Plenary sessions
Plenary I: PRESIDENTIAL SYMPOSIUM
This Presidential Symposium highlights the integration of perspectives across fields of biology, engineering, medicine, and the humanities, through research in developmental and reproductive biology, host-microbe interactions in global health, disease modeling, and clinical applications. It is through the richness of our varied scientific interests, backgrounds, and approaches that we can convey one message: interdisciplinarity and equity ethics will significantly advance our field and deliver impact on human health.
Gilda A. Barabino, PhD
Olin College of Engineering, USA
Yasmine Belkaid, PhD
Institut Pasteur, France
Cassandra G. Extavour, PhD
Harvard University, USA
Masayo Takahashi, MD, PhD
Vision Care Inc., and Kobe City Eye Hospital, Ritsumeikan University, Japan
Plenary II: Development Across Scales: From Fertilization to Tissues to Animals
The principles of development form the cornerstone of our expanding knowledge in health and disease. This session will cover studies across model systems and learn insights from gene, cell to tissue levels.
Misao Fujita, MS, MPH, PhD
Center for iPS Cell Research and Application, Kyoto University, Japan
Tao Tan, PhD
Kunming University of Science and Technology, China
Bo Wang, PhD
Stanford University, USA
Hongmei Wang, PhD
Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Anne McLaren Memorial Lecture
Plenary III: Adult Homeostasis: Stem Cells in Physiology and Disease
Stem cells are the engines of daily regeneration essential for adult homeostasis. This session will explore advances in organ and disease models, the use of stem cells to study aging and neurodegeneration and address technical challenges in disease modeling to enhance therapies.
Paola Arlotta, PhD
Harvard University, USA
Ernest McCullouch Memorial Lecture
Yi Chin Toh, PhD
Queensland University of Technology, Australia
Vidita Vaidya, PhD
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, India
Hongyan Wang, PhD
Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore
plenary IV: Stem Cells for Human Therapy
Stem cells are both harbingers of disease and beacons of therapeutic innovation. This session explores cutting-edge research in cancer, transplantation, AI in clinical trials, and advancements in stem cell therapies.
Stuart Forbes, PhD
The University of Edinburgh, UK
Masaya Nakamura, PhD
Keio University, Japan
Wenning Qin, PhD
eGenesis, USA
John McNeish Memorial Lecture
Jean Yang, PhD
University of Sydney, Australia
plenary v: Awards and Keynote session
This is the capstone of the Annual Meeting and will include lectures from winners of the ISSCR Outstanding Young Investigator, Momentum and Achievement Awards in addition to the Keynote Address.
Nominations for the 2025 Scientific Awards are now open and will close on 25 September 2024. Submit here.
Speakers and award winners to be announced.
