Programme
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25 June — 29 June 2016
Past
1st Day
Day One
Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
09:15 — 09:30
Opening Ceremony
Introduction of the course, faculty speakers, and speech by the dean
09:30 — 10:30
Bridging the Gap – Skeletal Stem Cell Based Strategies for Bone Regeneration
10:30 — 11:00
Tea Break and Group Photo for all speakers and course attendants
11:00 — 12:00
Developing a regenerative medicine approach to prevent blindness
12:00 — 13:30
Lunch
13:30 — 14:30
Harnessing bone development ex vivo and in vivo translational models for bone regeneration
14:30 — 15:30
The isolation and characterisation of vascular stem cells for therapy
15:30 — 16:00
Tea Break
16:00 — 17:00
Circulating mesenchymal stem cells and their clinical implications
17:00 — 18:00
Epigenetic regulation in dedifferentiation-mediated MSC reprogramming: application in tissue repair and cancer targeting
18:00 — 19:30
Welcome Dinner and Free Evening
2nd Day
Day Two
Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
09:30 — 10:30
Tissue Healing by Endogenous Stem Cells
10:30 — 11:00
Tea Break
11:00 — 12:00
Gas Signaling in Skeletal Development and Diseases
12:00 — 13:00
Lunch
13:00 — 14:00
How to activate endogenous stem cells
14:00 — 15:00
Wnt/PCP signaling in Skeletal Development
15:00 — 22:00
Transport to Sai Kung for boat tour and dinner, a social and relax evening
3rd Day
Day Three
Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
09:30 — 10:30
Muscle stem cell function during growth and regeneration in vivo
10:30 — 11:00
Tea Break
11:00 — 12:00
Application of Single Cell Transcriptome Analyses in Stem Cell Research
12:00 — 13:30
Lunch
13:30 — 14:30
Zebrafish as an in vivo imaging platform for stem cells dynamics and disease modelling
14:30 — 15:30
Studies of Neural Stem cells
15:30 — 16:00
Tea Break
16:00 — 17:00
The role of bone in whole body energy metabolism
17:00 — 18:00
Functional biomaterials for musculoskeletal tissue regeneration
18:00 — 19:30
Dinner
19:30 — 21:30
Video shows of the stem cells concept, ethics and culture techniques and group discussion
In Lecture Room 406
4th Day
Day Four
Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
09:30 — 10:30
New models for tissue repair and tissue engineering using human pluripotent stem cells
10:30 — 11:00
Tea Break
11:00 — 12:00
Technologies for culturing, differentiation, reprogramming and engineering of pluripotent stem cells
12:00 — 13:30
Lunch
13:30 — 14:00
How to do bone marrow MSCs culture and functional characterisation
14:00 — 14:30
In vivo imaging techniques
14:30 — 15:00
Tea Break
15:00 — 15:30
Embryonic stem cells: culture and applications
15:30 — 16:00
What is non-coding RNAs and research methods
16:00 — 16:30
Commonly used animal models for stem cells studies and orthopaedics
(cell implant;
fracture, DO, cartilage defect, tendon healing)
16:30 — 17:00
Osteoporosis and osteonecrosis animal models and research
17:00 — 18:00
Discussion and summary of the workshop
18:00 — 19:30
Farewell Dinner
19:30 — 21:30
Students presentations, group discussion, experience sharing
5th Day
Day Five
Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
09:30 — 12:00
1. MSCs Culture and Identification; 2. Animal Models of Cell Implants and Tibiae Fracture; 3. In vivo imaging and MicroCT techniques
Group 1: MSCs Culture and Identification (Stem cell culture suite, Room 1101)
Demonstration of MSCs isolation, characterization (ALP staining, Acain blue staining, flowcytometery preparation, etc.)
Group 2: Animal Models of Cell Implants and Tibiae Fracture (Animal Surgery Room, 10/F)
Demonstration of commonly used animal models of MSCs implants and tibiae fracture in rats.
Group 3: In vivo imaging and MicroCT techniques (Orthopaedics and Traumatology Laboratory and Animal Surgery Room, 10/F)
Demonstration of in
vivo imaging machine using GFP cells, nude mice and microCT scanning and
analysis of bone samples
12:00 — 13:00
Lunch
13:00 — 16:00
1. MSCs Culture and Identification; 2. Animal Models of Cell Implants and Tibiae Fracture; 3. In vivo imaging and MicroCT techniques
Group 1: MSCs Culture and Identification (Stem cell culture suite, Room 1101)
Demonstration of MSCs isolation, characterization (ALP staining, Acain blue staining, flowcytometery preparation, etc.)
Group 2: Animal Models of Cell Implants and Tibiae Fracture (Animal Surgery Room, 10/F)
Demonstration of commonly used animal models of MSCs implants and tibiae fracture in rats.
Group 3: In vivo imaging and MicroCT techniques (Orthopaedics and Traumatology Laboratory and Animal Surgery Room, 10/F)
Demonstration of in vivo imaging machine using GFP cells, nude mice and microCT scanning and analysis of bone samples
16:00 — 18:00
Workshop adjourns and free afternoon and evening for students and faculty speakers
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