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Download the short program \"\" here<\/a>, only the agenda \"\" here<\/a>, or the program overview \"\" here<\/a>;
\nYou can download the complete program (including abstracts)  \"\" here<\/a>.
\nThe program is now also available as an →<\/span> Online App<\/a>.
\nThe floor plan with the lecture rooms can be found \"\" here<\/a> , and the layout of the MDC.C Foyer and Haus 84 \"\" here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n

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\n Axon 1\/2<\/td>\n 		Opening<\/strong><\/span>
\n GSCN Conference 2026<\/strong><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
11:00 – 11:10<\/td>\n Welcome to Max Delbr\u00fcck Center, Berlin
\n Holger Gerhardt<\/em>, Deputy Director Max Delbr\u00fcck Center, Berlin<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
11:10 – 11:20<\/td>\n Welcome address from the Berlin Institute of Health at Charit\u00e9 (BIH)
\n Christopher Baum<\/em>, Chair of the BIH Board of Directors<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
11:20 – 11:30<\/td>\n Opening of GSCN Conference 2026
\n Heiko Lickert<\/em>, President GSCN<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
11:30 – 12:15
\n Axon 1\/2<\/td>\n 		Keynote lecture I<\/strong>
\n K1 –  Stem cells and the niche in myeloid blood cancer
\n Paresh Vyas<\/i>, University of Oxford, UK
\n Chair: Claudia Waskow<\/i><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
12:15 – 13:00
\n Axon 1\/2<\/td>\n 		Keynote lecture II<\/strong>
\n K2 – Endoderm organogenesis from human pluripotent stem cells: some assembly required
\n James M. Wells<\/i>, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, USA 
\n Chair: Sina Bartfeld<\/i><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
13:00 – 14:30<\/span><\/td>\n Lunch break \/ Industry exhibition<\/span>               supported by Countstar<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
14:30 – 16:00<\/td>\n Concurrent scientific working group session I<\/strong><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
14:30 – 16:00
\n Axon 1<\/td>\n 		Pluripotency, differentiation & PSC-derived models I<\/b>
\n                                                                  supported by ACROBiosystems<\/span><\/span>
\n Chairs: Micha Drukker & Ralf Jauch<\/em><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
14:30 – 15:00<\/td>\n T01 – Super-SOX-mediated generation of pluripotent stem cells with enhanced developmental potential
\n Hans Sch\u00f6ler<\/em>, Max Planck Institute, M\u00fcnster<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
15:00 – 15:15<\/td>\n T02 – Mosaic gastruloids reveal a temporal restriction for developmental cell competition
\n Joshua Frenster<\/em>, University of Freiburg<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
15:15 – 15:30<\/td>\n T03 – HERVHLin coordinates LIN28A\/let-7 activity to preserve genome stability during early human development
\n Zsuzsanna Izsvak<\/em>, Max Delbr\u00fcck Center, Berlin<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
15:30 – 15:45<\/td>\n T04 – HERVH-derived boundary elements shape 3D genome architecture in eFORM human pluripotent stem cells
\n Saba Mottaghinia<\/em>, Max Delbr\u00fcck Center, Berlin<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
15:45 – 16:00<\/td>\n T05 – A multi-individual iPSC resource from five non-human primate species for comparative biology and in vitro developmental studies
\n Vera Zywitza<\/em>, Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (IZW), Berlin<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
14:30 – 16:00
\n Axon 2<\/td>\n 		Basic, translational & applied hematopoiesis<\/strong>
\n Chairs: Simon Haas & Mick Milsom <\/em><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
14:30 – 15:00<\/td>\n T06 – Metabolic regulation of aged hematopoietic stem and multipotent progenitor cells
\n Nina Cabezas-Wallscheid<\/em>, ETH Z\u00fcrich, Switzerland<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
15:00 – 15:15<\/td>\n T07 – The development of simultaneous single-cell tRNA and mRNA profiling reveals dynamic tRNA programs in human hematopoiesis
