Biography
James Sherley, graduated from Harvard College (1980) and completed joint M.D./Ph.D. Degrees at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (1988). After post-doctoral studies at Princeton University, beginning in 1991 he started the cancer cell molecular biology research at Fox Chase Cancer Center. In 1998, he began adult stem cell research at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and in 2007 continued at Boston Biomedical Research Institute. In 2013, he founded the Adult Stem Cell Technology Center, LLC, (ASCTC), which he currently directs. ASCTC is developing technologies for mass-producing human tissue stem cells for applications in drug development and transplantation medicine. Honors & Awards 2006 NIH Director's Pioneer Award 2003 Ellison Medical Foundation Senior Scholar Award in Aging Research 1993 Pew Scholar Award in the Biomedical Sciences
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Adult stem cells, adult stem cell expansion, adult stem cell-specific biomarkers, adult stem cell quantification, induced pluripotent stem cell production efficiency, cancer, aging, drug development, immortal DNA strands, non-random segregation, H2A.Z, epigenomics, epigenetics.
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Drapeau holds a Bachelor’s degree in Honors Neurophysiology and a Master’s degree in Neurology and Neurosurgery from Canada’s McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, with work performed at the Montreal Neurological Institute. His thesis was on epileptogenesis and the role of eicosanoids in long-term potentiation and he completed further scientific training in variable projection microscopy at Bradford Research Institute and in ion-selective microelectrode recordings at St-Anne Hospital in France. Mr. Drapeau has been the Director of Research and Development at Cell Tech International and then Desert Lake Technologies, before co-founding STEMTech HealthSciences and becoming its Chief Science Officer. He is the author of the Stem Cell Theory of Renewal, detailed in his book Cracking the Stem Cell Code.
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Dr. Parolini obtained her Biology degree, graduating summa cum laude, from the University of Milan in 1988. In 1994 she completed her Doctorate in Cellular and Molecular Biotechnology in Biomedicine. She worked in the field of primary immunodeficiencies at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, USA (1991-1994) and at the University of Vienna, initially as visiting scientist (1995-1998), before being promoted to Lab Head (1998-2002). In 2002, Dr. Parolini was nominated Director of the E. Menni Research Center (CREM), Fondazione Poliambulanza, Brescia, Italy, where she has pioneered research on human placenta-derived stem cells. The main lines of research at CREM are centred around amniotic and chorionic membrane-derived cells and their conditioned media, with particular focus on immunomodulatory potential in vitro, as well as in vivo assessment of anti-fibrotic effects after transplantation/injection into preclinical animal models of induced fibrosis and autoimmune diseases. Dr. Parolini has been an invited speaker at over 80 international congresses and has been a scientific leader and organizer of several international events. She is the author of over 100 publications in peer-reviewed scientific journals as well as several book chapters, and has had one patent issued while two are currently pending. She is a member of several scientific societies and is the President of the International Placenta Stem Cell Society (IPLASS).
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