Pop Stem: Technologies at the Intersection of Stem Cell Biology and Population Genetics
An ISSCR Digital Webinar in partnership with the Tianqiao and Chrissy Chen Institute
Program Description: Research using human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) has provided unprecedented opportunities to study the genetic and molecular underpinnings of development and disease. This webinar will provide an overview of current methods using hPSCs to model and study human complex traits and diseases. We will discuss the use and access of international consortium-scale data and hPSC repositories, emerging techniques in hPSCs cell culture models designed to study the biology of human population genetics, and present emerging bioinformatics and statistical genetics methods to link molecular data derived from hPSC models to the biology of human complex traits and diseases.
The webinar will take place on 12 November 2024 at 3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. EST
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Registration Details
Registration for this webinar is open to all audiences.
As a member benefit, members are invited to register at no cost.
The registration fee for non-members is $50.00 USD.
New this Year: Non-members from countries identified by the World Bank as "low- and low-middle income countries"
receive a 50% reduction on registration rates. Eligible countries can be found here.
Registration will close 3 hours prior to the beginning of the webinar
The webinar will be hosted via Zoom. Registrants will receive an email reminder with the webinar link one day, and one hour prior to the event.
This webinar event is created in partnership with the Stem Cell Reports’ Early Career Editorial Board, in partnership with the Tianqiao and Chrissy Chen Institute
Moderators
Nathan Palpant, PhD
The University of Queensland, Australia
Drew Neavin, PhD
Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Australia
Presenters
Christine Wells, PhD
The University of Melbourne, Australia
Helena Kilpinen, PhD
University of Helsinki, Finland
Kristen Brennand, PhD
Joseph Powell, PhD
Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Australia
Lightning Talk Presenters
Nicolò Caporale, PhD
University of Milan, Human Technopole, Italy
Talk Title: Multiplexing cortical brain organoids for the longitudinal dissection of developmental traits at single cell resolution
Michael Wells, PhD
Department of Human Genetics at the University of California Los Angeles, USA
Talk Title: Towards An Atlas of Human Vulnerability Using Cell Villages
Mateus de Castro, PhD
Human Genome and Stem Cell Research Center, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
Talk Title: Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells from Admixed Brazilian Centenarians: A Model for Exploring Healthy Aging and Disease Resilience