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Whitehead Institute Symposium XXV
Monday, Oct. 1, 2007
Kresge Auditorium, MIT
Regeneration is a key process in all organisms and
has important implications for basic research and the
treatment of human disease. Some organisms can regenerate
an entire organism from a portion of the whole; whereas
others can regenerate only limbs. Humans can regenerate
skin and liver but not other organs. What are the factors
that limit regeneration and permit the rejuvenation
of new cell types, organs, and organisms?
Join us for Whitehead Symposium XXV as an international
group of leaders in the field discuss the factors that
permit the rejuvenation of new cell types, organs, and
organisms and the potential these discoveries hold for
new therapies.
Our program includes the following speakers:
- Harry (Hal) Dietz, Professor of
Genetics and Medicine
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
- Kevin Eggan, Assistant Professor
of Molecular and Cellular Biology
Harvard University
- Fred Gage, Professor of Genetics
The Salk Institute for Biological Studies
- Robert Langer, Institute Professor
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Freda Miller, Senior Scientist
The Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute
- Kenneth Poss, Assistant Professor
of Cell Biology
Duke University
- Peter Reddien, Whitehead Member,
MIT Professor of Biology
Whitehead Institute and MIT
- Amy Wagers, Principal Investigator
Joslin Diabetes Center/Harvard Medical School
Directions
Accomodations
For more information, contact Amy Tremblay at 617-258-7270
or symposium@wi.mit.edu.
Past Topics
2006: Bioimaging: Capturing Cell
Dynamics
2005: Cell Signaling: Switches, Connectors, and Circuits
2004: Disease, Development and Darwin: Experimental Models of Human Disorders
2003: Scripts for Life: Biological Regulatory Mechanisms
2002: Biological Challenges to Humanity: Emerging and Re-emerging Pathogens
2001: Genomic Information
2000: Molecular Machines
1999: The Biology of Drug Discovery
1998: Neurobiology
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