{"id":466,"date":"2015-03-02T17:21:09","date_gmt":"2015-03-02T17:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bedfordresearch.org\/newsymp\/?page_id=466"},"modified":"2023-03-23T16:33:19","modified_gmt":"2023-03-23T16:33:19","slug":"2006-symposium-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bedfordresearch.org\/symposium\/2006-symposium-2\/","title":{"rendered":"2006 Symposium"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 40px;\">The Activated Egg 2006<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Fifth Annual Activated Egg Symposium was held on Friday, Nov. 3, 2006. <strong><em>Thank you to all the attendees for making the 2006 symposium a fantastic success!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bedfordresearch.org\/symposium\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/alan-trounson.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"227\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-305 imgborder\" src=\"https:\/\/bedfordresearch.org\/symposium\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/alan-trounson-227x300.jpg\" alt=\"alan-trounson\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bedfordresearch.org\/symposium\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/alan-trounson-227x300.jpg 227w, https:\/\/www.bedfordresearch.org\/symposium\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/alan-trounson.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 227px) 100vw, 227px\" \/><\/a><strong>The 2006 Keynote Speaker: Alan Trounson, MSc, PhD<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Trounson presented a talk entitled: \u201cPluripotent Stem Cells: the Future.\u201d (view talk)<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Alan Trounson is a world-renowned biologist working on ways to develop stem cell technology.<\/p>\n<p>Professor Alan Trounson\u2019s research during the late 1970s established IVF as a practical and repeatable method for the treatment of human infertility that was adopted worldwide. He has since initiated many new innovations in ART. Professor Trounson leads the Monash IVF Scientific team.<\/p>\n<p>In Berlin in 2004, Professor Trounson was awarded the Bertarelli Foundation Award in Reproductive Health for his outstanding contribution to the field of assisted reproductive technologies.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a title=\"Monash IVF Australia\" href=\"https:\/\/monashivf.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Monash IVF Australia<\/a> | <a title=\"Monash University\" href=\"https:\/\/www.monash.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Monash University<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dr. Trounson\u2019s presentation was joined by:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Rafael Fissore, DVM, PhD<\/strong> presented a talk entitled: <em>\u201cMammalian fertilization: a tale of two molecules\u201d<\/em>, <a title=\"Rafael Fissore, PhD, \u201cRegulation &amp; Function of Ca2+ Oscillators at Fertilization\u201d\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bedfordresearch.org\/symposium\/th_gallery\/rafael-fissore-dr-regulation-function-of-ca2-oscillators-at-fertilization\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UMass<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Pravin Goud, MD, PhD<\/strong> presented a talk entitled: <em>\u201cRegulation of the \u2018oocyte temporal window for optimal fertilization\u2019: Role of nitric oxide and other free radicals\u201d<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/wayne.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wayne State University<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Hans Keirstead, PhD<\/strong> presented a talk entitled: <em>\u201cGeneration of high purity neuronal populations from human embryonic stem cells\u201d<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthaffairs.uci.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">University of California at Irvine<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/scientist-hopes-for-stem-cell-success-23-02-2006\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CBS 60 Minutes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Erdogan Memili, DVM, PhD<\/strong> presented a talk entitled: <em>&#8220;Maternal to Embryonic Transition in Control of Development; Study of Mothers Messages in Bovine Model&#8221;<\/em>| Mississippi Sate University<\/li>\n<li><strong>Rosario Sanchez-Pernaute, MD, PhD<\/strong> presented a talk entitled: <em>&#8220;Parthenogenetic ES Cells Make Functional Dopamine Neurons&#8221;<\/em> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcleanhospital.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Harvard McLean Hospital<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/hsci.harvard.edu\/seed-grant-awards\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Harvard Stem Cell Institute Awards First Seed Grants<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>James Sherley, PhD<\/strong> presented a talk entitled: <em>\u201cAging Immortals: Non-randomly Co-segregated DNA Strands in Adult Stem Cells\u201d<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/be.mit.edu\/directory\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MIT<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bioedonline.org\/news\/nature-news\/stem-cell-conference\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BioEd Online<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Xiangzhong Yang, PhD<\/strong> presented a talk entitled: <em>&#8220;Are Adult Stem Cells Necessary for Animal Cloning?&#8221;<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/animalscience.uconn.edu\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">University of Connecticut<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/news\/2006\/060925\/full\/news060925-15.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nature: Fully grown cells yield clones<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scientific American: Cell Differentiation No Barrier to Cloning<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/health\/5391220.stm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BBC News: Cloning without stem cells works<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Lawrence Wangh, PhD<\/strong> presented the 2006 dinner talk, <em>\u201cAnd Now You Know The Rest of The Story \u201c<\/em> <a title=\"(View) Brandeis University\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bedfordresearch.org\/symposium\/th_gallery\/lawrence-wangh-phd-and-now-you-know-the-rest-of-the-story\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(View ) Brandeis University<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Also joined us in 2006:<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">SEAN KEALY, <a title=\"Office of Senator Creem, State House\" href=\"https:\/\/malegislature.gov\/People\/Profile\/csc0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Office of Senator Creem, State House<\/a><br \/>\nGAUTAM NAIK, <a title=\"Wall Street Journal, Health &amp; 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