Optional Pre-Conference Activities
Monday, July 7
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Optional Pre-Conference Activities
| Time | Details |
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| 8:30 - 4:00 PM | Pre-Conference Workshop (optional) |
| 4:30 - 5:30 PM | Welcome Reception Registration Check-In, Hotel Vermont |
| Transition to: COURTYARD BURLINGTON HARBOR HOTEL | |
| Session I: | Celebrating 20 Years of Progress in Lung Stem Cell Biology and Bioengineering Moderator: Daniel Weiss, MD, PhD, University of Vermont |
| 5:30 - 5:40 PM | Opening Remarks Representative of the University of Vermont |
| 5:40 - 6:10 PM | Featured Presentation: Title TBC Zea Borok, MD, University of California San Diego |
| 6:10 - 6:40 PM | Featured Presentation: Title TBC Bernard Thébaud, MD, PhD, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute |
| 6:40 - 6:50 PM | Break |
| 6:50 - 7:20 PM | Featured Presentation: Title TBC Laura Niklason, MD, PhD, Yale School of Medicine |
| 7:20 - 7:50 PM | Featured Presentation: Title TBC Brigitte Gomperts, MD, University of California Los Angeles |
| 7:50 - 8:20 PM | Featured Presentation: Title TBC Darrell Kotton, MD, Boston University |
Conference Agenda
Tuesday, July 8, Morning Activities
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All Sessions at the Dudley H. Davis Center, UVM Campus, Grand Maple Ballroom
| Time | Details |
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| 7:30 - 8:30 AM | Breakfast and Breakfast Session I: What Editors Are Looking For (or How to Avoid Desk Rejection), Panel Discussion Moderators: Janette Burgess, PhD, University Medical Centre Groningen, The Netherlands and Rory Morty, Chief Editor ERJ Open Research |
| 8:30 - 9:00 AM | Welcoming Remarks Amy Ryan, PhD and Rob Hynds, PhD – 2025 Conference Co-Chairs |
| Session II: | Endogenous Lung Stem Cells Moderators: Laure-Emmanuelle Zaragosi, PhD, Université Côte d'Azur and Jaymin Kathiriya, PhD, Mount Sinai |
| 9:00 - 9:25 AM | Featured Presentation: Title TBC Mitsuru Morimoto, PhD, RIKEN BDR, Japan |
| 9:25 - 9:50 AM | Featured Presentation: Title TBC Xin Sun, PhD, University of California San Diego |
| 9:50 - 10:15 AM | Featured Presentation: Title TBC Purushothama Rao Tata, PhD, Duke University |
| 10:15 - 10:30 AM | Outstanding Abstract Achievement Award Presentation |
| 10:30 - 10:50 AM | Featured Presentation: Title TBC Laura Niklason, MD, PhD, Yale School of Medicine |
| 10:50 - 11:15 AM | Featured Presentation: Title TBC Brigitte Gomperts, MD, University of California Los Angeles |
| 11:15 - 11:20 AM | Featured Presentation: Title TBC Darrell Kotton, MD, Boston University |
| 11:20 - 12:00 PM | 'Minute to Win it' Competition Moderators and Judges TBC. See competition instructions for details |
| 12:00 - 1:00 PM | Mentoring / Meet The Faculty Lunch |
Tuesday Afternoon
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All Sessions at the Dudley H. Davis Center, UVM Campus, Grand Maple Ballroom
| Time | Details |
|---|---|
| 1:00 - 2:30 PM | Poster Session #1 Poster Discussion Facilitators: TBC and Poster Judges: TBC |
| Session III: | The Julia Polak Memorial Session on Bioengineering: Lessons from Transplantation Moderator: Harry Karmouty-Quintana, PhD, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston |
| 2:30 - 2:55 PM | Featured Presentation: Early Warning signs of Chronic Lung Diseases: New Imaging Modalities to the Rescue Anna Podolanczuk, MD, MS, Weill Cornell, New York |
| 2:55 - 3:20 PM | Featured Presentation: Animal Models for Lung Transplantation Kalpaj Parekh, MBBS, University of Iowa |
| 3:20 - 3:45 PM | Featured Presentation: Title TBC Marcelo Cypel, MD, University of Toronto, Canada |
| 3:45 - 4:00 PM | Outstanding Abstract Achievement Award Presentation |
| 4:00 - 4:15 PM | Panel Discussion |
| 4:15 - 4:30 PM | Coffee and Networking Break |
| Session IV: | Careers in Lung Stem Cells, Cell Therapies, and Bioengineering Moderator: TBC |
| 4:30 - 5:15 PM | Featured Presentation: Title TBC TBC |
