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Wednesday<\/em>, 23 September<\/h2>\n\n

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 <\/td>\n Opening<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
11:00 – 11:15<\/td>\n GSCN Annual Conference 2020<\/strong>
\n Hartmut Geiger<\/em>, President GSCN<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
11:15 – 11:30<\/td>\n Housekeeping remarks for the virtual 8th Annual GSCN Conference
\n Daniel Besser<\/em>, GSCN<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
11:30 – 12:15<\/td>\n Keynote lecture I<\/strong>
\n K1 – Regulation of mouse skeletal muscle stem cells and niche
\n Shahragim Tajbakhsh, <\/em>Institute Pasteur, Paris, FR
\n (Chairs: Heiko Lickert \/ Nina Cabezas-Wallscheid<\/em>)*<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
12:15 – 13:00<\/td>\n Keynote lecture II<\/strong>
\n K2 – Development and maintenance of the blood system
\n Bertie G\u00f6ttgens<\/em>, University of Cambridge, UK
\n (Chairs: Heiko Lickert \/ Nina Cabezas-Wallscheid<\/em>)<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
13:00 – 14:30<\/span><\/td>\n Break time \/ Industry exhibition<\/span><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
13:10 – 13:30<\/td>\n Meet the speakers corner (Meet & Greet – Networking Spaces)
\n Meeting room 1: Discussion with Shahragim Tajbakhsh <\/em>chaired by Heiko Lickert<\/em>
\n Meeting room 2: Discussion with Bertie G\u00f6ttgens <\/em>chaired by Nina Cabezas-Wallscheid<\/em><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n Concurrent scientific working group session I<\/strong><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
14:30 – 16:00<\/td>\n Stem cells in disease modeling and drug development<\/strong>
\n (Chairs: Oliver Br\u00fcstle<\/em> \/ Bert Klebl<\/em>)<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
14:30 – 15:00<\/span><\/td>\n T01 – Protein homeostasis plays a critical role in buffering RNA-binding protein phase behavior during ALS and can be rescued by drugs inducing autophagy
\n Jared Sterneckert<\/em>, CRTD\/TU Dresden<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
15:00 – 15:15<\/span><\/td>\n T02\/P065 – Generation and correction of mutations in human iPS cells utilizing CRISPR-mediated HDR, base editors or prime editors
\n Katrin Neumann<\/em>, TU Dresden<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
15:15 – 15:30<\/span><\/td>\n T03<\/span>\/P078 – <\/span>Detection of deleterious on-target effects after HDR-mediated CRISPR editing
\n Isabel Weisheit\u200b<\/em>, LMU Munich<\/span><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
15:30 – 15:45<\/span><\/td>\n T04<\/span>\/P076 – <\/span>The influence of the 9p21 CAD risk locus on vascular calcification – an iPSC model
\n Anja Trillhaase<\/em>, University L\u00fcbeck<\/span><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
15:45 – 16:00<\/span><\/td>\n T05<\/span>\/P081 – <\/span>Extracellular components of the myelodysplastic stromal bone marrow microenvironment as potential therapeutic target
\n Manja Wobus<\/em>, University hospital Dresden<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
14:30 – 16:00<\/td>\n Somatic stem cells and development<\/strong>
\n (Chairs: Thomas Braun<\/em> \/ Ana Martin-Villalba<\/em>)<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
14:30 – 15:00<\/td>\n T06 – Human intestinal organoid models reveal fundamental differences between stem cell and differentiated cells response to enteric pathogens
\n Steeve Boulant<\/em>, DKFZ, Heidelberg<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
15:00 – 15:15<\/td>\n T07\/P043 – A spatially resolved single cell atlas of human gastrulation
\n Elmir Mahammadov<\/em>, Helmholtz Zentrum M\u00fcnchen<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
15:15 – 15:30<\/td>\n T08\/P036 –  3D biomimetic implantation niche reveals the first interactions of the embryo and the maternal
\n blood vessels
\n Ivan Bedzhov<\/i>, MPI f. Molecular Biomedicine, M\u00fcnster <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
15:30 – 15:45<\/td>\n T09\/P040 – Transcriptional regulation by TAF4a is required for chromatin organization, genome stability, and maintenance of muscle stem cells