\n Marius K\u00fclp<\/em>, Goethe University, Frankfurt<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
15:15 – 15:30<\/td>\n T08 – Identification of a deeply dormant CD150neg hematopoietic stem cell population
\n Dawn Shuiping Lin<\/em>, German Cancer Research Center (DLFZ), Heidelberg<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
15:30 – 15:45<\/td>\n T09 – Multiscale biological interactions define clinical trajectories in acute myeloid leukemia
\n Jan Barinka<\/em>, Berlin Institute of Health (BIH) at Charit\u00e9\/Max Delbr\u00fcck Center, Berlin<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
15:45 – 16:00<\/td>\n T10 – Molecular characterization and functional interrogation of dormant cancer stem cells in JAK2V617F-driven myeloproliferative neoplasms
\n Elif Saf<\/em>, German Cancer Research Center (DLFZ), Heidelberg<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
14:30 – 16:00
\n Dendrit 2<\/td>\n 		Computational stem cell biology & systems biology<\/strong>
\n Chairs: Ingmar Glauche & Carsten Marr<\/i> <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
14:30 – 15:00<\/td>\n T11 – Combining pooled single cell screens and deep learning to identify phenotypes driven by oncogenes
\n Nils Bl\u00fcthgen<\/em>, Humboldt University of Berlin<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
15:00 – 15:15<\/td>\n T12 – Slow genes are soft genes: lineage memory and perturbation sensitivity share a common origin
\n Ida B\u00fcschel<\/em>, Helmholtz Munich<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
15:15 – 15:30<\/td>\n T13 – Emergent cell-type order in epithelia: a hallmark of stem cell fate characteristics in homeostasis?
\n Philip Greulich<\/em>, University of Southampton, UK<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
15:30 – 15:45<\/td>\n T14 – Epigenetic fidelity of hiPSC-derived T cell progenitors: Accurate remodeling and aberrant DNA methylation imprints
\n Marcel Finke<\/em>, Berlin Institute of Health (BIH) at Charit\u00e9<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
15:45 – 16:00<\/td>\n T15 – SON maintains innate immune homeostasis in HSCs via splicing and retroelement control
\n Mariela Cortez Lopez<\/em>, Helmholtz Munich<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
16:00 – 16:30<\/span><\/td>\n Break time \/ Industry exhibition<\/span>         supported by R&D Systems™ by bio-techne<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
16:30 – 18:30
\n Haus 84
\n MDC.C:
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\n Mezzanine
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Poster session I<\/strong> –<\/span> Poster numbers<\/span> P001 – P087  ↓ download<\/a>               <\/b>
\n                                                                     supported by Biomerieux<\/span><\/span>
\n (with beverages)<\/span>
\n Basic, translational, applied hematopoiesis (P001 – P011)
\n Computational stem cell biology (P012 – P016)
\n Stem cells in disease modeling & drug development (P017 – P059)
\n Stem cells in regenerative therapies (P060 – P087)<\/span>
\n Note: posters P064 – P087 will be displayed in the MDC.C Foyer – Mezzanine<\/span><\/p>\n Even numbers: 16:30 – 17:30
\n Odd numbers: 17:30 – 18:30<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n

18:30 -19:15
\n Axon 1<\/td>\n 		Keynote lecture III (on ELSA topics)<\/strong>
\n K3 – Highly efficient base editing at PCSK9 and normal development in human embryos
\n Stepan Jerabek<\/i>, Columbia University, New York, USA
\n Chair: Tobias Cantz<\/em> <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
19:15 – 21:00<\/span>
\n MDC Mensa<\/td>\n 		GSCN Get-together for all participants<\/span>
\n Dinner buffet<\/span><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <\/tbody>\n
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09:00 – 10:30<\/td>\n Concurrent scientific working group session II<\/strong><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
09:00 – 10:30
\n Axon 1<\/td>\n 		Stem cells in regenerative therapies<\/strong>
\n                                            supported by Thermo Fisher Scientific
\n Chairs: Ludovic Vallier & Wolfgang Wagner<\/i><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
