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Benyamin Rosental: Breaking the Wall to Stem Cell Transplantation for Corals Cell-Therapy

Falling Walls Foundation
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How can we find solutions to the great challenges of the 21st century to continue and improve our life on earth? At the Falling Walls Science Summit 2022 we are looking for projects with groundbreaking potential in the study of life and organisms (e.g. biology, neuroscience, zoology) that contribute to overcoming the confrontations between humans and nature. While most of the work in the laboratory is focusing on improving transplantation and modulating the immune system in medical settings, due to the unique tools developed in the lab, Benyamin Rosental and his team translate their research to ecological questions. The most unique project we perform in the laboratory is to characterize, isolate and transplant coral stem cells. The idea is to be able to isolate stem cells from heat resilient individuals and transplant them to sensitive corals, to enable resilience in the sensitive individuals in heat stress. Reef corals are the foundation of e …...more
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Benyamin Rosental: Breaking the Wall to Stem Cell Transplantation for Corals Cell-Therapy
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2022Sep 29
How can we find solutions to the great challenges of the 21st century to continue and improve our life on earth? At the Falling Walls Science Summit 2022 we are looking for projects with groundbreaking potential in the study of life and organisms (e.g. biology, neuroscience, zoology) that contribute to overcoming the confrontations between humans and nature. While most of the work in the laboratory is focusing on improving transplantation and modulating the immune system in medical settings, due to the unique tools developed in the lab, Benyamin Rosental and his team translate their research to ecological questions. The most unique project we perform in the laboratory is to characterize, isolate and transplant coral stem cells. The idea is to be able to isolate stem cells from heat resilient individuals and transplant them to sensitive corals, to enable resilience in the sensitive individuals in heat stress. Reef corals are the foundation of ecosystems that host much of the ocean’s biodiversity. They are under severe threat from anthropogenic stressors, particularly global warming. Efforts to mitigate the damage are informed by research on understanding and transferring naturally-occurring resilient genotypes. This has a direct parallel in medicine; cell- or gene-therapy, which is founded on an ability to isolate and then transplant stem cells. This technology does not exist for any coral species. In this research, the team develop robust tools for the isolation, characterization, and transplantation of coral progenitor cells. This technology will have an impact on basic and applied research. Being able to transfer progenitor cells from a stress-resilient coral to a sensitive one will assist in understanding the mechanisms governing stress tolerance. With this research, and using the tools developed here, it may become possible to confer resilience in the wild. About the Falling Walls Science Summit The Falling Walls Science Summit is a leading international, interdisciplinary and intersectoral forum for scientific breakthroughs and science dialogue between global science leaders and society. The event takes place every year from 7–9 November in Berlin, commemorating the fall of the Berlin Wall. With formats Falling Walls Pitches (7 November), Falling Walls Circle (8 November) and Falling Walls Science Breakthroughs of the Year (9 November), the Falling Walls Science Summit is the leading forum for global science leaders from academia, business, politics, the media, and civil society to debate the potential of scientific breakthroughs to solve grand challenges and shape a sustainable future. The Falling Walls Science Summit is organised by the non-profit Falling Walls Foundation. More: www.falling-walls.com 🗓 Save the Date: FALLING WALLS SCIENCE SUMMIT 7 – 9 NOV 2022 🤳🏾 Twitter:   / @falling_walls   Instagram:   / falling_walls   Facebook:   / fallingwalls   LinkedIn:   / fallingwalls   Website: https://falling-walls.com/

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