\n Angelina Georgieva<\/i>, MPI f. Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
15:45 – 16:00<\/td>\n T10\/P047 –  The plasticity of liver epithelial cells during homeostasis, regeneration and tumor formation
\n Tianliang Sun<\/i>, Novartis Institute of Biomedical Research (NIBR), Basel, CH<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
14:30 – 16:00<\/td>\n Computational stem cell biology<\/strong>
\n (Chairs: Georg Fuellen<\/i> \/ Carsten Marr<\/em>)<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
14:30 – 15:00<\/td>\n T11 – Modeling cellular state and dynamics in single cell genomics
\n Fabian Theis<\/em>, Helmholtz Zentrum, Munich<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
15:00 – 15:15<\/td>\n T12\/P003 – Oct4 pioneers genomic nucleosomes in motion
\n Jan Huertas<\/i>, MPI f. Molecular Biomedicine, M\u00fcnster<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
15:15 – 15:30<\/td>\n T13\/P006 – Cell-cell communication through FGF4 generates and maintains robust proportions of differentiated cell types in embryonic stem cells
\n Christian Schr\u00f6ter<\/i>, MPI of Molecular Physiology, Dortmund <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
15:30 – 15:45<\/td>\n T14\/P002 – Revealing stem cell self-renewal strategies by clonal data: limitations and opportunities\u200b
\n Philip Greulich<\/i>, Uni. Southampton, UK<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
15:45 – 16:00<\/td>\n T15\/P007 –  Computational modeling reveals cell-cycle dependent kinetics of H4K20 methylation states during Xenopus embryogenesis
\n Lea Schuh<\/i>, HelmholtzZentrum M\u00fcnchen<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
16:00 – 16:30<\/span>
\n  <\/td>\n 		Break time \/ Industry exhibition<\/span><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
16:30 – 17:30<\/td>\n GSCN General Membership Meeting<\/strong>
\n GSCN Executive Board<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
17:30 – 19:30<\/td>\n Poster session I<\/strong><\/span>
\n all poster can be viewed in the poster sessions on Wednesday and Thursday, please visit the presenters in their contact rooms
\n Poster with even numbers will be presented 17:30 – 18:30 h on Wednesday<\/strong> & 16:30 – 17:30 h on Thursday
\n Odd numbers: 18:30 – 19:30 h on Wednesday<\/strong> & 17:30 – 18:30 h on Thursday<\/em><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
19:45 – 20:30<\/td>\n Keynote lecture III<\/strong>
\n K3 – Stem cell clinical translation refracted through COVID19<\/span>
\n Jonathan Kimmelman<\/em>, McGill University, Montreal, Canada<\/span>
\n (Chairs: <\/span>Sara Gerke \/ Tobias Cantz<\/em>)<\/span><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
20:40 – 21:00<\/td>\n Meet the speakers corner (Meet & Greet – Networking Spaces)
\n Meeting room 1: Discussion with \u200b<\/span> Jonathan Kimmelman<\/em> chaired by Sara Gerke<\/em><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n

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Thursday<\/em>, 24 September
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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<\/td>\n Organoids: new models for diseases<\/strong>
\n (Chairs: Alexander Kleger \/ Stefan Liebau<\/i>)*<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
09:00 – 09:30<\/span><\/td>\n T16 – Stem cell derived organoids as tissue models in health and disease
\n Sina Bartfeld<\/em>, Julius Maximilians Universit\u00e4t W\u00fcrzburg<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
09:30 – 09:45<\/span><\/td>\n T17\/P044 – Cardioids reveal self-organizing principles of human cardiogenesis
\n Sasha Mendjan, <\/i>IMBA Vienna, AT<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
09:45 – 10:00<\/td>\n T18<\/span>\/P051 – <\/span>Modeling glioma in human brain organoids
\n Jay Gopalakrishnan<\/i>, University D\u00fcsseldorf<\/span><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
10:00 – 10:15<\/td>\n T19<\/span>\/P059 – <\/span> Modeling plasticity and dysplasia of pancreatic ductal organoids derived from human pluripotent stem cells
