The Second AMED/A*STAR Joint Workshop -Stem Cell & Immune Cell Therapy-hosted by Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED), was held at the Nihonbashi Life Science Building on February 26th.
We had 18 experts from Singapore and Japan. They gave lectures of their cutting edge researches, in the field of stem cell research or immune cell therapies.
Session I: Basic Research to Clinical Applications of Stem Cells
Session II: Cell-Based Immunotherapies
Session III: Pre-Clinical Evaluation
☞ About the program :click here
Session I: Basic Research to Clinical Applications of Stem Cells
【keynote Lecture】
「MSC accumulation at tumor sites and its mechanisms」
Prof Keiya OZAWA
(Professor Emeritus, Jichi Medical University, Visiting Professor, Division of Immuno-Gene & Cell Therapy (Takara Bio))
Session II: Cell-Based Immunotherapies
【keynote Lecture】
「T cell immunotherapy for HBV infection and HBV-related HCC」
Prof Antonio BERTOLETTI
(Professor, Emerging Infectious Diseases Programme,Duke-NUS Medical School)
16 researches joined the poster presentation. Exhibitors and participants actively exchanged their opinions.
After the seminar, around 130 attendees joined the net-working reception held at the 10th floor lounge.