Neural Stem Cells: Capturing Complexity and Plasticity from the Cell to the Organism
Join the ISSCR in Athens, Greece in partnership with Stem Cell Reports.
Save the Date: 3-4 April 2025
Program Description: Exciting advances have illuminated neural stem cells from development through aging, disease, and repair. Still, harnessing the potential of in vivo and in vitro models to capture neural complexity and cell plasticity remains challenging. The ISSCR, in partnership with Stem Cell Reports, invites you to Athens, Greece, in April 2025 for a unique symposium that gathers global scientists to explore topics including the intrinsic and extrinsic regulation of stem cells, epigenetics and metabolism, evolution and human-specific traits, neuron-glia interactions, and brain disease modeling. Selected authors from a special issue of Stem Cell Reports on the same topic will also present their work (see details below).
Who should attend?
Academic and industry scientists at all career stages interested in recent advances and ongoing challenges in neural stem cells. Whether you are an established researcher or just beginning your scientific career, you will find valuable insights and opportunities to advance your research and career.
Key Takeaways
Gain insights into the latest advances in understanding the complexity and plasticity of neural stem cells
Engage in discussions that bridge in vivo and in vitro perspectives, to better understand neural stem cells from the cellular level to the organism level
Explore evolutionary perspectives and cross- species comparisons of neural stem cells to appreciate their broader biological context
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Stem Cell Reports Special Issue Call for Papers
Submit your paper to the upcoming Stem Cell Reports special issue on neural stem cells. Selected contributing authors will have an opportunity to present their work at the ISSCR Athens International Symposia, 3-4 April 2025.
Submission deadline: 6 January 2025
Program
*Session titles, topics, and additional speakers to be announced soon.
Session Topics
Brain Development and Evolution
Welcome Remarks | Keith Alm, CEO, ISSCR
Keynote | Pierre Vanderhaeghen, MD, PhD, VIB Center for Brain and Disease Research, Belgium
Nenad Sestan, MD, PhD, Yale University, USA
Margarete Diaz Cuadros, PhD, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, USA
Neural Stem Cells in Development
Simona Lodato, PhD, Humanitas University, Italy
Xiaoqun Wang, PhD, Beijing Normal University, China
Sara Bizzotto, PhD, Inserm, France
Intrinsic Regulation of Neural Stem Cells
Fides Zenk, PhD, EPFL, Switzerland
Sebastian Jessberger, MD, University of Zurich, Switzerland
Lorenz Studer, MD, MSKCC & BlueRock Therapeutics, USA
Adult Neural Stem Cells and Aging
Keynote | Anne Brunet, PhD, Stanford University, USA
Tony Wyss-Coray, PhD, Stanford University, USA
Fiona Doetsch, PhD, Biozentrum at the University of Basel, Switzerland
Glia in Brain Development and Disease
Florent Ginhoux, PhD, Singapore Immunology Network (SIgN), A*STAR, Singapore
Sonia Garel, PhD, College de France/IBENS, France
Rebecca Matsas, PhD, Hellenic Pasteur Institute, Greece
Programming and Reprogramming the Brain
Benedikt Berninger, PhD, King’s College London, UK
Hynek Wichterle, PhD, Columbia University, USA
Kristin K. Baldwin, PhD, Columbia University, USA
Modeling Brain Development and Disease
Valentina Fossati, PhD, New York Stem Cell Foundation, USA
Christina Kyrousi, PhD, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Keynote | Jürgen Knoblich, PhD, Institute of Molecular Biotechnology, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Austria
Organizers
Fiona Doetsch, PhD
Biozentrum at the University of Basel, Switzerland
Rebecca Matsas, PhD
Hellenic Pasteur Institute, Greece
Marie Engelene J. Obien, PhD
MaxWell Biosystems, Switzerland
Florentia Papastefanaki, PhD
Hellenic Pasteur Institute, Greece
Era Taoufik, PhD
Hellenic Pasteur Institute, Greece
Hynek Wichterle, PhD
Columbia University, USA
Travel & Accommodations
Venue
Titania Hotel Athens
52, Panepistimiou 10678
Athens, Greece
Travel
PLEASE NOTE: ISSCR has not contracted with a travel agency or service provider for this meeting.
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!
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