Table of Contents

Cellular and nuclear reprogramming

  1. Inducing pluripotency
    Kit T Rodolfa
  2. Stem cells in animal models of regeneration

Ectoderm specification and differentiation

  1. The cranial sensory nervous system: specification of sensory progenitors and placodes

Endoderm specification and differentiation

  1. Pancreatic stem cells
  2. Specification and patterning of the respiratory system
  3. Liver development
  4. Endoderm specification

Epigenetics

  1. Imaging chromatin in embryonic stem cells

Genomics and proteomics

  1. Proteomic studies of stem cells
  2. Genome-wide transcription factor localization and function in stem cells
  3. The pluripotent transcriptome

Germ cell and somatic stem cell biology in reproduction

  1. Regulation of spermatogonia
  2. piRNA function in germline development
  3. The role of microRNAs in germline differentiation
  4. Germline stem cell niches
  5. Uterine stem cells
  6. Modeling germ cell differentiation

Mesoderm specification and differentiation

  1. Epigenetic mechanisms controlling mesodermal specification
  2. Mouse kidney development

Niche biology, homing, and migration

  1. Hematopoietic stem cell trafficking
  2. The neural stem cell microenvironment

Renewal

  1. Aging and stem cell renewal
  2. Quiescent stem cells in the niche

Stem cell immunology

  1. Immunologic targeting of the cancer stem cell
  2. Immunological considerations for cell therapy using human embryonic stem cell derivatives

Therapeutic prospects

  1. The hematopoietic stem cell niche
  2. Medical applications of epidermal stem cells
  3. Mesenchymal stromal cells as a drug delivery system

Tissue engineering

  1. Combining stem cells and biomaterial scaffolds for constructing tissues and cell delivery
  2. Autologous approaches to tissue engineering
  3. Flow perfusion culture of mesenchymal stem cells for bone tissue engineering
  4. Engineering microenvironments to control stem cell fate and function
  5. The role of bone marrow-derived stem cells in lung regeneration and repair
  6. Mechanical control of stem cell differentiation