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MONTRÉAL, CANADA | 8-11 JULY 2026

a convergence of innovators in stem cell research from diverse regions and fields.

Leaders in stem cell research and regenerative medicine gather annually for the ISSCR Annual Meeting, and you’re invited to be part of it! Join nearly 3,500 scientists from across the world at ISSCR 2026 for a 4-day event highlighting the most important breakthroughs in the field.

program leadership

  • Hideyuki Okano, MD, PhD

    Keio University, Japan

  • Fiona Doetsch, PhD

    Biozentrum at the University of Basel, Switzerland

  • Nozomu Yachie, PhD

    The University of British Columbia, Canada and Osaka University, Japan

  • Catherine Priest, PhD

    Neurona Therapeutics, USA

  • Stuart Forbes, PhD

    The University of Edinburgh, UK

  • Shuibing Chen, PhD

    Weill Cornell Medical College, USA

  • Hongkui Deng, PhD

    Peking University, China

  • Anna-Katerina Hadjantonakis, PhD

    Sloan Kettering Institute for Cancer Research, USA

  • Dasaradhi Palakodeti, PhD

    Institute for Stem Cell Science and Regenerative Medicine, India

  • Nika Shakiba, PhD

    University of British Columbia, Canada

  • Matthias P. Lutolf, PhD

    Institute of Human Biology, Roche and École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland

  • Allison Bardin, PhD

    Institut Curie, France

  • Shahragim Tajbakhsh, PhD

    Institut Pasteur, France

  • Jian Shu, PhD

    Harvard University, USA

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