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Organizers Fiona Watt & Abcam Venue Occidental Allegro Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
Abcam would ilke to acknowledge the support of Cell Stem Cell for this meeting. |  |
1. Invited speakers
- Maria Blasco (Spanish National Cancer Research Center)
- Helen Blau (Stanford University School of Medicine)
- John Dick (Toronto General Research Institute)
- Elaine Fuchs (The Rockefeller University)
- Ihor Lemischka (Princeton University)
- Robert Nerem (Georgia Institute of Technology)
- Emi Nishimura (Kanazawa University)
- David Scadden (Massachusetts General Hospital)
- Glyn Stacey (UK Stem Cell Bank)
- Simon Tavare (University of Southern California)
- Ting Xie (Stowers Institute for Medical Research)
- Rick Young (Whitehead Institute)
- Leonard Zon (Howard Hughes Medical Institute)
2. Registration Fees
Included in the registration fee (and any additional accommodation) are transfers to/from Punta Cana airport, attendance at sessions and conference social events, resort sporting activities, unlimited meals and beverages, accommodation for the nights of 13, 14 and 15 December and conference materials including book of abstracts.
Early bird (by Fri 31 Aug) | Standard (by Fri 19 Oct) | |
Single / with partner | $950 | $1250 |
Twin (sharing) | $800 | $1050 |
Student (sharing) | $650 | $900 |
Partners | $435 | - |
Children 2 -12 yrs | $90 | - |
Children 12+ yrs | $390 | - |
*All fees are per person and charged in US Dollars. If paying with a non-dollar credit card, your card provider’s exchange rate of the day will be applied. Delegates traveling with a partner should select the single rate as the reduced twin rate is for those entering the sharing pool.
Additional accommodation is also available the nights before and after the conference at a specially negotiated rate. Please note you may only select one accommodation type for the duration of your stay:
Single / with partner | $145 per person, per night |
Twin (sharing pool) | $125 per person, per night |
Children 2-12 yrs | $30 per child, per night (sharing with parent) |
Children 12+yrs | $130 per child, per night (sharing with parent) |
3. Abstracts
Abstracts for both oral and poster presentation which fit with the themes of the conference are now invited.
Oral abstract deadline Extended to Friday 21 September
Topics:
- Pluripotency
- Epigenetics
- Mathematical models
- Tissue engineering
- The niche
- Cancer stems cells
- To the clinic
Unlimited poster spaces – posters will be on display throughout the conference with two dedicated poster sessions.
4. Program
Thursday 13 December | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12:00 – 18:00 | Registration | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18:00 – 18:15 | Welcome & Introductions | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Session: Tissue engineering, Chair: Fiona Watt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18:10 – 18:45 | Robert Nerem (Georgia Institute of Technology) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18:45 – 19:20 | Helen Blau (Stanford University School of Medicine) Evening reception and buffet | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Friday 14 December | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Breakfast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Session: Pluripotency, Chair: Ihor Lemischka | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
09:00 – 09:35 | Rick Young (Whitehead Institute) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
09:35 – 10:10 | Ihor Lemischka (Princeton University) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10:10 – 10:45 | Marius Wernig (Whitehead Institute) Morning coffee | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11:15 – 11:30 | Alexander Marson (Whitehead Institute) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11:30 – 11:45 | Alexander Meissner (Whitehead Institute) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11:45 – 12:00 | Kathrin Plath (UCLA Schol of Medicine) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12:00 – 12:15 | Morag Stewart (McMaster Stem Cell and Cancer Research Institute) Lunch Free time for social events | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Session: Modelling stem cells, Chair: Helen Blau | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16:00 – 16:35 | Simon Tavare (University of Southern California) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16:35 – 17:10 | Ting Xie (Stowers Institute for Medical Research) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17:10 – 17:25 | Sean Bendall (University of Western Ontario) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17:25 – 17:40 | Taby Ahsan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18:00 – 21:00 | Poster session and buffet Live resort show | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Saturday 15 December | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Breakfast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Session: The Niche, Chair: Elaine Fuchs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
09:00 – 09:35 | David Scadden (Massachusetts General Hospital) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
09:35 – 10:10 | Emi Nishimura (Kanazawa University) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10:10 – 10:45 | Elaine Fuchs (The Rockefeller University) Morning coffee | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11:15 – 11:30 | Jens Schwamborn (IMBA - Institute of Molecular Biotechnology) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11:30 – 11:45 | Amy Hazen (Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11:45 – 12:00 | Leanne Jones (Salk Institute for Biological Sciences) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12:00 – 12:15 | Felicia Ng (Bioinformatics Institute) Lunch | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Session: Epithelial cancers, Chair: John Dick | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16:00 – 16:35 | Fiona Watt (Cancer Research UK) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16:35 – 17:10 | Maria Blasco (Spanish National Cancer Research Center) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17:10 – 17:25 | Corina Lorz (Ciemat) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17:25 – 17:40 | Daniela Costea (University of Bergen) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17:40 – 17:55 | Fabian Muehlberg (MD Anderson Cancer Center Houston) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18:00 – 19:30 | Poster session | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sunday 16 December | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Breakfast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Session: To the Clinic, Chair: Leonard Zon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
09.00 – 09.30 | John Dick | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Modeling the human leukemogenic process | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
09.35 – 10.10 | Leonard Zon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pathways Regulating Induction and Homeostasis of Stem Cells | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10.10 -10.45 | Glyn Stacey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Delivery of High Quality Stem Cell Lines for Research and Therapy Morning Coffee | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11.15 – 11.30 | Monica Nister | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Identification of novel subsets of cd133-positive glioblastoma cells with distinct differences in sensitivity to tyrosine kinase inhibitors | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11.30 – 11.45 | Hanna Mikkola | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hematopoietic Stem Cells Emerge in the Placental Vasculature in the Absence of Circulation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11.45 – 12.00 | Razi Vago | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ex-vivo Osteogenic Differentiation of Mesenchymal Stem Cells | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12.00 – 12.15 | Nicole zur Nieden | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Osteogenesis of Embryonic Stem Cells - a Species Comparison | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12.15 – 12.30 | Closing remarks | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lunch | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5. Travel Options
The main international airport in the Domincan Republic is Santa Domingo but please note this is 3.5 hours aware from the venue. Punta Cana Airport is the nearest airport to the resort. Abcam will organize transfers for delegates as part of the conference package. Transfer time is approximately 45 minutes.
