Monday, 28th October 6th Annual Meeting for Australasian Society for Stem Cell Research 2013

• Gene regulatory networks in iPSC from neurodegenerative diseases identify novel disease mechanisms and therapeutic targets - Ernst Wolvetang
• Endogenous LINE-1 insertional mutagenesis is a feature of human iPSC reprogramming - Geoffrey J Faulkner

• Transposon-mediated reprogramming provides a powerful tool for understanding stem cell induction - Andras Nagy

• Rescue of refractory cells during reprogramming of somatic cells. - Sara Alaei
• TDGF-1 (CRIPTO-1) effect on cellular de-differentiation of human glioma cells - FAISAL ALOWAIDI
• Analysing the changing transcriptome of the embryonic haematopoietic stem cell niche - Veronica I Antas
• Distinctive micro-RNA signature profile of human embryonic stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes - Deevina Arasaratnam
• Autologous umbilical cord blood mononuclear cell infusion for hypoxic-ischemic induced brain injury in the newborn lamb - James Aridas
• The interplay between chondrocyte redifferentiation pellet size and oxygen concentration - Betul Babur
• Human amnion epithelial cells as a potential therapy for ventilation-induced brain injury  - Samantha K Barton
• The role of dual-specificity tyrosine phosphorylation-regulated kinases (DYRKs) in human embryonic stem cell differentiation and self-renewal - Stephanie F Bellmaine
• PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR-ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA IS A TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATOR OF VASCULAR CELLS - Claudine Bonder
• Identification of microRNAs regulated by Twist-1 which are important for mesenchymal stem cell growth and osteogenic differentiation - Esther Camp
• A phase 1b Study of Mesenchymal Stromal Cell Therapy for Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis - Daniel C Chambers
• Acellular muscle matrix supports serum free proliferation and differentiation of C2C12 mouse myoblasts - Vishal Chaturvedi
• Identification of thymic epithelial progenitor cells in the adult murine thymus. - Ann P Chidgey
• Novel monoclonal antibodies that identify human pluripotent stem cells. - Hun S Chy
• Characterisation of interstitial cells of Cajal within human pluripotent stem cell-derived intestinal organoids. - Ross T Elliott
• Tubulin interfering drugs recover the impaired peroxisome trafficking in HSP patient-derived stem cells - yongjun fan
• Microarray analysis for gene expression profiling of human infrapatellar fat pad-derived mesenchymal stem cells undergoing chondrogenesis. - RAED FELIMBAN
• BIODEGRADABLE POLYURETHANES FOR SPINAL-CORD TISSUE REPAIR - Fiona F Filardo
• Krüppel-Like Factor 3 in Embryonic Stem Cell Renewal - Jessica Fittock
• Mesenchymal Stem/stromal cells in Postmenopausal Endometrium  - Caroline Gargett
• Lentiviral vector expression of Sox9 and induced pluripotent stem cell factors suppress dedifferentiation of chondrocytes - Saliya Gurusinghe
• Overexpression of the EMT regulator Zeb2/Sip1 results in a block in T cell development and identifies this gene as a new driver for T cell lymphoblastic leukaemia. - Jody Haigh
• Use of efficient conditional, inducible and RMCE technologies in the creation of the ROSA26-iPSC mouse: a novel resource for studying cellular (de)differentiation. - Jody J Haigh
• Regulation of human embryonic stem cell metabolism by oxygen - Alexandra J. Harvey
• The identification of markers that distinguish human fetal and maternal MSC derived from the term placenta   - Celena F Heazlewood
• Epigenetic modifiers EZH2 and KDM6A act as a switch to dictate MSC lineage commitment - Sarah Hemming
• A separable upstream promoter of the human SLC8A1 (NCX1) gene efficiently marks a contractile cardiomyocyte population in human pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyogenic cultures - Alejandro Hidalgo
