RegenBell 2026 symposium on Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine
Institut d’Estudis Catalans (IEC), C/ del Carme, 47 08001 Barcelona
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26
9:00
Registration
9:30
Welcome: Gabriel Capellá
General Director, IDIBELL
9:40
SESSION I: Immune and Genetic Gatekeepers in Reproduction
Chair: Anna Veiga, IDIBELL/ P-CMR[C]
9:45
Francesco Colucci
Clinical School University of Cambridge.-King’s College Cambridge
Natural Killer Cells in Reproductive Health and Beyond
10:15
Mina Popovic
Juno Genetics, Barcelona . Ghent University, Belgium
Chromosomal instability in human embryos: What happens when we keep watching?
10:45
Selected short talk:
Joji Marie Teves (PCMR-C/IDIBELL, Barcelona
10:55
Coffee break
11:40
SESSION II: Immune modulation of organ regeneration
Chair: Angel Raya, ICREA, IDIBELL/ P-CMR[C]/UB
11:40
Nadia Mercader
Universität Bern, Switzerland
Fibroblast heterogeneity and its impact on zebrafish heart regeneration
12:10
Helena Escobar
Max Delbrück Center, Berlin
Toward immune-compatible regenerative therapies for muscle wasting using gene-edited muscle stem cells
12:40
Selected short talks:
Maria Mercado-Gómez (IDIBAPS, Barcelona)
Hafsa Zahid (MPIMG, Berlin)
13:00
Lunch & Poster Session
15:00
SESSION III: The immune microenvironment for stem cell aging and rejuvenation
Chair: M. Carolina Florian, ICREA/IDIBELL/ P-CMR[C]
15:00
Pedro Sousa Victor
Gulbenkian Institute for Molecular Medicine (GIMM), Lisbon, Portugal
The Interplay of Aging, Immune Signaling and Stem Cell Function
15:50
Francesco Neri
Università degli studi di Torino, Italy
Loss of regeneration and epigenetic drift of the intestinal stem cells during aging
16:00
Selected short talks:
Yiwen Zhang (DKFZ, Heidelberg)
Jara Montero (UB/IDIBELL, Barcelona)
16:20
Coffee break
17:00
SESSION IV: Immunity and therapeutic interventions
Chair: Alessandra Giorgetti, IDIBELL/ P-CMR[C] /UB
17:00
Davide Leardini
Università di Bologna, Italy
Microbiota–Immunity Interactions and Microbiome-Based Therapeutic Strategies in Hematology
17:30
Paul Bourgine
Lund Stem Cell Center,Lund, Sweden
Engineering human bone and bone marrow tissues; from regeneration to disease modeling
18:00
Selected talk:
Isabel Martins (Univ. Lisboa, Lisboa)
18:10 20:00
Poster session
20:00
END OF DAY ONE
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27
9:00
SESSION V: Modeling Multicellular Systems with Organoids
Chair: Jordi Guiu, IDIBELL/ P-CMR[C]
9:05
Joana F.Neves
King’s College London, UK
Intestinal interactions of innate lymphoid cells in health and disease
9:35
Xavier Trepat
Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya, Barcelona
Programming shape transitions in living tissues
10:05
Selected short talks:
Eileen Gentleman (Unil, Lausanne)
Manuel A. Fernández Rojo (UQ, Brisbane)
10:25
Coffee break
11:05
SESSION VI: Keynote address
Chairs: Anna Veiga, IDIBELL/ P-CMR[C] and M. Carolina Florian, ICREA/IDIBELL/ P-CMR[C]
11:10
KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Ralf H. Adams
Max Planch Instiute for Molecular Biomedicine
Heterogeneity and functional specialization of blood vessels in the skeletal system
12:10
Poster/short talk award and concluding remarks
Angel Raya, ICREA/ IDIBELL/ P-CMR[C]/UB
13:00
END OF SYMPOSIUM