Oslo University Hospital research seminar October 19th The Wonder of Stem Cells in Eye and Oral Regeneration

Program:

14.30: Introduction
Amer Sehic, Associate Professor, Department of Oral Biology, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Oslo (UiO).

14.35: The Role of Stem Cells in Ocular Surface Reconstruction - What is Possible in 2015 (part I)?
Øygunn Aass Utheim, Senior Consultant, Department of Ophthalmology, OUH; Scientist, Department of Medical Biochemistry, OUH.

14.45: The Role of Stem Cells in Ocular Surface Reconstruction – What is Possible in 2015 (part II)?
Tor Paaske Utheim, Group Leader, Department of Medical Biochemistry, OUH; Associate Professor, Department of Oral Biology, UiO; Adjunct Clinical Associate, Schepens Eye Research Institute, Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA.

15.00: Treatment of Blindness by Transplantation of Cultured Epidermal Stem Cells
Catherine Jackson, Group Leader, Department of Medical Biochemistry, OUH.

15.10: Stem Cell Pluripotency, DNA Damage and Mitochondrial Activation
Lars Eide, Professor, Group Leader, Department of Medical Biochemistry, OUH.

15.25: Novel Materials for Oral Bone Regeneration
Håvard Haugen, Professor, Department of Biomaterials, Faculty of Dentistry, UiO.

15.40: Tissue Engineering of Corneal Endothelium
Jesintha Navaratnam, Senior Consultant, Department of Ophthalmology, OUH.

16.00: Closing

Meeting’s organizers and chairmen: Tor Paaske Utheim and Morten Enersen, PhD, Department of Oral Biology, Faculty of Dentistry, UiO.

Everybody is welcome!

Meeting announcements and information: www.med.uio.no/klinmed/forskning/aktuelt/arrangementer/andre/ous-seminarer

On behalf of the organizing committee for OUH research seminars,

Alexandre Corthay (committee leader)