MCB's Dr. Emma Allen-Vercoe to present at the 2017 Gairdner Laureate Symposium on Oct. 27. Click here to Live Stream the Event!

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Dr. Emma Allen-Vercoe
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MCB's Dr. Emma Allen-Vercoe will be presenting at this year's Gairdner Foundation’s annual research symposium. 

 

Click the link below to live stream the event.

 

Live Stream Link: http://streaming.med.utoronto.ca/18791

 

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The Gairdner Foundation’s annual research symposia convene world-renowned scientists to discuss relevant global health topics and share their cutting-edge research with audiences.

The theme of Gairdner’s 2017 Friday Symposium is “New frontiers in targeted therapies for human health,” with each of our six speakers presenting on a variety of related topics:

Emma Allen-Vercoe, Ph.D: “Bugs as drugs: modifying the human gut microbiome with ‘microbial ecosystem therapeutics”

Michael LaFlamme, M.D., Ph.D: “Heart regeneration with pluripotent stem cells

Hans Clevers, M.D., Ph.D: “Stem cell-grown organoids as models for human disease

Helen Hobbs, M.D., Ph.D: “Simple genetics for a complex disease: getting to the heart of the matter

Adrian Krainer, Ph.D: “Nusinersen (SpinrazaTM): The First FDA Approved Treatment for SMA”

Michel Sadelain, M.D., Ph.D: “Therapeutic T cell engineering: CD19 CAR therapy and beyond”