Disease Modeling and Drug Discovery
Join the ISSCR in San Diego, USA.
Save the Date: 14-16 December 2026
Program Description: Stem cell–based models are transforming disease understanding and accelerating drug discovery. This three-day symposium brings together global leaders from academia, industry, and the clinic to explore these transformative platforms. Sessions will feature advances in organoid systems that integrate multiple cell types, innovations in bioengineering, patient-derived tumor models, and AI-driven analytical approaches. Applications span cancer biology, therapeutic screening, and even disease modeling in low-Earth orbit. The program will highlight the field’s maturation, from academic discovery tools to industry-standard screening systems and approved therapies, while addressing the remaining challenges to broad adoption of stem cell–derived disease models in drug development.
Who should attend?
Researchers and industry professionals from the global stem cell community who work with, or are interested in, novel stem-cell based models for disease modeling and drug discovery.
This program is co-sponsored by:
Program
Organizers
Shuibing Chen, PhD
Weill Cornell Medical College, USA
Hans C. Clevers, MD, PhD
Utrecht University, Netherlands
Catriona H.M. Jamieson, MD, PhD
University of California, San Diego (UCSD), USA
Marie Engelene J. Obien, PhD
MaxWell Biosystems AG, Switzerland
Sponsor & Exhibit
This ISSCR event provides a fantastic opportunity to raise your company’s visibility and develop connections with the global scientific community advancing the stem cell field! Share your products, tools, and services that can help support and accelerate their research.
Contact exhibits@isscr.org to partner with us at this event!
This program is made possible by:
Official Meeting Journal
Stem Cell Reports is an open access forum communicating basic discoveries in stem cell research, in addition to translational and clinical studies. Stem Cell Reports focuses on manuscripts that report original research with conceptual or practical advances that are of broad interest to stem cell biologists and clinicians.
Logo Toolkit for Sponsors & Exhibitors
Sponsors and exhibitors and welcome to use the below meeting logos to promote their participation in the event. However, attendees, speakers, presenters, sponsors, exhibitors, and partners may not use or edit the corporate, main ISSCR logo in any promotions. If you would like a custom graphic, please contact ISSCR’s Marketing Team at marketing@isscr.org.
