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Contact: Ralph
Derickson
The
Naff Symposium was established in honor of Anna
S. Naff, a UK graduate through support by Benton
Naff of the National Institutes of Health. The
symposium has an interdisciplinary character and
is attended by students and faculty from chemistry,
engineering, biology, biochemistry, pharmacy and
medicine.
Pasko
Rakic
Catherine Verfaillie
Steven Goldman
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LEXINGTON,
Ky. (March 30, 2004) -- The
2004 Naff Symposium on Chemistry and Molecular
Biology sponsored by the University of Kentucky
College of Arts and Sciences chemistry department
will focus on adult stem/progenitor cells. The
symposium is set for 9 a.m. Friday, April 2,
in the auditorium of the William T. Young Library.
Attendance
at the symposium is free and open to the public.
“Increasing
evidence supports a role for adult stem/progenitor
cells in the repair and maintenance of a variety
of systems in the human body,” said Mark
A. Lovell, an assistant professor in the UK Department
of Chemistry and the Sanders-Brown Center on Aging. “In
particular, stem/progenitor cell research holds
considerable promise for the treatment of diseases
of aging including Alzheimer’s disease and
Parkinson’s disease. The 2004 Naff Symposium
provides a unique opportunity for the Department
of Chemistry and the University of Kentucky to
bring together world-renowned researchers that
have advanced our understanding of the factors
that control stem/progenitor cell division and
differentiation into mature cells.”
Speakers
for the conference are:
- Pasko
Rakic, professor and chairman of neurobiology,
Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven,
Conn.;
- Catherine
Verfaillie, professor of medicine and director
of the Stem Cell Institute, University of Minnesota,
Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minn.; and
- Steven
Goldman, professor of neurology and chief of
the department of neurology division of cell
and gene therapy, University of Rochester Medical
Center, Rochester, N.Y.
The
Naff Symposium was established in honor of Anna
S. Naff, a UK graduate through support by Benton
Naff of the National Institutes of Health. The
symposium has an interdisciplinary character and
is attended by students and faculty from chemistry,
engineering, biology, biochemistry, pharmacy and
medicine.
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