| 5:15 - 6:30 PM | DIVERSITY IN LUNG STEM CELLS, CELL THERAPIES AND BIOENGINEERING PANEL AND NETWORKING Panelists: Patricia Prelock, PhD, University of Vermont and Enid Neptune, MD, Johns Hopkins University |
Wednesday, July 9, Morning Activities
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All Sessions at the Dudley H. Davis Center, UVM Campus, Grand Maple Ballroom
| Time | Details |
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| 7:30 - 8:30 AM | Breakfast and Breakfast Session II: What Funders are Looking For (or How to Get Your Grant) Moderator: Claudia Loebel, PhD, University of Michigan |
| Session V: | Lung Extracellular Matrix and Matrix-Based Therapies Moderator: Janette Burgess, PhD, University Medical Centre Groningen, The Netherlands |
| 8:30 - 8:55 AM | Featured Presentation: Novel Approaches for Visualizing Cell-Matrix Mechanical Interactions Apeksha Shapeti, PhD, KU Leuven, Belgium |
| 8:55 - 9:20 AM | Featured Presentation: ECM Remodeling in the Vascular System and the Role of Soluble ECM Fragments Grazyna Kwapiszewska, PhD, Medical University of Graz/Institute for Lung Health, Giessen |
| 9:20 - 9:45 AM | Featured Presentation: Tissue Engineered Avatars for Regenerative Medicine and Cancer Research Mary (Cindy) Farach-Carson, PhD, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston |
| 9:45 - 10:00 AM | Outstanding Abstract Achievement Award Presentation |
| 10:00 - 10:20 AM | Panel Discussion |
| 10:20 - 10:50 AM | Coffee and Networking Break |
| Session VI: | Patient Access to Stem Cell-Based Therapies Co-sponsored by the International Society for Cell and Gene Therapy (ISCT) Moderator: Laertis Ikonomou, PhD, University at Buffalo, New York, Chair of the ISCT Committee on the Ethics of Cell and Gene Therapy |
| 10:50 - 11:05 AM | Featured Presentation: Title TBC TBC |
| 11:05 - 11:20 AM | Featured Presentation: Title TBC Bambi Grilley, B.S., Baylor College of Medicine |
| 11:20 - 11:35 AM | Featured Presentation: Title TBC TBC |
| 11:35 - 12:00 PM | Panel Discussion |
| 12:00 - 1:00 PM | Lunch |
Wednesday Afternoon
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All Sessions at the Dudley H. Davis Center, UVM Campus, Grand Maple Ballroom
| Time | Details |
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| 1:00 - 2:30 PM | Poster Session #2 Poster Discussion Facilitators: TBC Poster Judges: TBC |
| 2:30 - 2:40 PM | Coffee and Networking Break |
| Session VII: | Immune Regulation of Lung Regeneration Moderator: Amy Ryan, PhD, University of Iowa |
| 2:45 - 3:10 PM | Featured Presentation: The Lymphatic Vasculature in Lung Homeostasis and Disease Hasina Outtz Reed, MD, PhD, Weill Cornell, New York |
| 3:10 - 3:35 PM | Featured Presentation: Intercellular Communication Between Immune Cells and the Epithelium in Alveolar Repair Ana Pardo-Saganta, PhD, Justus Liebig University, Germany |
| 3:35 - 4:00 PM | Featured Presentation: Immune Cell Regulation of Terminal Bronchiole Remodeling Tillie-Louise Hackett, PhD, University of British Columbia, Canada |
| 4:00 - 4:15 PM | Outstanding Abstract Achievement Award Presentation |
| 4:15 - 4:35 PM | Panel Discussion |
| 4:40 - 5:20 PM | Buses |
| 6:00 PM | Dinner Cruise on Lake Champlain and Award Ceremony (Cruise boards from 6:00-6:15 and departs promptly at 6:30pm.) |
| 9:00 PM | Cruise disembarks (Please advise UVM in advance if you will need transportation back to the hotel following the cruise. The distance to walk is about two blocks uphill.) |
Thursday, July 10, Morning Activities
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All Sessions at the Dudley H. Davis Center, UVM Campus, Grand Maple Ballroom
| Time | Details |
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| 7:30 - 8:30 AM | Breakfast and Breakfast Session III: Transitioning to Independence (or How to Start Your Lab) Moderator: Sinem Koc Gunel, MD, University of Frankfurt, Germany and Amy Ryan, PhD, University of Iowa |
