Concurrent sessions allow for close examination of focused topics from across the spectrum of stem cell research. Each concurrent session, framed by a brief topic overview, includes one or two invited speakers whose work highlights leading research in the field along with up to six abstract-selected speakers who collectively highlight some of the most exciting and current work on the topic. Five concurrent sessions are held in parallel and attendees are encouraged to move between sessions to hear talks of interest. Organized by the ISSCR Annual Meeting Program Committee. View the Full Schedule for dates and times of Concurrent Sessions.
Four core themes will be carried throughout 20 concurrent sessions. Each theme will be explored in different cell and tissue contexts: Cardiac and Muscle; Early Embryo and Pluripotency; Endodermal, Epithelial and Mesenchymal; Hematopoietic and Endothelial; Neural.
Cancer and Stem Cells
Robert Blelloch, University of California, San Francisco, USA
Carla Kim, Boston Children's Hospital, USA
Cardiac and Muscle
Masaki Ieda, University of Tsukuba, Japan
Kristy Red-Horse, Stanford University, USA
Early Development and Pluripotency
Sponsored by Center for Regenerative Medicine (CReM) of Boston University and Boston Medical Center
Janet Rossant, Hospital for Sick Children, Canada
Fuchou Tang, Peking University, China
Epithelial Stem Cells
Danielle Devenport, Princeton University, USA
Eugenia Piddini, University of Bristol, UK
Hematopoietic and Endothelial Cells
Sponsored by Kuhner Shaker
Matthew Porteus, Stanford Medical School, USA
Claudia Waskow, Leibniz Institute on Aging- FLI, Germany
Neural
Kapil Bharti, National Eye Institute, NIH, USA
Alejandro Schinder, Leloir Institute, Argentina
Cardiac and Muscle
Helen Blau, Stanford University School of Medicine, USA
Richard Harvey, Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, Australia
Early Development and Pluripotency
Joanna Wysocka, Stanford University, USA
Richard Young, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, USA
Hematopoietic and Endothelial Cells
Sponsored by Agilent Technologies
Shangqin Guo, Yale University, USA
Shahin Rafii, Cornell Medical College, USA
Neural
Don W. Cleveland, University of California, San Diego, USA
Justin Ichida, University of Southern California, USA
Cardiac and Muscle
Tim Hoey, Tenaya Therapeutics, USA
Stephanie Protze, McEwen Stem Cell Institute, University Health Network, Canada
Gene Editing in Early Embryo and Pluripotent Stem Cells
Shoukhrat Mitalipov, Oregon Health & Science University, USA
Giuseppe Testa, University of Milan, Italy
Hematopoietic and Endothelial Cells
Ravi Majeti, Stanford University, USA
Steve McCarroll, Harvard Medical School and Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, USA
Neural
Sponsored by MaxWell Biosystems
Haruhisa Inoue, CiRA, Kyoto University, Japan
Li-Huei Tsai, Massachusetts Institute for Technology, USA
Organoids of Endoderm and Kidney
Lijian Hui, Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, China
Joo-Hyeon Lee, University of Cambridge, UK
Cardiac and Muscle
Rick Horwitz, Allen Institute for Cell Science, USA
Milica Radisic, University of Toronto, Canada
Early Development and Pluripotency - Interspecies Chimeras for Stem Cell Research
Josephine Johnston, Hastings Center, USA
Martin Pera, The Jackson Labs, USA
Jun Wu, UT Southwestern Medical Center, USA
Hematopoietic and Endothelial Cells
Sponsored by Editas Medicine
Alessandro Aiuti, San Raffaele Hospital, Italy
Judith Shizuru, Stanford University School of Medicine, USA
Neural
Sponsored by Novartis
Megan Munsie, University of Melbourne, Australia
Malin Parmar, Lund University, Sweden
Pancreas
Hongkui Deng, Peking University, China
Kevin D'Amour, ViaCyte, USA