Dinostem
Andrew Michaelson
Team Name:
Dinostem Team
Team Leader Name:
Andrew Michaelson
Location
Farmingdale, NY
Approach:
Antioxidants/Free Radicals
Affiliation:
Adjunct Professor at SUNY Farmingdale
MUNICH
Munich, Germany
Team Name:
MUNICH
Team Leader Name:
Christine Guenther, M.D.
Location
Munich, Germany
Approach:
Stem Cells
Affiliation:
apceth GmbH & Co.KG
Link:
N/A
Team Leader Bio:
Christine Guenther, MD; CEO & CMO apceth GmbH & Co.KG; Munich
Dr. Christine Günther has more than 20 years of experience as a licensed physician. She is specialized in clinical hematology and oncology with extensive experience in clinical stem cell transplantation, transplantation immunology and cellular therapy. She held different positions at the University Hospital and Community Hospital in Munich (Germany) as hematologist / oncologist.
Prior to joining apceth, Dr. Günther worked for 6 years as qualified person, head of quality control and medical director at a public German stem cell and cord blood bank, working in the field of stem cell and tissue procurement, donor testing, characterization of cell products, and their application to the patient. She was especially involved in the clinical development and licensing of a cord blood product for the use in malignant diseases. In 2008 Dr. Günther joined apceth as the company´s managing director.
Toor Lab
Navtej Toor, Ph.D.
Team Name:
Toor Lab
Team Leader Name:
Navtej Toor, Ph.D.
Location
La Jolla, California
Approach:
Genetic Modification
Affiliation:
UC San Diego
Link:
N/A
Team Leader Bio:
Navtej Toor, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry at UC San Diego. The projects in his lab focus on the structure and function of non-coding regions of prokaryotic and eukaryotic genomes. Two genetic elements particularly abundant in these organisms are introns and retroelements, which comprise ~50% of the human genome. Previously, he worked to determine the first crystal structure of a group II intron. Group II introns are thought to be the ancestors of all the introns and retroelements found in higher organisms. Due to this evolutionary relationship, the crystal structure revealed the catalytic mechanism behind RNA splicing in eukaryotes.
Email Contact for Team
ntoor@ucsd.edu
858-534-3211
Assistant Professor
UC San Diego, 92131
Generation X
London,UK
Team Name:
Generation X
Team Leader Name:
Gareth Ackland, Ph.D.
Location
London,UK
Approach:
Modulation of peripheral metabolism
Affiliation:
University College London, UK
Link:
Team Leader Bio:
The Generation X team employs a multidisciplinary leadership model based at the UCL Centre for Cardiovascular and Metabolic Neuroscience, bringing together basic and clinician scientists focussed on understanding the role of neural mechanisms involved in the development of cardiovascular and metabolic disease. Hypertension, heart failure, obesity, diabetes and critical illness all have a significant neural component in their pathogenesis involving vagal nerve dysfunction, the 10th (X) cranial nerve. Cutting edge techniques include optogenetics, pharmacogenetics, patch clamp electrophysiology, in vivo 2-Photon microscopy and electrophysiology, combined with functional magnetic resonance imaging and high resolution echocardiography in transgenic and clinical models.
Email Contact for Team
g.ackland@ucl.ac.uk
2076796683
University College London
CCMN, UCL, Rockefeller Building
Team PAIthon
Chicago, IL
Team Name:
Team PAIthon
Team Leader Name:
Douglas E Vaughan, M.D.
Location
Chicago, IL
Approach:
PAI-1 Signaling
Affiliation:
Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine
Link:
N/A
Team Leader Bio:
Douglas E. Vaughan, MD, is the Irving S. Cutter Professor of Medicine and Chairman of the Department of Medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago. He also serves as Physician in Chief of Northwestern Memorial Hospital. Dr Vaughan is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology and the Councils for High Blood Pressure Research and Atherosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology of the American Heart Association. His research program includes basic, translational and clinical research focused on the role of the plasminogen activator system in cardiovascular disease and aging.
Email Contact for Team
d-vaughan@northwestern.edu
312-926-7248
Chair, Department of Medicine
Northwestern University
201 E Huron St, Galter Pavilion Suite 3-150
AjoChhand
Tsukuba, Japan
Team Name:
AjoChhand
Team Leader Name:
Anirban Bandyopadhyay, Ph.D.
