Wahlberg
(NsGene A/S, Copenhagen, DK)
11.00-11.45 Lecture Endocrine Pancreas: Therapeutical OptionsJ.H. Nielsen
(Copenhagen, DK)
11.45-12.30 Lecture Nanotechnology to study Cellular FunctionManfred Lindau
(CornellUniversity, US)
14.30-15.15 Lecture Nanoscale Biology: Cell-Surface InteractionsB. A. Baird
15.15-16.30 Lecture Pharmaceutical Company to be namedn/a
17.00-18.00 Round table
 
Day 9 (08/31/2006)
General topic: Stem Cells and Cancer: Possible Links and Treatment Approaches
 speakers
8.50-9.00 Introduction  
9.00-9.45 Review Cancer Stem Cells: from Basic Research to TherapyAntonio Bernad
(Madrid, ES)
9.45-10.30 Lecture Common Characteristics of Normal and Malignant Brain Stem CellsM. van Lohuizen
(Amsterdam, NL)
11.00-11.45 Lecture Studying stem cell differentiation in vitro and in vivoNN
(Durham, UK)
11.45-12.30 Lecture Mammilian Epigenomics: Reprogramming the Genome for Development and TherapyJames Hutchinson
(Cambridge, U.K.)
14.30-15.15 Lecture DC's ability to mediate immunity or toleranceAxel Heiser
(Kiel, DE)
15.15-16.30 Lecture Pharmaceutical Company to be namedn/a
17.00-18.00 Round table
 
Day 10 (09/01/2006)
General topic: Applied Biolife Sciences: Legal and Ethical Aspects
 speakers
8.50-9.00 Introduction  
9.00-9.45 Lecture Planning of translational research studies under ethical considerations: The RISET experienceA. Cambon-Thomsen
(Paris, FR)
9.45-10.30 Lecture Ethical Challenges in Stem Cell ResearchG. Nowenstein
(Exeter, UK)
11.00-11.45 Lecture Moral Reasoning, Policy-Making and the BiosciencesJ. Burley
(Singapore, SG)
11.45-12.30 Lecture Stem Cell Research: The Singapore ExperienceRoy Calne
(Cambridge, UK)
14.30-15.15 Lecture Opportunities and Limitations or IP Protection in Stem Cell TechnologyTade M. Spranger
(Universität Bonn, DE)
15.15-16.30 Lecture European Guidelines for the Production and Application of Cellular ProductsE. Flory
(PEI, Langen, DE)
17.00-18.00 Round table