{"id":2543,"date":"2026-10-14T07:29:45","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T07:29:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gscn.sleware.com\/gscn-conferences\/previous-gscn-conferences\/gscn-conference-2018\/program\/"},"modified":"2026-10-14T07:35:51","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T07:35:51","slug":"program","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gscn.sleware.com\/gscn-conferences\/previous-gscn-conferences\/gscn-conference-2018\/program\/","title":{"rendered":"Program 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2543\" class=\"elementor elementor-2543\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c6e8dd e-con-full gscn-mini gscn-mini-2018 e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4c6e8dd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0e7bbaf gm-banner elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0e7bbaf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/gscn.sleware.com\/gscn-conferences\/previous-gscn-conferences\/gscn-conference-2018\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"297\" src=\"https:\/\/gscn.sleware.com\/gscn-conferences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/10\/GSCN_AnnConf2018_Banner.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1522\" alt=\"GSCN Annual Conference 2018\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gscn.sleware.com\/gscn-conferences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/10\/GSCN_AnnConf2018_Banner.jpg 960w, https:\/\/gscn.sleware.com\/gscn-conferences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/10\/GSCN_AnnConf2018_Banner-300x93.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gscn.sleware.com\/gscn-conferences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/10\/GSCN_AnnConf2018_Banner-768x238.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cfc82d1 e-con-full gm-contents e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"cfc82d1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74c24eb e-con-full gm-nav e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"74c24eb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a4fdaa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6a4fdaa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"gm-pnav\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/gscn.sleware.com\/gscn-conferences\/previous-gscn-conferences\/gscn-conference-2018\/conference-pictures\/\">Conference Pictures<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/gscn.sleware.com\/gscn-conferences\/previous-gscn-conferences\/gscn-conference-2018\/program\/\">Program<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/gscn.sleware.com\/gscn-conferences\/previous-gscn-conferences\/gscn-conference-2018\/speakers-and-chairs\/\">Speakers and Chairs<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/gscn.sleware.com\/gscn-conferences\/previous-gscn-conferences\/gscn-conference-2018\/conference-poster\/\">Conference Poster<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/gscn.sleware.com\/gscn-conferences\/previous-gscn-conferences\/gscn-conference-2018\/symp-bmbf-projects\/\">Symp. 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Website<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ffd773 e-con-full gm-content e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1ffd773\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5927b25 e-con-full gm-pane e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5927b25\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f7eecd8 e-con-full gm-mod gscn-program e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f7eecd8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" id=\"Top\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-93503ed gm-h elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"93503ed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Program<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ef3975d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ef3975d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<p style=\"text-align:left\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"height: 120px;width: 120px;float: right\" src=\"https:\/\/gscn.sleware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/10\/gscn-qr-code_2017.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Download the short program <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/gscn.sleware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/10\/GSCN_Download-1.png\" \/>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/gscn.sleware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/10\/GSCN_2018_program_short.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>;<br \/>\nand the complete program (including abstracts) will be available to participants after the conference.<\/p>\n<p>The program and all the information around the conference will be available from Tuesday, 18.09.2018 for <strong>mobile devices&nbsp;<\/strong>(<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/gscn.sleware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/10\/GSCN_Link_extern.png\" \/>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/de\/app\/gscn-2017\/id1131273246?mt=8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Apple Store<\/a> and <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/gscn.sleware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/10\/GSCN_Link_extern.png\" \/>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=de.matchapp.GermanStemCellNetwork2016\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Play for Android<\/a>).