Transplantation Indaba
making it real
Venue : BMW Pavilion, Waterfront, Cape Town , 2nd and 3rd August, 2010
Registration: 08h00-08h30
Stem cells in South Africa(Day 1 : 08h30-17h00)
Legislation : Chair Professor M Pepper, University of Pretoria
Prof. Michael Pepper, UP
Overview of stem cell principles and legislation
Prof. Melodie Slabbert, Unisa
A comparative overview of the regulation of stem cell research in international law and comparable jurisdictions
Break 09h40-10h10
Larisse Prinsen, UP
Constitutional aspects of stem cell research
Prof. Christa van Wyk, Formerly Unisa
Legal issues surrounding stem cell research including consent and ethics review
Prof. Sue Kidson, UCT
Legal, IP and ethical issues of iPS cells
Lunch 12h00-13h20
Research : Chair Dr C Niesler, University of KwaZulu Natal
Dr Carola Niesler, UKZN - Introduction to stem cells in SA: 13h20-13h30
Prof Kathy Myburgh, UStell - Skeletal muscle adult progenitor cells: 13h30-14h00
Dr Filippo Macaluso, UStell – Skeletal muscle progenitor cells: myogenic regulatory
factors and differentiation 14h00-14h30
Prof Ugo Ripamonti, WITS – Adult myoblastic stem cells enhance the induction of bone
formation in the non-human primate Papio ursinus: 14h30-15h00
Break 15h00-15h30
Prof Nicolas Novitsky, UCT –Scope of Haematopoietic SCs in Clinical Practice: 15h30-16h00
Prof Greg Blatch, Rhodes - The influence of molecular chaperones on SCs: 16h00-16h30
Prof Sue Kidson, UCT –The directed differentiation of human embryonic SCs: 16h30-17h00
Closure 17h00
Stem Cells – A Global Perspective(Day 2 : 09h00-16h15)
Clinical and Commercial Aspects : Chair Dr C Macfarlane ( Phoenix Therapeutics)
Professor Don du Toit, U. Stellenbosch / Regenlab SA
Treatment of open wounds and tendonopathies using platelet rich plasma (PRP)\
Dr Kamlen Pillay, Wembley Clinic, Gardens, Cape Town and Dr Marcell Geldenhuys, Neocell Laboratories, Durbanville, SA.
Cellular Rejuvenation with Autologous PRP in Facial Cosmetic Procedures
Break 11h00-11h15
Professor Don Hudson, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery,UCT and Dr Marcell Geldenhuys, Neocell Laboratories, Durbanville, SA.
Cosmetic Surgery using Adipose derived SCs
Dr K Papadopoulos, StemLife, Bangkok , Thailand (Lazaron Biotechnologies)
Autologous Umbilical Cord Blood and G-CSF in Treatment of Cerebral Palsy
Lunch 12h30-13h30
Technical Advances in real-time, at-the-bedside harvest of SCs
Laboratory harvest and storage of Wharton’s jelly stem cells : Dr Campbell Macfarlane / Lazaron Biotechnologies (SA) and Phoenix Therapeutics(SA)
Enabling technology for processing BMSCs, CBSCs and PBSCs : Morne Toms, Biosafe ( Switzerland ) / Haemotec (SA)
Break 14h45-16h15
Res-Q™60 system: a point-of-care device for preparing stem cell concentrate from bone marrow aspirate: Dr Frederick Thacher, Thermogenesis (USA) / Separation Scientific (SA)
Fluorescent activated analyses of stem cell populations :Dr Matthias Engele, Becton Dickinson (USA) / Bioscience (SA)
An overview on haematopoeic stem cells and the role of CFC assays in determining their functionality: Dr T. Degheidy , AGBL Group of Companies ( Dubai )/ Separation Scientific (SA)
Closure 16h15