First conference on Stem cell and Regenerative Medicine at King Saud University
17/10/2009
The 1st conference on Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine will be held from Saturday, November 7th, 2009 through Monday, November 9th, 2009 (19-21 of Dhual-Qa dah 1430) in King Khalid University Hospital & King Saud University.

The conference is jointly organized by The Stem Cell Unit in Anatomy Department -College of Medicine, Continuous Medical Education Center of King Khalid University Hospital, Australian National University and University of Southern Denmark.

The program addresses the latest development in research and its therapeutical application with modern technology on Stem Cell Biology. This conference has been organized and led by Dr.Abdhullah Aldahmash, Chairman, Anatomy Department, College of Medicine, King Saud University. This Conference hopefully will increase the awareness of the Stem Cell Research programs in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and provide platform for further advances in the field within the kingdom.

Especially as many new technical innovations have been introduced in King Saud University and a better regulatory framework is being developed for integrating with international collaboration.

This conference will also discuss the Ethics and related issues on stem cell fields, especially the stem cell treatable diseases which are common in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

At the end of the last day of the conference, there will be discussion and open meeting between national and international speakers with patients and the media. This conference is accredited by the Saudi Society for Medical Specialties, 18CME Hours. Administration and Organization contact: Telephone Numbers: 4671551/4671554. Ext. 34 Fax: 4811853.

Conference Web Pages: www.cme-ksu.org, www.stemcell-conf.org.

Award of King Abdullah contest
2/10/2009
A stem cell researcher, Mona Ahmed Elsafadi, in Stem Cell Unit / College of Medicine - King Saud University won an award of King Abdullah contest to enrich Arabic content on the internet in collaboration with Knol in Google at different national and international universities.
http://knol.google.com/k/mona-elsafadi/-/yhim61yy0290/2#
 

First postgraduate student at Stem Cell Unit
2/10/2010 Stem Cell Unit wishes to congratulate the first postgraduate student at Stem Cell Unit- College of Medicine in King Saud University, Asma Al Shammary, for her graduation in MSc. in Stem cell and her thesis (Study of the capability of isolated embryonic stem cells from Albino mice to generate neural cells in vitro).

A stem cell project has been accepted as a poster at the Canadian Society for Vascular Surgery conference
2/10/2009
A stem cell project (Novel models of hind limb ischemia in mice a pilot study) submitted by Hussain Mobarak, a medical student at King Saud University has been accepted as a poster at the Canadian Society for Vascular Surgery conference, Ottawa, September 25-26, 2009.

A stem cell Unit obtained a research grand
2/10/2010 Stem Cell Unit at College of Medicine / King Saud University - King Khaled Hospital obtained a research grand from the special program to support medical research of the European Union to conduct a study on the use of nano-technology to develop the capacity of stem cells in collaboration with Dr. Mostapha Kassem , principal researcher in the project from the University of Southern Denmark, the first world scientist that has been allowed to use embryonic stem cells in clinical trials by the European Union.

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