\n Jessica Merkle<\/em>, University Ulm<\/span><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
10:15 – 10:30<\/td>\n T20<\/span>\/P009 – <\/span> Exocrine pancreas on-chip: differentiation of human induced pluripotent stem cells to pancreatic ductal-like organoids at single-cell resolution
\n Sandra Wiedenmann<\/i>, Helmholtz Zentrum M\u00fcnchen<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
09:00 – 10:30<\/td>\n Stem cells in regenerative therapies: mesenchymal stromal cells<\/strong>
\n (Chairs: Richard Sch\u00e4fer \/ Wolfgang Wagner<\/em>)<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
09:00 – 09:30<\/span><\/td>\n T21 – The roles of motility and endothelial adhesion for mesenchymal stromal cell therapies efficacy
\n Richard Sch\u00e4fer<\/i>, DRK-Blutspendedienst Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg-Hessen, Frankfurt<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
09:30 – 09:45<\/span><\/td>\n T22\/P099 – Dissecting the angiogenic potential of adipose-derived mesenchymal stromal cells in diabetic retinopathy
\n Agnese Fiori, <\/i>Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
09:45 – 10:00<\/span><\/td>\n T23\/P104 –  Bone marrow transplantation impairs the regenerative capacity of the niche
\n Christina Schreck, <\/i>TU Munich<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
10:00 – 10:15<\/span><\/td>\n T24\/P102 – Hypoxia conditioned mesenchymal stem cell-derived extracellular vesicles induce increased in vitro vascular tube formation
\n Ciarra Almeria<\/em>, BOKU Vienna, AT<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
10:15 – 10:30<\/span><\/td>\n T25\/P106 – The vascular nature of lung resident mesenchymal stem cells
\n Jennifer Steens<\/em>, University Hospital Essen<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
09:00 – 10:30<\/td>\n Stem cells in disease: cancer stem cells<\/strong>
\n (Chairs: Thomas Brabletz<\/em> \/ Andreas Trumpp<\/em>)<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
09:00 – 09:30<\/span><\/td>\n T26 – Cancer stem cell plasticity: from cell of origin to colon cancer progression
\n Rene Jackstadt<\/em>, HI-STEM Heidelberg<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
09:30 – 09:45<\/span><\/td>\n T27\/P052 – Inducible expression of KLF4 eradicates patients’ B-cell leukemia stem cells in vivo
\n Irmela Jeremias, <\/i>Helmholtz Zentrum M\u00fcnchen<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
09:45 – 10:00<\/span><\/td>\n T28\/P049 – Genome-wide cooperation of the EMT-transcription factor ZEB1 with YAP and AP-1 in aggressive breast cancer types
\n Nora Feldker,<\/i> FAU University N\u00fcrnberg-Erlangen<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
10:00 – 10:15<\/span><\/td>\n T29\/P053 – IREB2 protein is important for the iron level control in acute myeloid leukemia
\n Anastasia Parmon, <\/i>Goethe University, Frankfurt<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
10:15 – 10:30<\/span><\/td>\n T30\/P050 – Identification of molecular and functional roles of leukemic stem cells that drive DNMT3A mutant AMLs with distinct clinical outcomes
\n Elisa Donato<\/em>, HI-STEM\/DKFZ, Heidelberg<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
10:30 – 11:00<\/span>
\n  <\/td>\n 		Break time \/ Industry exhibition<\/span><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
11:00 – 12:30<\/td>\n \n

Industry session: "Technologies from GSCN industry partners"<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n

11:00 – 12:30<\/td>\n Gold supporter<\/strong>
\n (Chairs: Federico Calegari \/ Elvira Mass<\/i>)<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
11:00 – 11:30<\/span><\/td>\n C01 – Stem cell derived exosome production in stirred-tank bioreactors
\n Philipp Nold<\/em>, Bioprocess Center, Eppendorf AG<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
11:30 – 12:00<\/span><\/td>\n C02 – Isolate them, expand them and use them to treat life threatening conditions:  the story of MSCs and NutriStem
\n Oren Ben-Yosef<\/em>, Biological Industries<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
12:00 – 12:30<\/span><\/td>\n C03 – Multiomics single cell and spatial gene expression analysis using 10x Genomics solution
