The International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) will award its 2023 ISSCR Achievement Award to Thomas A. Rando, M.D., Ph.D., director of the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research and professor of Neurology and of Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology, UCLA, USA.

The International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) is honoring Takanori Takebe, M.D., Ph.D. with the 2023 ISSCR Outstanding Young Investigator Award. Professor Takebe is an Endowed Chair of Organoid Medicine and Director of Commercial Innovation for Center for Stem Cell and Organoid Medicine (CuSTOM) at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, and a Professor at Osaka University, and Tokyo Medical and Dental University.

The International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) is honoring Christine L. Mummery, Ph.D., Professor of Developmental Biology, Leiden University Medical Center, Netherlands, with the 2023 ISSCR Public Service Award. The prize recognizes the outstanding contributions of public service to the fields of stem cell research and regenerative medicine. The award will be presented at the Presidential Symposium on 14 June 2023 during ISSCR 2023 Boston + Virtual, the world’s leading gathering of the brightest minds in stem cell research and regenerative medicine.

The International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) will present this year’s ISSCR Momentum Award to Cédric Blanpain, M.D., Ph.D., professor and director of the laboratory of stem cells and cancer at the Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium. The prize recognizes the exceptional achievements of an investigator whose innovative research has established a major area of stem cell-related research with a strong trajectory for future success.