&nbsp;Please follow this<strong> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/gscn.sleware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/10\/GSCN_Link_extern.png\" \/>&nbsp;<\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/gscn2017.plazz.net\/event-app\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">link<\/a>&nbsp;<\/strong>or use the<strong> QR code<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<br \/>\n<table class=\"gscn-table\">\n        <tr>\n            <td><a href=\"#Monday\">Wednesday<\/a><\/td>\n            <td style=\"text-align:center\"><a href=\"#Tuesday\">Thursday<\/a><\/td>\n            <td style=\"text-align:right\">&nbsp;<a href=\"#Wednesday\">Friday<\/a><\/td>\n        <\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<br \/>\n<span id=\"Wednesday\" class=\"gscn-anchor\"><\/span>\n<h2><em>Wednesday<\/em>, 19 September<\/h2>\n<table class=\"gscn-table\">\n        <tr>\n            <td style=\"text-align:left;vertical-align:top\"><strong>Lecture hall<\/strong><br \/>\n            <\/td>\n            <td style=\"text-align:left;vertical-align:top\"><strong>Joined Session with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scc2018.de\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Behr Symposium<\/a><br \/>\n            <\/strong>Chairs: <em>Andreas Trumpp \/ Nina Cabezas-Wallscheid<\/em><\/td>\n        <\/tr>\n        <tr>\n            <td style=\"text-align:left;vertical-align:top\">09:00 &#8211; 09:25<br \/>\n            <\/td>\n            <td style=\"text-align:left;vertical-align:top\">T01 &#8211; Transcriptional and epigenetic control of cardiogenesis<br \/>\n            <em>Gergana Dobreva,&nbsp;<\/em>Medical Faculty Mannheim, Uni. Heidelberg<br \/>\n            <\/td>\n        <\/tr>\n        <tr>\n            <td style=\"text-align:left;vertical-align:top\">09:25 &#8211; 09:45<\/td>\n            <td style=\"text-align:left;vertical-align:top\">T02 &#8211; Organ topology splits homeostatic and growth stem cells in fish<br \/>\n            <em>L&aacute;zaro Centanin<\/em>,&nbsp;<span style=\"color:#333333\">Centre for Organismal Studies (COS), Uni. Heidelberg<\/span><\/td>\n        <\/tr>\n        <tr>\n            <td style=\"text-align:left;vertical-align:top\">09:45 &#8211; 10:30 <\/td>\n            <td style=\"text-align:left;vertical-align:top\"><strong>Keynote lecture I<\/strong><br \/>\n            K1 &#8211; Tracking HSC self-renewal and differentiation in the niche<br \/>\n            <em>Leonard Zon<\/em>, Harvard Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology,&nbsp;Cambridge, US<br \/>\n            <\/td>\n        <\/tr>\n        <tr>\n            <td style=\"text-align:left;vertical-align:top\"><span style=\"color:#4f81bd\">10:30 &#8211; 11:00&nbsp;<\/span><\/td>\n            <td style=\"text-align:left;vertical-align:top\"><span style=\"color:#4f81bd\">Coffee break \/ Industry exhibition \/ Registration<\/span><br \/>\n            <\/td>\n        <\/tr>\n        <tr>\n            <td style=\"text-align:left;vertical-align:top\"><strong>Lecture hall<br \/>\n            <\/strong><\/td>\n            <td style=\"text-align:left;vertical-align:top\"><strong>Opening<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/td>\n        <\/tr>\n        <tr>\n            <td style=\"text-align:left;vertical-align:top\">11:00 &#8211; 11:20<\/td>\n            <td style=\"text-align:left;vertical-align:top\">Welcome to German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg<br \/>\n            <\/td>\n        <\/tr>\n        <tr>\n            <td style=\"text-align:left;vertical-align:top\">11:20 &#8211; 11:30<\/td>\n            <td style=\"text-align:left;vertical-align:top\">GSCN Annual Conference 2018<br \/>\n            <em>Ana Martin-Villaba<\/em>,&nbsp;President GSCN<\/td>\n        <\/tr>\n        <tr>\n            <td style=\"text-align:left;vertical-align:top\">11:30 &#8211; 12:15&nbsp; <br \/>\n            <\/td>\n            <td style=\"text-align:left;vertical-align:top\"><strong>Keynote lecture II<\/strong><br \/>\n            K2 &#8211; Global views of development: reconstructing trajectories and lineages<br \/>\n            <em>Alex Schier<\/em>, Havard University,&nbsp;Cambridge, US<br \/>\n            (Chair: <em>L&aacute;zaro Centanin)<\/em><\/td>\n        <\/tr>\n        <tr>\n            <td style=\"text-align:left;vertical-align:top\">12:15 &#8211; 13:00<\/td>\n            <td style=\"text-align:left;vertical-align:top\"><strong>Keynote lecture III<br \/>\n            <\/strong>K3 &#8211; Engineered human heart tissue models of inherited heart disease<br \/>\n            <em>William Pu<\/em>, Harvard Stem Cell Institute,&nbsp;Cambridge, US<br \/>\n            (Chair:<em> Gergana Dobreva<\/em>)<\/td>\n        <\/tr>\n        <tr>\n            <td style=\"text-align:left;vertical-align:top\"><span style=\"color:#4f81bd\">13:00 &#8211; 14:30<\/span><br \/>\n            <\/td>\n            <td style=\"text-align:left;vertical-align:top\"><span style=\"color:#4f81bd\">Lunch break \/ Industry exhibition<\/span><\/td>\n        <\/tr>\n        <tr>\n            <td style=\"text-align:left;vertical-align:top\">14:30 &#8211; 16:00 <\/td>\n            <td style=\"text-align:left;vertical-align:top\"><strong>Concurrent scientific working group session I<\/strong><br \/>\n            <\/td>\n        <\/tr>\n        <tr>\n            <td style=\"text-align:left;vertical-align:top\"><strong>Lecture hall<br \/>\n            <\/strong>14:30 &#8211; 15:00<br \/>\n            <br \/>\n            <br \/>\n            15:00 &#8211; 15:12<br \/>\n            <br \/>\n            <br \/>\n            15:12- 15:24<br \/>\n            <br \/>\n            <br \/>\n            15:24 &#8211; 15:36<br \/>\n            <br \/>\n            <br \/>\n            15:36 &#8211; 15:48<br \/>\n            <br \/>\n            <br \/>\n            <br \/>\n            15:48 &#8211; 16:00<\/td>\n            <td style=\"text-align:left;vertical-align:top\"><strong>Technobeat workshop<\/strong> (Chairs: <em>Robert Zweigerdt \/ Dirk Strunk)<\/em><br \/>\n            T03 &#8211; <strong>Special keynote<\/strong>: Human embryonic stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes regenerate the infarcted pig heart<br \/>\n            <em>Michael