Partial List of Speakers: 

Ales Hampl, D.V.M.,Ph.D.
Associate Professor in Animal Genetics
Masaryk University
Czech Republic
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Ali S. Arbab, M.D., Ph.D.
Director of the Cellular and Molecular Imaging Laboratory
Henry Ford Health System
Detroit, MI
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Bernard Siegel, J.D.
Founder and Executive Director of Genetics Policy Institute
Wellington, FL
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Craig Atwood, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine
University of Wisconsin Medical Center
Madison, WI
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Dan Kaufman, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN
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Dan Rappolee, Ph.D.
Associate Professor Obstetrics-Gynecology
Wayne State University
Detroit, MI
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Dan O’Donnell
Director Cell Therapy Logistics
Fisher BioServices
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David Felten, M.D., Ph.D.
Vice President, Research, Medical Director, Beaumont Research Institute
William Beaumont Hospitals
Royal Oak, MI
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David Svinarich, Ph.D.
Director, Patient Care Research and SJHS Research and Development
Providence Hospital
Southfield, MI
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Dean Betts, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Physiology & Pharmacology
University of Western Ontario
London, Ontario
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Dean Tantin, Ph.D.
Associate Professor Pathology
University of Utah School of Medicine
Salt Lake City, UT
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Diana L. Ramírez-Bergeron, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor Department of Medicine
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Cleveland, OH
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Donggang Yao, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA
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Erik Forsberg, Ph.D.
Executive Director at WiCell Research Institute
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, WI
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Frank Baaijens, Ph.D.
Professor in Soft Tissue Biomechanics & Tissue Engineering
Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands
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Ferman Chavez, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Bioinorganic Chemistry
Oakland University
Rochester, MI
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G. Rasul Chaudhry, Ph.D.
Professor of Molecular Biology
Director, ISCRM
Oakland University
Rochester, MI

Gary Hammer, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Adrenal Cancer
University of Michigan Medical School
Ann Arbor, MI
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Gary Smith, Ph.D.
Professor of Molecular & Integrative Physiology
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI
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George Wilson, Ph.D.
Chief, Radiation Biology, Scientific Director, BioBankat
William Beaumont Hospital
Royal Oak, MI
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Gerard Madlambayan, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Biology
Oakland University
Rochester, MI
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Graham Parker, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Wayne State University School of Medicine
Detroit, MI
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Greg Dressler, Ph.D.
Professor of Pathology
University of Michigan Health System
Ann Arbor, MI
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Hillard M. Lazarus, M.D., FACP
Professor of Medicine
Director of Novel Cell Therapy
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, OH
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Ivan Maillard, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor Internal Medicine University of Michigan Medical School
Ann Arbor, MI
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Jack Mosher, Ph.D.
Assistant Research Scientist
University of Michigan Center for Stem Cell Biology
Ann Arbor, MI
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Jan Akervall, M.D., Ph.D.
Clinical Director, BioBank
Medical Director Translational Research, Surgical Services
Beaumont Hospital
Royal Oak, MI
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Jason A. Hamilton, Ph.D
Department of Regenerative Medicine
Athersys, Inc.
Cleveland, OH
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Jeremy Mao, DDS, Ph.D.
Director
Columbia University
New York, NY
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Jim Eliason, Ph.D.
Co-Chair SCRO
Karmanos Cancer Institute
Tech Town
Wayne State University
Detroit, MI
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Jim Wells, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Cincinnati Children's Hospital
Cincinnati, OH
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Jon Odorico, M.D.
Associate Professor of Surgery
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, WI
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Jose Cibelli, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Professor of Animal Science
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI
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Jose Luis Garcia-Perez, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Human DNA Variability
Pfizer-University of Granada-Junta de Andalucía Center for Genomics and Oncological Research
Granada, Spain
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K. Sue O’Shea, Ph.D.
Director of Consortium for Stem Cell Therapies
Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI
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Kapil Bharti, Ph.D.
National Institute of Health
Bethesda, MD
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Kenneth Peters, M.D.
Chair, Urology, Oakland University-William Beaumont School of Medicine
Chief, Urology, Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak
Director, Women's Urology Center, Beaumont Hospital
Royal Oak, MI
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Linheng Li, Ph.D.
Professor of Pathology & Lab Medicine
Stowers Institute for Medical Research
Kansas City, MO
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Lisa Larkin, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Dept.of Molecular and Integrative Physiology,
Assistant Research Scientist, Dept. of Biomedical Engineering
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI
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Mahendra Rao, M.D., Ph.D.
Director
NIH Center for Regenerative Medicine
Bethesda, MD
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Mark Weiss, Ph.D.
Professor of Biology
Kansas State University
Manhattan, KS
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Martin Marsala, M.D.
Professor, Anesthesiology Research Laboratory
University of California-San Diego
San Diego, CA
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Max Wicha, M.D.
Professor and Director
Comprehensive Cancer Center
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI
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Mervin Yoder, M.D.
Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology IU School of Medicine
University of Indiana
Indianapolis, IN
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Mick Perez-Cruet, M.D.
Neurosurgeon, Michigan Head & Spine Institute Chief Minimally Invasive
Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine
Rochester, MI
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Mohammad Siadat, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Engineering
Oakland University
Rochester, MI

Pat Piskulich, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Political Science
Oakland University
Rochester, MI

Paul Dyce, Ph.D.
Department of Physiology and Pharmacology
University of Western Ontario
London, Ontario
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Paul H. Krebsbach , DDS, Ph.D.
Professor And Chair  of Biologic & Materials Sciences
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI
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Peter Sartipy, Ph.D.
Department Head and Senior Principal Scientist
Cellartis AB Sweden
Gotebörg, Sweden
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Ralf Huss, M.D., Ph.D.
Adjunct Professor at the Institute for Regenrative Medicine,
Professor and Managing Director and Chief Scientific Officer at Apceth Applied Cell Technology
Munich, Germany
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Richard Fessler, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Neurosurgery
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Chicago, IL
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Ronnda L. Bartel, Ph.D.
Chief Scientific Officer
Aastrom Biosciences
Ann Arbor, MI
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Sarah Conley, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI
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Sarah Krueger, Ph.D.
Research Associate & Postdoctoral Fellow
William Beaumont Hospital
Royal Oak, MI
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Shuichi Takayama, Ph.D.
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI
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Sumi Dinda, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Diagnostic/Therapeutic Sciences
Oakland University
Rochester, MI

Suresh Palaniyandi, Ph.D.
Senior Staff Investigator
Department of Internal Medicine
Henry Ford Health System
Detroit, MI
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Tom Diekwisch, D.M.D., Ph.D.
Head of Oral Biology
University of Illinois
Chicago, IL
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Vilma Yuzbasiyan-Gurkan, Ph.D.
Associate Dean for Graduate Studies
Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI
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Vince Tropepe, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Cell and Systems Biology
University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario
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Zhengqing Hu, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology
Wayne State University
Detroit, MI
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