Keynote and Symposia
2024 Keynote
Saturday, December 14, 4:30 pm PST
Origin Stories of Cell Therapies
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Lorenz Studer
Director, Center for Stem Cell Biology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
2023 Symposia
The Symposia have been designed around conceptual themes that cross scales, disciplines and organisms. The goal is for each session to attract a more varied mixture of attendees and to foster cross-fertilization of ideas. In this way, we hope that the symposia serve as a new lens for thinking about the problems faced by cells at multiple scales.
Communication
Sunday, December 3, 2023, 8:45 am to 10:15 am
This session addresses languages of communication including chemical signaling, cellular signal transduction, and communication through sound.
![Anna Greka, Harvard Medical School Anna Greka, Harvard Medical School](https://www.ascb.org/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/Anna-Greka-Harvard-Medical-School-212x212-circle-bedba3fce7b218cd8e662161234fbb8e-y5otrzamvujq.jpg)
Anna Greka
Harvard Medical School
![Erich Jarvis Erich Jarvis](https://www.ascb.org/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/Erich-Jarvis-212x212-circle-5145e5cf7202dfac9a23b21c3e0fa954-qm8v5jcu27ta.jpg)
Erich D. Jarvis
Rockefeller University/HHMI
![Satoshi Toda, Kanazawa University Satoshi Toda, Kanazawa University](https://www.ascb.org/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/Satoshi-Toda-Kanazawa-University-212x212-circle-ce7b949bdda0a84c38bc49313fc38357-sdv60omwerzb.jpg)
Satoshi Toda
Kanazawa University
Migration
Sunday, December 3, 2023, 8:45 am to 10:15 am
This session investigates how cell migration leads to tissue development, how cancer cells migrate to escape a tumor, and then compares these processes to the collective migration of groups of organisms.
![D. André Green II, University of Michigan D. André Green II, University of Michigan](https://www.ascb.org/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/D.-Andre-Green-II-University-of-Michigan-scaled-e1677267508739-212x212-circle-178d234a363082335477968958669981-jwrnh03d5t14.jpg)
D. André Green II
University of Michigan
![Danijela Matic Vegnevic, Institut Curie Danijela Matic Vegnevic, Institut Curie](https://www.ascb.org/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/Danijela-Matic-Vegnevic-Institut-Curie-212x212-circle-244fd1c8bbd7543330024f982d294889-jwb4910emca7.jpg)
Danijela Matic Vegnevic
Institut Curie
![NCI Milestones Shoot-Dr. Kandice Tanner NCI Milestones Shoot-Dr. Kandice Tanner](https://www.ascb.org/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/Kandice-Tanner-Center-for-Cancer-Research-NIH-212x212-circle-0b4286fb9ddb8bfe20b6199ba43057a9-zg3rbauxvo0f.jpg)
Kandice Tanner
Center for Cancer Research, NIH
Networks
Monday, December 4, 2023, 8:45 am to 10:15 am
Networks govern information flow, and in this session, it is compared at the scale of signaling networks, organelles, and organisms in the environment.
![José R. Dinneny, Standford University José R. Dinneny, Standford University](https://www.ascb.org/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/Jose-R.-Dinneny-Standford-University-scaled-e1677699669961-212x212-circle-df51c1e1269c99f0ce299df294f67363-iylg9r1v5jfo.jpg)
Jose R. Dinneny
Stanford University
![Samantha Lewis, University of California, Berkeley Samantha Lewis, University of California, Berkeley](https://www.ascb.org/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/Samantha-Lewis-University-of-California-Berkeley-e1677267875189-212x212-circle-f36b5d384a48b5aa17f03397eaeac51a-tjh8vwkrisp3.jpg)
Samantha Lewis
University of California, Berkeley
![Lukas Pelkmans, University of Zürich Lukas Pelkmans, University of Zürich](https://www.ascb.org/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/Lukas-Pelkmans-University-of-Zurich-e1679506417663-212x212-circle-75c56e49847e4e110f5444595085175e-msc08q4go2u5.jpg)
Lukas Pelkmans
University of Zürich
Time
Monday, December 4, 2023, 8:45 am to 10:15 am
This session examines how time is measured and used at the level of a single cell, in communities of microbes, and through the development of organisms.