Laflamme<\/em>, Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, Canada<br \/>\n            T04 &#8211; Chemically defined cardiomyogenic differentiation of human pluripotent stem cells in bioreactors<br \/>\n            <em>Caroline Halloin<\/em>, Hannover Medical School<br \/>\n            T05 &#8211; Aiming for increased retention of cardiac cell aggregates in a porcine model of myocardial infarction<br \/>\n            <em>Evelyne Demkes<\/em>, UMC Utrecht, Netherlands<br \/>\n            T06 &#8211; Development of immunosuppressive iPSC-derived stromal cells for tissue regeneration<br \/>\n            <em>Patricia Peking<\/em>, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria<br \/>\n            T07 &#8211; Human stem cell-derived cardiac fibroblasts enhance structural and functional cardiomyocyte maturation in a three-dimensional microtissue environment<br \/>\n            <em>Elisa Giacomelli<\/em>, Leiden University Medical Center, Netherlands<br \/>\n            T08 &#8211; The detection and minimisation of genetically variant stem cells in human pluripotent stem cell cultures<br \/>\n            <em>Jason Halliwell<\/em>, Uni. Sheffield, U.K.<br \/>\n            <\/td>\n        <\/tr>\n        <tr>\n            <td style=\"text-align:left;vertical-align:top\"><strong>Room I &amp; II<br \/>\n            <\/strong>14:30 &#8211; 15:00<br \/>\n            <br \/>\n            <br \/>\n            15:00 &#8211; 15:15<br \/>\n            <br \/>\n            <br \/>\n            15:15- 15:30<br \/>\n            <br \/>\n            <br \/>\n            15:30 &#8211; 15:45<br \/>\n            <br \/>\n            <br \/>\n            15:45 &#8211; 16:00<br \/>\n            <\/td>\n            <td style=\"text-align:left;vertical-align:top\"><strong>Computational stem cell biology<\/strong> (Chairs: <em>Georg F&uuml;llen \/ Ingo R&ouml;der)<\/em><br \/>\n            T09 &#8211; <strong>Special keynote<\/strong>: Dynamics of T cell memory generation inferred from single cell fate mapping in vivo<br \/>\n            <em>Michael Flo&szlig;dorf<\/em>, TU Munich<br \/>\n            T10 &#8211; Divisional behaviour of haematopoietic stem cells revisited: insights from a mathematical model of in vivo label dilution<br \/>\n            <em>Thomas Zerjatke<\/em>, TU Dresden<br \/>\n            T11 &#8211; Unidirectional and progressive DNA methylation changes define hematopoietic lineage commitment<br \/>\n            <em>Sina St&auml;ble<\/em>, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg<br \/>\n            T12 &#8211; Reconstruction of haematopoetic differentiation trajectory using Triplet-network<br \/>\n            <em>Tingying Peng<\/em>, HelmholtzZentrum Munich<br \/>\n            T13 &#8211; A web application for predicting cell-fate determinants in cell differentiation<br \/>\n            <em>Andras Hartmann<\/em>, Luxembourg Center for Systems Biomedicine<br \/>\n            <\/td>\n        <\/tr>\n        <tr>\n            <td style=\"text-align:left;vertical-align:top\"><strong>LH Marsilius Kol.<br \/>\n            <\/strong><br \/>\n            14:30 &#8211; 15:00<br \/>\n            <br \/>\n            <br \/>\n            15:00 &#8211; 15:15<br \/>\n            <br \/>\n            <br \/>\n            15:15- 15:30<br \/>\n            <br \/>\n            <br \/>\n            15:30 &#8211; 15:45<br \/>\n            <br \/>\n            <br \/>\n            15:45 &#8211; 16:00<br \/>\n            <\/td>\n            <td style=\"text-align:left;vertical-align:top\"><strong>Stem cells in disease: cancer stem cells<br \/>\n            <\/strong>(Chairs: <em>Thomas Brabletz \/ Michael Rieger)<\/em><br \/>\n            T14 &#8211; <strong>Special keynote<\/strong>:&nbsp;A molecular subtype of cancer originating from adult stem cells during regeneration is&nbsp;driven by Dux transcription factors<br \/>\n            <em>Johnny Kim<\/em>, MPI-HLR, Bad Nauheim<br \/>\n            T15 &#8211; Orchestration of stem- and EMT-like phenotypes during tumor initiation and&nbsp;progression<br \/>\n            <em>Oguzhan&nbsp;Kaya<\/em>, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg<br \/>\n            T16 &#8211; Unbiased identification of tumour suppressor function by pooled CRISPR\/Cas9 screening in&nbsp;human colon organoids<br \/>\n            <em>Henner Farin<\/em>, Georg-Speyer-Haus, Frankfurt<br \/>\n            T17 &#8211; The microRNA-371~373 cluster represses colon cancer initiation and metastatic colonization&nbsp;by inhibiting the TGFBR2\/ID1 signaling axis<br \/>\n            <em>Elisabeth Letellier, <\/em>Uni. Luxembourg<br \/>\n            T18 &#8211; High Transglutaminase 2 activity is a poor prognostic marker in colorectal carcinoma and essential&nbsp;for cell survival and stemness<br \/>\n            <em>Ilaria Lunger<\/em>, Goethe Uni. Hospital, Frankfurt<br \/>\n            <\/td>\n        <\/tr>\n        <tr>\n            <td style=\"text-align:left;vertical-align:top\"><span style=\"color:#4f81bd\">16:00 &#8211; 16:30<br \/>\n            <\/span><\/td>\n            <td style=\"text-align:left;vertical-align:top\"><span style=\"color:#4f81bd\">Coffee break \/ Industry exhibition<br \/>\n            <\/span><\/td>\n        <\/tr>\n        <tr>\n            <td style=\"text-align:left;vertical-align:top\"><strong>Room I &amp; II<\/strong><br \/>\n            <\/td>\n            <td style=\"text-align:left;vertical-align:middle\"> <\/td>\n        <\/tr>\n        <tr>\n            <td style=\"text-align:left;vertical-align:top\">16:30 &#8211; 17:30<strong><br \/>\n            <\/strong><\/td>\n            <td style=\"text-align:left;vertical-align:middle\"><strong>GSCN General membership meeting<\/strong><br \/>\n            <\/td>\n        <\/tr>\n        <tr>\n            <td style=\"text-align:left;vertical-align:top\"><span style=\"color:#639a34\">17:30 &#8211; 19:30<\/span><\/td>\n            <td style=\"text-align:left;vertical-align:middle\"><span style=\"color:#639a34\"><strong>Poster