CIRM to host July 25 Facebook Live on stem cell research

Having awarded the last of its $3 billion in grants to study potential cures for disorders or disabilities using stem cells, the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine is hosting its latest Facebook Live “Ask the Stem Cell Team” event on Thurs., July 25th from noon - 1 p.m. PDT, featuring three scientists and researchers and leaders in biotech, but also members of the CIRM Board who will pull back the curtain and talk about the things that matter most to them in helping advance CIRM’s mission, understand how we got where we are, how the rest of the field is doing, and what happens next.

The panelists are: Anne-Marie Duliege MD who has more than 25 years of experience in the medical world, starting out as a pediatrician and then moving into research. She has experience developing new therapies for auto-immune disorders, lung problems and infectious diseases; Joe Panetta, who has years of experience working in the research field, and is currently President & CEO of Biocom, the California association that advocates for more than 1,200 companies, universities and research institutes working in biotechnology; and Dave Martin MD, who came to CIRM after stints at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), UC San Francisco, Genentech, Chiron and several other highly-regarded organizations. He is also the co-founder, chairman and CEO of AvidBiotics, a privately held biotechnology company in South San Francisco.