| 09:00 - 10:30 |
Concurrent scientific working group session II |
09:00 - 10:30
Axon 1 |
Stem cells in regenerative therapies
Chairs: Ulrich Martin & Wolfgang Wagner |
| 09:00 - 09:30 |
T16 - Bioprocess development for the clinical translation of hPSC progenies
Robert Zweigerdt, Hannover Medical School (MHH) |
| 09:30 - 09:45 |
T17 - Decoding neurovascular dysfunction in ADHD: Patient-specific iPSC-derived blood-brain barrier (BBB) models uncover hidden metabolic drivers beyond PARK2 genetics
Antje Appelt-Menzel, University Hospital Würzburg |
| 09:45 - 10:00 |
T18 - “Heps in a Bag”, an engineered hepatic patch against acute liver failure
Fabian Bachinger, Berlin Institute of Health (BIH) at Charité |
| 10:00 - 10:15 |
T19 - Off-the-shelf immune-shielded iPSC-derived CAR γδ T cells as novel cell therapy to treat hepatocellular carcinoma
Stephanie Sontag, Evotec |
| 10:15 - 10:30 |
T20 - Engineering basal cells to modulate epithelial-macrophage interactions in COPD
Lili Rusznyak, Helmholtz Munich |
09:00 - 10:30
Axon 2 |
Stem cells in aging & disease
Chairs: Michael Rieger & Andreas Trumpp |
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| 09:00 - 09:30 |
T21 - Intrinsic stem cell aging and niche regulation of stem cell function
Hartmut Geiger, University Ulm |
| 09:30 - 09:45 |
T22 - A human brain organoid model of ageing identifies chromatin-mediated control of transposable elements during neural ageing
Elisa Gabassi, University of Innsbruck, Austria |
| 09:45 - 10:00 |
T23 - Extreme heterogeneity in hematologic aging is predominantly driven by stochastic variation, not by environmental nor genetic variation
Yiwen Zhang, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg |
| 10:00 - 10:15 |
T24 - Ontogenetically distinct bone marrow macrophages regulate HSC integrity and megakaryocyte-biased expansion
Nina Henning, Leibniz Institute on Aging (FLI), Jena |
| 10:15 - 10:30 |
T25 - Clonal trajectories of adult B-ALL in medullary sites and brain infiltration at single-cell resolution
Hui Ming Tew, University Hospital Frankfurt |
09:00 - 10:30
Dendrit |
Stem cells in disease modeling & drug development I
Chairs: Oliver Brüstle & Bert Klebl |
| 09:00 - 09:30 |
T26 - tbd
tbd, XXX |
| 09:30 - 09:45 |
T27 - tbd
tbd, XX |
| 09:45 - 10:00 |
T28 - tbd
tbd, XX |
| 10:00 - 10:15 |
T29 - tbd
tbd, XX |
| 10:15 - 10:30 |
T30 - tbd
tbd, XX |
09:00 - 10:30
Dendrit 3 |
ELSA symposium
Panel: Stepan Jerabek, Moderation: Tobias Cantz |
| 10:30 - 11:30 |
Break time / Industry exhibition |
10:45 - 11:30
Axon 2 |
General Member Meeting
Executive Board & Managing Director
Heiko Lickert, Claudia Waskow, Sina Bartfeld, Michael Cross, Andreas Trumpp, Daniel Besser |
| 11:30 - 13:00 |
Industry session: "Technologies from GSCN industry partners" |
11:30 - 13:00
Axon 1 |
Main Supporter
Chairs: Michael Cross |
| 11:35 - 12:05 |
C01 -
tba, Stem Cell Technologies |
| 12:05 - 12:25 |
C02 - Enabling the future of cell therapy: From discovery to the clinic
Beau le Roy, Acro Biosystems |
| 12:25 -12:45 |
C03 -
tba, PeptiGrowth |
11:30 - 13:00
Axon 2 |
Supporter II
Chairs: Mareike Albert |
| 11:35 - 11:50 |
C04 - Closing the analytical gap in cell therapy manufacturing: Automated at-line flow cytometry for QC from research to GMP release
Félix A. Montero-Julian, Biomerieux, Accellix |
| 11:50 - 12:05 |
C05 - Integrating patient data and hiPSC microglia to model Alzheimer’s disease for drug discovery
Bastian Zimmer, Evotec SE |
| 12:05 - 12:20 |
C06 - 3D bioreactor stem cell culture: Consistent from R&D to commercial manufacturing
Philipp Nold, Eppendorf |
| 12:20 - 12:35 |
C07 -
tba, Miltenyi |
| 12:35 - 12:55 |
C08 -
tba, Sartorius |
11:30 - 13:00
Dendrit |
Supporter III
Chairs: Laura Steenpaß |
| 11:35 - 11:50 |
C09 - Watching stem cells live: Continuous live-cell imaging in iPSC and organoid research
Ceren Güneş, Countstar |
| 11:50 - 12:05 |
C10 - Interrogating inflammatory signaling in human iPSC-derived pancreatic ductal organoids with
a fully defined animal component-free matrix
Joel Cresser-Brown, bio-techne |
| 12:05 - 12:20 |
C11 -
tba, Molecular Devices |
| 12:20 - 12:35 |
C12 - Building more relevant and reliable human iPSC-derived neuronal models with the new neurobasal PhysioPlus medium
David Kunniger, Thermo Fisher |
| 12:35 - 12:55 |
C13 -
tba, Corning |
| 13:00 - 14:30 |
Lunch break / Industry exhibition |
14:30 - 16:45
Axon 1/2 |
Presidential Symposium
Chair: Sina Bartfeld & Heiko Lickert |
| 14:30 - 15:15 |
Presidential Invite
PS1 - Gene regulation in early embryonic development
Janet Rossant, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada |
| 15:15 - 15:45 |
GSCN 2026 Young Investigator Award
PS2 -
tba |
| 15:45 - 16:15 |
GSCN 2026 Hilde Mangold Award
PS3 -
tba |
| 16:15 - 16:45 |
GSCN Publication of the Year 2025 - 2026 Award
PS4 -
tba |
| 16:45 - 17:15 |
Break time / Industry exhibition |
16:45 - 18:45
HH84
MDC.C 3 floor |
Poster session II - Poster number Pxxx - Pxxx
(with beverages)
Even numbers: 16:45 - 17:45
Odd number: 17:45 - 18:45 |
| 20:00 - 01:00 |
GSCN networking event for all participants (with bus transfer)
The entrance fee is collected onsite
Event location: ➚ Café am Neuen See, Berlin |