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Year-in-Review 2025–2026: A Year of Progress and Purpose
The ISSCR plays a central role, not only reflecting the momentum of the field but actively guiding it. Over the course of my presidential year, the Society has strengthened its scientific leadership, expanded its global reach, and deepened its commitment to responsible innovation. At the start of my term, I defined four themes: expanding scientific programming from the bottom up, bridging basic research and clinical translation, becoming a truly inclusive society, and strengthening communication across leadership and committees. This year reflects meaningful progress across each of these priorities.
Member Spotlight: Alessandro Bertero
Because my work spans several fields, I can sometimes feel like an outsider. The ISSCR is the exception. It was the first scientific society I joined, and it remains the one where I feel most fully at home, both scientifically and personally. I deeply value the community I have come to know through the society, and I am eager to help ensure its continued success.
Joint ISSCR and SCN Global Workforce Development Initiative Launches Survey
The International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) and Canada’s Stem Cell Network (SCN) have launched a survey as part of a shared Global Workforce Development Initiative. The survey is intended to gather perspectives from students and trainees, early career researchers, senior career researchers, industry professionals, and other stakeholders in the stem cell research and regenerative medicine community on workforce development, career pathways, training needs, and future opportunities in the field.
Stem Cell Reports Welcomes Five New Early Career Editors
Stem Cell Reports, the official journal of the International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR), today announces the appointment of five new Early Career Editors to its editorial team. Representing institutions across North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia, the new editors bring broad expertise spanning developmental biology, neuroscience, genetics, cancer biology, cardiovascular biology, stem cell-based disease modeling, and emerging applications of stem cell engineering in cellular agriculture.
The newly appointed Early Career Editors are:
Alessandro Bertero, University of Turin, Italy
Conchi Estaras, Temple University, USA
Lachlan Harris, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Australia
Caroline Pearson, Weill Cornell Medicine, USA
Shifeng Xue, National University of Singapore
The ISSCR Celebrates Martin Pera for Transformative Leadership and Lasting Contributions to Stem Cell Reports as he Steps Down from the Journal’s Editorial Team
The International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) and Stem Cell Reports are celebrating the remarkable contributions of Martin Pera as he concludes his long tenure with the journal following years of leadership that helped shape Stem Cell Reports into a leading voice in stem cell science and regenerative medicine.
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