• A novel strategy to attenuate renal fibrosis using the combination of mesenchymal stem cells and relaxin in obstructive nephropathy - Brooke M Huuskes
• Infantile Haemangioma a Tumour of haemogenic endothelium with ability for primitive erythropoiesis - Tinte Itinteang
• Modulating the kynurenine pathway to promote stem cell repair in multiple sclerosis. - Simon P Jones
• In Vivo imaging of Wnt/B-Catenin Signalling in Skin to track epidermal stem cell activation and  Hair Cycle Dynamics in health and disease - Kiarash Khosrotehrani
• Coupling Technologies to Repair Diabetic Foot Ulcers - Myfanwy M King
• UNDERSTANDING HETEROTOPIC OSSIFICATION IN SPINAL CORD INJURY - Irina Kulina
• Characterisation of human pluripotent stem cells adapted to distinct culture surfaces - Jack Lambshead
• Novel inducers of Primitive streak intermediates formation. - Kevin X Lau
• TaqMan® Human Pluripotent Stem Cell Scorecard - Roland Leathers
• Maximal STAT5 activation is associated with the transition from the resting to the growth phase of the hair follicle - Julien M D Legrand
• MSC-like cells derived from renal epithelial origin demonstrate specific differentiation and integration capacity - Joan Li
• Amnion Cell Therapy Increases Bronchioalveolar Stem Cell Numbers Following Bleomycin Challenge - Rebecca Lim
• Inhibition of RBBP9 serine hydrolase activity does not phenocopy loss of RBBP9 protein in human pluripotent stem cells. - Seakcheng Lim
• Direct Generation of Neural Precursors Following Sox2/Pax6 Transduction of Adult Human Fibroblasts - Rui Liu
• Gene expression changes associated with an increased erythro-megakaryocytic lineage and clonogenic potential of Trisomy 21 iPSCs - To Ha Loi
• P2X7 mediates innate phagocytosis in neuronal progenitor cells - Michael D Lovelace
• Electrophysiological characterisation of human embryonic stem cell-derived retinal pigment epithelium to investigate Best vitelliform macular dystrophy - Melissa M Mangala
• P { margin-bottom: 0.21cm; direction: ltr; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); widows: 2; orphans: 2; }P.western { } Gene expression variability as a unifying element of the pluripotency network - Elizabeth A Mason
• Transplantation of human amnion epithelial cells ameliorates an MS-like disease, by inducing an anti-inflammatory response and inhibiting T-cell activation - Courtney McDonald
• Uncovering the champion cell: Umbilical cord blood for the treatment of cerebral palsy - Courtney McDonald
• Ventilation-induced lung inflammation is reduced by the administration of human amnion epithelial cells - Jacqueline M Melville
• Intrauterine transplantation of murine bone marrow results in donor cell contribution to osteoclasts and osteomacs but not osteoblasts in osteogenesis imperfecta (oim) mice. - Susan Millard
• LIVER TISSUE ENGINEERING USING LIVER PROGENITOR CELL SPHEROIDS IMPLANTED IN AN IN VIVO MURINE VASCULARISED CHAMBER - Geraldine M Mitchell
• L-Proline Mediated Signalling in Embryonic Stem (ES) Cells and Primitive Ectoderm-Like Cells - Michael B Morris
• Stemformatics: stem cell gene expression - Rowland Mosbergen
• Development of an Excel-based tool and associated pipeline facilitates identification of novel molecular biology within the lens and gut - Patricia A Murphy
• Transcriptional and functional decline of the intestinal stem cell niche during  ageing. - Christian M Nefzger
• Human mesenchymal stem cells mediate suppression of activated T-cells via EphB and ephrin-B interactions - Thao Ms Nguyen
• Diverse roles for Wnt7a in midbrain neurogenesis and dopaminergic axon morphogenesis - Jonathan Niclis
• Increased susceptibility to cellular stresses in induced pluripotent stem cell derived neurons from Alzheimer’s disease patients and neuroprotection by scavenging drugs - Lezanne Ooi
• Bioreactor platform development for the large scale expansion of mesenchymal stromal cells - Michael J Osiecki
