Tuesday, April 29, 2025
12:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Orin Smith Auditorium
UW South Lake Union Campus, 850 Republican Street
Join Seattle’s vibrant stem cell community for a series of talks on current issues pertaining to stem cells in development, tissue regeneration and cancer research.
Program
12:00 – 12:10 p.m. Opening Remarks
12:10 – 12:40 p.m. Aparna Bhaduri, PhD
12:40 – 1:10 p.m. Trainee Lightning Talks
1:10 – 1:35 p.m. Benjamin Freedman, PhD
1:35 – 2:00 p.m. Break and Poster Session
2:00 – 2:30 p.m. Kyle Loh, PhD
2:30 – 3:00 p.m. Faculty Lightning Talks
3:00 – 3:30 p.m. Min Yang, PhD & Nobuhiko Hamazaki, PhD
3:30 – 4:00 p.m. Yvon Woappi, PhD
4:00 – 4:05 p.m. Closing Remarks
4:05 – 5:00 p.m. Reception and Poster Session
Presentations
Aparna Bhaduri, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Biological Chemistry
University of California Los Angeles
Understanding Cell Types in the Developing Human Brain and Glioblastoma
Benjamin Freedman, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Medicine/Nephrology
University of Washington
Unlocking the intrinsic potential of iPSC-derived kidney organoid
Kyle Loh, PhD
Assistant Professor and DiGenova Endowed Faculty Scholar
Department of Developmental Biology – Stem Cell
Stanford University
The brain is a composite organ arising from two parallel progenitors, with implications for development and evolution
Min Yang, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology
University of Washington
Errors at the Start of Life: Chromosomal Instability in Embryos and Placentas
Nobuhiko Hamazaki, PhD
Assistant Professor
Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Genome Sciences
University of Washington
Reconstitution of mammalian life cycle in vitro
Yvon Woappi, PhD
Herbert and Florence Irving Assistant Professor
Departments of Physiology & Cellular Biophysics
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Department of Dermatology
Columbia University
Regenerating organ physiology at cell by gene resolution
Session Talks
All talks will take place in the Orin Smith Auditorium of SLU Building C. For detailed information about who will be speaking and their topics, please see the schedule of talks.
Poster Session
The Poster Session is scheduled from 1:40 – 2:05 p.m. and 4:05 – 5:00 p.m. in the main lobby / café area located on the first floor of SLU Building C. While the formal sessions are scheduled for 1:40 p.m. and 4:05 p.m., the posters will remain up for the duration of the meeting.
Ten abstracts have been selected for 2-minute lightning talks during the symposium. For poster titles and authors presenting, please see the listing of posters.
Transportation & Parking
SLU campus is located at the UW Medicine Research complex at 850 Republican Street. Parking at the SLU campus is very limited. Everyone is encouraged to use public transportation and/or the UW/SLU shuttle service to get to the event.
For UW permit holders, you may park “out of area” in the SLU garage located off of Republican. Punch a ticket upon entering the garage and bring your permit and/or husky card to the reception desk and they will validate your parking. For non-UW permit holders, there is limited on-street hourly parking around the perimeter of the building. You may park in the garage without a permit, but please note, you will need to pay with a credit card and full day parking charges (~$21.00) will be in effect.