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2023 Keynotes, Speakers & Chairs
2023 Keynotes
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Amander Clark, PhD
University of California, Los Angeles
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Judith Agudo, PhD
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School
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Tim Ahfeldt, PhD
Recursion
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Simi Ahmed, PhD
The NYSCF Research Institute
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Raeka Aiyar, PhD
The NYSCF Research Institute
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Deepta Bhattacharya, PhD
University of Arizona
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Joel Blanchard, PhD
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
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Christine Brideau
Deerfield Management
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Peter Calabresi, MD
John Hopkins Medicine
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Shuibing Chen, PhD
Weill Cornell Medicine
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Ya-Wen Chen, PhD
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
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Beth Cimini, PhD
Broad Institute
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Olivier Elemento, PhD
Weill Cornell Medicine
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Karuna Ganesh, MD, PhD
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
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Alison Goate, DPhi
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
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John M. Greally, DMed, PhD, FACMG
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
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Ruwanthi Gunawardane, PhD
Allen Institute for Cell Science
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Pietro Lo Riso, PhD
IEO Istituto Europeo di Oncologia
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Marinna Madrid, PhD
Cellino
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Shruti Naik, PhD
New York University
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Daniel Paull, PhD
The NYSCF Research Institute
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Filipe Pereira, PhD
Lund University
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Giorgia Quadrato, PhD
University of Southern California
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Qimin Quan, PhD
NanoMosaic
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Daniel Ramos, PhD
The National Institute on Aging
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Holger Russ, PhD
University of Florida
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Kimberly Snyder
STEMCELL Technologies
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Viviane Tabar, MD
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
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Sohail Tavazoie, MD, PhD
The Rockefeller University
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Sally Temple, PhD
Neural Stem Cell Institute
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Paul J. Tesar, PhD
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
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Krystal Tsosie, PhD, MPH, MA
Arizona State University
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Deepak Vashishth, PhD
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
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Teresa Wright-Johnson
Patient Advocate, Inspirational Speaker, Author and Consultant
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Tracy Young-Pearse, PhD
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Topics
Covering a wide range of topics, The NYSCF Conference fosters progress in stem cell research by providing a forum for scientific discussion and collaboration.
iPSC disease models
Cancer
Regenerative medicine
Organoids
Autoimmunity
Neurodegeneration
Cell therapies
Precision medicine
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging
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