Fetal Research and Applications: A Conference Summary (1994)
Chapter: Appendix A: Conference Agenda
Appendix A
Conference Agenda
CONFERENCE ON FETAL RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS
The Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center
Irvine, California
June 20–22, 1993
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Sunday, June 20, Auditorium |
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5:00 p.m. |
OPENING SESSION |
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Welcome and Overview of Conference |
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Uta Francke, M.D. Stanford University Medical Center Stanford, Calif. |
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5:15 |
SESSION I ETHICAL AND LEGAL ISSUES OF FETAL RESEARCH: HISTORY AND BACKGROUND |
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John Fletcher, Ph.D. University of Virginia Charlottesville, Va. "Ethics and Fetal Research: Past, Present, and Future" |
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Lori Andrews, J.D. American Bar Foundation Chicago, Ill. "Federal and State Regulations of Fetal Research: A Current Perspective" |
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6:45–7:45 |
RECEPTION IN ATRIUM |
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Monday, June 21, Auditorium |
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8:00 a.m. |
BREAKFAST |
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8:30 |
SESSION II PREEMBRYO RESEARCH |
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Moderator: Neal First, Ph.D. University of Wisconsin Madison, Wisc. |
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Overview: Professor Robert Edwards Bourn Hall Cambridge, England "Modern Ideas in Embryo Research" |
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9:30–10:20 |
Jacques Cohen, Ph.D. Cornell University Medical Center New York, N.Y "Micromanipulation Research in Clinical Embryology" |
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Professor Alan Trounson Monash University Victoria, Australia "Progress in Reproductive Biology and Implications for the New Reproductive Technologies in Human IVF" |
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10:20–10:35 |
BREAK |
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10:35–11:20 |
Mark Hughes, M.D., Ph.D. Baylor College of Medicine Houston, Tex. "Preimplantation Genetic Analysis of Single Human Blastomeres" |
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Norman Arnheim, Ph.D. University of Southern California Los Angeles, Calif. "Studies on DNA Sequences in Single Human Gametes" |
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11:30–1:00 |
LUNCH IN REFECTORY |
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1:00 p.m. |
SESSION III FETAL RESEARCH |
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Moderators: Frederick Battaglia, M.D. University of Colorado Denver, Colo. |
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Haig Kazazian, Jr., M.D. Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, Md. |
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Overview: John Queenan, M.D. Georgetown University Medical Center Washington, D.C. "The Fetus as a Patient: The Origin of the Speciality" |
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2:00–3:15 |
Kenneth Moise, Jr., M.D. Baylor College of Medicine Houston, Tex. "Percutaneous Umbilical Blood Sampling" |
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E. Albert Reece, M.D. Temple University Philadelphia, Pa. "Embryoscopy and New Advances in Fetal Diagnosis and Treatment" |
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Boyd Metzger, M.D. Northwestern University Chicago, Ill. "Maternal Nutrition and Metabolism: Role in the Intrauterine and Long-Term Development of the Offspring" |
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3:15–3:30 |
BREAK |
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3:30–4:45 |
Stuart Handwerger, M.D. Children's Hospital Medical Center Cincinnati, Oh. "The Role of Placental Hormones in the Regulation of Human Fetal Growth" |
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Cynthia Curry, M.D. Valley Children's Hospital Fresno, Calif. "Clinical Evaluations of Fetal Loss: Relevance and New Directions" |
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Richard Berkowitz, M.D. Mount Sinai School of Medicine New York, N.Y. "Therapeutic Interventions in Utero" |
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4:45 |
CLOSING COMMENTS AND ADJOURN |
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Tuesday, June 22 |
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8:00 a.m. |
BREAKFAST IN REFECTORY |
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8:30–10:10 |
SESSION III (CONTINUED) |
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Mitchell Golbus, M.D. University of California San Francisco, Calif. "Fetal Therapy" |
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Speaker originally scheduled for this time slot was unable to attend conference |
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Esmail Zanjani, Ph.D. Ioannis A. Lougaris Medical Center Department of Veterans Affairs Reno, Nev. "Transplantation of Fetal Liver Hematopoietic Stem Cells in Utero" |
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Daniel Nebert, M.D. University of Cincinnati Medical Center Cincinnati, Oh. "Applications of Molecular Biology and Genetics to Developmental Toxicology: Update and Future" |
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10:10–10:30 |
BREAK |
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10:30 |
SESSION IV FETAL TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION |
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Moderator: Martha Constantine-Paton, Ph.D. Yale University New Haven, Conn. |
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10:40–12:20 |
Susan McConnell, Ph.D. Stanford University Stanford, Calif. "Plasticity and Commitment in the Developing Mammalian Brain" |
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Ronald McKay, Ph.D. National Institutes of Health Bethesda, Md. "Stem-Cell Transplantation in Human Brain Disease" |
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Richard Robbins, M.D. Yale University New Haven, Conn. "Fetal Tissue Transplantation for Patients with Parkinson's Disease" |
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John Sladek, Jr., Ph.D. Neuroscience Institute Chicago, Ill. "Improving Fetal Neuronal Graft Technology Through the Use of Nonhuman Primates to Meet the Needs of Human Therapeutic Applications for Parkinson's Disease" |
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12:30–1:30 |
LUNCH IN REFECTORY |
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1:30–2:45 |
Irving Weissman, M.D. Stanford University School of Medicine Stanford, Calif. "Isolation of Candidate Human Stem Cells Using SCID Mice Implanted with Human Fetal Tissue" |
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Roger Perlmutter, M.D., Ph.D. University of Washington Seattle, Wash. "Forces That Mold the Antibody Repertoire: Lessons from Fetal Lymphocytes" |
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Denise Faustman, M.D., Ph.D. Massachusetts General Hospital Charlestown, Mass. "Xenogeneic Transplantation: The Use of Animals for Organ Donors" |
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2:50–3:05 |
BREAK |
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3:05–3:35 |
CLOSING COMMENTS |
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Moderator: Uta Francke |
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Frederick Battaglia Martha Constantine-Paton Ezra Davidson Joseph Davie Neal First Haig Kazazian |
