special sessions

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Stem Cell Reports sessions

How To Get Your Paper Ready for Peer Review
Thursday 9 July 2026, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM

Join editors from Stem Cell Reports and other leading journals for a strategy session on scientific publishing. Lunch will be provided.

The cover of 'Stem Cell Reports' magazine, Volume 20, Number 3, dated March 11, 2025, features an abstract digital illustration of world continents made up of small, multicolored dots over a dark, pixelated background, with the title 'Hypertranscription in stemness' and logos of the International Society for Stem Cell Research and CellPress.
Cover of Stem Cell Reports journal, volume 20, issue from September 9, 2025, with colorful microscopic images of cells arranged in a circular pattern against a black background, and the title 'Sniffing out olfactory neurogenesis'.

Janet Rossant, PhD
Stem Cell Reports Editor-in-Chief, SickKids Research Institute, and University of Toronto, Canada

Yvonne Fischer
Managing Editor, Stem Cell Reports
International Society for Stem Cell Research, USA

Bruno Di Stefano, PhD
Early Career Editor, Stem Cell Reports
Baylor College of Medicine, USA

Sheila Chari, PhD
Editor-in-Chief, Cell Stem Cell
Cell Stem Cell, USA

Alex Eve, PhD
Executive Editor, Development
Development, UK

The Golden Rule of Peer Review: Do Unto Others as You Would Have Them Do Unto You
Thursday 9 July 2026, 6:30 PM - 7:00 PM

Join editors from Stem Cell Reports to learn how to be a good peer reviewer. This program is designed for early-career researchers, graduate students, or new reviewers.

Janet Rossant, PhD
Stem Cell Reports Editor-in-Chief, SickKids Research Institute, and University of Toronto, Canada

Yvonne Fischer
Managing Editor, Stem Cell Reports
International Society for Stem Cell Research, USA

career panel

Career GPS: Navigating Your Future
Wednesday 8 July 12:30 PM - 1:45 PM

There is no single roadmap for a scientific career, and early‑career researchers must often embrace the unknown as they move toward their next steps. This panel offers targeted insight into strategy, transitions, and network‑building for early‑career scientists. Panelists will outline their career trajectories within and beyond academia, highlighting pivotal decisions, unexpected turns, and the skills that supported their professional growth. They will also discuss the day‑to‑day realities of their roles and the influence of mentorship and networking on their career transitions. Designed for PhD students, postdocs, and early‑career researchers, this session provides practical guidance, structured strategies, and lived experience to help attendees move from uncertainty to confident, intentional action. 

Andrew W. Bremer, PhD
International Society for Stem Cell Research, USA

Justin Brumbaugh, PhD
University of Colorado, Boulder, USA

Marie Engelene J. Obien, PhD
MaxWell Biosystems AG, Switzerland

Wednesday, 8 July: Lunch

12:30 PM - 12:55 PM STEMCELL Technologies

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM STEMCELL Technologies

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM ACROBiosystems

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Ajinomoto

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM The Jackson Laboratory

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Corning

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM National Research Council of Canada

innovation showcases

Explore cocktail hour presentations, panel discussions, and other programs to hear from companies presenting new and updated products, services, tools, and technologies and how they can help you propel your research and clinical translation forward.

Wednesday, 8 July: Evening

6:30 PM - 7:00 PM Nova Biomedical

6:30 PM - 7:00 PM 3Brain

6:30 PM - 7:00 PM BioLegend from Revvity

6:30 PM - 7:30 PM The Stem Cell Podcast (Live Episode)

Thursday, 9 July: Lunch

12:30 PM - 12:55 PM STEMCELL Technologies

12:55 PM - 1:30 PM STEMCELL Technologies

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM BioLamina

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Miltenyi Biotec

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM MaxWell Biosystems

12:30 PM - 12:55 PM FUJIFILM Cellular Dynamics, Inc. (FCDI)

12:55 PM - 1:30 PM Fujifilm Biosciences

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Sartorius

Thursday, 9 July: Evening

6:30 PM - 7:00 PM Thermo Fisher Scientific

6:30 PM - 7:00 PM Sekisui Chemical Co., Ltd

6:30 PM - 7:00 PM Cellistic

Friday, 10 July: Lunch

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM STEMCELL Technologies

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Breakthrough T1D

The Exhibit Hall Theater provides attendees with brief, 15-minute sessions on specialized topics. Pop in and out of the Theater to catch brief presentations from scientific and industry leaders.

exhibit hall theater

Wednesday, 8 July

  • Axion BioSystems, Inc.

  • Union Biometrica, Inc

  • Parse Biosciences

  • Bio-Techne

  • Matrixome

  • Stem Cell Research (Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology)

  • Mytos Bio

Thursday, 9 July

  • LICORbio

  • iotaSciences

  • Xcell Therapeutics, Inc.

  • Morphocell Technologies

  • Logomix Biotechnology

  • PepGel, LLC

  • XDemics Corporation

Friday, 10 July

  • 3Brain

  • Ananda Devices Inc.

  • Terumo Blood and Cell Technologies

  • MRC Holland

  • Meteor Biotech