09:00 – 09:30<\/td>\n T16 – Human pluripotent stem cell therapies to the heart and beyond: current status and challenges
\n Robert Zweigerdt<\/em>, Hannover Medical School (MHH)<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
09:30 – 09:45<\/td>\n T17 – Decoding neurovascular dysfunction in ADHD: Patient-specific iPSC-derived blood-brain barrier (BBB) models uncover hidden metabolic drivers beyond PARK2 genetics
\n Antje Appelt-Menzel<\/em>, University Hospital W\u00fcrzburg<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
09:45 – 10:00<\/td>\n T18 – “Heps in a Bag”, an engineered hepatic patch against acute liver failure
\n Fabian Bachinger<\/em>, Berlin Institute of Health (BIH) at Charit\u00e9<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
10:00 – 10:15<\/td>\n T19 – Off-the-shelf immune-shielded iPSC-derived CAR \u03b3\u03b4 T cells as novel cell therapy to treat hepatocellular carcinoma
\n Stephanie Sontag<\/em>, Evotec<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
10:15 – 10:30<\/td>\n T20 – Engineering basal cells to modulate epithelial-macrophage interactions in COPD
\n Lili Rusznyak<\/em>, Helmholtz Munich<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
09:00 – 10:30
\n Axon 2<\/td>\n 		Stem cells in aging & disease<\/b>
\n Chairs: <\/span>Michael Rieger & Andreas Trumpp<\/em><\/td>\n 		 <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
09:00 – 09:30<\/td>\n T21 – Attenuation of stem cell aging to target aging-associated diseases
\n Hartmut Geiger<\/em>, University Ulm<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
09:30 – 09:45<\/td>\n T22 – A human brain organoid model of ageing identifies chromatin-mediated control of transposable elements during neural ageing
\n Elisa Gabassi<\/em>, University of Innsbruck, Austria<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
09:45 – 10:00<\/td>\n T23 – Extreme heterogeneity in hematologic aging is predominantly driven by stochastic variation, not by environmental nor genetic variation
\n Yiwen Zhang<\/em>, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
10:00 – 10:15<\/td>\n T24 – Ontogenetically distinct bone marrow macrophages regulate HSC integrity and megakaryocyte-biased expansion
\n Nina Henning<\/i>, Leibniz Institute on Aging (FLI), Jena<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
10:15 – 10:30<\/td>\n T25 – Clonal trajectories of adult B-ALL in medullary sites and brain infiltration at single-cell resolution
\n Hui Ming Tew<\/em>, University Hospital Frankfurt<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
09:00 – 10:30
\n Dendrit 2<\/td>\n 		Stem cells in disease modeling & drug development I<\/strong>
\n Chairs: Oliver Br\u00fcstle & Bert Klebl<\/em><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
09:00 – 09:30<\/td>\n T26 – Starting matters: quality and reproducibility in PSC-based research
\n Bert Klebl<\/em> LDC Dortmund, Michael Peitz<\/em>, University of Bonn, and Harald Stachelscheid<\/em>, Berlin Institute of Health (BIH)<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
09:30 – 09:45<\/td>\n T27 – Microglia modulate neurodevelopmental responses to micro- and nanoplastic exposure in human brain organoids
\n Nelli Blank-Stein<\/em>, University of Bonn<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
09:45 – 10:00<\/td>\n T28 – Dissecting the pathogenesis of Canavan disease using neuroglial organoids
\n Shreenidhi Vitchanthangal Prathivathibayankaram<\/em>, University of Bonn<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
10:00 – 10:15<\/td>\n T29 – Patient-specific iPSC-derived sensory neurons as a gateway to individualized neuropathic pain modeling and treatment
\n Anika Neureiter<\/i>, RWTH Aachen<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
10:15 – 10:30<\/td>\n T30 – In vitro\/in silico reciprocal modeling of human neuronal networks reveals presynaptic vesicle dynamics underlying epileptiform activity
\n Jianbin Wen<\/em>, University of Bonn<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
09:00 – 10:30
\n Dendrit 1<\/td>\n 		ELSA symposium<\/strong>
\n Panel: Stepan Jerabek, <\/i>Moderation: Tobias Cantz<\/em><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
