We are holding a Launch evening at the Whitworth Art Gallery to celebrate the official launch of the Manchester Regenerative Medicine (MaRM) Network. The evening will consist of short talks showcasing the Regenerative Medicine research taking place in Manchester and the will span the breadth of our research, from basic biology to clinical trials of novel Regenerative Medicine technologies.

The evening will be divided into two sessions: 1) Basic Regenerative Medicine Research, with Enrique Amaya, Brian Derby and Elly Cartwright/Delvac Oceandy speaking, and 2) Translational Regenerative Medicine Research, with Sue Kimber, Brian Bigger and Giulio Cossu speaking.

Our plenary lecture: "Cellular Therapy for Arthritic Disease: Clinical Progress and Translational Obstacles", will kindly be given by Professor Frank Barry of REMEDI and NUI Galway.

Once the seminars have completed, we will have the use of Gallery A, facing Whitworth park, for a fully catered Networking and poster session.

Programme

3:30 Wellcome & Registration:

4:00 Introduction and Opening:
Dr Michael Leverentz & Prof. Judith Hoyland

4:15 Basic Regenerative Medicine:

Chair: Professor Adrian Woolf

Unravelling the Secrets of Scar Free Healing and Appendage Regeneration from our Distant Cousins
Professor Enrique Amaya

Printing and Patterning Cells for Tissue Mimicking Applications
Prof. Brian Derby

Mouse Models for Cardiac Regenerative Medicine: Targeting the Hippo Pathway to Regenerate the Heart
Dr Elly Cartwright & Dr Delvac Oceandy

5:15 Coffee

4:45 Translational Regenerative Medicine

Plenary Lecture:
Cellular Therapy for Arthritic Disease: Clinical Progress and Translational Obstacles
Prof. Frank Barry
REMEDI, NUI Galway

Chair: Dr Sarah Herrick

Pluripotent Stem Cells for Regenerative Medicine: Vasculature, Kidney and Cartilage Regeneration
Prof. Sue Kimber

Haematopoietic Stem Cell Gene Therapy for Sanfilippo Disease
Dr Brian Bigger

Cell Therapy for Muscular Dystrophies
Prof. Giulio Cossu

7:15 Posters, Drinks, Buffet and Networking

9:30 Close