A Realistic Look at Stem Cells and Their Potential
** watch future Linda Hall Library lectures live at new.livestream.com/lindahall ** The Science of Longevity, a Linda Hall Library Foundation Colloquium October 2-3, 2015, in the Linda Hall Library Main Reading Room About the presentation: Stem cells offer an intriguing mix of controversy, discovery, and hope. Dr. Evan Snyder believes the study of stem cell biology will provide insights into many areas: developmental biology, homeostasis in the normal adult, and recovery from injury. Indeed, past and current research has already produced data in these areas that would have been difficult or impossible via any other vehicle. The speaker: Dr. Evan Snyder is regarded as one of the fathers of the stem cell field, having identified over two decades ago that cells that came to be called stem cells were a source of neural plasticity. He is Professor and Program Director of Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine at the Burnham Institute for Medical Research in La Jolla, California. Dr. Snyder earned his M.D. and Ph.D. in neuroscience from the University of Pennsylvania in 1980. He completed residencies in pediatrics and neurology at Children’s Hospital-Boston, Harvard Medical School and postdoctoral research at Harvard Medical School. In 1992, Dr. Snyder was appointed as an instructor in neurology at Harvard Medical School and was promoted to assistant professor in 1996. In 2003, after 23 years at Harvard, Dr. Snyder was recruited to SBMRI as professor and director of the Stem Cells and Regenerative Biology program. Video produced by The VideoWorks of Roeland Park, Kansas.