10:30 – 11:30<\/span><\/td>\n Break time \/ Industry exhibition        <\/span>supported by Evotec SE<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
10:45 – 11:30
\n Axon 2<\/td>\n 		General Member Meeting<\/strong>
\n Executive Board & Managing Director
\n Heiko Lickert, Claudia Waskow, Sina Bartfeld, Michael Cross, Andreas Trumpp, Daniel Besser<\/em><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
11:30 – 13:00<\/td>\n Industry session: "Technologies from GSCN industry partners"<\/strong><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
11:30 – 13:00
\n Axon 1<\/td>\n 		Main Supporter<\/strong>
\n Chair: Michael Cross<\/em><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
11:35 – 12:05<\/td>\n C01 – Streamlining advanced in vitro models: Principles and tools for stem cell-derived NAMs
\n Katharina Debowski, <\/em>STEMCELL Technologies Germany GmbH<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
12:05 – 12:25<\/td>\n C02 – Enabling the future of cell therapy: From discovery to the clinic
\n Beau le Roy\u200b,<\/em> ACROBiosystems<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
12:25 -12:45<\/td>\n C03 – Next-generation synthetic peptide growth factors\/cytokines for regenerative medicine and cell therapy
\n Kazuki Shigematsu,<\/em> PeptiGrowth Inc.<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
11:30 – 13:00
\n Axon 2<\/td>\n 		Supporter II<\/strong>
\n Chair: Mareike Albert<\/em><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
11:35 – 11:50<\/td>\n C04 – Closing the analytical gap in cell therapy manufacturing: Automated at-line flow cytometry for QC from research to GMP release
\n F\u00e9lix A. Montero-Julian,<\/em> Biomerieux, Accellix<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
11:50 – 12:05<\/td>\n C05 – Integrating patient data and hiPSC microglia to model Alzheimer’s disease for drug discovery
\n Henrik Renner,<\/em> Evotec SE<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
12:05 – 12:20<\/td>\n C06 – 3D bioreactor stem cell culture: Consistent from R&D to commercial manufacturing
\n Philipp Nold,<\/em> Eppendorf SE<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
12:20 – 12:35<\/td>\n C07 – Characterizing human PSC-derived cerebral organoids across imaging, cytometry, and sequencing
\n Hannah Johannsen,<\/em> Miltenyi Biotec B.V. & Co. KG<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
12:35 – 12:55<\/td>\n C08 – Unlocking the future of gene-modified cell therapy with non-viral lipid-based transfection
\n Nadia Mazzaro<\/em>, Sartorius<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
11:30 – 13:00
\n Dendrit 2<\/td>\n 		Supporter III<\/strong>
\n Chair: Laura Steenpa\u00df<\/em><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
11:35 – 11:50<\/td>\n C09 – Watching stem cells live: continuous live-cell imaging in iPSC and organoid research
\n Ceren G\u00fcne\u015f<\/em>,<\/em> Countstar<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
11:50 – 12:05<\/td>\n C10 – Interrogating inflammatory signaling in human iPSC-derived pancreatic ductal organoids with
\n a fully defined animal component-free matrix
\n Joel Cresser-Brown,<\/em> bio-techne<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
12:05 – 12:20<\/td>\n C11 – Advancing human relevant models: From AI-driven automated culture to high-content imaging and machine learning analysis – an end-to-end solution for iPSC and organoid workflows
\n Robert Storm,<\/em> Molecular Devices Germany GmbH<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
12:20 – 12:35<\/td>\n C12 – Building more relevant and reliable human iPSC-derived neuronal models with the new neurobasal PhysioPlus medium
\n David Kuniger,<\/em> Thermo Fisher Scientific<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
12:35 – 12:55<\/td>\n C13 – Innovative approaches and tools for investigating stem cell-based tissue culture
\n Francesca Aglialoro, <\/em>Corning Life Sciences<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
13:00 – 14:30<\/span><\/td>\n Lunch break \/ Industry exhibition
\n                                                    <\/span>supported by Corning Life Sciences<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
14:30 – 17:00
