Strategies in directed differentiation of embryonic stem cells into mature cell types for therapy

The "JDRF Center for BetaCellTherapy in Diabetes" is pleased to announce its third training course entitled: “Strategies in directed differentiation of embryonic stem cells into mature cell types for therapy” that will be held in Gentofte, Denmark (28-30 May 2008). The course is being organized by Ole D. Madsen, Henrik Semb and Ernest Arenas, with support from the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation and the 6th FP European Union.

This course is targeted to young investigators and PhD students whose research activity concerns developmental biology, stem cell biology, or the cell biology of diabetes. The objective of the course is to teach participants (i) current knowledge of the control of the state of pluripotency - including differences and similarities between mouse and human ES cells (ii) understanding fetal developmental biology of target organs/cell types in order to (iii) define translational strategies to control ES-cell differentiation towards therapeutic cells of interest in vitro.

Course participants are requested to present their research in a poster format. Poster abstracts of particular interest will be selected for oral presentations.

The complete program, application forms, travel grant information and practical details are accessible on http://www.betacelltherapy.org(opens in new window) or contact training2008@betacelltherapy.org