Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Start Date: Jul 08, 2026
End Date: Jul 11, 2026
Type of Event: Scientific Conferences
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Join us in-person in Montreal, QC, Canada for ISSCR Annual Meeting 2026. Learn more about our involvement in the event below.

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Hosted Sessions

Rethinking Disease Biology Through Human Diversity: hPSC Platforms Transforming Drug Discovery 

Date and Time: 8 July 2026,  8.30 AM – 10.00 AM

This session explores how human pluripotent stem cell platforms can be used to incorporate genetic and population diversity directly into early drug discovery. By leveraging diverse hPSC resources, population scale modeling, and functional genomics, the session highlights how disease biology, therapeutic response, and safety risk can be studied in ways that better reflect real world human variation.

Program:

Strategies for iPSC-Based Regenerative Therapies - From Single Cells to Organoids

Date and Time: 8 July 2026, 2.00 PM – 4.00 PM

This session will highlight recent advances in the development of iPSC-derived regenerative therapies across three representative clinical indications: hearing loss, diabetes and salivary glands injury. By showcasing diverse therapeutic formats, including well-defined single-cell populations for precise cell replacement, multicellular clusters that capture greater tissue complexity, and organoids designed for functional tissue repair, speakers will discuss strategies for directing iPSCs into specific cell types as well as key translational challenges.

Agenda

Poster Presentations Cell Therapy

Immune-Shielded iPSC-Derived Macrophages As Novel Treatment Approach for Multiple Types of Fibrosis

Presenter: Stefanie Pfaender, Senior Research Scientist, iPSC Cell Therapy

Poster #: F1404

Poster session: 10 July, 5:15 PM - 6:30 PM

GMP-Compatible Engineering of iPSC-Derived Islet-Like Clusters with a Combined Enhanced Immune-Shielding and Kill-Switch Strategy for Cell Therapy of Type 1 Diabetes

Presenter: Audrey Holtzinger, VP, iPSC Cell Therapy

Poster #: F1258

Poster session: 10 July, 5:15 PM - 6:30 PM

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