15th Swiss Stem Cell Network Annual Meeting

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Important information:

Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, our Annual Meeting has been postponed to December 11th 2020

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Hosts:

Innovation in Clinical Bio-manufacturing

General topic:

Organoids & other specialized cell cultures for clinical applications

Registration

Poster / Abstract Registration Deadline

Final program available here.

Booklet with abstracts: here.

Sponsor opportunities: here.

Confirmed speakers:

• Hayley Francies (Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, UK)  Towards the Next-generation of Cancer Cell Models
• Matthias Lütolf ( EPFL Lausanne) Engineering scalable organoid-based assays for disease modelling
• Ivan Martin (University Hospital Basel) Engineering 3D organotypic niches
• Michele de Luca (Centre for Regenerative Medicine "Stefano Ferrari", University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy) Epithelial stem cells in cell and gene therapy
• Jérôme Guicheux (French National Institute for Health and Medical Research INSERM) Exploring stem cells for the regenerative medicine of intervertebral disc: a paradigm shift in spine surgery
• Lukas Sommer (University of Zurich) Neural Crest Stemness in Regeneration and Cancer Formation

Scientific Advisory Board

BCPM (Bern Center for Precision Medicine)     

• Mark Rubin (co-lead)
• Marianna Kruithof-de Julio
• Sven Rottenberg

SCRM (Stem Cell Research & Regenerative Medicine Platform, Bern)

• Eliane J. Müller (co-lead)
• Carsten Riether
• Amiq Gazdhar

Organizing Committee

BCPM (Bern Center for Precision Medicine)   

• Timo Staub (co-lead)
• Stephan Christen
• Claudia Requeta

SCRM (Stem Cell Research & Regenerative Medicine Platform, Bern)

• Volker Enzmann (co-lead)
• Benjamin Gantenbein
• Rene Aeberhard