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EMC: Theory of regenerativity

by | Oct 28, 2013

> Last Friday was the final day of the Till & McCulloch Meetings in Banff, which was a great display of collaborative stem cell projects going on across the country. I’ll emphasize again how wonderful this meeting is for getting a broad survey of research in...

Mountains in Banff: From theoretical stem cells to the real deal

by | Oct 25, 2013

Guest post by Paul Knoepfler, cross-posted on ipscell.com This morning I particularly enjoyed a talk by Sui Huang [ed note: this talk also discussed here] focused on the application of mathematics as a tool to understand cell behavior and fate. I love this stuff! I...

Day 2 at #TMM2013: Outliers and Rebellious Cells

by | Oct 24, 2013

> Day 2 of TMM2013 began with a video link shared session between this meeting here in Banff and another happening in Leipzig. It was a pretty cool idea and underscores two neat things about the Canadian Stem Cell Network and CCRM. First, despite being viewed as a...

Day 1 at #TMM2013: Hongkui Deng breaks down iPS cells

by | Oct 23, 2013

> Set in the beautiful mountain setting of Banff National Park, the first hours of the Till and McCulloch meeting have not disappointed. Our morning plenary began with an excellent historical perspective from Shin-Ichi Nishikawa on the origins of blood stem cells...

Jacob Hanna on Radically Deterministic Reprogramming @TMM2013

by | Oct 23, 2013

Guest post by Paul Knoepfler, cross-posted on ipscell.com What is “radically deterministic” cellular reprogramming? Jacob Hanna’s lab recently published a very high profile Nature paper on nearly 100% efficient iPS cell formation based on targeting a...