California Stem Cell Agency Announces Upcoming Subcommittee Meeting of Independent Citizens Oversight Committee

EMERYVILLE, CA—The Scientific and Medical Research Facilities Working Group Search Sub-committee of the Independent Citizens Oversight Committee (“ICOC”,) or governing board of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (“the Institute”), will have its next regular meeting on March 16, 2005.

Organized Pursuant to the CALIFORNIA STEM CELL RESEARCH AND CURES ACT
Wednesday, March 16, 2005
1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Location
City of Hope
Administrative Conference Room
Needleham Building
1500 East Duarte Road
Duarte, CA 91010

Pursuant to Government Code section 11123, subdivision (b), members of the Committee will be attending this meeting from teleconference locations. Members of the public are welcome to attend from these locations as well.

For a complete list of meeting locations and agenda, please visit the Institute’s web site at www.cirm.ca.gov.

The ICOC is responsible for the oversight and management of the Institute. The Institute was established in 2004 with the passage of Proposition 71, the California Stem Cell Research and Cures Initiative. The statewide ballot measure, which provided $3 billion in funding in stem cell research at California universities and research institutions, was overwhelmingly approved by California voters, and called for the establishment of an entity to make grants and provide loans for stem cell research facilities and other vital research opportunities.

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