\n Axon 1\/2<\/td>\n 		Presidential Symposium<\/strong>
\n Chairs: Sina Bartfeld & Heiko Lickert<\/em><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
14:30 – 15:15<\/td>\n Presidential Invite<\/strong><\/span>
\n PS1 – Stem cells, embryos and embryo models: from science to ethical concerns
\n Janet Rossant, <\/em>The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada <\/em><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
15:15 – 15:45<\/td>\n GSCN 2026 Young Investigator Award<\/strong><\/span>
\n PS2 – Building towards understanding: from embryo models to principles of development (& back)
\n Jesse Veenvliet<\/em>, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
15:45 – 16:30<\/td>\n K5 – Human intestinal organoids (HIOs) to study human intestine development, differentiation and disease
\n Jason Spence<\/em>, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
16:30 – 17:00<\/td>\n GSCN Publication of the Year 2025 – 2026 Award<\/strong><\/span>
\n PS4 – Pluripotent stem-cell-based screening uncovers sildenafil as a mitochondrial disease therapy
\n Annika Zink<\/em>, Heinrich-Heine-University, D\u00fcsseldorf<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
17:00 – 17:30<\/span><\/td>\n Break time \/ Industry exhibition
\n                                                 <\/span>supported by Molecular Devices GmbH<\/span><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
17:00 – 19:00
\n Haus 84
\n MDC.C:
\n – Foyer –
\n Mezzanine<\/td>\n 		Poster session II<\/strong> – Poster numbers<\/span> P088 – P171  ↓<\/span> download<\/a>
\n                                                                               supported by Eppendorf<\/span><\/span>
\n (with beverages)<\/span><\/span>
\n Pluripotency, differentiation & PSC-derived models (P088 – P135)
\n Stem cells in aging & disease (cancer stem cells): (P136 – P141, X1)
\n Tissue-derived stem cells & organoids (P142 – P171<\/span>\u200b)
\n Note: posters P150 – P171 will be displayed in the MDC.C Foyer – Mezzanine.<\/span>
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\n Even numbers: 17:00 – 18:00
\n Odd numbers<\/span>: 18:00  – 19:00<\/strong><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
20:00 – 01:00<\/span><\/td>\n GSCN networking event for all participants<\/strong> (with bus transfer starting at 18:45)<\/span>
\n                                                        supported by STEMCELL Technologies<\/span><\/span>
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\n The entrance fee is collected onsite.
\n Event location: <\/span>\u279a<\/span> Caf\u00e9 am Neuen See, Berlin<\/b><\/a><\/span><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <\/tbody>\n
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09:00 – 10:30
\n Axon 1<\/td>\n 		Stem cells in disease modeling & drug development II<\/strong>
\n Chairs: Michael Peitz & Harald Stachelscheid<\/em><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
09:00 – 09:15<\/td>\n T31 – Cooperative GNAS–KRAS signaling shapes intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm phenotype and grade
\n Meike Hohwieler<\/em>, University of Ulm<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
09:15 – 09:30<\/td>\n T32 – Unveiling the genetic landscape of UV-induced cellular responses: A CRISPR whole genome screening approach
\n Rafaela Ntzani<\/em>, Leibniz Research Institute for Environmental Medicine (IUF), D\u00fcsseldorf<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
09:30 – 09:45<\/td>\n T33 – ELAPOR2 controls pancreatic endocrine differentiation through cell cycle regulation
\n Osvaldo Rodrigues Pereira<\/em>, Helmholtz Munich<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
09:45 – 10:00<\/td>\n T34 – Human iPSC models for safer drug discovery through predictive teratogenicity assessment
\n Bastian Zimmer<\/em>, Evotec SE<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
10:00 – 10:15<\/td>\n T35 – Fabry iPSC-derived dorsal root ganglia (DRG) model
\n Ferdinand Teichert<\/em>, University of Leiden, Netherlands<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
09:00 – 10:30
\n Axon 2<\/td>\n 		Tissue-derived stem cells & organoids<\/strong>
