Queenstown Molecular Biology Meeting
QMB - Queenstown Molecular Biology Meeting

QMB 2009 Programme

Stem Cells and Cellular Programming: From Microbes to Mammals

Tuesday 1st September
5.00 - 6.00 p.m.Registration, opening mixer and poster setup
6:00 - 6:15 p.m.Conference Opening: Hon Dr Wayne Mapp, Minister for Research, Science and Technology
6.15 - 7.15 p.m.Plenary lecture
Richard Faull, University of Auckland
Stem cells, neurogenesis and diseases of the basal ganglia in the human brain
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7.15 - 8.30 p.m.Roche Wine Evening and Posters
 
Wednesday 2nd Sept
Human stem cells, Chaired by Vic Arcus
8.30 - 8.35 a.m.Introduction, Peter Shepherd
8.35 - 9.25 a.m.
QMB - Queenstown Molecular Biology Meeting
Plenary lecture
Martin Pera, University of Southern California
The Many States of Pluripotency
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9.25 - 10.15 a.m.Plenary lecture
Yijun Ruan, Genome Institute of Singapore
ChIA-PET, a Whole-Genome Approach to Study Long-range Chromatin Interactome in Mammalian Cells.
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10.15 - 10.35 a.m.Melanie McConnell, Malaghan Institute of Medical Research, Wellington
Stem Cell Phenotypes in Cancer
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10.35 - 11.00 a.m.Morning Tea
11.00 - 11.45 a.m.Plenary lecture
Duanqing Pei, Guangzhou Institute of Biomedicine and Health. Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Transcriptional Control of Pluripotency and Reprogramming
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11.45 - 12.10 p.m.Bronwen Connor, University of Auckland
Redirecting Progenitor Cell Migration: The Role of Chemokines
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12.10 - 12.40 p.m.Stephanie Hughes, University of Otago
Analysing neural development in human embryonic stem cells
Emerging Researcher award sponsored by Illumina
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12.40 - 1.30 p.m.Lunch
Plant stem cells and the meristem, Chaired by Bruce Campbell
1.30 - 2.15 p.m.Plenary lecture
Rob Martienssen, Cold Spring Harbour Laboratory
Epigenetic mechanisms of gene regulation
2.15 - 3.00 p.m.Plenary lecture
John Bowman, Monash University
Evolution of patterning genes in land plants
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3.00 - 3.30 p.m.Toshi Foster, Plant and Food Research
Patterning and morphogenesis of the maize leaf
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3.30 - 4.00 p.m.Afternoon Tea
Students and Emerging Researchers
Sponsored by Millenium Science
4.00 - 4.25 p.m.Frederic Bertels, Massey University
The evolution and maintenance of repetitive extragenic palindromic sequences (REPs) in bacteria
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4.25 - 4.50 p.m.Jennifer Robson, University of Otago
Molecular analysis of the vapBC toxin-antitoxin operon of Mycobacterium smegmatis
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4.50 - 5.50 p.m.Invitrogen award lecture
Lecture and prizes sponsored by Invitrogen
5.50 - 7.30 p.m.Dinner
7.30 - 8.30 p.m.Mixer and poster session
8.30 - lateFashionomics
 
Thursday 3rd Sept
Animal Stem Cells, Cloning and Development, Chaired by Björn Oback
8.40 - 9.25 a.m.Plenary lecture
Lei Xiao
Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Generation and potential application of induced pluripotent stem cell lines from rat and pig
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9.25 - 10.00 a.m.Plenary lecture
Ravi Kambadur, Nanyang Technological University. Singapore.
Regulation of Muscle Stem Cell Biology by Myostatin
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10.00 - 10.20 a.m.David Wells, AgResearch
Cloning Livestock: A Return to Pluripotent Stem Cells
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10.20 - 10.45 a.m.Morning Tea
10.45 - 11.30 a.m.Plenary Lecture
Dale Dorsett, Saint Louis University School of Medicine
Co-regulation of gene complexes that control development by Polycomb silencing proteins and sister chromatid cohesion factors
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11.30 - 12.00 p.m.Paul Tan, Living Cell Technologies
Cell Based Therapeutics from Animal Models to the Clinic
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12.00 - 12.20 p.m.Chunyi Li, AgResearch
Annual antler renewal: a unique case of stem cell-based mammalian organ regeneration
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12.20 - 1.30 p.m.Lunch. Student lunch with Martin Evans (Nobel Laureate)
Microbes and the evolution to multicellular behaviour and sexual reproduction, Chaired by Ian McDonald
1.30 - 2.15 p.m.Plenary talk
Paul Rainey, Institute for Advanced Studies, Massey University, Albany
Evolution of Bet-hedging
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2.15 - 2.45 p.m.Cynthia Whitchurch, University of Technology Sydney
Extracellular DNA facilitates multicellular behaviours of Pseudomonas aeruginosa
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2.45 - 3.05 p.m.Mat Goddard, University of Auckland
Why bother with sex: insights from experiments
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3.05 - 3.25 p.m.Peter Fineran, University of Otago
Bacteriophage resistance conferred by toxin-antitoxin-mediated 'altruistic cell suicide'
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3.30 - 4.00 p.m.Afternoon Tea
4.00 - 4.45 p.m.QMB Society Meeting
Joint session: QMB, Reproductive Biology Satellite, Developmental Biology Satellite, Chaired by Peter Shepherd
5.00 - 6.00 p.m.Martin Evans, Nobel Laureate
Embryonic Stem Cells
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7.00 - 11.00 p.m.Joint Conference Dinner and Dance, Skyline Restaurant
Sponsors
Premier Sponsor
Invitrogen
Major Academic Sponsor
Maurice Wilkins Centre
Platinum Category
Pacific Lab Products

NZ Scientific Ltd

Roche

BIO-RAD

BioStrategy

University of Waikato

illumina
Gold Category
Plant and Food Research

In Vitro

RayLab

Millennium Science

University of Otago

BioLab
Silver Category
School of Biological Science

Mac's Miltenyi Biotec

Pharmaco

BioChemistry
Bronze Category
Eppendorf South Pacific

School of Medical Science

Medica Pacifica Ltd

Olympus

ERMA - Environmental Risk Management Authority

ZyGEM

Geneious