session I: P001 &#8211; P069<\/strong><br \/>\n            <br \/>\n            <strong>Gallery DKFZ<\/strong><br \/>\n            P001 &ndash; P009: Computational stem cell biology<br \/>\n            P010 &ndash; P014: Stem cells in diseases: cancer stem cells<br \/>\n            P015 &ndash; P029: Hematopoietic stem cells<br \/>\n            <br \/>\n            <strong>Foyer Marsilius Kolleg<\/strong><br \/>\n            P030 &ndash; P069: Stem cells in regenerative therapies<br \/>\n            Even numbers: please present your poster from 17:30 &#8211; 18:30<br \/>\n            Odd numbers: 18:30 &#8211; 19:30<br \/>\n            <\/span><\/td>\n        <\/tr>\n        <tr>\n            <td style=\"text-align:left;vertical-align:top\">19:45 &#8211; 20:30<br \/>\n            <span><strong>Lecture hall<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n            <\/td>\n            <td style=\"text-align:left;vertical-align:middle\"><strong>Keynote lecture IV<\/strong><br \/>\n            K4 &#8211;&nbsp;The blastoid: blastocyst-like structures generated solely from stem cells<br \/>\n            <em>Nicolas Rivron<\/em>, Hubrecht Institute, Utrecht, Netherlands&nbsp;(Chair: <em>Tobias Cantz)<\/em><\/td>\n        <\/tr>\n        <tr>\n            <td style=\"text-align:left;vertical-align:top\"><span style=\"color:#4f81bd\">20:30 &#8211; 22:00 <\/span><\/td>\n            <td style=\"text-align:left;vertical-align:middle\"><span style=\"color:#4f81bd\"><strong>Informal GSCN get together for all participants<\/strong> <br \/>\n            with dinner buffet at the foyer <br \/>\n            <\/span><\/td>\n        <\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"gscn-table\">\n        <tr>\n            <td style=\"text-align:right;vertical-align:middle\"><br \/>\n            <a href=\"#Top\">Top&nbsp;<\/a><\/td>\n        <\/tr>\n<\/table>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ecdbbf e-con-full gm-mod gscn-program e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7ecdbbf\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" id=\"Thursday\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6357f98 gm-h elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6357f98\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Thursday, 20 September<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8891efb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8891efb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<span style=\"color:#639a34\"><\/span>\n<table class=\"gscn-table\">\n        <tr>\n            <td style=\"text-align:left;vertical-align:top\">09:00 &#8211; 10:30<strong><br \/>\n            <\/strong><\/td>\n            <td style=\"text-align:left;vertical-align:top\"><strong>Concurrent scientific working group session II<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/td>\n            <td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n        <\/tr>\n        <tr>\n            <td style=\"text-align:left;vertical-align:top\"><strong>Lecture hall<\/strong><br \/>\n            <br \/>\n            09:00 &#8211; 09:30<br \/>\n            <br \/>\n            <br \/>\n            09:30 &#8211; 09:45<br \/>\n            <br \/>\n            <br \/>\n            09:45 &#8211; 10:00<br \/>\n            <br \/>\n            <br \/>\n            10:00 &#8211; 10:15<br \/>\n            <br \/>\n            <br \/>\n            10:15 &#8211; 10:30<\/td>\n            <td style=\"text-align:left;vertical-align:top\"><strong>Stem cells in disease modelling and drug development<br \/>\n            <\/strong>(Chairs: <em>Oliver Br&uuml;stle \/ Karl-Ludwig Laugwitz)<\/em><br \/>\n            T19 &#8211; <strong>Special keynote<\/strong>: Pluripotent stem cell models of human heart disease<br \/>\n            <span><em>Karl-Ludwig Laugwitz<\/em>. TUM School of Medicine, Munich<\/span><br \/>\n            T20 &#8211; Recapitulation of plaque formation, tau pathology and neurodegeneration in a human 3D model of Alzheimer&rsquo;s disease<br \/>\n            <em>Matthias Hebisch<\/em>, Institute for Reconstructive Neurobiology, Uni. Bonn<br \/>\n            T21 &#8211; Neural retina differentiation of hESCs as an in vitro model for retinoblastoma<br \/>\n            <em>Julia Menges<\/em>, Institute of Human Genetics, University Hospital Essen<br \/>\n            T22 &#8211; IndivuHeart &ndash; Risk assessment for heart diseases with patient-specific iPSC-derived engineered heart tissue<br \/>\n            <em>B&auml;rbel Ulmer<\/em>, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE)<br \/>\n            T23 &#8211; A coherent roadmap to generate either pancreatic acinar or duct-like cells from human pluripotent stem cells challenges pancreatic cancer biology<br \/>\n            <em>Meike Hohwieler<\/em>, Internal Medicine I,&nbsp;Ulm University Hospital<br \/>\n            <\/td>\n        <\/tr>\n        <tr>\n            <td style=\"text-align:left;vertical-align:top\"><span><strong>Room I&amp;II<br \/>\n            <\/strong><br \/>\n            09:00 &#8211; 09:30<br \/>\n            <br \/>\n            <br \/>\n            <br \/>\n            09:30 &#8211; 09:45<br \/>\n            <br \/>\n            <br \/>\n            09:45 &#8211; 10:00<br \/>\n            <br \/>\n            <br \/>\n            <br \/>\n            10:00 &#8211; 10:15<br \/>\n            <br \/>\n            <br \/>\n            10:15 &#8211; 10:30<br \/>\n            <\/span><\/td>\n            <td style=\"text-align:left;vertical-align:top\"><strong>Pluripotency and Re-programing<br \/>\n            <\/strong>(Chairs: <em>Hans Sch&ouml;ler \/&nbsp;Mathias Treier)<\/em><br \/>\n            T24 &#8211; <strong>Special keynote<\/strong>: Engineering a safe and allo-tolerated pluripotent stem cell line; a global source for off-the-shelf therapeutic cell products<br \/>\n            <span><em>Andras Nagy<\/em><\/span>, Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Canada<br \/>\n            