Team Members:
Prof Snehasikta Swarnakar, IICB, Kolkata, India
Chi-Sang Poon, MIT, USA
Subrata Ghosh, Harvard, USA
Anirban Bandyopadhyay, NIMS, Japan
Location
Tsukuba, Japan
Approach:
Manipulation of Nested Biorhythms
Affiliation:
N/A
Link:
N/A
Team Leader Bio:
Anirban Bandyopadhyay is a Senior Scientist in the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Tsukuba, Japan. He has developed unique quantum music measurement machine and experiments on DNA proteins, microtubules, neurons, molecular machines, cancer and developed a new frequency fractal model to establish an unprecedented world of physical biology. His group has designed and synthesized several forms of organic brain jelly (programmable matter) that learns, programs and solves problems by itself for futuristic robots during 2000-2014, also several software simulators that writes complex codes by itself.
Email Contact for Team
anirban.bandyo@gmail.com
81298592167
Senior Scientist
National Institute for Materials Science
1-2-1 Sengen, Main Building, Tsukuba, Japan 3050044
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Houston Methodist Center for Cardiovascular Regeneration
Houston, TX
Team Name:
Houston Methodist Center for Cardiovascular Regeneration
Team Leader Name:
John P. Cooke, M.D., Ph.D.
Location
Houston, TX
Approach:
Modified messenger RNA encoding telomerase
Affiliation:
Houston Methodist Research Institute
Link:
N/A
Team Leader Bio:
Dr. John P. Cooke is the Chair of the Department of Cardiovascular Sciences at the Houston Methodist Research Institute and the Director of the Center for Cardiovascular Regeneration in the Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart and Vascular Center in Houston, Texas.
Dr. Cooke has published over 500 research papers, position papers, reviews, book chapters and patents in the arena of vascular medicine and biology with over 20,000 citations. He serves on national and international committees that deal with cardiovascular diseases, including the American Heart Association, American College of Cardiology, Society for Vascular Medicine, and the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute. He has served as president of the Society for Vascular Medicine, as a director of the American Board of Vascular Medicine, and as an associate editor of Vascular Medicine.
Email Contact for Team
jpcooke@houstonmethodist.org
713-441-6885
Professor and Chair, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences
Houston Methodist Research Institute
6670 Bertner Ave., MS R10-South, Houston, TX 77030
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SEKHAR LAB
Houston, TX
Team Name:
SEKHAR LAB
Team Leader Name:
Rajagopal V Sekhar, M.D.
Location
Houston, TX
Approach:
Correct /prevent GSH deficiency
Affiliation:
Baylor College of Medicine
Link:
N/A
Team Leader Bio:
Dr. Sekhar is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine. He is an Endocrinologist with a research interest in the intermediary metabolism of lipid, carbohydrate and protein. He is an expert in the use and application of stable isotope techniques to dissect biochemical pathways of disease. Dr. Sekhar’s approach to research is translational ‘bedside to bench to bedside’ model in a quest for answers to metabolic disease in humans.
Email Contact for Team
rsekhar@bcm.edu
713-798-3908
Associate Professor of Medicine
BCM-185, Section of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Sun Lab
Springfield, Illinois
Team Name:
SUN LAB
Team Leader Name:
Liou Sun, M.D. Ph.D.
Approach:
Genetic and dietary intervention
Affiliation:
SIU School of Medicine
Link:
http://www.siumed.edu/news/Faculty/Sun.html
Team Leader Bio:
Dr. Liou Sun is an assistant professor in the Department of Internal Medicine. His research is focused on genetic and dietary intervention to extend healthspan and lifespan in mammals.
THI Regenerative Research Team
Houston, TX
Team Name:
THI REGENERATIVE RESEARCH TEAM
Team Leader Name:
Doris Taylor, Ph.D
Location:
Houston, TX
Approach:
Stem cells
Affiliation:
Texas Heart Institute, Houston, TX
Link:
http://www.texasheart.org/Research/RegenerativeMedicine/
Team Leader Bio:
Dr. Taylor is a pioneer in cell therapy and organ engineering. She is committed to moving cell, gene, and tissue engineering-based therapies safely and effectively from bench to bedside, while at the same time preparing students and fellows to compete at an international level in the fields of cardiac and vascular repair and regeneration. Before joining THI, Dr. Taylor directed the Center for Cardiovascular Repair at the University of Minnesota and held academic appointments as the Medtronic Bakken Chair of Integrative Biology and Physiology and Professor of Medicine. She served on the faculty of Duke University from 1991 to 2007, on the faculty of the University of Minnesota from 2003 to 2012 before being recruited to THI in 2012.
