Past Events

Speaker: Daniel Moore, PhD student, Christophorou lab

Talk Title: "The KRAB-ZNF protein Zkscan3 regulates DNA methylation of retrotransposons during developmental epigenetic reprogramming"

Speaker: Yasmine Kamen, PhD student, Karadottir lab

Talk Title: "Oligodendrocyte precursor cell diversity: a matter of state?"

Speaker: Nicolas Rivron

Talk title: "Blastoids: shaping mouse and human embryos for implantation"

Host: Joo-Hyeon Lee, PI, Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute

This event will officially kick off the Stem Cell Institute Technology & Innovation Forum (SCI-TIF), featuring flash talks, poster presentations, and networking with scientists and industry.

Speaker: Muzlifah Haniffa, Affiliate PI, Dept of Dermatology & Immunology

Talk title: "Decoding the developing human immune system"

Host: Joo-Hyeon Lee

Speaker: Kirsty Ferguson, Postdoc, Philpott lab

Talk Title: "Improving differentiation therapies for neuroblastoma"

Speaker: Viviana Macarelli, PhD student, Merkle lab

Talk Title: "Characterization of primary cilia in hiPSC-derived neurons"

Host: Florian Merkle

Speaker: Teresa Rayon, Affiliate PI, Babraham Institute

Talk title: "Timescales in development: the tempo across and within species"

Host: Joo-Hyeon Lee

Speaker: Vanesa Sokleva, PhD student, Rawlins lab

Talk Title: “Impact of mechanical signals on human foetal lung cell differentiation”

Speaker: Zijian Fang, PhD student, Méndez-Ferrer lab

Talk Title: "Investigating the anti-leukaemia activity of Tamoxifen in myeloproliferative neoplasms"

Speaker: Moshe Biton, PI, The Ernst and Kaethe Ascher Career Development Chair, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel

Talk title: "Immune Regulation of Intestinal Stem cells"

Speaker: Daniel Yamamoto, PhD student, Rowitch lab

Talk Title: "Identifying novel transcription factors that govern the age-related delay in remyelination"

Speaker: Emily Hill, PhD student, Alcolea lab

Dr. E. Ann Yeh is a Professor of Paediatrics (Neurology) at the University of Toronto in Ontario, Canada, where she is the director of the MS and Neuroinflammatory Disorders Program at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) and a Senior Scientist at the SickKids Research Institute.