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Aegean Conferences Communication
Please note that our registration fees include hotel accommodations and therefore no additional reservations are required. The only communication you should receive is from Aegean Conferences and if your paying by credit card, payment receipts from Conferex LLC. SCAM Alert: Beware of any third party companies calling and/or emailing you to reserve hotel accommodations for you during our conferences
Registration
In completing the online registration form you are not automatically accepted to attend the conference nor are you automatically registered for the conference. Final registration to the conference shall occur after you have been accepted and notified by the conference chair of your acceptance to the conference. If you have been charged the registration fee but your attendance has been declined you will be reimbursed in full.
Airport
Please note that Crete has two airports. You want to arrive at the Heraklion International Airport (code: HER) and take a taxi from the airport to the hotel (~60 EUR). You may also rent a car at the airport and drive to the conference center. Alternatively Chania International Airport (CHQ) is a two-hour drive to the Conference Center.
Accommodation Tax
An accommodation tax of € 4.00 per room night will apply, and will be charged automatically to the individual guest’s extras accounts.
Accommodations
Accommodations for the conference are at the Aldemar Hotel. The hotel is located in Hersonissos, 27 km from Heraklion International Airport. Please take a taxi from the airport to the conference venue.
Arrival and Check-in
It is expected that attendees will arrive/check-in after 3:00 PM. Anyone arriving after 10:30 pm on the first day should make alternative dinner arrangements.
Conference Venue
The Aldemar Conference Center is located at the hotel.
Handicapped Accessibility
The site is fully handicapped accessible.
Oral Presentations
Speakers are asked to bring their USB flash drive to the reception desk at least 30 minutes prior to the session. The allocated time for all presentations, unless otherwise indicated, includes five minutes Q&A.
Archaeological Site of Knossos and City Tour
Buses for the city tour will depart from the hotel front lobby at 3:30 pm. Badges are required for participation.
Breakfast
Breakfast for registered participants and registered accompanying persons will be served at the Aldemar Knossos Royal Village main restaurant during the hours scheduled in this program.
Lunches/Informal Discussions
Lunches for registered participants and registered accompanying persons will be served during the times indicated in this program at the main restaurant and only after the session has finished. Badges are required for admission.
Dinners/Informal Discussions
Three of the dinners/informal discussion will be served during the times indicated in the program. Vegetarian entrees are available only upon request in advance of the meeting. Please contact info@aegeanconferences.org.
Internet, Phone, & Computer
Wireless Internet access is located throughout the conference center free of charge during meeting hours. There are computers available in the hotel’s business center for the use of the attendees. Phone service is available for an additional charge from your hotel room.
Certificate of Participation
A Certificate of Participation will be distributed to a participant for those sessions that the participant has attended. A participant must attend an entire session to receive credit for that particular session. Late arrivals and early departures from a session will preclude a participant from receiving credit for that session.
Passports and Visa
Participants are advised to check on their individual requirements before attending any Aegean Conference meeting. Visa applications should be filed at the nearest Greek Embassy in the country in which you are resident, at least three months prior to the anticipated departure date.
Letters of Invitation
Letters of invitation to attend an Aegean Conference meeting will be issued only to:
- Authors of accepted abstracts
- Fully paid registrants
Note: Invitations are issued at the discretion of Aegean Conferences, and requests for letters will be accepted only 60 days prior to the conference start date.
Liability and Insurance
Neither the organizers, nor the Aegean Conferences will assume any responsibility whatsoever for damage or injury to persons or property during meeting period. Participants are advised to arrange their own personal travel and health insurance.
Other Information
Animals are not permitted on site.
Badges are required for admission to all events.
All Aegean Conferences events are non-smoking.
No Photographs and Recording Devices
Participants are not allowed to photograph and/or record using cameras, mobile telephones and other recording devices during the slide and poster presentations.
Code of Conduct Policy
Aegean Conferences is committed to making its meetings an inclusive space for sharing ideas and knowledge. The code of conduct can be viewed here.
