February 2021 ICOC Scientific Strategy Advisory Panel

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MEETING NOTICE AND AGENDA

INDEPENDENT CITIZENS OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE AND
THE APPLICATION REVIEW SUBCOMMITTEE 
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE FOR REGENERATIVE MEDICINE
Organized Pursuant To The
CALIFORNIA STEM CELL RESEARCH AND CURES ACT

Date: February 22, 2021
Time: 7:00 am to 12:45 pm

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Advisory Panel Members

  1. Chris Austin – Director of the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) at the NIH
  2. George Daley – Harvard Stem Cell Biologist and Dean of the Harvard Medical School
  3. Peter Marks – Director of FDA-CBER
  4. Victor Dzau – President of the National Academy of Medicine
  5. Kevin Eggan – Harvard stem cell biologist and Director of Stem Cell Biology at the Broad’s Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research
  6. Mike McCun – Senior Advisor for Global Health, Gates Foundation
  7. Christine Mummery – Professor of Developmental Biology at Leiden University Medical Center, Netherlands and President of the International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR)
  8. Bob Nelsen – Co-Founder and Managing Director of ARCH Venture Partners
  9. Derrick Rossi – former CIRM Scholar, co-founder of Moderna and CEO Convelo Therapeutics
  10. Josh Sanes – Harvard neurobiologist and Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology
  11. Ilyas Singeç – Director, NCATS Stem Cell Translation Laboratory
  12. Sally Temple – Founder, Neural Stem Cell Institute, Professor SUNY Albany
  13. Amy Wagers – Co-Chair of the Harvard Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology
  14. Fiona Watt – Director of the Centre for Stem Cells & Regenerative Medicine at King’s College London and Executive Chair of the UK Medical Research Council (MRC)

*​ Panelist Biographies

Open Session

  1. Call to Order.
     
  2. Roll Call
     

Discussion Items

  1. Presentations to the Scientific Strategy Advisory Panel:

10 Min

7:00-7:10

Jonathan Thomas, Ph.D.      CIRM

Intro to CIRM & Purpose

10 Min

7:10-7:20

Maria Millan, M.D.            CIRM

Purpose of Meeting and Agenda Design

15 min

7:20-7:35

Gil Sambrano, Ph.D.         CIRM

Portfolio Overview

5 Min.

7:35-7:40

Panel

Questions

15 Min

7:40-7:55

Amander Clark, Ph.D.               UCLA

Needs in Basic research for ESC, iPSC Tech, & CNS Research

15 Min

7:55-8:10

Panel

Discussion

15 Min

8:10-8:25

Clive Svendsen, Ph.D. Cedars-Sinai

iPSC Tech for Therapeutic Development and Role of Academic GMP Facilities

15 Min

8:25-8:40

Panel

Discussion

10 Min

8:40-8:50

Claire Henchcliffe, M.D., Ph.D.     UC Irvine

ESC and iPSC for Parkinson’s. Infrastructure Needs; Value of Networks

15 Min

8:50-9:05

Panel

Discussion

15 Min

9:05-9:20

Leslie Thompson, Ph.D.          UC Irvine

Translational research for Neurodegenerative Disease. Role of natural history studies and lessons learned form the Answer ALS Consortium

15 Min

9:20-9:35

Panel

Discussion

10 Min

9:35-9:45

Patrik Brundin, M.D., Ph.D.      Van Andel Institute

New Paradigms for CNS research

15 Min

9:45-10:00

Panel

Discussion

15 min

10:00-10:15

 

BREAK

10 Min

10:15-10:25

Doug Kerr, M.D., PhD., M.B.A.   Generation Bio

Industry Perspective: why so few products for CNS/rare dis; Gene therapy for CNS 

15 Min

10:25-10:40

Panel

Discussion

15 Min

10:40-10:55

Fyodor Urnov, Ph.D.          UC Berkeley

Equitable Access to CRISPR-Cas Treatments for Severe Disease

15 Min

10:55-11:10

Panel

Discussion

15 Min

11:10-11:25

David Haussler, Ph.D.           UC Santa Cruz

Genomics Knowledge Network

15 Min

11:25-11:40

Panel

Discussion

10 Min

11:40-11:50

Pete Schultz, Ph.D.           Scripps

Small molecule for Regenerative Medicine

15 Min

11:50-12:05

Panel

Discussion

10 Min

12:05-12:15

Cat Jamieson, M.D., Ph.D.     UC San Diego

Regenerative Medicine Approaches for Cancer; Alpha Clinics Network

15 Min

12:15-12:30

Panel

Discussion

            

  1. Public comment.
     
  2. Adjournment.
     

THE ORDER OF BUSINESS MAY BE CHANGED WITHOUT NOTICE.

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Date Published: February 12, 2021
Last Modified: March 2, 2021