February 11, 2010
The Salk Institute (Frederic de Hoffmann Auditorium)

Registration for this symposium is full and is now closed.

8:30 - 9:00	POSTER SET UP

9:00 - 9:10	GEOFFREY M. WAHL (THE SALK INSTITUTE) Opening Remarks

9:10 - 10:10	SEAN MORRISON (HHMI, UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN) "Heterogeneity among cancer cells: stem cells or clonal evolution"

10:10 - 10:40	SELECTED TALK: DINORAH FRIEDMANN-MORVINSKI "Cancer stem cells in glioblastomas"

10:40 - 11:10	Coffee Break

11:15 - 12:00	CATRIONA JAMIESON (UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO) To be announced

12:00 - 1:00	LUNCH/POSTER SESSION Generously provided by BD Biosciences

1:00 - 2:00	IRVING WEISSMAN (STANFORD UNIVERSITY) Sponsored by The Scripps Research Institute Center for Regenerative Medicine Distinguished Lecturer Series "Normal and Neoplastic Stem Cells"

2:00 - 3:00	TANNISHTHA REYA (DUKE UNIVERSITY) "Fearful Symmetry: Developmental mechanisms in stem cells and cancer"

3:00 - 3:15	Coffee Break

3:15 - 3:45	SELECTED TALK: JUSTIN VOOG "A Snail transcription factor program necessary for stem cell niche maintenance is utilized to promote tumor cell proliferation"

3:45 - 4:45	HANS CLEVERS (HUBRECHT INSTITUTE) "Wnt signaling, Lgr5 stem cells and cancer"

4:45 - 5:15	ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION Moderated by LEANNE JONES (THE SALK INSTITUTE)

5:15 - 6:15	RECEPTION/POSTER SESSION

Organizing committee:
Jennifer C. Lin, Athanasia D. Panopoulos, Michael J. McConnell, Geoffrey M. Wahl, Fred H. Gage, Jan Karlseder