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Michael D. West , PhD , is a gerontologist , and a pioneer in stem cells , cellular aging and telomere researcher , previous CEO of Advanced Cell Technology aka Ocata -LRB- NASDAQ  : OCAT -RRB- , founder of Geron -LRB- a J&J partner -RRB- and is the current CEO of BioTime , Inc. .. BioTime. BioTime. Advanced Cell Technology. Advanced Cell Technology. cellular aging. cellular aging. gerontologist. gerontologist. telomere. telomere. Geron. Geron Corporation. of Alameda , California -LRB- San Francisco Bay Area -RRB- , a biotechnology company regarded as a leader in the field of regenerative medicine with a focus on Cell Therapies based on pluripotent stem cells that are regarded as all powerful with the ability to become all cells types of the human body .. biotechnology. biotechnology. regenerative medicine. regenerative medicine. pluripotent. pluripotent. BioTime stock is traded on the NYSE MKT and TASE change under ticker symbol BTX .. BioTime. BioTime. Prior to joining BioTime , West was Chairman of the Board , Chief Scientific Officer and CEO of Advanced Cell Technology , Inc. who changed its name to Ocata Therapeutics -LRB- OCAT -RRB- that also specializes in stem cell research and was acquired by Japanese big pharmaceutical company , Astellas for US$ 379M or $ 8.50 per share in February 2016 .. BioTime. BioTime. Advanced Cell Technology. Advanced Cell Technology. stem cell. stem cell. Chairman of the Board. Chairman of the Board. Chief Scientific Officer. Chief Scientific Officer. Prior that , he was founder , director , and Chief Scientific officer of Geron , for which he secured venture capital investment from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers , Venrock and Domain Associates .. Geron. Geron Corporation. venture capital. venture capital. investment. investment. Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. Venrock. Venrock. At Geron , West initiated and managed programs in telomere biology relating to aging , cancer and human embryonic stem cell technology .. stem cell. stem cell. telomere. telomere. Geron. Geron Corporation. human embryonic stem cell. human embryonic stem cell. West organized the first collaborative effort to isolate human pluripotent -LRB- embryonic -RRB- stem cells for the purpose of manufacturing products in regenerative medicine in collaboration with James Thomson at the University of Wisconsin at Madison John Gearhart at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and Roger Pedersen at the University of California , San Francisco .. James Thomson. James Thomson ( cell biologist ). regenerative medicine. regenerative medicine. pluripotent. pluripotent. University of Wisconsin at Madison. University of Wisconsin at Madison. Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. In their telomerase research , West and colleagues at Geron cloned the RNA component of telomerase and collaborated with Thomas Cech -LRB- winner of 1989 Nobel Prize in Chemistry -RRB- , with whom they cloned the catalytic component of the telomerase enzyme , and sponsored collaborative research in the laboratory of Carol Greider , then at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory .. Geron. Geron Corporation. telomerase. telomerase. Thomas Cech. Thomas Cech. Carol Greider. Carol Greider. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. Nobel Prize. Nobel Prize. Geron published evidence of the role of telomerase in cancer and cell immortalization in collaboration with Woodring Wright and Jerry Shay at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas .. Geron. Geron Corporation. telomerase. telomerase. For the company 's Scientific and Clinical Advisory Board , he recruited Gunter Blobel -LRB- winner of the 1999 Nobel Prize in Physiology -RRB- , Leonard Hayflick , Carol Greider -LRB- winner of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Medicine -RRB- , James Watson -LRB- winner of the 1962 Nobel Prize in medicine -RRB- , and others .. Leonard Hayflick. Leonard Hayflick. Carol Greider. Carol Greider. Gunter Blobel. Gunter Blobel. Nobel Prize. Nobel Prize. Physiology. Physiology. James Watson. James Watson. Dr. West is often invited as a keynote speaker at events like World Stem Cell and is associated with 146 patents in the United States , Australia , Japan and elsewhere .