bioengineering
From developing new tools to deploying these technologies to address fundamental biological questions, bioengineering is accelerating our understanding of stem cells and their applications to human health. Attend ISSCR 2026 to hear speakers explore the latest bioengineering advances driving stem cell research to new frontiers. Topics will span tissue and genetic engineering, 3D bioprinting, synthetic biology, organs-on-a-chip and microfluidics, and more.
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Noo Li Jeon, PhD
Seoul National University, Korea
Presenting in Tissue and Organoid Engineering Session
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Anna Kicheva, PhD
Institute of Science and Technology Austria, Austria
Presenting in Tracking Cell Fate in Biological Systems
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Pulin Li, PhD
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Wendell A. Lim, PhD
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Musa M. Mhlanga, PhD
Radboud Institute for Molecular Lifesciences (RiMLS), Netherlands
Presenting in Transcriptional Regulation of Somatic Stem Cells
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Samira Musah, PhD
Duke University, USA
Presenting in Advanced Organoid Models
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Shalin H. Naik, PhD
WEHI, Australia
Presenting in Plenary V: Technologies to Understand and Engineer Stem Cell Systems
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Sharad Ramanathan, PhD
Harvard University, USA
Presenting in Plenary II: Modeling Early Development
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Mark Skylar-Scott, PhD
Stanford University, USA
Presenting in Biomanufacturing Stem Cell Therapies
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Angela Ruohao Wu, PhD
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China
Presenting in Plenary V: Technologies to Understand and Engineer Stem Cell Systems
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Peter Zandstra, PhD, FRSC, PEng
The University of British Columbia, Canada
Presenting in Engineering Cell Fate in Biological Systems
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Feng Zhang, PhD
Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, USA
Presenting in Plenary I: Presidential Symposium