\n Hannes Arnold<\/em>, 10x Genomics<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
11:00 – 12:30<\/td>\n Silver Supporter I<\/strong>
\n (Chairs: Michael Rieger \/ Michael Cross<\/em>)<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
11:00 – 11:30<\/span><\/td>\n C04 – Spot on: pluripotent stem cell differentiation… and translation
\n Sebastian Kn\u00f6bel<\/em>, Miltenyi Biotec B.V. & Co. KG<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
11:30 – 12:00<\/span><\/td>\n C05\/P071 – Advance disease modeling and drug discovery using novel hiPSC-derived hepatocytes and intestinal epithelial cells
\n Malathi Raman<\/em>, Takara Bio Europe<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
12:00 – 12:30<\/span><\/td>\n C06\/P109 – CERO 3D Incubator and Bioreactor – a showcase of different successful approaches improving 3D cell models
\n Amir Keric<\/em>, OLS OMNI Life Science<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
11:00 – 12:30<\/td>\n Silver Supporter II<\/strong>
\n (Chairs: Marieke Essers \/ Claudia Waskow<\/em>)<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
11:00 – 11:30<\/span><\/td>\n C07 – Advanced tools for genome engineering in iPSCs
\n Louise Baskin<\/em>, Product Management \/ R&D, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Carlsbad, CA<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
11:30 – 12:00<\/span><\/td>\n C08 – DURA innovations dry reagent technology for rigor in phenotypic characterization of human mesenchymal and hematopoietic stem cells
\n Michael Kapinsky<\/em>, Flow Cytometry, Beckman Coulter Life Sciences<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
12:00 – 12:30<\/span><\/td>\n C09 – PSC-derived human microglia are useful for modeling neuroinflammation and neurodegenerative disease
\n Erin Knock<\/em>, Research and Development, Stem Cell Technologies<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
11:00 – 12:30<\/td>\n Bronze Supporter<\/strong>
\n (Chairs: Andreas Kurtz \/ Mina Gouti<\/em>)<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
11:00 – 11:15<\/span><\/td>\n C10 – Assessing sarcomere microdomain destabilization with iPSC-derived cardiomyocytes from dilated cardiomyopathy patients and CRISPR\/Cas9 engineered isogenic controls
\n Antje Ebert<\/em>, G\u00f6ttingen University representing Peprotech GmbH<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
11:15 – 11:30<\/td>\n C11 – Satellite-like cells: reliable production, characterization and disease modeling using controlled media and conditions
\n Alex Kiselyov<\/em>, Myocea, Inc. representing Amsbio Biotechnology<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
11:30 – 11:45<\/td>\n C12 – Efficient and automated single-cell cloning of human induced pluripotent stem cells in GRIDs
\n Katia Mattis<\/em>, iota Sciences Ltd.<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
11:45 – 12:00<\/td>\n C13 – New defined serum-free and chemically defined media for mesenchymal stem cells
\n Peter Frost<\/em>, PELOBiotech GmbH<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
12:00 – 12:15<\/td>\n C14 – VectorBuilder – your one-stop shop for custom cloning and virus packaging services
\n Matthew Wheeler<\/em>, VectorBuilder GmbH<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
12:15 – 12:30<\/td>\n C15 – How live cell imaging can improve your stem cell culture; an introduction to the CytoSMART Lux2
\n Lieke Stemkens<\/em>, R&D, CytoSMART Technologies<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
12:30 – 14:00<\/span>
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12:40 – 14:00<\/td>\n ELSA Symposium<\/strong>
\n (Chairs: Tobias Cantz<\/em> \/ Sara Gerke<\/em>)<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
12:40 – 12:45<\/td>\n Introduction
\n Tobias Cantz<\/em><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
12:45 – 13:15<\/td>\n Data privacy in personalized (regenerative) medicine
\n Fruzsina Molnar-Gabor<\/em><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
13:15 – 13:45<\/td>\n Human germline editing in the era of CRISPR-Cas: risk and uncertainty, intergenerational responsibility, therapeutic legitimacy
