iPSZürich Lectures Schedule
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Organisation Committee: Melanie Generali, Vanessa Budny, Evelina Voloviceva, Nicole Ziak, Neguin Ranjbar, and Karan Ahuja
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25th Feb 2025 4PM |
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Prof. Frank Barry University of Galway, Ireland |
MSCs: Obstacles to Effective Translation |
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18th March 2025 4PM |
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Dr. Koen Oost Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Switzerland |
Dynamics and Plasticity of Stem Cells in the Regenerating Human Colonic Epithelium |
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25th April 2025 all day |
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Daria Bunina Max Delbrück Center MDC, Berlin, Germany |
From multi-omics to mechanisms of chromatin regulation in cell differentiation and diseases |
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10th June 2025 4PM |
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Petra Hajkova Imperial College London, London, UK |
Passage of the epigenetic information through the germ line |
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16th Sep 2025 4PM |
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Kyung-Min Noh EMBL Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany |
Functional dissection of chromatin regulators implicated in neurodevelopmental disorders |
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21th Oct 2025 4PM |
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Koji Eto CiRA, Kyoto, Japan |
Toward Scalable Manufacturing of Universal iPSC-Derived Platelets: Clinical and Technological Perspectives |
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18th Nov 2025 4PM |
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Bart De Strooper KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, and University College London, London, UK |
The 6 infection points of Alzheimer’s Disease |
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09th Dec 2025 4PM |
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Patrick Verstrecken VIB KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium |
TBA |
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16th January 2024 4PM (virtual) |
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Lena Smirnova, PhD Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing (CAAT), Baltimore, USA |
iPSC-Derived Brain Organoids as Cognition-in-a-Dish Model |
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12th March 2024 4PM (virtual) |
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Indumathi Mariappan, PhD Center for Ocular Regeneration, Hyderbad, India |
Developing Novel Therapeutics and Understanding Disease Biology Using iPSC |
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4th–5th April 2024 University of Zurich |
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iPSZurich Symposium University of Zurich |
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14th May 2024 4PM (virtual) |
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Gabsang Lee, PhD Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA |
Advanced Stem Cell Research Empowered By Biophotonics |
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25th June 2024 4PM (virtual) |
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Dr. Effie Apostolou, Associate Professor Weill Cornell Medicine, New York City, United States |
Dissecting Epigenetic Mechanism of Cell Fate Transitions |
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10th September 2024 4PM (virtual) |
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Lukas Cyganek, PhD Stem Cell Unit, Universitätsmedizin Göttingen, Germany |
iPSC Screening Platform for Preclinical Testing of CRISPR Therapies for Cardiovascular Diseases |
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29th October 2024 (virtual) |
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CiRA-IREM Symposium Kyoto, Japan |
CiRA-IREM Joint Symposium |
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26th November 2024 4PM (virtual) |
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Prof. Nico Lachmann Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Germany |
From Regenerative Medicine to Anti-Cancer Therapies: iPSC-derived Immune Cells |
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10th January 2023 4PM (virtual) |
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Ashutosh Dhingra German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Tübingen, Germany |
Drug Screen In iPSC-Neurons Identifies Nucleosideanalogs As Inhibitors Of (G4C2)N Expression In c9orf72 ALS/FTD |
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14th February 2023 4PM (virtual) |
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Prof. Micha Drukker Leiden University, The Netherlands |
Perspectives On The Immunological Assessment Of Autologous, Homozygous, And Hypoimmunogenic iPSCs |
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14th March 2023 4:30PM (virtual) |
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Susanne Rafelski, PhD Allen Institute for Cell Science, Seattle, USA |
Integrated Intracellular Organization And Its Variations In Human IPS Cells |
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14th April 2023 University of Zurich |
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iPSZurich Symposium University of Zurich |
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2nd May 2023 4PM (virtual) |
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Robert Zweigerdt, PhD Hannover Medical School, Germany |
Making and repairing human hearts |
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20th June 2023 4PM (virtual) |
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Gianluca Amadei, PhD Università di Padova, Italy |
Stem Cell-Derived Mouse Embryos Develop Within An Extra-Embryonic Yolk Sac To Form Anterior Brain Regions And A Beating Heart |
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10th October 2023 4PM (virtual) |
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Romina Fiorotto, PhD Assistant Professor in Medicine, |
Use Of Stem Cell-Based Systems To Model Genetic And Complex Biliary Diseases |
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7th November 2023 University of Zurich |
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iPSZurich&STEMCELL Event Dr. Raniero Chimienti, Ospedale San Raffaele, Milano, Italy Dr. Katharina Debowski, STEMCELL Technologies, Cologne, Germany |
For the full programme, please peruse the Event Flyer attached below. |
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12th December 2023 4PM (virtual) |
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Prof. Nael Nadif Kasri Radboud University, The Netherlands |
Leveraging Human Neuronal Networks On Micro-Electrode Arrays To Study Disease-Specific Genotype-Phenotype Correlations |
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25th January 2022 4PM (virtual) |
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Maria Rostovskaya, PhD Brabraham Institute, Cambridge, UK |
Amniogenesis Occurs In Two Independent Waves In Primate Embryos
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29th March 2022 4PM (virtual) |
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Prof. Dr. Peter Loskill Eberhard Karls University, Tübingen, Germany |
Recapitulating Complex Human Tissue Using Organ-On-Chip And Organoid Technologies
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5th April 2022 4PM (virtual) |
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Rob Atkinson and Maria Georgious Newcastle University, UK |
Why does faulty splicing affect the retina?
