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
ISCBI-hPSCreg Webinar Series: Management of Donor and Stem Cell Data
Webinar 4: Stem Cell Terminologies and Ontogenies
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Date: 3 February 2026
Time: 1400 CET
Venue: Via Zoom
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Registration is not yet open. A link will appear here.
Webinar chair: Prof Andreas Kurtz, Berlin Institute for Health, Charite
University Hospital, Berlin Germany.
Speakers
Metadata Matters: Standardized Terminologies and Ontologies in Stem
Cell Research
Dr Stefanie Seltmann, QUEST Center for Responsible
Research – BIH at Charité. Berlin Institute for Health-Charite University
Hospital, Berlin, Germany.
Development of ontologies in cell characterisation data
Prof Oliver He, Center for Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics, University of
Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, USA.
TC276 ISO Standard on Stem Cell Data Interoperability
Prof Yong Zhang, Beijing Institute for Stem Cell Regenerative Medicine, Beijing, China.
Stem cell characterisation data management in the Australian stem cell
bank
Dr Suzy Butcher, University of Melbourne, Australia
The following webinars are planned for 2025.
Further webinar meetings in planning for 2025:
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Viability analysis in hPSC and drug toxicity testing (speakers being contacted)
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Cryopreservation of hPSCs and hPSC-derived organoids (speaker invited)
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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.