\n Sebastian Schleidgen<\/em><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
13:45 – 14:00<\/td>\n General Discussion
\n chaired by Sara Gerke<\/em><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
13:00 – 13:45<\/td>\n Meet-the-expert tables<\/strong> (limited to 10 participants, please inform the GSCN Central Office<\/a> when you are intersted to particpate in one of the three tables)
\n Meritxell Huch
\n Nina Cabezas-Wallscheid
\n Ulrich Martin<\/em><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
14:00 – 16:15<\/td>\n Presidential Symposium<\/strong>
\n Chairs: Hartmut Geiger \/ Claudia Waskow<\/em><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
14:00 – 14:45<\/td>\n Presidential Invite<\/b><\/span>
\n PS1 – Liver and pancreas organoids; their application to the study of tissue regeneration and disease
\n Meritxell Huch<\/em>, MPI-CBG, Dresden<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
14:45 – 15:15<\/td>\n GSCN 2020 Young Investigator Award<\/strong><\/span>
\n PS2 – Human cerebral organoid development through the lens of single-cell genomics
\n Barbara Treutlein<\/em>, MPI for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig & ETH Z\u00fcrich, D-\u200bBSSE, Basel, CH<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
15:15 – 15:45<\/td>\n GSCN 2020 Female Scientist Award<\/strong><\/span>
\n PS3 – The importance of gene dosage in development and disease: unravelling the epigenetic process of X-chromosome inactivation in females
\n Edith Heard<\/em>, EMBL, Heidelberg<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
15:45 – 16:15<\/td>\n GSCN Publication of the Year 2019\/20 Award<\/strong><\/span>
\n PS4 – Excluding Oct4 from Yamanaka cocktail unleashes the developmental potential of iPSCs
\n Sergiy Velychko<\/em>, MPI f. Molecular Biomedicine, M\u00fcnster<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
16:15 – 16:30<\/span><\/td>\n Break Time \/ Industry exhibition<\/span><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
16:30 – 18:30<\/td>\n Poster session<\/strong><\/span>
\n all poster can be viewed in both poster sessions, please visit the presenters in their contact rooms
\n Poster with even numbers will be presented 17:30 – 18:30 h on Wednesday & 16:30 – 17:30 h on Thursday<\/strong>
\n Odd numbers: 18:30 – 19:30 h on Wednesday & 17:30 – 18:30 h on Thursday<\/strong><\/em><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
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Friday<\/em>, 25 September
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09:00 – 10:30<\/td>\n Concurrent scientific working group session III<\/strong><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
09:00 – 10:30<\/td>\n Pluripotency and reprograming<\/strong>
\n (Chairs: Hans Sch\u00f6ler<\/em> \/ Mathias Treier<\/i>)*<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
09:00 – 09:30<\/span><\/td>\n T31 –  In vitro capture and characterization of embryonic rosette-stage pluripotency, a novel naive-primed pluripotency intermediate with a unique epigenome
\n Derk ten Berge<\/em>, Erasmus MC Rotterdam, NL<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
09:30 – 09:45<\/span><\/td>\n T32\/P028 – Combining whole genome sequencing and retrotransposon capture-sequencing uncovered mobilization of endogenous L1, AluY and SVA_F elements in reprogrammed human keratinocytes
\n Caroline K\u00fcstermann<\/i>, Paul Ehrlich Institute, Langen<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
09:45 – 10:00<\/span><\/td>\n T33<\/span>\/P029 – <\/span>Progressive spatial self-organization of pluripotent stem cell in colonies and aggregates
\n Mohamed Hamdy Elsafi Mabrouk,<\/i> University Hospital Aachen<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
10:00 – 10:15<\/span><\/td>\n T34<\/span>\/P030 – <\/span> Programming human pluripotent stem cells into microglia – a novel in vitro model of neuroinflammation and neurodegneration
\n Matthias Pawlowski<\/em>, University Hospital M\u00fcnster<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
10:15 – 10:30<\/span><\/td>\n T35<\/span>\/P023 – <\/span>Direct conversion of human microglia into induced neural stem cells: a new avenue for neuroregeneration?