• High Throughput Screening of Wnt Modulators for Osteogenesis - Harish Padmanabhan
• Inhibition of CXCR4 Receptor Endocytosis Induces CXCR4 Surface Expression and Enhances Migration of Fetal Mesenchymal Stem/Stromal Cells - Rebecca Pelekanos
• Generation of induced neuronal cells from adult stem cells by lentiviral vector expression of transcription factors. - Gayle F Petersen
• Using human induced neural precursor cells to model Parkinson's disease. - Rebecca Playne
• ROLE OF SOX10 IN BREAST CANCER - Ashwini Raghavendra
• L-Proline Mediated Neurectoderm Formation from Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells - Rachel Shparberg
• Isolation and purification of neurally differentiated cells derived from MSiPS cell lines - Aude Sylvain
• System A amino acid transporters in pluripotent ES cells and the embryo - Nicholas Tan
• SCHIZOPHRENIA PATIENT-DERIVED OLFACTORY STEM CELLS AS DISEASE MODELS TO INVESTIGATE CELL MOTILITY ON DIFFERENT EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX SUBSTRATES - Jing Yang Tee
• RELB forms a tri-partite complex with LIN28A and IMP3, co-localizes in stress granules, regulates expression of IGF2 and cell cycle genes, and arbitrates between proliferation and differentiation of human pluripotent stem cells. - Nilay Thakar
• Replication of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Niche: A Genie to Grant Unlimited Stem Cells - Abhilasha Tiwari
• Variation in gene expression of breastmilk stem cells in lactating women - Alecia-Jane Twigger
• Encapsulation of hepatocyte-like cells derived from human amniotic epithelial cells - Vijesh Vaghjiani
• TGF-ß1 regulates the epithelial-supportive capacity of lung mesenchymal stromal cells - Joanne Van der Velden
• A transposon-mediated system for the generation of embryonic nephron progenitors from adult somatic cells - Jessica M Vanslambrouck
• THE CHEMICAL BIOLOGY OF NATURAL PRODUCTS ON PARKINSON’S DISEASE - Marie-Laure Vial
• Microtubule Dynamics in Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia-Patient derived Olfactory Stem Cells (hONS) - Simon Weyers
• Platypus Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells Provide Novel Insights Into the Evolution of Mammalian Pluripotency - Deanne J Whitworth
• The role of IL-6 in regulating liver cancer stem cells - George Wilson
• Liver progenitor cells: ex vivo and in vivo approaches for cell therapy - George Yeoh
• Models of glioblastoma initiating cells derived from pluripotent stem cells: derivation, characterization and their use in identification of new therapeutic targets - Yi Zhang
• Assessment of the angiogenic impact of human amnion epithelial cells - Dandan Zhu
• IL23 induces IL17 production by skin wound macrophages delaying wound closure and angiogenesis  - James Lee
• Protective role of autophagy in matrine-induced gastric cancer cell death - Junqiang Zhang

14:00-14:10: Australian Academy of Science, Richard Harvey

• Patient-derived stem cells for brain diseases - Alan Mackay-Sim
• Restoration of Self-Renewal and Potency in Mesenchymal Stem and Stromal Cells Derived from Aged and Injured Hearts - Richard Harvey

• Accelerating development of stem cell-derived therapies using multiplexed microbioreactor arrays - Justin Cooper-White
• Directed Formation of Bioengineered Human Myocardium (BHM) from Pluripotent Stem Cells - James E Hudson
• Quantifying the influence of microenvironment and cell kinship relationships on the competing fates of multipotent cells - Robert E Nordon
• SELF REGULATION OF AUTOLOGOUS CELL THERAPIES IN AUSTRALIA - Bernard E Tuch
• The Protective Effects of Human Amnion Epithelial Cells (hAECs) in Inflammatory induced Fetal Brain injury - Tamara TY Yawno
• Top 10 Points to Consider in the Development of a Stem Cell Product: Regulatory Perspective on Clinical Translation - Christopher Holloway