Sunday, October 01
06:30 PM - 07:30 PM
Conference Registration
07:30 PM - 10:30 PM
Welcome Reception and Dinner
Monday, October 02
07:30 AM - 08:30 AM
Breakfast
08:20 AM - 08:30 AM
Welcome and Opening Remarks - Kursad Turksen
Chairs: Valentina Taglietti and Marjorie Brand
08:30 AM - 08:50 AM
1
DNA-guided transcription factor cooperativity shapes embryonic mesenchymeJoanna Wysocka
08:50 AM - 09:10 AM
2
Deconstructing the development of the human musculo-skeletal system in vitroOlivier Pourquie
09:10 AM - 09:30 AM
3
Stem Cell Models of the Human GermlineAmander Clark
09:30 AM - 09:50 AM
4
Intracellular, Temporal and Phenotypic Dissection of Mammalian GastrulationYonatan Stelzer
09:50 AM - 10:10 AM
5
Defining and Driving Neuronal Diversity via Reprogramming Kristin Baldwin
10:10 AM - 10:30 AM
6
Dietary Control of Stem Cells in Physiology and DiseaseOmer Yilmaz
10:30 AM - 11:20 AM
Coffee Break and Poster Viewing
Chairs: Sarah Hachmer and Sophie Petropoulos
11:10 AM - 11:30 AM
7
Cellular reprogramming approaches for heart diseaseDeepak Srivastava
11:30 AM - 11:50 AM
8
Prostaglandin E2 surmounts aged muscle stem cell regenerative dysfunction and restores neuromuscular connectivity leading to increased strengthHelen M Blau1, Adelaida Palla3, Andrew Ho2, Yu Xin (Will) Wang4, Daniel Robinson1, Peggy Kraft1, Shiqi Su1, Surag Nair5, Anshul Kundaje5, Elena Monti1, Minas Nalbandian1, and Mohsen Bakooshli1
11:50 AM - 12:10 PM
9
High throughput genome re-engineering in stem cells to characterize human genesMazhar Adli
12:10 PM - 12:30 PM
10
Insights into diabetes from stem cell islet organoids and single-cell genomicsMaike Sander
12:30 PM - 12:50 PM
11
Self-organization of pluripotent stem cells into early embryonic patterns through minimal epigenome editing Ali Shariati1,2,3, Gerrald Lodewijk1,2,3, Sayaka Kozuki1,2,3, and Ben Topacio1,2,3
12:50 PM - 01:10 PM
12
Cell Fate Decision in Hematopoiesis and LeukemogenesisMarjorie Brand
01:10 PM - 01:30 PM
13
Engineering Stem Cell Fate and FunctionPeter Zandstra
01:30 PM - 01:50 PM
14
The Guinea Pig: An alternative small animal model to study early human developmentSOPHIE Petropoulos1,2, Jesica R Canizo1, Cheng Zhao2, Savana Biondic1, and Katherine Vandal1
01:50 PM - 02:10 PM
15
Plasticity in the Intestinal CryptOphir Klein
02:10 PM - 02:20 PM
16
Maintenance of pluripotency-like signature in the entire ectoderm leads to
neural crest stem cell potential
Ceren Pajanoja1,2, Jenny Hsin1, Bradley Olinger1, Andrew Schiffmacher1, Rita Yazejian1, Shaun Abrams1, Arvydas Dapkunas2, Zarin Zainul1, Andrew Doyle1, Daniel Martin1, and Laura Kerosuo1
02:20 PM - 03:30 PM
Lunch and Informal Discussions
03:30 PM - 07:00 PM
Informal Discussions
07:30 PM - 10:30 PM
Dinner and Informal Discussions - Buses Depart Hotel Lobby
Tuesday, October 03
07:30 AM - 08:30 AM
Breakfast
Chairs: Pooja Flora and Mina Gouti
08:30 AM - 08:50 AM
17
Skeletal muscle stem and niche cell dynamicsShahragim Tajbakhsh
08:50 AM - 09:10 AM
18
Progenitors and stem cells regulate different functional states in human skeletal muscleApril Pyle
09:10 AM - 09:30 AM
19
Guiding intestinal stem cell fateKim B. Jensen
