PLENARY II: NEW TECHNOLOGIES TO ENGINEER AND PHENOTYPE STEM CELL SYSTEMS

Plenary Speaker(s)

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  Matthias Lutolf, PhD

  Institute of Human Biology (IHB) F. Hoffmann-La Roche, Switzerland
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  Susanne Rafelski, PhD (she/her/hers)

  Allen Institute for Cell Science, United States
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  Fabian Theis, PhD (he/him/his)

  Computational Health Center
  Helmholtz Zentrum München, Germany
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  Jonathan Weissman, PhD

  Biology
  Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, HHMI, MIT, USA
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  Jun Wu, PhD (he/him/his)

  Department of Molecular Biology
  University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, USA

Recent technological and analytical advances have made it possible to characterize stem cell systems at an unprecedented resolution. This session highlights emerging single cell and imaging technologies to phenotype stem cells as well as to program or perturb cell fate.

ISSCR Outstanding Young Investigator Award
Jun Wu, PhD, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, USA

Presentations:

• SINGLE CELL GENOTYPE-PHENOTYPE MAPS IN CELLS AND TISSUES
  

  Plenary Speaker: Jonathan Weissman, PhD – Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, HHMI, MIT
• MODELING SINGLE-CELL DYNAMICS ACROSS MODALITIES, TIME AND SPACE
  

  Plenary Speaker: Fabian Theis, PhD (he/him/his) – Helmholtz Zentrum München
• TOWARD A HOLISTIC AND QUANTITATIVE STEM CELL STATE LANDSCAPE
  

  Plenary Speaker: Susanne Rafelski, PhD (she/her/hers) – Allen Institute for Cell Science
• THE JOHN MCNEISH MEMORIAL LECTURE: ENGINEERING NEXT-GENERATION TUMOROIDS FOR PRECISION MEDICINE
  

  Plenary Speaker: Matthias P. Lutolf, PhD – Institute of Human Biology (IHB) F. Hoffmann-La Roche
• ISSCR OUTSTANDING YOUNG INVESTIGATOR AWARD PRESENTATION
• THE CURIOUS CASES OF PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL ADAPTATIONS
  

  Plenary Speaker: Jun Wu, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center