Punta Cana is served by several major airlines from North America and Europe:
- North America: American Airlines, United, US Airways and Continental
- Canada: Air Canada and Air Transat
- UK: First Choice, Thomas Cook and Thomson
- Europe: Martinair, Holland Excel, Air France, Air Plus Comet, Iberworld and Air Pullmantur
- Latin America: Avianca, Aeropostal and Lancile
- Caribbean: American Eagle
6. Attractions
The Occidental Allegro Punta Cana resort boasts one of the most spectacular beaches in the world; the waving palms, sugar white sand and endless Caribbean waters make it the perfect tropical location.
Guests can enjoy a variety of sports including tennis, volleyball, snorkeling, surfing, sailing and of course first-class diving expeditions. For those just wanting to relax, a range of spa treatments are also available. The resort has an array of world cuisines on offer and nightly after dinner entertainment.
The Dominican Republic has a wealth of attractions to visit across the island. For further information, see WebDominicana or VirtualTourist.
7. Visas
Before booking flights, delegates are strongly advised to confirm whether they require a visa to travel to the Dominican Republic. Further information about visa requirements can be found on the World Travel Guide website.
8. Mosquito Repellent
We would strongly advise delegates to bring adequate mosquito repellent. If you are concerned about any vaccinations that may be required, you should contact a relevant health professional before you travel.
9. Cancellation Terms and Conditions
Delegates are advised to ensure they have adequate travel insurance to cover their attendance at the conference in case of incident, or cancellation due to circumstances beyond Abcam’s control.
- Reservations for accommodation, meals or social events cannot be guaranteed if payment in whole is not received prior to the start of the event.
- Cancellations received before Friday 14 September will incur a 50% penalty fee for the total cost of your registration.
- Cancellations received after the Friday 14 September will incur 100% cancellation fee, although substitute delegates can be made at any time by emailing events@abcam.com
- Please note these charges apply to both delegate fees and any optional extras such as additional accommodation or the attendance of partners/children.
10. Frequently asked questions
Posters
Those delegates presenting a poster will be provided with a poster board and be informed of its dimensions in due course; adhesive will be supplied. Posters will be on display for the duration of the conference, including outdoors, so delegates are advised to laminate posters to enhance their durability.
Transfers
Approximately 6-8 weeks before the conference, delegates will be asked to provide their flight details (airline, flight number and date/time of arrival) so we can make the necessary transfer arrangements for you from the airport to the hotel. Delegates will be advised of their pick-up point and time, which will be allocated in groups of 30 minute slots.
Internet Access
An internet café organized by Abcam will be available for the duration of the conference for delegate use. At the time of writing, internet access is not available in guest bedrooms but should this become available delegates will be required to cover any additional costs associated with this.
Extras
The resort is fully inclusive and the conference fee includes all meals, beverages and social events. Telephone charges and other extras must be covered by delegates and you will be asked to provide credit card details upon check-in at the hotel to cover any such costs.
Money and Local Information
The local currency is the Dominican Republic Peso (RD$) but this is not available outside the country. All exchange must be done through official dealers such as banks and hotels approved by the Central Bank. American Express, Diners Club, MasterCard and Visa are all accepted. Travelers cheques are accepted by some banks. To avoid additional exchange rate charges, travelers are advised to take travelers cheques in US Dollars.
- Time Zone: GMT/UTC -4
- Languages: Spanish (official)
- Electricity: 110V 60HzHz
- Electric Plug Details: two parallel flat blades style plug
- Country dialing code: 809
Please ensure you bring a plug adaptor with you for any electrical appliances.
Health and Insurance
As before any travel, delegates are strongly advised to ensure they have adequate medical insurance and research any necessary vaccinations they may require; taking advice from relevant health care professionals. Bringing sufficient sun cream protection and mosquito repellent is a must. Delegates will be provided with emergency contact numbers upon registration at the conference.
Passports and Visa
Please ensure you have an up to date passport before booking travel and are aware of any visa requirements which may be in operation for nationals of your country.
British Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Tel: 0845 850 2829.
Website: www.fco.gov.uk
US Department of State
Website: http://travel.state.gov/travel
11. Sponsorship
A range of sponsorship opportunities are available for companies who would like to promote their activities and products. For further information, please contact Abcam Events Team.
12. Contact Us
Should you have any questions relating to your attendance at this event, please contact Abcam Events Team. We look forward to welcoming you to Mexico.
