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Program

Wednesday, 15 October 2025

11:00 - 11:30
 
Opening
GSCN Conference 2025
11:00 - 11:08 Welcome to tba
 
11:08 - 11:16 Welcome by the tba
 
11:16 - 11:24 Welcome to tba
 
11:24 - 11:30 Opening of GSCN Conference 2025 
Heiko Lickert, President GSCN
11:30 - 12:15
 
Keynote lecture I
K1 - 
Speaker
Chair: 
12:15 - 13:00
 

Keynote lecture II
K2 - 
Speaker
Chair: 

13:00 - 14:30 Lunch break / Industry exhibition    
14:30 - 16:00 Concurrent scientific working group session I
14:30 - 16:00
 
Stem cells in regenerative therapies                                                
(Chairs: Ulrich Martin & Wolfgang Wagner 
14:30 - 15:00 T01 - 
15:00 - 15:15 T02 -  
15:15 - 15:30 T03 - 
15:30 - 15:45 T04 - 
15:45 - 16:00 T05 - 
14:30 - 16:00
 
Pluripotency, differentiation & PSC-derived models   
(Chairs: Ralf Jauch & Mina Gouti)
14:30 - 15:00 T06 - 
15:00 - 15:15 T07 - 
15:15 - 15:30 T08 - 
15:30 - 15:45 T09 - 
15:45 - 16:00 T10 - 
14:30 - 16:00
 
Basic, translational and applied hematopoiesis
(Chairs: Nina Cabezas-Wallscheid & Mick Milsom)
14:30 - 15:00 T11 - 
15:00 - 15:15 T12 -
15:15 - 15:30 T13 - 
15:30 - 15:45 T14 - 
15:45 - 16:00 T15 -
16:00 - 16:30 Break time / Industry exhibition     
16:30 - 17:30
 
General Meeting
Executive Board & Managing Director
Heiko Lickert, Claudia Waskow, Sina Bartfeld, Michael Cross, Andreas Trumpp, Daniel Besser
17:30 - 19:30

 
Poster session I - Poster number Pxxx - Pxxx
(with beverages)                                                                         supported by PeptiGrowth
Tbd: Pxxx - Pxxx
Tbd: Pxxx - Pxxx
Tbd: Pxxx - Pxxx


Even numbers: 17:30 - 18:30
Odd numbers: 18:30 - 19:30
19:45 -20:30
 
Keynote lecture III (on ELSA topics)
K3 - 
(Chair: tba
20:30 - 22:00
Foyer
GSCN Get-together for all participants
Dinner buffet 
 
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Thursday, 16 October 2025

 
09:00 - 10:30 Concurrent scientific working group session II
09:00 - 10:30
 
Stem cells in disease modeling & drug development
(Chairs: Oliver Brüstle & Karl-Ludwig Laugwitz
09:00 - 09:30 T16 - 
09:30 - 09:45 T17 - 
09:45 - 10:00 T18 - 
10:00 - 10:15 T19 -
10:15 - 10:30 T20 - 
09:00 - 10:30
 
TACTiC Symposium
(Chairs: Ulrich Martin & Robert Zweigerdt)
 
09:00 - 09:30 T21 - 
09:30 - 09:45 T22 -
09:45 - 10:00 T23 -
10:00 - 10:15 T24 - 
10:15 - 10:30 T25 -
09:00 - 10:30
 
ELSA symposium: 
(Chairs: Tobias Cantz)
Panelists: 
10:30 - 11:00 Break time / Industry exhibition        
11:00 - 12:30 Industry session: "Technologies from GSCN industry partners"
11:00 - 12:30
 
Supporter I
(Chairs: Magdalena Götz & Hartmut Geiger
11:00 - 11:15 C01 - 
11:15 - 11:30 C02 - 
11:30 -12:00 C03 - 
12:00 - 12:20 C04 - 
11:00 - 12:30
 
Supporter II
(Chairs: Hannes Klump & Harald Stachelscheid)
11:00 - 11:15 C05 - 
11:15 - 11:35 C06 - 
11:35 - 11:55 C07 - 
11:55 - 12:15 C08 - 
12:15 -12:30 C09 - 
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch break / Industry exhibition                        
14:00 - 16:15
 
Presidential Symposium
Chair: Heiko Lickert
14:00 - 14:45 Presidential Invite
PS1 - 
Maria-Elena Torres-Padilla, Helmholtz Munich
14:45 - 15:15 GSCN 2025 Young Investigator Award
PS2 - 
15:15 - 15:45 GSCN 2025 Hilde Mangold Award
PS3 - 
15:45 - 16:15 GSCN Publication of the Year 2024 - 2025 Award
PS4 - 
16:15 - 16:30 Break time / Industry exhibition                 
16:30 - 18:30
 
