PROGRAMME SUMMARY

Day1: 18th (Mon), July 2011

Day1: 18th (Mon), July 2011 Registration & Inauguration               9.30 – 10.00 am – 18th July 2011 1 Basics of stem cells and induced pluripotency 10.00 – 10.15 am Dr. Samuel JK Abraham, Director, Nichi-in Centre for Regenerative Medicine, Chennai 2 An Overview of Evolution; The Quest For Species Next And The Riddle of Synthetic Biology 10.15 – 10.30 am Dr. John Sudhakar Joseph eye hospital, Trichy 3 Micro and Nano devices for biomedical applications 10.30 – 10.45 am Dr. Roop L. Mahajan, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 4 Newcastle disease virus as a vaccine vector for human immunodeficiency virus 10.45 – 11.00 am Siba K. Samal, Associate Dean and Chairman VA-MD Regional College of Veterinary Medicine          USA 5 Molecular imaging and tracking of stem cells 11.00 -11.30 am Dr. C. Balachandran, Registrar, TANUVAS 6 Cancer stem cells at the cross-roads 11.30 – 11.45 am Dr. S. Elankumaran, Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Microbiologists, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 7 Expansion, characterization and manipulation of stem cells 11.45 – 12.00 pm Dr. K. Kumanan, Professor and Head, Dept. Biotechnology, MVC 8 CD markers in stem cell biology 12.00 – 12.30 pm Dr.G.Dhinakar Raj, Professor, Dept. Animal Biotechnology, MVC 9 Tissue homeostasis and Stem cells 12.30 – 12.45 pm Mr.Senthil Kumar Rajappa, Scientist Nichi-in Centre for Regenerative Medicine, Chennai 10 Clinical application of extra cellular matrix in regenerative therapy 12.45 – 1.00 pm Dr. Preethy, Scientist Nichi-in Centre for Regenerative Medicine, Chennai   Lunch 1.00  – 1.30 pm   11 Mechanotransduction of mesenchymal stem cells: Potential role in orthopaedic application 1.30 – 1.45 pm Dr. Rekha Govindan, Associate Professor  ,Aarupadai Veedu Institute of Technology, Tamil Nadu 12 Clinical protocols in spinal cord regeneration 1.45 – 2.15  pm Dr. B. Justin William, Professor, Dept. of Vet. Surgery and Radiology, MVC 13 Oxidative stress, Ageing and antiageing 2.15 – 2.30 pm Dr. V. Leela, Professor, Dept.  Vet. Physiology, MVC 14 Organ and tissue transplantation 2.30 – 3.00 pm Dr. Capt. G. D. Rao, Professor, Dept. of Vet. Surgery and Radiology, MVC 15 In-vitro / ex-vivo organogenesis 3.00 – 3.15 pm Mr. T.Srinivasan, Scientist Nichi-in Centre for Regenerative Medicine, Chennai (NCRM) 16 Clinical importance of biomarkers 3.15 – 3.45 pm Dr. P. Nambi, Professor and Head, Dept. of Clinical Medicine, Ethics and Jurisprudence, MVC 17 Role of stem cells and extra cellular matrix in ocular diseases 3.45 – 4.00 pm Dr. C. Ramani, Associate Professor, Dept. of Vet. Surgery and Radiology, MVC 18 Immunoisolation 4.00 – 4.15 pm Dr. A. Arunprasad, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Vet. Surgery and Radiology, MVC 19 Stem cells and extra cellular matrix in orthopaedic surgery 4.15 – 4.30 pm Dr. S. Ayyappan,  Associate Professor Dept. of Vet. Surgery and Radiology, MVC 20 Dendrite cells and tumor regression 4.30 – 5.00 pm Dr. R. Sivasankar, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Vet. Surgery and Radiology, MVC   DayI1: 19th (Tue), July 2011 21 Advanced technologies in reproductive biotechnology including cloning 9.30– 10.00 am Dr. D. Kathiresan, Director, Extension Education, TANUVAS 23 Stem cells and extra cellular matrix in wound healing 10.00 – 10.30 am Dr. S. Thilagar,  Controller of Examination, TANUVAS 24 Cell based therapies for solid organ tumors and facial wrinkles  10.30 – 10.45am Dr.V.Dedeepiya Devaprasad, , Consultant- Critical Care, Apollo Hospitals & Clinical coordinator, NCRM, Chennai 25 Stem cells therapy for heart failure 10.45 – 11.00 am Dr. Y. Y. Rao,  Cardiac Physician K.G. Hospital College Road, Coimbatore 26 Dental stem cell banking 11.00 – 11.15 am  Dr. P.M. Sunil, Professor and Head Dept. of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Raja Muthiah Dental College, Chidambaram 27 Clinical use of stem cells and extra cellular matrix in osteoarthritis, tendon and ligament injuries 11.15 – 11.30 pm Dr. S. Arumugam,  &  Dr. Bhupesh Karthik, Department of Arthroscopy & Sports Medicine, Sri Ramachandra  Medical University, Chennai - 600 111 28 Amitotic cells and their manipulations 11.30 – 12.00 pm Dr. Geetha Ramesh Prof. & Head & Dr. T. A. Kannan, Associate Professor, Dept. of Veterinary Anatomy & Histology, MVC 29 Nanotechnology and Tissue engineering 12.00 – 12.15 pm Mr. Murugan, Scientist Nichi-in Centre for Regenerative Medicine, Chennai 30 Isolation, expansion and Applications of Dental pulp stem cell (DPSC) in Dental and Maxillofacial surgery 12.15 – 12.45 pm Dr.R. Manikandan, Professor and Head, Meenakshi Ammal Dental College, Chennai   Buffalo embryonic stem cell 12.45 – 1.00 pm Dr. A. Palanisamy, Professor, Dept. Animal Biotechnology, MVC   Lunch 1.00 – 1.30 pm   30 Molecular characterization of stem cells 1.30 – 2.00 pm Dr. K. Vijayarani, Professor, Dept. Animal Biotechnology, MVC 31 Regenerative therapy for Osteoarthritis 2.00  – 2.30 pm Dr. B. Justin William, Professor, & Dr. Anirudh,A.  PG. Student, Dept. of Vet. Surgery and Radiology, MVC 32 Prospects and Challenges for Stem Cell-based Therapies in Cardiovascular Diseases 2.30 – 3.00 pm Dr. William R. Huckle, Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology, Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine 33 Gmp protocols and infrastructure for stem cell processing 3.00 – 3.30 pm P. Thamarai Kannan, Scientist, Nichi-in Centre for Regenerative Medicine   Interactive session with experts 3.30 – 4.00 pm   34 Future of Stem cell Research and The Metaniche 4.00 – 4.30 pm Dr. Samuel JK Abraham, Director, Nichi-in Centre for Regenerative Medicine, Chennai Certificate and Valedictory