T25 &#8211; Reprogramming factor promiscuity requires co-factors to ensure cell fate specificity<br \/>\n            <em>Moritz Mall<\/em>, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg<br \/>\n            T26 &#8211; Genome-wide analyses of LINE-1 (L1) integromes in human induced pluripotent stem cells uncover insertional bias for active transcriptional start sites<br \/>\n            <em>Gerald Schumann<\/em>, Paul Ehrlich Institute, Langen<br \/>\n            T27 &#8211; Expanded potential stem cells (EPSCs) derived from porcine embryos contribute to porcine development in vivo<br \/>\n            <em>Monika Nowak-Imialek<\/em>, Hannover Medical School<br \/>\n            T28 &#8211; Identification of embryonic neural border stem cells and its generation by direct reprogramming from human blood<br \/>\n            <em>Marc Christian Thier<\/em>, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg<br \/>\n            <\/td>\n        <\/tr>\n        <tr>\n            <td style=\"text-align:left;vertical-align:top\"> <span style=\"color:#4f81bd\">10:30 &#8211; 11:00<br \/>\n            <\/span><\/td>\n            <td style=\"text-align:left;vertical-align:top\"> <span style=\"color:#4f81bd\">Coffee break \/ Industry exhibition<br \/>\n            <\/span><\/td>\n        <\/tr>\n        <tr>\n            <td style=\"text-align:left;vertical-align:top\">11:00 &#8211; 12:30<br \/>\n            <\/td>\n            <td style=\"text-align:left;vertical-align:top\"><strong>Industry session: &#8220;Technologies from GSCN industry partners&#8221;<\/strong><br \/>\n            <\/td>\n        <\/tr>\n        <tr>\n            <td style=\"text-align:left;vertical-align:top\"><strong>Lecture hall<br \/>\n            <\/strong>11:00 &#8211; 11:45<br \/>\n            <br \/>\n            <br \/>\n            11:45 &#8211; 12:30<\/td>\n            <td style=\"text-align:left;vertical-align:top\">Main supporter (Chair: <em>Michael Cross<\/em>)<br \/>\n            C1 &#8211; Stem cell bioprocessing: process design, scale-up, and product safety<br \/>\n            <em>Philipp Nold<\/em>, Eppendorf AG<br \/>\n            C2 &#8211;&nbsp;Large-scale production of induced pluripotent stem cells-derived megakaryocytes in&nbsp;bioreactors<br \/>\n            <em>Constanca Figueiredo<\/em>, Hannover Medical School representing PeproTech GmbH<br \/>\n            <\/td>\n        <\/tr>\n        <tr>\n            <td style=\"text-align:left;vertical-align:top\"><strong>Room I&amp;II<\/strong><br \/>\n            11:00 &#8211; 11:30<br \/>\n            <br \/>\n            <br \/>\n            <br \/>\n            11:30 &#8211; 12:00<br \/>\n            <br \/>\n            <br \/>\n            12:00 &#8211; 12:30<\/td>\n            <td style=\"text-align:left;vertical-align:top\">Supporter (Chair: <em>Frank Edenhofer<\/em>)<br \/>\n            C3 &#8211; Creation of isogenic cell lines for disease modelling, using CRISPR\/CAS9 footprint-free gene editing and single-cell cloning of human iPS cells<br \/>\n            <em>Anders Aspegren<\/em>, Takara Bio Europe<br \/>\n            C4 &#8211;&nbsp;Translating research protocols and tools to manufacturing concepts for PSC-derived ATMPs<br \/>\n            <em>Sebastian Kn&ouml;bel<\/em>, Miltenyi Biotec GmbH<br \/>\n            C5 &#8211;&nbsp;Removing inherent bottlenecks in the genome engineering of iPSCs to build relevant&nbsp;disease models for target and compound screening<br \/>\n            <span><em>Jon Chesnut<\/em><\/span>,&nbsp;Thermo Fisher Scientific<br \/>\n            <\/td>\n        <\/tr>\n        <tr>\n            <td style=\"text-align:left;vertical-align:top\"><strong>LH&nbsp;Marsilius Kol.<br \/>\n            <\/strong>11:00 &#8211; 11:30<br \/>\n            <br \/>\n            <br \/>\n            11:30 &#8211; 12:00<br \/>\n            <\/td>\n            <td style=\"text-align:left;vertical-align:top\">Supporter (Chair: <em>Ulrich Martin<\/em>)<br \/>\n            C6 &#8211; Considerations for serum-free, xeno-free media for stem cell applications<br \/>\n            <span><em>Suzanne&nbsp;Badoux<\/em><\/span>, Biological Industries (BI), Ltd.<br \/>\n            C7 &#8211;&nbsp;Organoids are complex, growing them shouldn&rsquo;t be: Efficient, standardized tools for organoid culture<br \/>\n            <span><em>Katharina Debowski<\/em><\/span>, STEMCELL Technologies GmbH<br \/>\n            <\/td>\n        <\/tr>\n        <tr>\n            <td style=\"text-align:left;vertical-align:top\"><span style=\"color:#4f81bd\">12:30 &#8211; 14:00<\/span><\/td>\n            <td style=\"text-align:left;vertical-align:top\"><span style=\"color:#4f81bd\">Lunch break \/ Industry exhibition \/ Poster viewing<\/span><\/td>\n            <td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n        <\/tr>\n        <tr>\n            <td style=\"text-align:left;vertical-align:top\">12:45 &#8211; 13:45<\/td>\n            <td style=\"text-align:left;vertical-align:top\"><strong>Meet-the-expert tables<\/strong>(limited to 10 registered participants each)<br \/>\n            <em>Gergana Dobreva,&nbsp;<\/em>Medical Faculty Mannheim, Uni. Heidelberg;&nbsp;<em>L&aacute;zaro Centanin<\/em>,&nbsp;Centre for Organismal Studies (COS), Uni. Heidelberg<\/td>\n            <td> <br \/>\n            <\/td>\n        <\/tr>\n        <tr>\n            <td style=\"text-align:left;vertical-align:top\"><strong>Lecture hall<\/strong><br \/>\n            <\/td>\n            <td style=\"text-align:left;vertical-align:top\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n            <td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n        <\/tr>\n        <tr>\n            <td style=\"text-align:left;vertical-align:top\"><strong>14:00 &#8211; 16:15<\/strong><br \/>\n            <\/td>\n            <td style=\"text-align:left;vertical-align:top\"><strong>Presidential Symposium<br \/>\n            <\/strong>Chair: <em>Ana Martin-Villalba<br \/>\n            <\/em><\/td>\n            <td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n        <\/tr>\n        <tr>\n            <td style=\"text-align:left;vertical-align:top\">14:00 &#8211; 14:45&nbsp;<br \/>\n            <\/td>\n            <td style=\"text-align:left;vertical-align:top\"><strong>Keynote<br \/>\n            <\/strong>PS1 &#8211; Human glial progenitor cell-based treatment and modeling of neurological disease<br \/>\n            <em>\n            Steve Goldman<\/em>, <span style=\"color:#333333\">University of Rochester Medical Center<\/span>, US\/Center for Translational Neuromedicine, Uni. Copenhagen, Denmark<br \/>\n            <\/td>\n            <td> <br \/>\n            <\/td>\n        <\/tr>\n        <tr>\n            <td style=\"text-align:left;vertical-align:top\">14:45 &#8211; 15:15&nbsp;<br \/>\n            <\/td>\n            <td style=\"text-align:left;vertical-align:top\"><span style=\"color:#639a34\">Female Scientist&nbsp;Award 2018<br \/>\n            <\/span>PS2 &#8211; Epigenetic mechanisms of cellular plasticity<br \/>\n            <em>Maria Elena Torres-Padilla<\/em>, Helmholtz Zentrum M&uuml;nchen, Munich<\/td>\n            <td> <br \/>\n            <\/td>\n        <\/tr>\n        <tr>\n            <td style=\"text-align:left;vertical-align:top\">15:15 &#8211; 15:45&nbsp;<br \/>\n            <\/td>\n            <td style=\"text-align:left;vertical-align:top\"><span style=\"color:#639a34\">Young Investigator Award 2018<br \/>\n            <\/span>PS3 &#8211; Regulation of dormant hematopoietic stem cells<br \/>\n            <span><em>Nina Cabezas-Wallscheid<\/em>, Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics, Freiburg<\/span><br \/>\n            <\/td>\n            <td> <br \/>\n            <\/td>\n        <\/tr>\n        <tr>\n            <td style=\"text-align:left;vertical-align:top\">15:45 &#8211; 16:15&nbsp;<br \/>\n            <\/td>\n            <td style=\"text-align:left;vertical-align:top\"><span style=\"color:#639a34\">Publication of the Year 2018 Award<br \/>\n            <\/span>PS4 &#8211; Senescence-associated reprogramming promotes cancer stemness<br \/>\n            <span><em>Maja Milanovic<\/em>, Charit&eacute;, Berlin<\/span><br \/>\n            <\/td>\n            <td> <br \/>\n            <\/td>\n        <\/tr>\n        <tr>\n            <td style=\"text-align:left;vertical-align:top\"><span style=\"color:#4f81bd\">16:15 &#8211; 16:30<br \/>\n            <\/span>\n            <\/td>\n            <td style=\"text-align:left;vertical-align:top\"><span style=\"color:#4f81bd\">Coffee break \/ Industry exhibition<br \/>\n            <\/span>\n            <\/td>\n            <td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n        <\/tr>\n        <tr>\n            <td style=\"text-align:left;vertical-align:top\">16:30 &#8211; 18:30<\/td>\n            <td style=\"text-align:left;vertical-align:top\"><span style=\"color:#639a34\"><strong>Poster session II: P070 &#8211; P145<\/strong><br \/>\n            <br \/>\n            <strong>DKFZ Gallery<\/strong><br \/>\n            P070 &ndash; P082: Pluripotency and reprograming<br \/>\n            P083 &ndash; P096: Somatic stem cells and development<br \/>\n            <br \/>\n            <strong>Foyer Marsilius Kolleg<\/strong><br \/>\n            P097 &ndash; P145: Stem cells in disease modeling and drug development<br \/>\n            <\/span><span style=\"color:#639a34\">Even numbers: please present your poster from 16:30 &#8211; 17:30<\/span><br style=\"color:#639a34\" \/>\n            <span style=\"color:#639a34\">Odd numbers: 17:30 &#8211; 18:30<\/span><br \/>\n            <\/td>\n            <td> <br \/>\n            <\/td>\n        <\/tr>\n        <tr>\n            <td style=\"text-align:left;vertical-align:top\"><span style=\"color:#0070c0\"><span style=\"color:#4f81bd\">19:00 &#8211; 01:00<\/span><br \/>\n            <\/span><\/td>\n            <td style=\"text-align:left;vertical-align:top\"><span style=\"color:#4f81bd\"><strong>GSCN Networking evening for all participants<\/strong> <br \/>\n            with dinner buffet and DJ at the <span style=\"color:#0070c0\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.alteshallenbad.de\/angebot\/events\/frauenbad\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Frauenbad, Heidelberg<\/a><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color:#0070c0\"><br \/>\n            <\/span>\n            <\/td>\n            <td> <br \/>\n            <\/td>\n        <\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"gscn-table\">\n        <tr>\n            <td style=\"text-align:right;vertical-align:middle\"><br \/>\n            <a href=\"#Top\">Top&nbsp;<\/a><\/td>\n        <\/tr>\n<\/table>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fbb699c e-con-full gm-mod gscn-program e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"fbb699c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" id=\"Friday\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dff873b gm-h elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"dff873b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Friday, 21 September<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-129b74a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"129b74a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<table class=\"gscn-table\">\n        <tr>\n            <td colspan=\"2\" style=\"text-align:left;vertical-align:top\"> <br \/>\n            <\/td>\n        <\/tr>\n        <tr>\n            <td style=\"text-align:left;vertical-align:top\"><strong>09:00 &#8211; 10:30<\/strong><br \/>\n            <\/td>\n            <td style=\"text-align:left;vertical-align:top\"><strong>Concurrent scientific working group session III<\/strong><\/td>\n            <td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n        <\/tr>\n        <tr>\n            <td style=\"text-align:left;vertical-align:top\"><strong>Lecture hall<br \/>\n            <\/strong><br \/>\n            09:00 &#8211; 09:30<br \/>\n            <br \/>\n            <br \/>\n            09:30 &#8211; 09:45<br \/>\n            <br \/>\n            09:45 &#8211; 10:00<br \/>\n            <br \/>\n            <br \/>\n            10:00 &#8211; 10:15<br \/>\n            <br \/>\n            <br \/>\n            10:15 &#8211; 10:30<\/td>\n            <td style=\"text-align:left;vertical-align:top\"><strong>Stem cells in regenerative therapies<br \/>\n            <\/strong>(Chairs: <em>Ulrich Martin \/ Wolfgang Wagner)<\/em><br \/>\n            T29 &#8211; <strong>Special keynote<\/strong>: Photoreceptor transplantation into the mammalian retina<br \/>\n            <em>Marius Ader<\/em>, Center for Regenerative Therapies (CRTD),&nbsp;TU Dresden<br \/>\n            T30 &#8211; Thyroid hormone signaling controls zebrafish brain regeneration<br \/>\n            <em>Michael Brand<\/em>, Center for Regenerative Therapies (CRTD), TU Dresden<br \/>\n            T31 &#8211; Two succeeding fibroblastic lineages drive dermal development and the transition from regeneration to scarring<br \/>\n            <em>Yuval Rinkevich<\/em>, HelmholtzZentrum Munich<br \/>\n            T32 &#8211;&nbsp;Investigation of the role of pericytes in the in vitro model of bioartificial tissue formation from hPSC-derived cardiovascular cell types<br \/>\n            <em>Monika Szepes<\/em>, Hannover Medical School<br \/>\n            T33 &#8211; Hematopoietic stem cell gene therapy for Ifngr1-deficiency highlights role of macrophages in mycobacterial infections and paves way for macrophage transplantation therapy<br \/>\n            <em>Kathrin Haake<\/em>,&nbsp;Hannover Medical School<br \/>\n            <\/td>\n        <\/tr>\n        <tr>\n            <td style=\"text-align:left;vertical-align:top\"><strong>Room I &amp; II<br \/>\n            <\/strong>09:00 &#8211; 09:30<br \/>\n            <br \/>\n            <span><br \/>\n            09:30 &#8211; 09:45<\/span><br \/>\n            <br \/>\n            <span><br \/>\n            09:45 &#8211; 10:00<\/span><br \/>\n            <br \/>\n            <span><br \/>\n            10:00 &#8211; 10:15<\/span><br \/>\n            <br \/>\n            <span><br \/>\n            <br \/>\n            10:15 &#8211; 10:30<\/span><br \/>\n            <\/td>\n            <td style=\"text-align:left;vertical-align:top\"><strong>Hematopoietic stem cells <\/strong>(Chairs: <em>Albrecht M&uuml;ller \/ Claudia Waskow)<\/em><br \/>\n            T34 &#8211; <strong>Special keynote<\/strong>: Impact of inflammation on hematopoietic stem cells<br \/>\n            <em>Mick Milsom<\/em>, German Cancer Reserach Center,&nbsp;Heidelberg<br \/>\n            T35 &#8211; Cell-extrinsic and -intrinsic regulation of PU.1 in HSC lineage choice<br \/>\n            <em>Nouraiz Ahmed<\/em>, Department of Biosystems Science &amp; Engineering, ETH Zurich\/Basel, Switzerland<br \/>\n            T36 &#8211; Combined single-cell and spatial transcriptomics to deconvolute the hematopoietic and mesenchymal stem cell niche<br \/>\n            <em>Simon Haas<\/em>, German Cancer Reserach Center, Heidelberg<br \/>\n            T37 &#8211;&nbsp;P53 prevents malignant transformation of hematopoietic stem cells by forcing their entry into the cell cycle and apoptosis in response to DNA damage<br \/>\n            <em>Andreas Brown<\/em>, Institute for Molecular Medicine, Uni. Ulm<br \/>\n            T38 &#8211; Functional dominance of CHIP-mutated hematopoietic stem cells in patients undergoing autologous stem cell transplantations<br \/>\n            <em>Lena Dorsheimer<\/em>,&nbsp;University Hospital, Goethe University, Frankfurt<br \/>\n            <\/td>\n        <\/tr>\n        <tr>\n            <td style=\"text-align:left;vertical-align:top\"><strong>LH&nbsp;Marsilius Kol.<br \/>\n            <\/strong><span><br \/>\n            09:00 &#8211; 09:30<\/span><br \/>\n            <br \/>\n            <span><br \/>\n            <br \/>\n            09:30 &#8211; 09:45<\/span><br \/>\n            <br \/>\n            <span><br \/>\n            <br \/>\n            09:45 &#8211; 10:00<\/span><br \/>\n            <br \/>\n            <span><br \/>\n            <br \/>\n             <br \/>\n            10:00 &#8211; 10:15<\/span><br \/>\n            <br \/>\n            <span><br \/>\n            <br \/>\n            10:15 &#8211; 10:30<\/span><br \/>\n            <\/td>\n            <td style=\"text-align:left;vertical-align:top\"><strong>Somatic stem cells and development<\/strong><br \/>\n            (Chairs: <em>Thomas Braun \/ Federico Calegari<\/em>)<br \/>\n            T39 &#8211; <strong>Special keynote<\/strong>: Beta cell development, heterogeneity and regeneration<br \/>\n            <em>Heiko Lickert<\/em>, Institute of Diabetes and Regeneration Research,&nbsp;HelmholzZentrum Munich<br \/>\n            T40 &#8211; Endoderm formation does not require a mesendoderm progenitor stage and is independent from brachyury function<br \/>\n            <em>Silvia Engert<\/em>, Institute of Diabetes and Regeneration Research, HelmholzZentrum Munich<br \/>\n            T41 &#8211; DNA methylation changes during culture expansion of mesenchymal stromal cells are strand-specific and reflect changes in chromatin conformation<br \/>\n            <em>Julia Franzen<\/em>, Helmholtz-Institute for Biomedical Engineering, RWTH Aachen Medical School<br \/>\n            T42 &#8211;&nbsp;Setting the gene regulatory landscape driving astrogliogenesis by stage-specific transcription factors<br \/>\n            <em>Neha Tiwari<\/em>, Institute of Physiological Chemistry, University Medical Center, Mainz<br \/>\n            T43 &#8211; Quiescence regulates the number of neural stem cells and their regenerative capacity in the aging brain<br \/>\n            <em>Georgios Kalamakis<\/em>, German Center Research Center, Heidelberg<br \/>\n            <\/td>\n        <\/tr>\n        <tr>\n            <td style=\"text-align:left;vertical-align:top\"><span