09:30 AM - 09:50 AM
20
Hematopoietic stem cells from womb to tombCamilla Forsberg
09:50 AM - 10:10 AM
21
Role for inflammation in stem-cell mediated repair after acute muscle injuryJeffrey Dilworth
10:10 AM - 10:30 AM
22
Liver organoids to study regeneration and cancer across biological scales
Meritxell Huch
10:30 AM - 11:15 AM
Coffee Break and Poster Viewing
Chairs: Vanessa Doulames and Fred Relaix
11:15 AM - 11:35 AM
23
Viewing cognitive disorders as neural ‘network’opathies’ that are druggable – a stem cell-based approachEvan Y. Snyder
11:35 AM - 11:55 AM
24
Neuromuscular organoids to model development and diseaseMina Gouti
11:55 AM - 12:15 PM
25
Mapping of leukemia and its microenvironment at single cell resolutionIannis Aifantis
12:15 PM - 12:35 PM
26
Biomechanical effectors and epigenetic cues control cell plasticity and differentiationTiziana A Brevini1, Georgia Pennarossa1, Sharon Arcuri 1, Teresina De Iorio1, and Fulvio Gandolfi2
12:35 PM - 12:55 PM
27
Molecular and biological implications of the dual functions of Tet enzymes
in pluripotency, lineage specification and development
Meelad M Dawlaty
12:55 PM - 01:15 PM
28
Shaping the Lymphatic-Stem Cell Niches in Regeneration and Cancer Shiri Gur-Cohen
01:15 PM - 01:35 PM
29
The interplay among cranial sutures, lymphatics, and brain in craniosynostosis with neurocognitive defectsYang Chai
01:35 PM - 01:55 PM
30
Gene and Cell Therapies for Human Cardiac RegenerationHina W Chaudhry
01:55 PM - 02:05 PM
Bernd Pulverer Editor in Chief of EMBO Reports
02:05 PM - 03:00 PM
Lunch and Informal Discussions
03:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Special Session for Ph.D. Students and Postdocs
07:30 PM - 10:30 PM
Dinner and Informal Discussions - Buses Depart Hotel Lobby
Wednesday, October 04
07:30 AM - 08:30 AM
Breakfast
Chairs: Norihiro Goto and Shiri Gur-Cohen
08:30 AM - 08:50 AM
31
Emergency myelopoiesis and demand-adapted blood productionEmmanuelle Passegue
08:50 AM - 09:10 AM
32
MICROGLIA REPLACEMENT FOR NEURODEGENERATIVE AND NEUROINFLAMMATORY DISEASEMarius Wernig
09:10 AM - 09:30 AM
33
Deciphering the primate embryonic and extraembryonic developmentHongmei Wang
09:30 AM - 09:50 AM
34
Dntt expression reveals developmental hierarchy and lineage specification of hematopoietic progenitors.Roxane Tussiwand
09:50 AM - 10:10 AM
35
Antagonism within the DUX gene family in ZGA gene expression and human disease.Michael Kyba
10:10 AM - 10:30 AM
36
Our first choices - decoding signals through developmental transitionsSilvia Santos
10:30 AM - 10:40 AM
37
TBA - Omid MashinchianOmid Mashinchian
10:40 AM - 11:15 AM
Coffee Break and Poster Viewing
Chairs: Madison Conte and Andras Nagy
11:15 AM - 11:35 AM
38
The intersection between chromatin and transposable element regulation in developmentMichelle Percharde
11:35 AM - 11:55 AM
39
TET activity propagates cellular memory through embryonic dormancyAydan Bulut-Karslioglu
11:55 AM - 12:15 PM
40
Adaptive and maladaptive epithelial stem cell responsesShruti Naik
12:15 PM - 12:35 PM
41
Improving cell therapy safety and efficacy: Lessons from the female germlineAndras Nagy
