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THE GLOBAL STEM CELL EVENT
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15-18 JUNE 2022
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PLENARY SESSIONS


Plenary sessions showcase inspiring speakers with cutting-edge research and ideas in key areas of stem cell research and its application. Organized by the ISSCR Annual Meeting Program Committee, the plenary sessions make up the core of ISSCR 2022, co-sponsored by STEMCELL Technologies, and highlight each of the tracks running though the program.

Featured Speakers

Presidential Symposium

Award Lectures

Masayo Takahashi
Ernest McCulloch Lecture: Deepak Srivastava, MD, Gladstone Institutes, USA
Prisca Liberali
Prisca Liberali, PhD, Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Switzerland
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Sean Morrison, PhD, UT Southwestern, USA 
Masayo Takahashi
Anne McLaren Lecture: Ruth Lehmann, PhD, Whitehead Institute, USA
Christine Mummery
Christine L. Mummery, PhD, Leiden University, Netherlands
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Dr. Susan Lim ISSCR Award for Outstanding Young Investigator
Jennifer Phillips-Cremins, PhD, University of Pennsylvania, USA 
Masayo Takahashi
John McNeish Memorial Lecture: Masayo Takahashi, MD, PhD Vision Care Inc, Japan
Leonard Zon
Jose Polo, PhD, Monash University, Australia
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Lorenz Studer, MD, Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research, USA 
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Keynote Address: Priscilla Chan, MD, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, USA
Leonard Zon
Aryeh Warmflash, PhD, Rice University, USA
Joanna Wysocka Earns 2022 ISSCR Momentum Award
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Joanna Wysocka, PhD, Stanford University, USA 
Leonard Zon
Leonard I. Zon, MD, Boston Children's Hospital, USA

All Plenary Sessions and Plenary Invited Speakers

Plenary I: Presidential Symposium
Sponsored By: Sana Biotechnology

Prisca Liberali, PhD, Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Switzerland
Christine L. Mummery, PhD, Leiden University, Netherlands
Jose Polo, PhD, Monash University, Australia
Aryeh Warmflash, PhD, Rice University, USA
Leonard I. Zon, MD, Boston Children's Hospital, USA

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 Track: Tissue Stem Cells and Regeneration
Plenary IV: Defining Stem Cells Across Space and Time
Sponsored By: Salk Institute for Biological Studies

Sasha Mendjan, PhD, Institute of Molecular Biotechnology (IMBA), Austria
Tina Mukherjee, PhD, Institute for Stem Cell Science and Regenerative Medicine (inStem), India
Alejandro Sanchez Alvarado, PhD, Stowers Institute for Medical Research, USA
Tatjana Sauka-Spengler, PhD, University of Oxford, UK

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  Track: Clinical Applications
Plenary II: Pushing the Boundaries in Stem Cell Therapy and Regeneration
Sponsored By: TAKEDA-CiRA Joint Research Program for iPS Cell Applications (T-CiRA) 

Dr. Susan Lim ISSCR Award for Outstanding Young Investigator Lecture: Jennifer Phillips-Cremins, PhD, University of Pennsylvania, USA
Deepta Bhattacharya, PhD, University of Arizona, USA
Yvonne Y. Chen, PhD, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
Malin Parmar, PhD, Lund University, Sweden
Ernest McCulloch Lecture: Deepak Srivastava, MD, Gladstone Institutes, USA

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  Track: Modeling Development and Disease
Plenary V: Disentangling Single Cell Contributions to Organogenesis and Pathology

Muzlifah Haniffa, PhD, Newcastle University & Wellcome Sanger Institute, UK
Jürgen Knoblich, PhD, Institute of Molecular Biotechnology of the Austrian Academy of Science, Austria
April Pyle, PhD, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
Xiaoqun Wang, PhD, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Science, China
ISSCR Achievement Award Lecture: Lorenz Studer, MD, Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research, USA

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  Track: Cellular Identity
Plenary III: Programming and Reprogramming

Sponsored By: BlueRock Therapeutics

Ruth Lehmann, PhD, Whitehead Institute, USA
Douglas Melton, PhD, Harvard University, USA
Austin Smith, FRS, FRSE, University of Exeter, UK
Fiona M. Watt, DPhil, FRS, FMedSci, King's College London/EMBO, UK

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  Track: New Technologies
Plenary VI: Technologies That Model and Direct Emergent Cell Behaviors in Stem Cell Biology and Regeneration

Smita Krishnaswamy, PhD, Yale University, USA
Satoshi Toda, PhD, Kanazawa University, Japan
Alexander van Oudenaarden, PhD, Hubrecht Institute - KNAW & University Medical Center, Netherlands
Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic, PhD, Columbia University, USA
ISSCR Momentum Award Lecture : Joanna Wysocka, PhD, Stanford University, USA

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  Track: Clinical Applications
Plenary VII: Cell and Gene Therapy in the Clinic

Sponsored By: MaxWell Biosystems

Keynote Address: Priscilla Chan, MD, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, USA
John McNeish Memorial Lecture: Masayo Takahashi, MD, PhD, Vision Care Inc, Japan
Gary Meininger, MD, Vertex Pharmaceuticals, USA
Luigi Naldini, MD, PhD, SR-TIGET San Rafaele, Italy
Bahram (Bob) Valamehr, PhD, Fate Therapeutics Inc, USA

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  • Abstracts
    • Call for Abstracts
    • Submission Instructions
    • Awards
    • Poster Presenter's Corner
  • Registration
    • Registration
  • Program
    • Scientific Program
    • Plenary Sessions
    • Concurrent Track Sessions
    • Workshop on Clinical Translation
    • Special Sessions and Career Lab
    • Focus Sessions
    • Innovation Showcases
    • Quality Standards for Stem Cell Research
    • Speaker's Corner
    • Micro Theater
    • 20th Anniversary Celebration
  • Exhibits & Sponsorships
    • Exhibits & Sponsorships
    • Current Sponsors & Exhibitors
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    • Health & Safety
    • Travel & Housing
    • Official Vendors
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