EVENTS

The ISCBI runs informal workshops every year at different locations around the world and also now hosts regular on-line symposia and workshops to discuss a broad range of emerging issues and latest developments relevant to pluripotent stem cell banking. To access post-meeting information including recordings, power points and summary reports contact admin@iscbi.org

We welcome new collaborations including training activities in the broadest applications of pluripotent stem cells. Contact admin@iscbi.org or glyn.stacey@iscbi.org

Annual Meeting

Date: June 15th 2025

RSVP June 2nd 2025
Venue: Hong Kong Science Park

Registration options:

ISCBI members who have paid their 2025 membership fee attend online or in-person for free
£10 for a non-commercial webinar attendance
£50 for commercial webinar attendance

Meeting registration fees

ISCBI members who have paid their 2025 membership fee attend online or in-person for free

£10 for a non-commercial webinar attendance

£50 for commercial webinar attendance

£35 for non-commercial in-person attendance

£100 for commercial in-person attendance

Once you have applied to attend you will be contacted by ISCBI admin to pay your registration fee. A stripe invoice will be issued which must be paid by card by Monday 9th June.

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: 2 JUNE

In person attendance and virtual joining instructions will be sent on THURSDAY 12 JUNE.

Programme

09:00-10:30am ISCI session: "Emerging trends and technologies" led by Prof Ivana Barbaric

09:00-09:15 Ivana Barbaric (University of Sheffield, UK): Welcome and the annual update of the ISCI activities
09:15 – 09:40 Nissim Benvenisty (Hebrew University, Israel): the frequency and significance of acquired cancer-related mutations in hPSCs
09:40 – 10:00 Nika Shakiba (University of British Columbia, Canada): DNA barcoding in tackling hPSC heterogeneity and variant emergence
10:00 – 10:30 Discussion: joint ISCI activities

10:30 - 11:00 Coffee break

11:00-13:40pm ISCBI workshop on accurate genetic assignment of hPSC lines: working towards

11am-12pm, Short introductory presentations: chairs

The US National Academy of Sciences standard for recording genetic affiliation, R Isasi, University of Miami, USA.
Genetic data recording in an international database of hPSCs: international norms and the need for development, A Kurtz, Berlin Institute of Health, Charite, Berlin, Germany.
Experience in the documentation of genetic data and ethnicity in an international iPSC bank for disease modelling, R Steeg (TBC), EBiSC, Fraunhofer-UK, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Commentaries from India (Prof Maneesha Inamdar, InStem, Bangalore), Japan (Prof Tadaaki Hanatani, CiRA Foundation, Kyoto) and Korea (Prof J-H Kim, University of Asou)

12:00-12:15 Review of responses to premeeting questionnaire re description/classification of ethnicity/population groups, national/local rules and policy on genetic data.

12:15-13:30 audience discussion on optimal policy and practice for documenting genetic ethnicity/donor specific disease/syndrome associations.

13:30 conclusions and identification of membership for a working group to produce an ISCBI Points To Consider document.

13:40 buffet lunch

The following webinars are planned for 2025.

April 2025 - Webinar: AI Tools for Stem Cell Data Utility
Date/Time: To be confirmed

Webinar chairs: Rosario Isasi, University of Miami, USA and Andreas Kurtz, Charite-BIH, Germany
Presentations (15 + 2min):

AI for stem cell-based assay development, Kapil Bharti, NIH, USA
Ethics and policy development regarding AI in the stem cell research field, Megan Munsie, MRCT, Australia
Quality Assuring integrated approaches: insilico plus in vitro and the potential role of AI, Barry Hardy, Edelwieiss, Switzerland

Panel discussion and Q&A with delegates
Concluding remarks from the chairs
Future ISCBI events, Glyn Stacey, ISCBI

15th June 2025 - ISCBI/hPSCreg workshop (in person and webinar)
09:00-13:00 local time
Hong Kong University, Hong Kong, China.
Programme under development.

Further webinar meetings in planning for 2025:

Viability analysis in hPSC and drug toxicity testing (speakers being contacted)
Cryopreservation of hPSCs and hPSC-derived organoids (speaker invited)
Banking hPSCs from non-human species, experiences with the manufacture and use of veterinary stem cell-based medicines (speakers invited).

Sponsorship

The ISCBI is a not for profit organisation and welcomes sponsorship to support meetings, for collaborative projects and as donations towards delivery of our aims. There are different packages for sponsorship of individual meetings and we are happy to discuss support for other activities and interactions. Contact glyn.stacey@iscbi.org for further information.