\n Lea Jessica Flitsch<\/i>, University Bonn<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
09:00 – 10:30<\/td>\n Stem cells in regenerative therapies<\/strong>
\n (Chairs: Ulrich Martin<\/em> \/ Michael Cross<\/em>)<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
09:00 – 09:30<\/span><\/td>\n T36 –  Strategies for first iPSC trials: immunology, GMP-grade manufacturing and preclinical studies
\n Micha Drukker<\/em>, HelmholtzZentrum, M\u00fcnchen<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
09:30 – 09:45<\/span><\/td>\n T37\/P084 – Reconditioning the neurogenic niche of adult non – human primates by antisense oligonucleotide-mediated attenuation of TGF\u03b2 signaling
\n Ulrich Bogdahn<\/i>, University Regensburg, Velvio GmbH<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
09:45 – 10:00<\/span><\/td>\n T38<\/span>\/P088 – <\/span>Formation of large muscle grafts and substantial improvement of heart function after injection of hiPSC-cardiomyocytes in a primate model of myocardial infarctio
\n Ina Gruh<\/i>, Hannover Medical School (MHH)<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
10:00 – 10:15<\/span><\/td>\n T39<\/span>\/P090 – <\/span> High density bioprocessing of human pluripotent stem cells by metabolic control and in silico modeling
\n Felix Manstein<\/em>, Hannover Medical School (MHH)<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
10:15 – 10:30<\/span><\/td>\n T40<\/span>\/P094 – <\/span> Influence of cerebrospinal fluid on olfactory stem cells: prerequisite for cell therapy after spinal cord injury
\n Markus R\u00f6vekamp<\/i>, Ruhr Unversity Bochum<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
09:00 – 10:30<\/td>\n Hematopoietic stem cells<\/strong>
\n (Chairs: Timm Schroeder<\/em> \/ Claudia Waskow<\/em>)<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
09:00 – 09:30<\/span><\/td>\n T41 – Stem cell based heterogeneity of interferon signaling in the hematopoietic system
\n Marieke Essers<\/em>, HI-STEM, Heidelberg<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
09:30 – 09:45<\/span><\/td>\n T42\/P013 – Niche SFRP1 regulates repopulating activity of hematopoietic stem cells via PP2A-mediated regulation of CTNNB1\/EP300
\n Franziska Hettler\u200b<\/em>, TU M\u00fcnchen<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
09:45 – 10:00<\/span>
\n  <\/td>\n 		T43<\/span>\/P016 – <\/span>Influenza virus infection alters hematopoietic stem cells and induces emergency megakaryopoiesis
\n Marcel Rommel<\/i>, Paul Ehrlich Institute, Langen<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
10:00 – 10:15<\/span><\/td>\n T44<\/span>\/P014 – <\/span> Asymmetric cell division modulates human hematopoietic stem cell fates
\n Dirk Loeffler\u200b<\/em>, ETH Z\u00fcrich, D-BSSE Basel, CH<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
10:15 – 10:30<\/span><\/td>\n T45<\/span>\/P020 – <\/span>Glucose metabolism in hematopoietic stem cells: less is more
\n Mona Vogel<\/i>, Unversity Ulm<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
10:30 – 11:00<\/span>
\n  <\/td>\n 		Break Time \/ Industry exhibition<\/span><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
11:00 – 12:30<\/td>\n Concurrent scientific working group session<\/strong><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
11:00 – 12:30<\/td>\n Clinical trials and regulatory affairs<\/strong>
\n (Chairs: Zoltan Ivics<\/em> \/ Andreas Kurtz<\/i>)<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
11:00 – 11:45<\/td>\n S1 – Mesenchymal stromal cell therapy for the treatment of steroid refractory GVHD and severe COVID-19 disease?
\n Peter Bader<\/em>, University Hospital Frankfurt<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
11:45 – 12:30<\/td>\n S2 – Engineering solutions for human pluripotent stem cells differentiation: from organoid derivation to disease modeling applications.
