Speaker
Valerie Gouon-Evans
Boston University Boston Medical Center, USA
Biography :
Dr. Valerie Gouon-Evans is Associate Professor in the Center for Regenerative Medicine at Boston University, Boston Medical Center, Director of the Boston University Liver Biologist program, and Co-director of the Molecular and Translational Medicine PhD program. She has greatly contributed to the efficient generation of hepatocytes from mouse, human and macaque pluripotent stem cells by pioneering the use of BMP4 to induce hepatic specification.
