Hey guys,
I've got a meeting with Dr. Claire Higgins tomorrow! If anyone's got questions for her, especially ones related to the work of Colin Jahoda, please post them here before 5:45pm EST. I've got Wifi at the hotel so I'm checking the forums as I go. I'm using Google Keep with a 'checklist' of questions to ask which makes it SO much easier than pen and paper (simply copy paste the list of questions into Keep).
I saw that there have been additional questions posted on the forums and will be adding them as well, particularly for Samumed. I'll try to catch Dr. Yazici one more time and do some follow up questions. A couple things I need to mention;
1) Much like Desmond84 last year, I am having a hard time getting a hold of Dr. Cotsarelis.
2) The opening ceremony had pretty much all the major players chatting; Ken Washenik, Angela Christiano, George Cotsarelis, etc. Looks like they all know each other.
3) If I can't get a hold of Dr. Cotsarelis or Dr. Christiano and get them aside for a brief 1on1 with some of our questions, I'm going to be forced to speak to them about our initiative and our interest in their work during the 8-9am 'Coffee with the Experts' event. I just hope they don't blow me off or anything.
4) The interview I got with Replicel answers a LOT of questions, both from scientific as well as timelines and things of that sort and also clears up their delays, dosing, etc. This may just be the best interview we'll have with them as well and luckily with Dr. Rolf Hoffmann being able to answer questions with the actual science behind it all, which is awesome. I have to say, both Lee Buckler and Rolff Hoffmann were a bit surprised to see how much we look into the science of it all, I think they REALLY appreciate our STRONG interest in their treatment. Unfortunately, Kevin McElwee wasn't there, but we got all the answers we needed so it's ok. I need to edit out an 'off the record' comment recorded so it will definitely be made public once I get around to editing the audio.
I've attended all the relevant sessions so far and one that particularly stood out was on Alopecia Areata. I'll post the audio recording with the poster of the presenter later on in a new thread for you guys to discuss. I missed one IMPORTANT question to ask the presenter which I'm sure many of you will ask about as well, so I'm going to hold off. However, I can only hope that the AA study can somehow translate to benefit Androgenetic Alopecia.
Anyway, Saturday is a BIG day for interviews, today's interview with Dr. Ken Washenik got delayed until after my interview with Dr. Gail Naughton on Saturday, so this will have to wait a bit. Essentially, Saturday will have the MOST info I'll collect. Tomorrow is a big one as well considering the presentations. Things will really pickup from here on out, today's presentations were mostly on Alopecia Areata and Morpheogenesis, but not a whole lot was presented that would benefit us other than Dr. Sarah Millars presentation on WNT10a for hair growth. Most of the stuff presented was a rehashing we already know; DKK, BMP, etc suppressing hair growth. DHT hasn't been mentioned at all which should tell us all; IT IS NOT THE SOURCE OF HAIR LOSS. It is a factor, but when you consider the fact that all men have more or less the same levels of DHT, logic says that DHT doesn't really cause hair loss.... it'd be something else, like PGD2 where ONLY bald men have very levels of this.
Oh, also, I took photos of about 30 posters on display... I'll make a thread with all of them as well. There are many more, but I don't think you guys would be interested in them a whole lot (ie; chemotherapy induced hair loss, lasers, etc.) I got the ones that are MOST relevant to us... as well as any I could find targeted towards women specifically for EvilLocks.