style=\"color:#4f81bd\">10:30 &#8211; 11:00&nbsp;<br \/>\n            <\/span>\n            <\/td>\n            <td style=\"text-align:left;vertical-align:top\"><span style=\"color:#4f81bd\">Coffee break \/ Industry exhibition<\/span><\/td>\n        <\/tr>\n        <tr>\n            <td style=\"text-align:left;vertical-align:top\">11:00 &#8211; 12:30 <\/td>\n            <td style=\"text-align:left;vertical-align:top\"><strong>Concurrent strategic working group session<\/strong><\/td>\n            <td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n        <\/tr>\n        <tr>\n            <td style=\"text-align:left;vertical-align:top\"><strong>Lecture hall<br \/>\n            <\/strong><\/td>\n            <td style=\"text-align:left;vertical-align:top\"><strong>Career development<\/strong>&nbsp;(Chairs: <em>Hartmut Geiger \/ Insa Schr&ouml;der)<\/em><br \/>\n            S1 &#8211; Mobbing at the workplace: effective solutions for livable working environments \/&nbsp;Mobbing am Arbeitsplatz und wirksame Antworten f&uuml;r lebenswerte Arbeitskulturen (EN\/DE)<br \/>\n            <em>Matthias Tholen<\/em>, Tholen Beratung, Heidelberg<br \/>\n            <em>Annette Bornh&auml;user<\/em>, Selbstcoaching, Heidelberg<br \/>\n            <\/td>\n            <td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n        <\/tr>\n        <tr>\n            <td style=\"text-align:left;vertical-align:top\"><strong>Room I &amp; II<br \/>\n            <\/strong><span><br \/>\n            11:00 &#8211; 11:30<\/span><br \/>\n            <br \/>\n            11:30 &#8211; 12:00<br \/>\n            <br \/>\n            12:00 &#8211; 12:30<br \/>\n            <\/td>\n            <td style=\"text-align:left;vertical-align:top\"><strong>Technologies in stem cell research &#8211; Microfluidics in stem cell research<\/strong> (Chairs: <em>Michael Cross \/ Sebastian Kn&ouml;bel)<\/em><br \/>\n            S2 &#8211; Modelling human rostro-caudal neural patterning with microfluidic gradients<br \/>\n            <em>Agnete Kirkeby<\/em>, University of Copenhagen, Denmark<br \/>\n            S3 &#8211; Microfluidic ipSC-derived human autologous organ-on-chip<br \/>\n            <em>Nicola Elvassore<\/em>, University of Padova, Italy<br \/>\n            S4 &#8211; Microfluidic ipSC-derived human autologous multi-organ-chips<br \/>\n            <em>Ousamma El-Baraka<\/em>, TissUse GmbH, Berlin<\/td>\n            <td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n        <\/tr>\n        <tr>\n            <td style=\"text-align:left;vertical-align:top\"><strong>LH&nbsp;Marsilius Kol.&nbsp;<br \/>\n            <\/strong><br \/>\n            11:00 &#8211; 11:30<br \/>\n            <br \/>\n            11:30 &#8211; 12:00<br \/>\n            <br \/>\n            12:00 &#8211; 12:30<br \/>\n            <\/td>\n            <td style=\"text-align:left;vertical-align:top\"><strong>Clinical trials and regulatory affairs<br \/>\n            <\/strong>(Chairs: <em>Andreas Kurtz \/ Zoltan Ivics)<\/em><br \/>\n            S5 &#8211; Pluripotent stem cell-based therapy in type-1 diabetes<br \/>\n            <span><em>Henrik Semb<\/em><\/span>,&nbsp;University of Copenhagen, Denmark<br \/>\n            S6 -Translating tissue engineered heart repair<br \/>\n            <span><em>Malte Tiburcy<\/em><\/span>, University Medical Center Goettingen<br \/>\n            S7 &#8211; Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products (ATMPs): What is needed for smooth transition from R&amp;D to clinical development stage<br \/>\n            <em>Diane Seimetz<\/em>, Biopharma Excellence GmbH, Munich<span><br \/>\n            <\/span><\/td>\n        <\/tr>\n        <tr>\n            <td style=\"text-align:left;vertical-align:top\"><span style=\"color:#4f81bd\">12:30 &ndash; 14:00<br \/>\n            <\/span>\n            <\/td>\n            <td style=\"text-align:left;vertical-align:top\"><span style=\"color:#4f81bd\">Lunch break \/ Industry exhibition \/ Poster viewing<\/span><br \/>\n            <\/td>\n        <\/tr>\n        <tr>\n            <td style=\"text-align:left;vertical-align:top\">12:45 &#8211; 13:45<\/td>\n            <td style=\"text-align:left;vertical-align:top\"><strong>Meet-the-expert tables <\/strong>(limited to 10 registered participants each)<br \/>\n            <span><span style=\"font-style:italic\">Diane Seimetz<\/span>, Biopharma Excellence GmbH, Munich<br \/>\n            <\/span><em>Andreas Trumpp<\/em>, German Cancer Reserach Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg<\/td>\n        <\/tr>\n        <tr>\n            <td style=\"text-align:left;vertical-align:top\"><strong>Lecture hall<br \/>\n            <\/strong><\/td>\n            <td style=\"text-align:left;vertical-align:top\"><br \/>\n            <\/td>\n        <\/tr>\n        <tr>\n            <td style=\"text-align:left;vertical-align:top\">14:00 &#8211; 14:45<br \/>\n            <\/td>\n            <td style=\"text-align:left;vertical-align:top\"><strong>Keynote lecture V<\/strong><br \/>\n            K5 &#8211; Genetic and epigenetic processes controlling adult stem cell behavior<br \/>\n            <em>Allison Bardin<\/em>, <span style=\"color:#333333\">Institut Curie,&nbsp;<\/span>Paris, France<br \/>\n            (Chair: <em>Ingrid Lohmann<\/em>)<\/td>\n        <\/tr>\n        <tr>\n            <td style=\"text-align:left;vertical-align:top\">14:45 &#8211; 15:30<\/td>\n            <td style=\"text-align:left;vertical-align:top\"><strong>Keynote lecture VI<br \/>\n            <\/strong>K6 &#8211; Molecular control of stem cell and developmental potency<br \/>\n            <em>Jianlong Wang<\/em>, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai,&nbsp;New York, US<br \/>\n            (Chair: <em>Jan Lohmann<\/em>)<\/td>\n            <td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n        <\/tr>\n        <tr>\n            <td style=\"text-align:left;vertical-align:top\">15:30 &#8211; 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