Third San Antonio Conference on
Stem Cell Research & Regenerative Medicine
H-E-B University Center Ballroom #2, UTSA Main Campus
Program
Thursday, February 16th
8:30 –Opening Keynote Lecture – Introduced by Tiziano Barberi, TBRI
Katerina Akassoglou (UCSan Francisco School of Medicine)
“Neurovascular Interactions: Inflammation & Repair”
Session I
[Session chair – Jian Ling, SwRI]
9:30 –Anibal Diogenes (UTHealth San Antonio)
“Crossroads between Infection and Dental Regeneration”
9:50 –Kevin Wu (USA-ISR)
“Tissue Tacrolimus Levels to Monitor for Acute Rejection in Graft-Implanted
Localized Hydrogel in Porcine VCA”
10:10 – Christopher Navara(UTSA)
“Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells and Neurodegenerative Disease: Disease in a
Dish Modeling and Cell Therapy”
10:30 – Coffee break
11:00 – Travis Block (StemBioSys)
“Rescuing the Regenerative Function of Elderly Stem Cells”
11:20 – Bianca Borchin(TBRI)
“Long-Term Expansion and Characterization of hPSC-Derived Skeletal Muscle
Precursors”
11:40 – Xingguo Cheng (SwRI)
“An Advanced Collagen Matrix Combined with Stem Cells for Potential Treatment
of Diabetic Skin Wounds”
12:00 –Lunch (provided) – HUC Galleria
Session II –
[Session chair – John McCarrey, UTSA]
1:00 – Matthew Wordsworth(USA-ISR)
“Anatomical and Gait Studies to Create a Pig Model of Traumatic Peripheral
Nerve Injury”
1:20 –Rogelio Zamilpa (GenCure)
“A Targeted Approach to Cord Blood Banking”
1:40 –Daniel Lodge(UTHealth San Antonio)
“Targeting Psychiatric Disease using Stem Cell Derived Interneuron Transplants”
2:00 –Teja Guda (UTSA)
"High Performance Micro-Environments Enhance Bone Regenerative ResponseIn
Vivo"
2:20 – Nicholas Robbins(USA-ISR)
“Porcine Model of Vascularized Composite Tissue Transplantation and
Current Experimental Applications”
2:40 – Coffee break
3:10 – Brian Hermann(UTSA)
“Identifying a Gene Expression Barcode that Distinguishes Regenerative
Spermatogonial Stem Cells”
3:30 – Xiao-Dong Chen(UTHealth San Antonio)
“Control of Stem Cell Behavior by Exposure to Tissue-Specific ECM”
3:50 – Caroline Hall(USA-ISR)
“Pirfenidone Reduces the Profibrotic Response in an In Vitro Model of TGF-β1-
Induced Human Dermal Myofibroblasts”
4:10 – Hyoung-gon Lee(UTSA)
“Pathological Role of Neuronal Cell Cycle Reactivation in Neurodegenerative
Disease”
4:30 – Adjourn to Poster Session & Reception
5:00 – 7:00 – Poster Session & Networking Reception
– HUC – Harris & Travis Rooms (2nd Floor)
Friday, February 17th
Session III –
[Session chair – Becky Cap, GenCure]
8:30 – Ian Johnson(USA-ISR)
“Collagen Reinforced Hydroxyapatite Implants for Delayed Bone Regeneration
Treatments”
8:50 –Jian Ling(SwRI)
“A Cost Effective Way of Expanding Large Numbers of Stem Cells for Cell-
Based Therapy”
9:10 –Annie Lin (UTSA)
“Differentiation Paradigm in the Context of Regeneration”
9:30 – Coffee break
10:00 – Lauren Mangum(USA-ISR)
“Comparison of Growth Supplements on the Differentiation of Adipose Derived
Stem Cells from Burned and Non-Burned Human Skin”
10:20 – Erzebet Kokovay(UTHealth San Antonio)
“Innate Immunity Contributes to Age-Associated Neural Stem Cell
Dysfunction”
10:40 – Asif Maroof(UTSA)
“Characterizing the Progression of Neurodegenerative PhenotypesUsing Human
Pluripotent Stem Cells”
11:00 – Ryan Clohessy (USA-ISR)
“Assessing the Ability of Halofuginone-Loaded 3D Printed Keratin-based Facial
Wound Dressings to Inhibit Scarring and Contracture in a Red Duroc Pig Burn
Model”
11:20 – Becky Cap (GenCure)
“Structuring Successful Collaborations: Beyond the Agreement”
11:40 – Tom Owens (NortonRoseFulbright)
“Intellectual Property Basics for Researchers”
12:00 – Lunch (provided) – HUC Galleria
Session IV –
[Session chair – Sy Griffey, StemBioSys]
1:00 –LuZhe Sun(UTHealth San Antonio)
“Characterization of Aging Mammary Stem/Progenitor Cells”
1:20 –Chris Corkins (USA-ISR)
“Impact of Dermal Matrix Thickness on Skin Graft Survival in a Single Stage
Procedure”
1:40 –Gary Gaufo (UTSA)
“eMRGing Function of an Epigenetic Regulator”
2:00 – SamTahk(USA-ISR)
“A Novel Bioresorbable/Biointegratable/Biocompatible Dressing for Negative
Pressure Wound Therapy”
2:20 – Peter Hornsby(UTHealth San Antonio)
“The Route by which Stem Cells Enter the CNS when Delivered Intranasally”
2:40 –Ben Antebi (USA-ISR)
“Effect of Hypoxia on Porcine and Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells”
3:00 –Closing Keynote Lecture – Introduced by Michael Davis, USA-ISR
Michael Yaszemski (Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN)
“Translation & Commercialization: Bedside to Bench and Back”
4:00 –Conference Adjourns