Bay Area Stanford Regenerative Medicine Conference for Students
A TERMIS-AM Ambassador’s Conference
Event Recordings
Opening Remarks
Conference Chairs:
Ngan Huang, PhD
Associate Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Stanford University School of Medicine
Joseph Wu, MD, PhD
Director, Stanford CVI
Simon H. Stertzer, MD, Professor, Department of Medicine and Radiology
Stanford University School of Medicine
From the Fields of the Central Valley to STEM Executive
Keynote Speaker: Jessica Preciado, PhD
Vice President, Clinical Affairs
Noctrix Health
Session 1: Modeling Tissue Generation in a Dish
Moderator: Rance Bobo, STEM Center Director, Cañada College
Investigate the Optimal Number of Pulsed-Focused Ultrasound Stimulation to Increase the Release of Extracellular Vesicles from Stem Cells
Krizza Shae Millare
Undergraduate
Foothill College
MnBuOE and DHF as Potential Therapeutics for Radiation Protection and Neuron Regeneration
Samantha Hamilton
Undergraduate
UCLA
Using CaMPARI 2 in CRISPR-based functional genomic screens to identify potential mechanisms of neurodegenerative disease
Yu-Ying Chou
Undergraduate
City College of San Francisco
Investigating the Role of BAF60c in Heart Development and Disease
Meredith Reyes
Undergraduate
UC Santa Cruz
In vitro and in vivo modeling of SPEG E1680K Dilated Cardiomyopathy
Rachel Baum, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Stanford University
Developing Precision Medicine for Inherited Retinal Degenerations using Retinal Organoids
Sangeetha Kandoi, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
UCSF
Engineering a 3D In Vitro Model of Osteosarcoma
Ram Rao, MD, PhD
Clinical Fellow
Stanford University
Session 1 Audience Questions
Featuring:
Krizza Shae Millare, Samantha Hamilton, Yu-Ying Chou, Meredith Reyes, Rachel Baum, Sangeetha Kandoi, and Ram Rao
Session 2: Careers in Regenerative Medicine and Biology
Moderator: Sarah Heilshorn, Associate Professor of Materials Science & Engineering, Stanford University
Academic Careers in Regenerative Medicine
Kara McCloskey, PhD
Founding Full Professor
Materials Science and Engineering
UC Merced
My Career in Engineering, Surgery, Regenerative Medicine, and a Startup
Oscar Abilez, MD, PhD
Senior Scientist, Cardiothoracic Surgery - Pediatric Cardiac Surgery
Stanford School of Medicine
Turning the Page: Careers in Scientific Publishing
George Inglis, PhD
Senior Editor
Nature Publishing
STEM Education Next Steps: Advancing Research in Collaboration with Industry Partners
Matt Williams
Sr. District Manager
ThermoFisher Scientific
My Journey in Regenerative Medicine: Engineering to Cell Therapy R&D and Manufacturing
Abigail Foster, PhD
Technical Development Principal Scientist and Group Leader
Genentech, Inc.
STEM Industry Careers Discussion Panel
Moderator: Folarin Erogbogbo, Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, San Jose State University
Panelists:
Alexis Haddjeri-Hopkins, PhD (Thermo Fisher Scientific)
Luqia Hou, PhD (Merck & Co)
Susan Ritger Cromwell, PhD (Genentech)
Geetha Subramanyam, MS (Neurona Therapeutics)
Session 3: Translational Models of Tissue Regeneration
Moderator: Matteo Mole, Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Stanford University
Expanding Diversity and Research in Regenerative Medicine
Gil Sambrano, PhD
Vice President of Portfolio Development and Review
California Institute for Regenerative Medicine
Co-Expression of WLS along with WNT3A reduces the size of the Myotome in Chick Embryos
Benjamin Lee
Undergraduate
San Francisco State University
Mechanistic Modeling for Understanding Tissue Patterning
Ishita Jain, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Stanford University
LEGO® Style In Situ Bioprinting Modular Muscle Units for Tissue Regeneration in Volumetric Muscle Loss
Gladys Chiang, BS
Research Assistant
Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Hospital
Bioprinted Collagen Scaffolds to Assist Skeletal Muscle Regeneration
Beu Oropeza, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Stanford University
Session 3 Audience Questions
Featuring:
Gil Sambrano, Benjamin Lee, Ishita Jain, Gladys Chiang, and Beu Oropeza