2026 Arizona Regenerative Medicine Symposium
Friday October 30th at the ASU Thunderbird School of Global Management in Downtown Phoenix
Closed October 23rd
PROGRAM
9:30 AM – 9:45 AM Sally Morton, PhD | ASU
9:45 AM – 10:15 AM Jennifer Westendorf, PhD | Mayo Clinic MN | Talk: Orthopedic Regenerative Science and Medicine: Flipping the Script on Osteoarthritis
10:15 AM – 10:35 AM Charles Park, PhD | ASU | Talk: Multi-Scale RBC Hitchhiking for Targeted Gene Delivery Beyond the Endothelium
—break—
10:50 AM – 11:20 AM Carlos Zgheib, PhD | University of Arizona, Tucson | Talk: From Regeneration to Translation: CNP-miR146a for Diabetic Wound Healing
11:20 AM – 12:05 PM Panel: A Career with a PhD
– Allison Duarte, PhD | Greater Phoenix Economic Council
– Aaron Taber, PhD | Axolotl Biologix
– Carlos Zgheib, PhD | University of Arizona, Tucson
—lunch—
1:00 PM – 1:50 PM Kenneth Poss, PhD | University Wisconsin, Madison | Talk: Lessons from innate heart regeneration
—break—
2:05PM – 2:25 PM Michael Gallagher, PhD | ASU | Talk: New technologies for stem cell-based modeling of neuroinflammation in Alzheimer’s and beyond
2:25 PM – 2:45 PM Simona Migliozzi, PhD | TGen | Talk: Tracing the Enemy Within: How Brain Tumors Adapt Under Treatment
2:45 PM – 3:15PM Wuqiang Zhu, MD PhD | Mayo Clinic AZ | Talk: G6PD and Cardiomyocyte Proliferation
—break—
3:30 PM – 4:15 PM POSTERS, odd number
4:15 PM – 4:45 PM Mix and mingle
4:45 PM – 5:30 PM POSTERS, even number
DIRECTIONS
Thunderbird Global Forum @ ASU Thunderbird School of Global Management
Address:
401 N 1st St, Phoenix, AZ 85004
Directions:
By Transit:
Option 1. (Free for ASU Students) From the ASU Tempe campus, take the free ASU inter-campus shuttle. Details here.
- The shuttle to the Downtown Phoenix campus takes 30 minutes and leaves every 15 minutes.
- ASU ID required to ride.
- Starting point: 1201 S Forest Ave, Tempe, AZ 85281
- Drop-off location: Central Ave & Polk St in Downtown Phoenix
- From the drop-off location, walk 0.1 miles to the Thunderbird School of Global Management
Option 2. Take the Valley Metro light rail A line to Downtown Phoenix Hub, then transfer to Northbound B line. Exit at the Van Buren/Central Ave Stop. Costs $2/trip. Tickets and information can be found here.
By Car:
Accessible from Highway 10 or 17 via the 7th Street or Central Ave Exits
Parking:
Parking is available at the following locations. We are unable to offer parking validation. More details here.
- Taylor Street Garage / EVB Parking Garage. (Most Popular)
- $4/hour or $16/day
- East of Thunderbird
- University Center Garage
- $4/hour or $16/day
- Immediately west of Thunderbird
- Closest option
- Health North Lot
- $3/hour or $15/day
- Northeast of Thunderbird
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