2024 MRM Symposium

The MRM Symposium brings together basic researchers, clinicians and trainees within McGill Regenerative Medicine community.
Seize this opportunity to share your work, discover the most innovative research in regenerative medicine at McGill, build new collaborations or network for job opportunities.

May 31, 2024

McIntyre Medical Sciences Building
Palmer Amphitheatre, 6^th floor.

Free for all MRM Members and their trainees

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Please note that this event is reserved for MRM members. To verify your status, please contact us at mrm@mcgill.ca or via our contact form.

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Keynote Speaker

Dr. Peter Zandstra

CM, PhD, FRSC, FCAHS, PEng
Director and Professor, School of Biomedical Engineering
Professor, Michael Smith Laboratories
The University of British Columbia

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The Keynote Lecture is sponsored by the Stem Cell Network.

Program

Registration & Opening

8:30	Registration & Opening
8:30 – 9:00	Registration and coffee
9:00 – 9:10	Opening Remarks Katie Cockburn
9:10 – 9:25	MRM Director’s Welcome Terry Hébert

Session I

9:30	Session I: Regenerative Medicine – Ethics, Policy, and Clinical Translation
9:30 – 10:00	Ma’n Zawati Associate Professor, Department of Human Genetics, McGill University Research Director, Centre of Genomics and Policy The Charter for Regenerative Medicine
10:00 – 10:15	MRM Trainee Short Talk – Sydney Joy PhD Candidate in the Colmegna and Martin Labs, Division of Experimental Medicine, McGill University *Therapeutic Modulation of Interstitial Lung Disease in the Bleomycin-Minipump mouse model: Nintedanib vs. Human Umbilical Cord Mesenchymal Stromal Cells*
10:15 – 10:30	MRM Trainee Short Talk – Etienne Billard Postdoctoral Researcher in the Hébert Lab, Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics, McGill University Beyond Hallucinations: Novel Approaches to Neuronal Repair
10:30 – 10:45	MRM Trainee Short Talk – Alycia Noë Research Assistant, Centre of Genomics and Policy, McGill University The role of the clinician and race-disparate concerns for CAR-T therapies

Poster Session 1

10:45	Coffee break & Poster session
10:45 – 11:30	Poster Session 1

Session II

11:30	Session II: Regenerative Medicine – Bioengineering
11:30 – 12:00	Darcy Wagner Associate Professor, Departments of Medicine and Biomedical Engineering, McGill University Bioengineering approaches for respiratory regenerative medicine
12:00 – 12:15	MRM Trainee Short Talk – Alexandrine Dussault Master Candidate in the Rosenzweig Lab, Departments of Surgery and Surgical and Interventional Sciences, McGill University 3D-printed scaffolds for ligament repair: the effects of materials and cyclical strain on human bone marrow-derived mesenchymal cells differentiation
12:15 – 12:30	MRM Trainee Short Talk – Andrew Dayton Undergraduate student in the Melichar Lab, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, McGill University *Breaking the cycle: structural characterization of potent antibody bound to malaria transmission-blocking vaccine candidate informs next-generation vaccine design*
12:30 – 12:45	MRM Trainee Short Talk – Justin Matta Master Candidate in the Harvey Lab, Department of Surgical and Interventional Sciences, McGill University Targeting Bone Defect Repair with a Novel and Biodegradable Borophene-doped Monetite Implant

12:45	Lunch break
12:45 – 1:45	Lunch and network

Session III

1:45	Session III: Stem Cells – Fundamental Mechanisms
1:45 – 2:15	Guy Sauvageau Professor, Department of Medicine, Université de Montréal Stem Cell rejuvenation – from the lab to the clinic
2:15 – 2:30	MRM Trainee Short Talk – Varsha Durgempudi PhD Candidate in the Philip Lab, Department of Surgical and Interventional Sciences, McGill University Soluble CD109 serves as a crucial modulator of EGFR signaling in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma
2:30 – 2:45	MRM Trainee Short Talk – Soeren Huettner Postdoctoral Researcher in the Crist Lab, Department of Human Genetics, McGill University CTCF is required for Limb Muscle Development
2:45 – 3:00	MRM Trainee Short Talk – Iram Fatima Siddiqui PhD Candidate in the Reinhardt Lab, Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology, McGill University Investigating the role of fibrillin-1 in adipose tissue homeostasis using bone marrow and adipose tissue-derived mesenchymal stem cells

Poster Session 2

3:00	Coffee break & Poster session
3:00 – 3:45	Poster Session 2

Session VI

3:45	Session IV: Keynote
3:50 – 4:50	Peter Zandstra Professor, Michael Smith Laboratories University of British Columbia Engineering Lymphoid Development for Off-the-shelf Cellular Immunotherapies The Keynote Lecture is sponsored by the Stem Cell Network
4:50 – 5:15	Poster and Oral Presentation Award Ceremony Sponsored by Morphocell Technologies
5:15 – 5:20	Closing Remarks Katie Cockburn
5:20 – 6:30	Networking – Wine & Cheese