12:35 PM - 12:55 PM
42
Understanding skeletal muscle engraftment and maturation from pluripotent stem cellsRita Perlingeiro
12:55 PM - 01:15 PM
43
Unraveling complexity: stem cells, deterministic execution of genetic code, and programmed outcomesMark Kotter
01:15 PM - 01:25 PM
44
Deciphering neural stem cell heterogeneity in the embryonic lateral and third ventriclesDeborah Kurrasch
01:25 PM - 03:00 PM
Lunch and Informal Discussions
03:30 PM - 07:30 PM
City Tour (Buses Depart Hotel Lobby)
07:30 PM - 10:30 PM
Dinner and Informal Discussions (Buses do not return to hotel prior to dinner)
Thursday, October 05
07:30 AM - 08:30 AM
Breakfast
Chairs: Saleh Khawaled and Shruti Naik
08:30 AM - 08:50 AM
45
Epigenetic regulation of skin stem cells from homeostasis to cancer.Elena Ezhkova
08:50 AM - 09:10 AM
46
The human axial stem cellMicha Drukker
09:10 AM - 09:30 AM
47
Super-resolution imaging of chromatin organization in health and diseaseMelike Lakadamyali
09:30 AM - 09:50 AM
48
Mapping hematopoietic differentiation topologies in somatic evolutionDan Landau
09:50 AM - 10:10 AM
49
Using Artificial Extracellular Matrix Scaffolds to Enhance the Maturation of Human iPSC-Derived Neurons Evangelos Kiskinis
10:10 AM - 10:30 AM
50
Endoglin inhibits cardiac myocyte proliferation and cardiac regenerationJop van Berlo
10:30 AM - 11:15 AM
Coffee Break and Poster Viewing
Chairs: Gulce Percin Schulz and Elena Ezhkova
11:15 AM - 11:35 AM
51
Multi-Omics Profiling of the Human Hippocampus neurogenic niche in neurotypical and depressed subjectsMadeline B Mariani, Chieck A Sissoko, Yung-yu Huang, Andrew J Dwork, Gorazd B Rosoklija, Wenpin Hou, J John Mann, and Maura Boldrini
11:35 AM - 11:55 AM
52
PAX3 Orchestrates Developmental Trajectories During Early Mouse Organogenesis Through Evolutionarily Conserved and Lineage-Specific Gene Regulatory NetworksFrederic Relaix
11:55 AM - 12:15 PM
53
Plagl1 is a gatekeeper of Müller glial alertness in the early postnatal retinaCarol Schuurmans
12:15 PM - 12:35 PM
54
Roles of Pax7 in Adult Muscle Satellite CellsZhenguo Wu
12:35 PM - 12:55 PM
55
Modelling Early Mammalian Embryogenesis with Naïve Pluripotent Stem CellsVincent Pasque
12:55 PM - 01:15 PM
56
Spatial-omic revelations in skeletal muscle regeneration and agingYu Xin (Will) Wang
01:15 PM - 01:35 PM
57
In vitro modelling of Schizophrenia: investigating the role of ZMYND11in neural differentiationAgota Apati1, Csongor Tordai1,2, Edit Hathy2,3, Katalin Vincze1,2, Ádám Póti1, Bálint Jezsó1, Dávid Szüts1, and János M. Réthelyi2,3
01:35 PM - 01:55 PM
58
Multi-modal analysis of stakeholders' perceptions of and experiences regarding clinical and regulatory aspects of autologous stem cell therapies.Ubaka Ogbogu
01:55 PM - 02:00 PM
Closing Remarks - Kursad Turksen
02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Lunch and Informal Discussions
03:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Informal Discussions
07:30 PM - 11:00 PM
Farewell Dinner
Friday, October 06
08:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Breakfast
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Departure