| 8.45 - 9.00 |
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Welcome |
| 9.00 - 10.00 |
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Session 1: Plenary I |
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Sonia Gandhi - UCL, UK |
| 10.00 -10.30 |
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Break |
| 10.30 - 12.00 |
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Session 2: 2D Models I |
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10.30 - 10.50: |
Wendy Noble - University of Exeter, UK |
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10.50 - 11.10: |
Giampietro Schiavo - UCL, UK |
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11.10 - 11.30: |
Andras Hermann - DZNE, Germany |
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11.30 - 11.45: |
ECR talk, selected from abstracts |
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11.45 - 12.00: |
Poster Flash Talks |
| 12.00 - 13.15 |
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Lunch & Poster Session I |
| 13.15 - 15.00 |
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Session 3: Emerging Models & Technologies |
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13.15 - 13.35 |
Linna Zhou - University of Oxford |
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13.35 - 13.55 |
Andrea Serio - King's, UK |
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13.55 - 14.15 |
Bart de Strooper - VIB, Belgium/UCL, UK |
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14.15 - 14.30 |
ECR talk, selected from abstracts |
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14.30 - 15.00 |
Clotilde Lagier-Tourenne - MGH, Harvard, USA |
| 15.00 - 15.45 |
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Session 4: Panel Discussion |
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Advantages & limitations of iPSC for modelling neurodegenerative disease |
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| 15.45 - 17.00 |
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Poster Session II |
| 17.00 - 18.00 |
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Drinks reception |
| 18.00 - 20.00 |
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Optional: Scottish Dinner |
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| Day 2 |
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27th March 2025 |
| 9.00 - 10.00 |
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Session 5: Plenary II |
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TBC |
| 10.00 - 10.30 |
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Break |
| 10.30 - 12.45 |
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Session 6: 3D Models I |
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10.30 -10.50: |
Patrik Verstreken - Leuven Brain Institute, Belgium |
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10.50 - 11.10: |
Florent Ginhoux - Gustave Roussy, France |
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11.10 - 11.25: |
ECR talk, selected from abstracts |
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11.25 - 11.45: |
Selina Wray - UCL, UK |
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11.45 - 12.05: |
Anna Williams - University of Edinburgh, UK |
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12.05 - 12.35: |
Taylor Bertucci - Neural Stem Cell Institute, USA |
| 12.35 - 13.55 |
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Lunch & Poster Session III |
| 13.55 - 15.30 |
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Session 7: 2D Models II |
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13.55 - 14.15 |
Sally Cowley - University of Oxford, UK |
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14.15 - 14.35 |
Tracy Young-Pearse - Harvard Medical School, USA |
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14.35 - 14.55 |
Rik van der Kant - Vrije Universitiet Amsterdam, Netherlands |
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14.55 - 15.10 |
ECR talk, selected from abstracts |
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15.10 - 15.30 |
Hazel Hall-Roberts - Cardiff University, UK |
| 15.30 - 16.00 |
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Session 8: Panel Discussion |
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How can we translate iPSC models to drug discovery, development & therapeutic approval? |
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| 16.00 - 17.00 |
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Poster Session IV |
| 17.00 - 18.00 |
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Drinks reception |
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| Day 3 |
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28th March 2025 |
| 9.00 - 10.00 |
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Session 9: Plenary III |
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Mahmoud Maina - University of Sussex, UK & Yobe State University, Nigeria |
| 10.00 -10.30 |
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Break |
| 10.30 - 12.20 |
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Session 10: Improving diversity in iPSC modelling |
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10.30 -11.00: |
Mubeen Goolam - University of Cape Town, South Africa |
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11.00 - 11.30: |
Ekemini Riley - ASAP, USA |
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11.30 - 11.50: |
TBC |
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11.50 - 12.20: |
Maneesha Inamdar - InSTEM, Bangalore, India |
| 12.20 - 13.00 |
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Session 11: Panel Discussion |
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How can we promote diversity in iPSC modelling? |
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| 13.00 - 14.00 |
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Lunch & Poster Session V |
| 14.00 - 15.45 |
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Session 12: 3D Models II |
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14.00 - 14.20 |
Dries Braeken - IMEC, Belgium |
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14.20 - 14.40 |
Bhuvaneish Selvaraj - University of Edinburgh, UK |
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14.40 - 15.00 |
Andras Lakatos - University of Cambridge, UK |
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15.00 - 15.15 |
ECR talk, selected from abstracts |
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15.15 - 15.45 |
Sally Temple - Neural Stem Cell Institute, USA |
| 15.45 - 16.15 |
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Poster prizes & Close |
