Nature Medicine and the Volkswagen Foundation present:

Herrenhausen Symposium on Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine

What are the most important problems to overcome to make progress in the fields of stem cells and regenerative medicine? Nature Medicine, in consultation with the research community, has identified a series of roadblocks to translational research on stem cells and regenerative medicine. A subset of leaders in the field will attend the Herrenhausen Symposium and participate in an interdisciplinary discussion that will point in the direction of solutions to the greatest challenges that the fields of stem cells and regenerative medicine face.

The symposium will be a closed event. In addition to the invited speakers, 10-15 attendees will be chosen to participate on the basis of their application for admission. Preference will be given to young and early-career investigators (assistant professors, lecturers, research associates, postdoctoral researchers and clinical fellows) who are currently working in related areas.

October 8-10, 2013
Hanover, Germany

SPEAKERS:
Salvador Aznar-Benitah
Christopher Baum
Paolo Bianco
Oliver Brüstle
Kenneth Chien
Stefanie Dimmeler
Sheng Ding
Paul Frenette
Wolfram Goessling
Magdalena Götz
Axel Haverich
Sally Lowell
Ulrich Martin
Alysson Muotri
Alexander Meissner

Charles Murry
Trista North
Maria Pia Cosma
Shahin Rafii
Thomas Rando
Pamela Robey
Michael Rudnicki
Manuel Serrano
Frank Staal
Masayo Takahashi
Alan Trounson
Amy Wagers
Paul Whiting
Zhong Zhong

ORGANIZERS:
Kevin Da Silva (Nature Medicine, USA)
Oliver Grewe (Volkswagen Foundation, Germany)
Juan Carlos Lopez (Nature Medicine, USA)
Carolina Pola (Nature Medicine, USA)

Attendance is by application only.
Attendees will be chosen to participate on the basis of their application for admission.

Application Deadline: July 10, 2013

Image credit: Mouse prostate sphere
Maher Hanoun from Paul Frenette's lab (Albert Einstein College of Medicine, USA)

For more information and to register, visit:
www.nature.com/natureconferences/hhs2013scrm