Presenters for 2004:   Stephanie Andrews   Christopher Bailey   Joanna Berzowska   Shushil Bhakar   and Eric Hortop   Cliff Burgess   Paulo Chagas   Dennis Dollens   Dan Falk   Sarah Filley   Ivette Fuentes-Guridi   Lila Kari   Narendra Pachkhede   Chris Salter   Chelsea Smock   Clara Ursitti   Derek van der Kooy   Yon Visell   Fabian Winkler   Panel Discussion Symposium, 2004 The Nature of Stem Cells By Derek van der Kooy University of Toronto http://medbio.utoronto.ca/faculty/vanderkooy.html This presentation discusses the nature of stem cells (embryonic and adult), the concept of immortal cells, and the differentiation of cells that can make any tissue in the body (embryonic stem cells) to cells that just make brains (neural stem cells). Biography: Derek van der Kooy is a Professor in Medical Genetics and Microbiology at the University of Toronto. His work on neural stem cells in the adult mammalian forebrain (Neuron, 1994), and the first report of stem cells in the adult mammalian eye (Science, 2000) are among his more than 185 publications in peer-reviewed journals.   Page Top Copyright © 2004 Subtle Technologies Festival