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20th April 2022 University of Zurich |
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iPSZurich Symposium University of Zurich |
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3rd May 2022 4PM (virtual) |
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Pau Sancho El Instituto Clínic de Enfermedades Digestivas y Metabólicas (ICMDM) |
Understanding Liver Fibrosis With iPSCs-Derived Hepatic Stellate Cells
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16th June 2022 4PM IREM Zurich / hybrid |
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Prof. Sara S. Nunes de Vasconcelos Institute of Biomedical Engineering |
Engineered multicellular living systems as fundamental tools in discovery and translation
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13th Sept 2022 4PM (virtual) |
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Miriam Cnop Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium |
Stress In The Insulin Factory: Twelve Monogenic Forms Of Diabetes And Counting
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11th Oct 2022 4PM (virtual) |
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David Pamies Centre hospitalier universitaire vaudois, Université de Lausanne, Switzerland |
Brain Sphere: Applications and Future
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8th Nov 2022 4PM (virtual) |
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Prof. Martin Hoogduijn Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands |
iPSC Derived Kidney Organoids as Model for studying Kidney Disease and Regeneration
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6th Dec 2022 10AM (virtual) |
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Knut Woltjen Center of iPSC Research and Application (CiRA), Kyoto University, Japan |
Reprogramming For Rejuvenation And Studies Of Mitochondrial Function
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| 2021 | |||
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| 1st February 2021 4PM (virtual) |
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Veronica Krenn, PhD Laboratory of Jürgen Knoblich, Institute for Molecular Biotechnology, Vienna, Austria |
Stem Cell-Derived Brain Organoids:
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1st March 2021 4PM (virtual) |
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Prof. Adrian Ranga, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, |
Bioengineering Organoid Fate And Morphogenesis
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20th April 2021 4PM (virtual) |
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Prof. Pierre Vanderhaeghen, PhD VIB-KU Leuven Center for |
Human-Specific Temporal Mechanism Of Brain Development
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11th May 2021 4PM (virtual) |
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Prof. Stephen A. Duncan, D. Phil. Smartstate Chair in regenerative Medicine |
Use Of An iPSC-Derived Hepatocyte Platform To Identify Treatments For Hypercholesterolemia
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1st June 2021 4PM (virtual) |
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Dr Olivier Goureau, PhD Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Pathophysiology of the Retina |
Retinal Organoids From Pluripotent Stem Cells: From Development To Disease
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7th September 2021 4PM (virtual) |
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Federica Michielin, PhD Research Follow |
Driving Human Pluripotent Stem Cells Fate In Microfluids
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25th October 2021 4PM (virtual) |
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Prof. Mingxia Gu, MD, PhD Cincinnati Children`s Hospital Medical Center (CCHMC), |
Using stem cells and organoid to study human development and disease
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8th November 2021 4PM (virtual) |
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Silvia Cappello, PhD Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, |
Extracellular Signaling in Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Lecture Flyer TBD |
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7th December 2021 4PM (virtual) |
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Prof. Dr. James Adjaye Chair and Director of Stem Cell Research and Regenerative Medicine |
IMSC: Derivation, Characterization And Application In Regenerative Medicine
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17th February 2020 3PM Irchel Campus |
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Laura Pellegrini, PhD Medical Research Council, Cambridge, United Kingdom |
Human brain development in cerebral organoids
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9th September 2020 4PM (virtual) |
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Prof. Thomas Eschenhagen, MD University Medical Center Hamburg, Germany |
Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells for Tissue Engineered Cardiac Repair
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28th September 2020 10AM (virtual) |
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Prof. Akitsu Hotta, PhD Centre for iPS Cell Research and Application (CiRA), Kyoto, Japan |
How to overcome immune rejection of iPS cells by genome editing
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22nd October 2020 4PM (virtual) |
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Prof. Valeria Orlova, PhD Leiden University Medical Center, Netherlands |
3D Vessel-On-Chip to Model Vascular Disease and Beyond
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Deepak P. Srivastava, PhD King`s College London, London, United Kingdom |
iPSC modelling of Neurodevelopment and Neural Circuitry. Clinical Focus: Autism and Schizophrenia
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7th December 2020 4PM (virtual) |
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Florian Wanke, PhD Inflammation and Immunology Discovery, |
Using iPSC-derived "tissue-resident" macrophages for drug discovery
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