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Stem Cell Meeting on the Mesa Highlights San Diego Synergies

Zach Hall, President of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, participates in a roundtable discussion on the future of stem cell research.

San Diego, CA, November 1, 2006 -- Calit2 at UCSD and The Science Network are making available for on-demand viewing the proceedings of an invitation-only conference dubbed the "Stem Cell Meeting on the Mesa." The sessions featured presentations and panel discussions among top researchers from UCSD, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, Burnham Institute for Medical Research, The Scripps Research Institute, and several San Diego biotech companies. Also participating were leaders from the private sector, including John Moores and Malin Burnham, as well as State Senator Christine Kehoe and the two top officials of California's voter-mandated California Institute for Regenerative Medicine.

All of the talks and panels are now streaming from Calit2's Multimedia archive. To watch the individual videos, click on the image or video link [Real player and broadband connection required]. Click on speaker names for bios.

	Welcome Lawrence Goldstein Director, UC San Diego Stem Cell Program Professor, Cellular & Molecular Medicine, UCSD Length: 1:30 [video]
	Basic Science Chair: Lawrence Goldstein, UCSD School of Medicine
	The Role of the Stem Cell Microenvironment in Regulating Stem Cell Behavior Leanne Jones Salk Institute for Biological Studies Length: 15:48 [video]
	Efficient Differentiation of hESC into Uniform Neuroectoderm Alexey Terskikh Burnham Institute for Medical Research Length: 16:13 [video]
	Embryology-Based Strategies for Cardiac Differentiation of ES Cells Ann Foley Burnham Institute for Medical Research Length: 12:36 [video]
	Deconstructing Vertebrate Regeneration Scott Stewart Salk Institute for Biological Studies Length: 13:59 [video]
	Cancer Stem Cell Research: From Bench to Bedside and Back Catriona Jamieson Moores UCSD Cancer Center Length: 15:03 [video]
	Technologies Chair: Evan Snyder, Burnham Institute
	UCSD Human Stem Cell Core Facility Karl Willert UCSD Stem Cell Resource Length: 17:06 [video]
	Chemical and Functional Genomic Approaches Toward Regeneration Wen Xiong The Scripps Research Institute Length: 12:43 [video]
	Development of Functional Human Embryonic Stem Cell-Derived Neurons in Mouse Brain Alysson Renato Muotri Salk Institute for Biological Studies Length: 12:17 [video]
	Beyond Networks: Integrative Collaborative Cyberinfrastructure Mark Ellisman UCSD School of Medicine Length: 18:38 [video]
	Morphology of Undifferentiated hESCs in Culture Mahendra Rao Invitrogen (formerly, National Institute of Aging Laboratory of Neurosciences) Length: 15:22 [video]
	Embryoid Body Cell Migration/Interaction Models: Toward Automatic Cell-by-Cell Tracking Jeffrey Price Burnham Institute for Medical Research Length: 10:59 [video]
	Round Table Discussion (l-r) Roger Bingham, Salk Institute (Moderator); State Senator Christine Kehoe; Zach Hall and Robert Klein of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine; John Moores, JMI; Malin Burnham, Burnham Companies. Length: 52:00 [video]
	Clinical and Ethical Perspectives Chair: Michael Kalichman, UCSD Research Ethics Program
	IVF in Intended Parents and Egg Donors: What Does This Mean? David Smotrich La Jolla IVF Length: 14:16 [video]
	Clinical and Ethical Perspectives II Barbara Bigby , Scripps Office for the Protection of Research Subjects Length: 13:22 [video]
	Clinical and Ethical Perspectives III Mary Devereaux, UCSD Research Ethics Program (then Q&A with David Smotrich, Barbara Bigby) Length: 39:15 [video]
	Panel Discussion: The Business of Stem Cells and Startups Joydeep Goswami , Invitrogen (Moderator); Alan Lewis, CEO, Novocell, Inc.;Joseph Panetta, CEO, BIOCOM;Mark Saad, CFO, Cytori Therapeutics; Zuzana Hostomska, VP, Discovery Biology, Pfizer Global R&D. Length: 1:17:22 [video ]

In March 2006, UCSD, Salk, Burnham and TSRI announced their commitment to join forces in establishing an independent, non-profit consortium dedicated to stem cell research.

San Diego Consortium announced in March.

Their joint San Diego Consortium for Regenerative Medicine is establishing a jointly operated facility dedicated to stem cell research, while pursuing funding to support collaborative projects. The Consortium followed the passage in 2004 of Proposition 71. The initiative set aside $3 billion for the formation of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) to support stem cell research in California.

Major research centers throughout the state are gearing up to participate in this endeavor, pending the resolution of lawsuits challenging the initiative.

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