NUIG STEM-CELL EXPERT TO ADDRESS WORLD SUMMIT IN FLORIDA

Date Published: 05-Dec-2012

An NUI Galway stem-cell expert is to address the World Stem Cell Summit in Florida today.

Professor Tim O'Brien, Director of the Regenerative Medicine Institute at NUIG will present on "leading Institutions and their strategies for advancing regenerative medicine".

The World Summit, now in its eighth year, is the largest interdisciplinary, networking meeting of stem cell stakeholders.

The agenda features more than 150 speakers and 50 hours of in-depth debate.

NUIG has become a leading centre for translational research in adult stem cells involving the National Centre for Biomedical Engineering Science and REMEDI.