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, 6th floor.
Free for all MRM Members and their trainees
Registration is currently open!
Register now!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.
Keynote speaker
Preliminary program
Important dates
Contact
Organizing Committee
Sponsors
Poster Presentation Guidelines Trainee Short Talks Guidelines
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.
Preliminary 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 |
| 10:00 – 10:15 | MRM Trainee Short Talk #1 |
| 10:15 – 10:30 | MRM Trainee Short Talk #2 |
| 10:30 – 10:45 | MRM Trainee Short Talk #3 |
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 Departments of Medicine and Biomedical Engineering, McGill University |
| 12:00 – 12:15 | MRM Trainee Short Talk #4 |
| 12:15 – 12:30 | MRM Trainee Short Talk #5 |
| 12:30 – 12:45 | MRM Trainee Short Talk #6 |
| 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 |
| 2:15 – 2:30 | MRM Trainee Short Talk #7 |
| 2:30 – 2:45 | MRM Trainee Short Talk #8 |
| 2:45 – 3:00 | MRM Trainee Short Talk #9 |
Poster Session 2
| 3:00 | Coffee break & Poster session |
| 3:00 – 3:45 | Poster Session 2 |
Session VI
| 3:50 | Session IV: Keynote |
| 3:50 – 4:50 | Peter Zandstra Professor, Michael Smith Laboratories University of British ColumbiaThe 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 |
Important dates
Registration is free and open to all MRM members and their trainees. Contact us to verify your status or to become a member.
Registration Opening Date
January 10, 2024
Abstract Submission Deadline
March 15, 2024, by 11:59 PM
Notification of Selected Abstracts
April 30, 2024
Registration deadline
May 3, 2024
Poster Presentation GuidelinesTrainee Short Talks Guidelines
Organizing Committee
- Katie Cockburn (Chair) – Biochemistry
- Natasha Chang – Biochemistry
- Marine Christin – MRM Program Manager
- Sidhanth Jayprakash – Postdoctoral Fellow, Allen Lab, ICM
- Matt Kinsella – Bioengineering
- Anastasia Nijnik – Physiology
- Ciriaco Piccirillo – Microbiology & Immunology
- Derek Rosenzweig – Surgery
- Sabra Rostami – Postdoctoral Fellow, Moraes Lab, Chemical Engineering
- Molly Shen – Research Assistant, Juncker Lab, Biomedical Engineering
- Stephanie Sultan – Ph.D. Candidate, Laneuville Lab, Experimental Medicine
- Akshaya Upadhyay – Ph.D. Candidate, Tran Lab, Dentistry
Sponsors
Gold sponsors
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