The Hastings Center for Pulmonary Research 2nd Symposium
7:30AM-8:30AM: Continental breakfast
8:30AM-8:35AM: Welcome
Laura Mosqueda, MD
Interim Dean, Keck School of Medicine of USC
University of Southern California
8:35AM-8:45AM: Introduction
Zea Borok, MD
Hastings Professor, Department of Medicine
Chief, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine,
Director, Hastings Center for Pulmonary Research
Keck School of Medicine of USC
University of Southern California
SESSION ONE: Development and stem cells
Moderator: Parviz Minoo, PhD
Hastings Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Director of Research, Department of Pediatrics
Keck School of Medicine of USC
University of Southern California
8:45AM-9:15AM: Deconstructing the lung to understand tissue homeostasis and regeneration
Edward E. Morrisey, Ph.D.
Professor, Departments of Medicine and Cell and Developmental Biology
Director, Penn Center for Pulmonary Biology
Scientific Director, Penn Institute for Regenerative Medicine
Perelman School of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
9:15AM-9:45AM: Consider the lung as a sensory organ
Xin Sun Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Division of Respiratory Medicine
University of California San Diego
9:45AM-10:15AM: Identity of multipotent submucosal gland stem cells
John F. Engelhardt, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology
Director, Center for Gene Therapy
Roy J. Carver Chair in Molecular Medicine
University of Iowa
10:15AM- 10:30AM: Q & A
10:30AM- 10:45AM: BREAK
SESSION TWO: Application of Novel Technologies for study of lung biology
Moderator: Amy Ryan (Firth), Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Hastings Center for Pulmonary Research,
Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
Eli and Edythe Broad CIRM Center for Regenerative Medicine
Keck School of Medicine of USC
University of Southern California
10:45AM-11:15AM: Mining novel CRISPR systems
Patrick David Hsu, Ph.D.
Salk Helmsley Fellow
Salk Institute for Biological Studies
11:15AM-11:45AM: In vitro induction and in vivo engraftment of lung bud tip progenitor cells derived from human pluripotent stem cells
Jason Spence, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine
Division of Gastroenterology and Department of Cell and Developmental Biology
University of Michigan
11:45AM-12:15PM: Mapping airway epithelial states and fates with single-cell RNA-seq
Aron B. Jaffe, Ph. D.
Senior Investigator
Group Leader, Tissue Repair & Microbiome,
Chemical Biology & Therapeutics
Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research
12:15PM-12:30PM: Q & A
12:30PM-1:30PM: LUNCH
SESSION THREE: Translation to disease
Moderator: Ite Offringa
Associate Professor of Surgery, Associate Dean for Graduate Affairs (Ph.D. Programs), Director of PIBBS
Departments of Surgery and Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine
Keck School of Medicine of USC
University of Southern California
1:30PM-2:00PM: Modeling lung development and disease using human pluripotent stem cells
Hans-Willem Snoeck, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Medicine, Departments of Medicine and Microbiology & Immunology
Director of Stem Cell Research, Columbia Center for Human Development and the Department of Medicine
Columbia University
2:00PM-2:30PM: Translating basic research into new therapies for pulmonary fibrosis
Dean Sheppard, MD
Professor, Department of Medicine
Chief, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Allergy and Sleep
Director, Lung Biology Center
University of California San Francisco
2:30PM-2:50PM: Q & A
2:50PM-3:00PM: Closing
Zea Borok, MD
Hastings Professor, Department of Medicine
Chief, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
Director, Hastings Center for Pulmonary Research
Keck School of Medicine of USC
University of Southern California