9:00

Registration

9:30

Welcome
Gabriel Capellá, General Director of Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL)

9:40

SESSION I: Development and regeneration of definitive endoderm
Chairs: Meritxell Rovira, IDIBELL, P-CMR[C] and UB, L’Hospitalet de Llobregat
& Esteban Hoijman IDIBELL and CSIC, l’Hospitalet de Llobregat

9:45

Modeling pancreas development and disease with organoids
Anne Grapin-Botton, Max Planck Institute for Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden

10:15

Mucosal macrophages govern intestinal regeneration in response to radiation injury
Jordi Guiu, IDIBELL and P-CMR[C], L’Hospitalet de Llobregat

10:45

Selected short talks:

Simona Chera, University of Bergen

Mapping Global Regulators of Islet Regeneration Programs

Joffrey Pelletier, IDIBELL, UB and IRB Barcelona

The nucleolus connects inflammation and tumor cell plasticity in colorectal cancer.

11:05

Coffee break

11:45

SESSION II: Stem cell regeneration in aging and disease
Chairs: M. Carolina Florian, ICREA, IDIBELL and P-CMR[C], L’Hospitalet de Llobregat
& Alessandra Giorgetti, IDIBELL, P-CMR[C] and UB, L’Hospitalet de Llobregat

11:50

Mechanistic insights into stem cells in aging and regeneration
Hartmut Geiger, Ulm University, Ulm

12:20

Impact of germline GATA2 mutations: from functional deficiency to development of myeloid neoplasms
Laëtitia Largeaud, Toulouse University, Tolouse

12:50

Selected short talks:

Patricia Herrero Molinero, Hospital del Mar Research Institute

Notch signaling modulates the quiescent state in hematopoietic stem cells during fetal development

Joan Pera, IDIBELL and P-CMR[C]

Unraveling Myeloid disease progression: Impact of SETBP1 and ASXL1 mutations in GATA2 deficiency

13:15

15:15

SESSION III: iPSC for disease modeling
Chair: Anna Veiga , IDIBELL and P-CMR[C], L’Hospitalet de Llobregat

15:20

Human organoid models to understand selective neural vulnerability in neurodegenerative diseases
Natalia Rodríguez Muela, German Center for Neurodegenerative Disease, Dresden

15:50

Culture-acquired genetic variation in human pluripotent stem cells: the causes and consequences
Ivana Barbaric, Centre for Stem Cell Biology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield

16:20

Selected short talks:

Valentina Baruffi, IDIBELL and UB

Modelling neuro-immune interaction in Parkinson’s disease using an iPSC-based autologous in vitro system

Alberto Ortega, IDIBELL and UB

Harnessing Developmentally Programmed Extracellular Matrices to Improved the fidelity of iPSC-derived

16:40

Coffee break

17:20

SESSION IV: Manipulating collective cell behaviour
Chair: Jordi Guiu , IDIBELL and P-CMR[C], L’Hospitalet de Llobregat

17:25

Geometry-driven fetal to adult transition in the intestine
Martti Maimets, The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Stem Cell Medicine (reNEW), Copenhagen

17:55

Building barriers: developing in vitro 3D brain microvascular models to study malaria pathogenesis
Maria Bernabeu, EMBL, Barcelona

18:15

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