Scientific Program

FRIDAY 31 May 2013                       

form 12.00    Registration of Speakers and Participants

13.30 Lunch (only for speakers)                    

15.30 - 17.00  OPENING CEREMONY AND PLENARY LECTURES – NORWID Lecture Room

15.30 – 16.00 Regulatory Role for Dipeptidylpeptidase 4 (DPP4/CD26) in Stem/Progenitor Cell Biology, Hematopoiesis and Other Cell Systems - prof. Hal Broxmeyer
16.00 – 16.20 Quo vadis - regenerative medicine - prof. Mariusz Z. Ratajczak
16.20 – 16.40  The importance of gut microbiota and innate immunity in gut and liver diseases - prof. Herbert Tilg
16.40 – 17.00  Intramyocardial delivery of progenitor cells in chronic myocardial ischemia – prof. Wojciech Wojakowski

18.20    Coffe break                   
20.00    Kolacja                    

SATURDAY 1 June 2013                       

8.15    Coffe break                  

9.00 - 14.00 POSTER SESSION – MICKIEWICZ Lecture Room

13.20    Lunch

14.20 - 17.20 CORD BLOOD & MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS – NORWID Lecture Room

Chairmen:    prof. Hal Broxmayer, prof. Yoshiaki Sonoda                   
Session under the auspices of Polish Stem Cell Bank

14.20 – 14.40  Identification of mesenchymal and endothelial stem cells in mononuclear cells of the marrow: clinical applications - prof. Andrzej Lange
14.40 – 15.00  Role of Mesenchymal Stem Cells and Complement in Trauma - prof. Markus Huber-Lang
15.00 – 15.20  Prominin-1 (CD133) Reveals New Insights into the Cell Biology of Stem and Progenitor Cells - prof. Denis Corbeil
15.20 – 15.40  Functional Significance of MPL Expression in the Human Primitive Hematopoietic Stem Cell Compartment - prof. Yoshiaki Sonoda
15.40 – 16.00  NOD2 regulates PGE2-dependent anti-inflammatory activity of human mesenchymal stem cells - prof. Kyung-Sun Kang
16.00 – 16.20  Mesenchymal stromal cell (MSC) master cell stocks for the generation of patient individual MSC dosages in an academic environment - prof. Torsten Tonn
16.20 – 16.40  Umbilical cord blood and heparinized deceased organ donors as alternative sources for stem cell-based therapy - prof. Bogusław Machaliński
16.40 – 17.00  Therapeutic applications of Mesenchymal Stromal Cells (MSCs) - prof. Zygmunt Pojda                     
17.00 – 17.20  The HSC and MSC usage in clinical practice – FamiCord experience - dr Dariusz Boruczkowski

17.20    Coffe break

17.40 - 19.00 STEM CELLS  CARDIOLOGY – NORWID Lecture Room
Chairmen:    prof. Laurentio Popescu, prof. Michał Tendera                   

17.40 – 18.00  Telocytes challenge the ‘Stem Cells Dogma’: Pure stem cells alone could repair/regenerate the organ - prof. Laurentio Popescu                    
18.00 – 18.20  Adult stem cells in muscle and vascular regeneration: promise and pitfalls - prof. Józef Dulak
18.20 – 18.40 Bone marrow - derived stem cells for ischemic tissues repair: still “more” than “less” - dr hab. Ewa Zuba-Surma             
18.40 – 19.00 Novel CXCR4 antagonist in acute MI - CATH-AMI study - dr Klaus Dembowsky                    

19.00 CLOSING CEREMONY
prof. Jerzy Hołowiecki, prof. Mariusz Ratajczak