\n Chairs: Mina Gouti  & Robert Zweigerdt<\/em><\/td>\n 		 <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
09:00 – 09:30<\/td>\n T36 – Intersectional genetics for precise manipulation and tracing of lung and skeletal muscle stem cells
\n Thomas Braun<\/em>, Max Planck Institute Bad Nauheim<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
09:30 – 09:45<\/td>\n T37 – Characterization of na\u00efve human neuroepithelial stem progenitor cells with unlimited self-renewal and broad neurogenic potential
\n Angeliki Spathopoulou<\/em>, Leopold Franzens University Innsbruck, Austria<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
09:45 – 10:00<\/td>\n T38 – Lymphatic vasculature reprograms liver epithelium in assembloids and patients
\n Milad Rezvani<\/em>, Charit\u00e9 University Medicine Berlin<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
10:00 – 10:15<\/td>\n T39 – Liver regeneration is programmed in the epigenetic landscape of cholangiocytes during fetal development
\n Irene Talon<\/em>, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Berlin<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
10:15 – 10:30<\/td>\n T40 – Liver regeneration during chronic liver disease: SOX4 and KLF6 play a role in liver cell plasticity
\n Marta Cagna<\/i>, Berlin Institute of Health at Chait\u00e9<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
09:00 – 10:30
\n Dendrit 2<\/td>\n 		Pluripotency, differentiation & PSC-derived models II<\/strong>
\n Chairs: Sebastian Diecke & Stefan Liebau<\/em><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
09:00 – 09:15<\/td>\n T41 – PluripotencyScreen – A new epigenetic framework to quantify cell fate decisions of pluripotent stem cells
\n Vera Nischalke<\/em>, RWTH Aachen<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
09:15 – 09:30<\/td>\n T42 – Modeling primate atherosclerosis using iPSC-derived macrophages
\n Eva Briem<\/em>, LMU Munich<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
09:30 – 09:45<\/td>\n T43 – CTCF insulates gene expression to safeguard migratory myogenic progenitor cells
\n S\u00f6ren H\u00fcttner<\/em>, McGill University, Montr\u00e9al, Canada<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
09:45 – 10:00<\/td>\n T44 – Bioengineered muscle tubuloids: a human stem\u2011cell–based model of neuromuscular development and innervation
\n Anita Florkowska<\/em>, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
10:00 – 10:15<\/td>\n T45 – Multi-omics profiling reveals MAGEL2-driven defects in human corticogenesis shared across Prader-Willi and Schaaf-Yang syndromes
\n Baran Enes G\u00fcler<\/em>, University of Heidelberg <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
10:30 – 11:00<\/span><\/td>\n Break time \/ Industry exhibition          <\/span>supported by Sartorius<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
11:00 – 12:30<\/td>\n Concurrent strategic working group session<\/strong><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
11:00 – 12:30
\n Axon 1<\/td>\n 		Clinical trials & regulatory affairs<\/strong>  <\/span><\/span>
\n Chairs: Nina Graffmann & Zoltan Ivics<\/i><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
11:00 – 11:30<\/td>\n S1 – Driving multimodal AI in precision medicine
\n Ulrike Weirauch<\/em>, Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and Immunology (IZI), Leipzig<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
11:30 – 12:00<\/td>\n S2 – Translating regulatory expectations into context-specific genome-editing safety assessment
\n Sandra Ammann<\/em>, University Hospital Freiburg<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
12:00 – 12:30<\/td>\n S3 – Off-target effects in CRISPR-Cas genome editing for human therapeutics: Progress and challenges
\n Giandomenico Turchiano<\/em>, AstraZeneca, Cambridge, UK<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
11:00 – 12:30
\n Axon 2<\/td>\n 		Technologies in stem cell research<\/strong>
\n Chairs: Sebastian Kn\u00f6bel & Ole Ple\u00df\u200b<\/em><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
11:00 – 11:30<\/td>\n S4 – Polymeric gene delivery agents, an emerging class of RNA nanocarriers
\n Aidan Izuagbe<\/em>, University of W\u00fcrzburg<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