| Session VIII: | Physics and Engineering Principles in Lung Biology Moderator: Jaime Hook, MD, Mount Sinai, New York |
| 8:30 - 8:55 AM | Featured Presentation: Title TBC Pankaj Mehta, PhD, Boston University |
| 8:55 - 9:20 AM | Featured Presentation: Title TBC Janna Nawroth, PhD, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Germany |
| 9:20 - 9:45 AM | Featured Presentation: Title TBC Bela Suki, PhD, Boston University |
| 9:45 - 10:00 AM | Outstanding Abstract Achievement Award Presentation |
| 10:00 - 10:15 AM | Panel Discussion |
| 10:15 - 10:35 AM | Coffee, Networking Break and Group Photo |
| Session IX: | The Darwin Prokop Memorial Session on Mesenchymal Stromal Cells Moderator: Anna Krasnodembskaya, PhD, Queen’s University, Belfast |
| 10:35 - 11:00 AM | Featured Presentation: GMP grade MSC EVs as a Therapy for Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia: Large-Scale Manufacturing and Mechanisms of Action Michela Pozzobon, PhD, University of Padova, Italy |
| 11:00 - 11:25 AM | Featured Presentation: Title TBC Duncan Stewart, MD, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Canada |
| 11:25 - 11:50 AM | Featured Presentation: MSC Mitochondrial Transplantation as a Novel Therapeutic Approach for Vascular Cell Therapy Juan Melero-Martin, PhD, Boston Children’s Hospital |
| 11:50 - 12:05 PM | Outstanding Abstract Achievement Award Presentation |
| 12:05 - 12:20 | Panel Discussion |
| 12:20 - 1:00 PM | Lunch |
Thursday Afternoon
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All Sessions at the Dudley H. Davis Center, UVM Campus, Grand Maple Ballroom
| Time | Details |
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| Session X: | iPSC Models of Lung Health and Disease Moderator: Ruth Olmer, PhD, Hannover Medical School |
| 1:00 - 1:25 PM | Featured Presentation: Title TBC Killian Hurley, MB BCh BAO, PhD, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland |
| 1:25 - 1:50 PM | Featured Presentation: Title TBC Ruobing Wang, MD, PhD, Boston Children’s Hospital |
| 1:50 - 2:15 PM | Featured Presentation: iPSC Models of Airway Disease for Discovery and Therapy Finn Hawkins, MBBCh, Boston University |
| 2:15 - 2:30 PM | Outstanding Abstract Achievement Award Presentation |
| 2:30 - 2:45 PM | Panel Discussion |
| 2:45 - 3:00 PM | Coffee and Networking Break |
| Session XI: | Concluding Discussion Moderator: Daniel J. Weiss, MD, PhD, University of Vermont |
| 3:00 - 4:00 PM | Open Discussion - Feedback, Priority Setting and Recommendations |
Join this 20th anniversary conference!
Learn more about this successful conference series by reviewing the Conference Agenda.
Stem Cell Agenda (PDF)Course Directors and Faculty
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| Faculty and Organizing Committees: | ||
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Conference Co-Chairs | ||
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Associate Professor, University of Iowa | 
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| Executive Committee Continued | |
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| Vice Chair | Claudia Loebel, PhD, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI |
| Emeritus Chair | Darcy Wagner, PhD, Lund University, Sweden (2017-2019) |
Senior Organizing Committee | |
| Janette Burgess, PhD, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, NL | Harry Karmouty-Quintana, PhD, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX |
| Laertis Ikonomou, PhD, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NJ | Anna Krasnodembskaya, PhD, Queen’s University, Belfast, United Kingdom |
| Jaime Hook, MD, Mount Sinai, New York, NY | Ruth Olmer, PhD, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany |
| Jaymin Kathiriya, PhD, Mount Sinai, New York, NY | Laure-Emmanuelle Zaragosi , PhD, Université Côte d'Azur, Sophia-Antipolis, France |
Junior Organizing Committee | |
| Sinem Koc-Gūnel, MD University of Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany | |
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