![John F. Brooks, Princeton University John F. Brooks, Princeton University](https://www.ascb.org/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/John-F.-Brooks-Princeton-University-1-e1677858004978-212x212-circle-f5f988364b2cc037296c8e258b271ab8-43hubmna1vg7.jpg)
John F. Brooks
Princeton University
![Miki Ebisuya, Physics of Life, TU Miki Ebisuya, Physics of Life, TU](https://www.ascb.org/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/Miki-Ebisuya-Physics-of-Life-TU-212x212-circle-dbbb942f4e4405296b13fef1d74e6544-53sm7y2jfxrl.jpg)
Miki Ebisuya
Physics of Life, TU Dresden
![Jennifer M. Hurley, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Jennifer M. Hurley, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute](https://www.ascb.org/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/Jennifer-M.-Hurley-Rensselaer-Polytechnic-Institute-212x212-circle-8f60f73f3e5fa13bb9bd7bca671aca9b-562bq3csytr7.jpeg)
Jennifer Hurley
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Excitability
Tuesday, December 5, 2023, 9:15 am to 10:15 am
Excitability generates emergent properties in systems and in this session it is featured in actin networks in vitro and in embryos and extracellular electricity generated in bacteria.
![Moh El-Naggar, University of Southern California Moh El-Naggar, University of Southern California](https://www.ascb.org/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/Moh-El-Naggar-University-of-Southern-California-e1677858158177-212x212-circle-73569eaa9b64c67db48a3f5eb7f87328-q0pdu7rschi8.jpg)
Moh El Nagger
University of Southern California
![Margaret Gardel, University of Chicago Margaret Gardel, University of Chicago](https://www.ascb.org/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/Margaret-Gardel-University-of-Chicago-212x212-circle-ab7b3599c6c41ef4973f3ad887890ca7-di62s3zovfpg.png)
Margaret Gardel
University of Chicago
Rejuvenation and Regeneration*
Tuesday, December 5, 2023, 9:15 am to 10:15 am
This session considers the power of repair and regeneration in the nervous system and the germline.
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Frank Bradke
The German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE)
![Melina Schuh, Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences Melina Schuh, Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences](https://www.ascb.org/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/Melina-Schuh-Max-Planck-Institute-for-Multidisciplinary-Sciences-e1677699797722-212x212-circle-0308dd19f425c63fee0de1283b944b63-wguyspa38tc2.jpg)
Melina Schuh
Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences
Perception and Sensation
Wednesday, December 6, 2023, 11:15 am to 12:15 pm
This session compares how single cells sense their shape to how organisms perceive and integrate their experiences.
![Ishmail Abdus-Saboor, Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute Ishmail Abdus-Saboor, Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute](https://www.ascb.org/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/Ishmail-Abdus-Saboor-Zuckerman-Mind-Brain-Behavior-Institute-e1677858466922-212x212-circle-0737ec7668fa6d6d07c525ad8fb93a9c-790wqgzbiakv.jpg)
Ishmail Abdus-Saboor
Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute, Columbia University
![Alba Diz-Muñoz, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg Alba Diz-Muñoz, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg](https://www.ascb.org/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/Alba-Diz-Munoz-European-Molecular-Biology-Laboratory-Heidelberg-212x212-circle-c1e4eb328933ad923195ac399bd045f8-7b4oc2gvwsr3.png)
Alba Diz-Muñoz
European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg
** Heinz Herrmann Symposium. Heinz Herrmann was Professor Emeritus of Molecular and Cell Biology at the University of Connecticut. A symposium in his honor was endowed at the ASCB in 1990. A founder of the ASCB, Professor Herrmann was well known for his pioneering approach to research in developmental biology, which has led to over 100 publications. He also wrote two books—Cell Biology and From Biology to Sociopolitics.