11:30 – 12:00<\/td>\n S5 – Engineering mutation\u2011specific and mutation\u2011agnostic gene therapy approaches and their delivery
\n Jefferey Truong<\/em>, Helmholtz Munich<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
12:00 – 12:30<\/td>\n S6 – “Translational tool making” to develop and improve vector-based research tools
\n Leszek Lisowski<\/em>, Children's Medical Research Institute, Sydney, Australia<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
11:00 – 12:30
\n Dendrit 2<\/td>\n 		Career development<\/strong>
\n Chairs:  Pascal R\u00f6derer & Insa Schr\u00f6der<\/em>
\n Panel discussion with Hartmut Geiger<\/em>, Kimberly Hartl<\/em> and Sedona Murphy<\/em><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
12:30 – 14:00<\/span><\/td>\n Lunch break time \/ Industry exhibition
\n                                                 <\/span>supported by Miltenyi Biotec B.V. & Co. KG          <\/span><\/span><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
14:00 – 14:45
\n Axon 1\/2<\/td>\n 		Keynote lecture IV<\/strong>
\n K4 – Designing complex miniature organs in a dish from pluripotent stem cells
\n Takanori Takebe<\/em>, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, USA 
\n Chair: Aydan Bulut-Karsl\u0131o\u011flu<\/em><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
14:45 – 15:30
\n Axon 1\/2<\/td>\n 		GSCN 2026 Hilde Mangold Award<\/strong><\/span>
\n PS3 – Studying diabetes with engineered stem cell islet organoids
\n Maike Sander<\/em>, Max Delbr\u00fcck Center, Berlin
\n Chair: Heiko Lickert<\/i><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
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Award ceremony<\/strong>
\n Daniel Besser<\/i>
\n Poster awards        <\/span><\/span>supported by Active Bioscience\/PeptiGrowth
\n Travel awards<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
15:50 – 16:00
\n Axon 1\/2<\/td>\n 		Closing remarks by the GSCN president<\/strong>
\n Sina Bartfeld<\/i><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
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\nStepan Jerabek<\/a> <\/strong> (New York, USA)<\/p>\n\n

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\nJanet Rossant<\/a> <\/strong> (Toronto, Canada)<\/p>\n\n

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\nJason Spence<\/a> <\/strong> (Ann Arbor, USA)<\/p>\n\n

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\nTakanori Takebe<\/a> <\/strong> (Cincinnati, USA & Tokyo, Japan)<\/p>\n\n

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\nParesh Vyas <\/strong><\/a> (Oxford, UK)<\/p>\n\n

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Sina Bartfeld<\/a> (Berlin)
\nDaniel Besser<\/a> (Berlin)
\nThomas Braun<\/a> (Bad Nauheim)
\nOliver Br\u00fcstle<\/a> (Bonn)
\nNina Cabezas Wallscheid<\/a> (Freiburg)
\nGerm\u00e1n Camargo-Ortega<\/a> (Basel)
\nTobias Cantz<\/a> (Hannover)
\nMichael Cross <\/a>(Leipzig)
\nSebastian Diecke<\/a> (Berlin)
\nMicha Drukker<\/a> (Leiden, NL)
\nMarieke Essers<\/a> (Heidelberg)
\nHartmut Geiger<\/a> <\/a>(Ulm)
\nIngmar Glauche<\/a> (Dresden)
\nMina Gouti<\/a> (Berlin)
\nAnne Grapin-Botton<\/a> (Dresden)
\nSimon Haas<\/a> (Berlin)
\nIra Herrmann<\/a> (Bonn)
\nZolt\u00e1n Ivics<\/a> (Langen)
\nRalf Jauch<\/a> (Hongkong) supported by Centre for Translational Stem Cell Biology (CTSCB), Hong Kong<\/a><\/span><\/span>
\nBert Klebl<\/a> (Dortmund)
\nHannes Klump<\/a> (Essen)
\nAndreas Kurtz<\/a> (Berlin)
\nKarl-Ludwig Laugwitz<\/a> (Munich)
\nHeiko Lickert<\/a> (Munich)
\nCarsten Marr<\/a> (Munich)
\nUlrich Martin<\/a> (Hannover)
\nAna Martin-Villalba<\/a> (Heidelberg)
\nElvira Mass<\/a> (Bonn)
\nMick Milsom<\/a> (Heidelberg)
\nMichael Rieger<\/a> (Frankfurt a.M.)
\nHans Sch\u00f6ler<\/a> <\/a>(M\u00fcnster)
\nInsa Schr\u00f6der<\/a> (Darmstadt)
\nThomas Schwarz-Romond<\/a> (Munich)
\nHarald Stachelscheid<\/a> (Berlin)
\nLaura Steenpa\u00df<\/a> (Braunschweig)
\nTorsten Tonn<\/a> (Dresden)
\nAnja Trillhaase<\/a> (Hamburg)
\nWolfgang Wagner<\/a> (Aachen)
\nClaudia Waskow<\/a> (Jena)
\nRobert Zweigerdt<\/a> (Hannover)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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