\n Nuria Montserrat<\/em>, IBEC, Barcelona, ES<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
11:00 – 12:30<\/td>\n Career development<\/strong>
\n (Chairs: Marieke Essers<\/em> \/ Insa Schroeder<\/i>)<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
11:00 – 11:45<\/td>\n S3 -Studieren in Zeiten von Corona – Herausforderungen und L\u00f6sungen
\n Studying in times of Corona – challenges and solutions
\n Silvia Fassbender<\/em>, TU Darmstadt<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
11:45 – 12:30<\/td>\n S4 – Corona – how to boast your motivation and reduce your stress NOW
\n Daniel Hunold<\/em>, University Greifswald<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
11:00 – 12:30<\/td>\n Technologies in stem cell research<\/b>
\n (Chairs: Andreas Bosio<\/em> \/ Sebastian Diecke<\/em>)<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
11:00 – 11:30<\/td>\n S5 – Single-cell and spatial multi-omics approaches of the bone marrow
\n Simon Haas<\/em>, DKFZ, Heidelberg<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
11:30 – 12:00<\/td>\n S6 – Spatial transcriptomics: recent advances and how to solve puzzles
\n Nikolaos Karaiskos<\/em>, Max Delbr\u00fcck Center\/BIMSB, Berlin<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
12:00 – 12:30<\/td>\n S7- High resolution anatomical mapping of gene expression using targeted in situ sequencing
\n Mats Nilsson<\/em>, Stockholm University, SE<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
12:30 – 14:00<\/span>
\n  <\/td>\n 		Break Time \/ Industry exhibition<\/span><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
13:15 – 14:00<\/td>\n Point of discussion: <\/strong>Sars-CoV-2 \/ COVID-19 and approaches with stem cells
\n Brief introduction to the topic: Christine Mummery<\/em>, Leiden, NL
\n (Chairs: Ira Herrmann<\/em> \/ Richard Sch\u00e4fer<\/em>)<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
15:15 – 16:00<\/td>\n Keynote lecture IV<\/strong>
\n K4 – Cardiovascular diseases and drugs: where are we with hiPSC models?
\n Christine Mummery<\/em>, Leiden University Medical Center, NL
\n (Chair: Alexander Kleger \/ Stefan Liebau<\/i>)<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
16:00 – 16:45<\/td>\n Keynote lecture V<\/strong>
\n K5 – Next generation cell therapies for the brain
\n Marius Wernig<\/em>, Stanford University, US
\n (Chair: Alexander Kleger \/ Stefan Liebau<\/i>)<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
16:45 – 17:05<\/td>\n Poster award ceremony<\/strong>
\n Daniel Besser<\/i><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
17:05 – 17:15<\/td>\n Closing remarks by the incoming GSCN president<\/strong>
\n Hans Sch\u00f6ler<\/i><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
17:25 – 17:45<\/td>\n Meet the speakers corner (Meet & Greet – Networking Spaces)
\n Meeting room 1: Discussion with \u200bChristine Mummery<\/em> chaired by Alexander Kleger<\/em>
\n Meeting room 2: Discussion with \u200bMarius Wernig<\/em> chaired by Stefan Liebau<\/i><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
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Daniel Besser<\/a> (Berlin)
\nAndreas Bosio<\/a> (Bergisch Gladbach)
\nThomas Braun<\/a> (Bad Nauheim)
\nThomas Brabletz<\/a> (Erlangen)
\nOliver Br\u00fcstle<\/a> (Bonn)
\nFederico Calegari<\/a> (Dresden)
\nNina Cabezas-Wallscheid<\/a> (Freiburg)
\nTobias Cantz<\/a> (Hannover)
\nMichael Cross<\/a> (Leipzig)
\nSebastian Diecke<\/a> (Berlin)
\nMicha Drukker<\/a> (Munich)
\nMarieke Essers<\/a> (Heidelberg)
\nGeorg F\u00fcllen<\/a> (Rostock)
\nHartmut Geiger<\/a> <\/a>(Ulm)
\nSara Gerke<\/a> (Cambridge\/US)
\nIra Herrmann<\/a> (Bonn)
\nZolt\u00e1n Ivics<\/a> (Langen)
\nCornelia Kasper<\/a> (Vienna)
\nBert Klebl<\/a> (Dortmund)
\nAlexander Kleger<\/a> (Ulm)
\nAndreas Kurtz<\/a> (Berlin)
\nStefan Liebau<\/a> (T\u00fcbingen)
\nHeiko Lickert<\/a> (Munich)
\nCarsten Marr<\/a> (Munich)
\nUlrich Martin<\/a> (Hannover)  
\nAna Martin-Villalba<\/a> (Heidelberg)
\nElvira Mass<\/a> (Bonn)
\nMichael Rieger<\/a> (Frankfurt a.M.)
\nRichard Sch\u00e4fer<\/a> (Frankfurt)
\nTimm Schroeder<\/a> (Basel)
\nInsa Schr\u00f6der<\/a> (Darmstadt)
\nHans Sch\u00f6ler<\/a> (M\u00fcnster)
\nMathias Treier<\/a> (Berlin)  
\nAndreas Trumpp<\/a> (Heidelberg)
\nWolfgang Wagner<\/a> (Aachen)
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