Poster session II - Poster number Pxxx - Pxxx
(with beverages)                                               
tbd: Pxxx - Pxxx
tbd: Pxxx - Pxxx
tbd: Pxxx - Pxxx
tbd: Pxxx - Pxxx


Even numbers: 16:30 - 17:30
Odd number: 17:30  - 18:30
19:00 - 01:00 GSCN networking event for all participants
                                                         

The entrance fee is collected on site
Event location: 
 tba

Friday, 17 Ocotber 2025

09:00 - 10:30 Concurrent scientific working group session III
09:00 - 10:30
 
Stem cell in disease modeling & drug development
Chairs: 
09:00 - 09:30 T26 - 
09:30 - 09:45 T27 - 
09:45 - 10:00 T28 - 
10:00 - 10:15 T29 - 
10:15 - 10:30 T30 - 
09:00 - 10:30
 
Hematopoietic stem cells
Chairs: 
09:00 - 09:30 T31 - 
09:30 - 09:45 T32 - 
09:45 - 10:00 T33 - 
10:00 - 10:15 T34 - 
10:15 - 10:30 T35 - 
09:00 - 10:30
 
Stem cells in regenerative therapies                 
Chairs: 
09:00 - 09:30 T36 - 
09:30 - 09:45 T37 - 
09:45 - 10:00 T38 -
10:00 - 10:15 T39 - 
10:15 - 10:30 T40 - 
10:30 - 11:00 Break time / Industry exhibition                     
11:00 - 12:30 Concurrent strategic working group session
11:00 - 12:30
 
Clinical trials & regulatory affairs
Chairs: 
11:00 - 11:30 S1 - 
11:30 - 12:00 S2 - 
12:00 - 12:30 S3 - 
11:00 - 12:30
 
Career development
Chairs: 
  S4 - 
11:00 - 12:30
 
Technologies in stem cell research
Chairs: 
11:00 - 11:30 S5 - 
11:30 - 12:00 S6 - 
12:00 - 12:30 S7 - 
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch break / Industry exhibition                            
14:00 - 14:45
 
Keynote lecture IV
K4 - 
Chair: 
14:45 - 15:30
 
Keynote lecture V
K5 - 
Chair: 

15:30 - 15:50
 

Poster award ceremony
Daniel Besser
Poster awards                      
Travel awards   
15:50 - 16:00
 
Closing remarks by the GSCN president
Heiko Lickert 
  End of GSCN Conference 2025
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Keynote Speakers 2025


Timm Schroeder (Basel, Switzerland)


Maria-Elena Torres-Padilla (Munich, Germany)

Stay tuned for updates!

Speakers & Session Chairs

Sina Bartfeld (Berlin)
Daniel Besser (Berlin)
Thomas Braun (Bad Nauheim)
Oliver Brüstle (Bonn)
Nina Cabezas Wallscheid (Freiburg)
Germán Camargo-Ortega (Basel)
Tobias Cantz (Hannover)
Michael Cross (Leipzig)
Sebastian Diecke (Berlin)
Micha Drukker (Leiden, NL)
Marieke Essers (Heidelberg)
Hartmut Geiger (Ulm)
Ingmar Glauche (Dresden)
Mina Gouti (Berlin)
Anne Grapin-Botton (Dresden)
Ira Herrmann (Bonn)
Meritxell Huch (Dresden)
Zoltán Ivics (Langen)
Ralf Jauch (Hongkong) supported by Centre for Translational Stem Cell Biology (CTSCB), Hong Kong
Bert Klebl (Dortmund)
Hannes Klump (Essen)
Sebastian Knöbel (Bergisch Gladbach)
Andreas Kurtz (Berlin)
Nico Lachmann (Hannover)
Karl-Ludwig Laugwitz (Munich)
Heiko Lickert (Munich)
Carsten Marr (Munich)
Ulrich Martin (Hannover)
Mick Milsom (Heidelberg)
Michael Rieger (Frankfurt a.M.)
Insa Schröder (Darmstadt)
Hans Schöler (Münster)
Harald Stachelscheid (Berlin)
Andreas Trumpp (Heidelberg)
Wolfgang Wagner (Aachen)
Claudia Waskow (Jena)
Robert Zweigerdt (Hannover)

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