Keynote Speakers

Sheng Ding, Ph.D.

E-mail : sheng.ding (at) gladstone.ucsf.edu

Job title :
Senior Investigator, Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease
Professor of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California, San Francisco

Laboratory home page : http://labs.gladstone.org/ding/

Keynote Lecture

A Chemical Approach to Controlling Cell Fate

Recent advances in stem cell biology may make possible new approaches for the treatment of a number of diseases. A better understanding of molecular mechanisms that control stem cell fate as well as an improved ability to manipulate them are required. Toward these goals, we have developed and implemented high throughput cell-based screenings of chemical libraries, and identified and further characterized small molecules that can control stem cell fate in various systems. This talk will provide latest examples of discovery efforts in my lab that have advanced our ability and understanding toward controlling stem cell fate, including self-renewal, survival, differentiation and reprogramming of stem cells.