The Mount Desert Island Stem Cell Symposium is a joint symposium of the Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory and The Jackson Laboratory aimed at promoting the exchange of new ideas in the field of stem cell research.

The 2009 symposium, Reprogramming and Epigenetics , will emphasize current research findings and advances involving reprogramming in stem cell development, differentiation, and renewal.

All interested scientists are welcome to preregister and attend. Abstracts are invited. Funds are available to eligible trainees to cover registration, room and board. Travel funds are not available.

Organizers David Barnes, PhD, MDI Biological Laboratory Edward J. Benz, Jr., MD, MDIBL and The Dana Farber Cancer Institute Paul Collodi, PhD, Purdue University Jonathan Epstein, MD, MDIBL and Univ. Pennsylvania SOM John N. Forrest, Jr., MD, MDI Biological Laboratory and Yale SOM John B. Macauley, PhD, The Jackson Laboratory Michael McKernan, MDI Biological Laboratory Rajesh Rao, Yale University School of Medicine Don Wojchowski, Maine Medical Center Research Institute Kyuson Yun, Ph.D., The Jackson Laboratory Leonard Zon, MD, HHMI and Harvard Medical School