Shinya Yamanaka

Nobel laureate Shinya Yamanaka presented his visions at the GSCN Conference 2022

Yamanaka at GSCN Conference

Nobel Prize Laureate Shinya Yamanaka gave a keynote at the GSCN Conference 2022 in Münster - a highlight for the GSCN.

Audience at GSCN Conference

Around 500 participants joined the GSCN Conference in Münster

GSCN Public Outreach Event

At a packed public outreach event in Münster Hans Schöler, Oliver Brüstle, Carsten Müller-Tidow and Elvira Mass discussed stem cell research and therapies.

Apply for the GSCN Mentoring Program!

Are you looking for advice about career decisions? Struggle between academia or industry?
BECOME A GSCN MENTEE!

The GSCN Mentoring Program aims to support young scientists up to the level of young group leaders in their search for a career path that fits the personal visions, abilities and needs. This one-year-mentoring-program offers a one-of-a-kind chance to obtain orientation and guidance during the decision making process by established stem cell researchers in Germany and experts working outside academia in related fields such as industry, communication, or science management.

One year tandem progam with experienced scientists (stem cell field), 3-4 meetings per year
Workshops and training
Network!

Application deadline is 30 June 2025 - find all information here

GSCN Awards 2025

You can suggest an GSCN Awardee for 2025-26 - deadline for the nomination is 16 June 2025. Please propose in the categories below.
A top-class commission will support the GSCN in choosing this year´s awardees. The three awardees will give a presentation in the Presidential Symposium on Thursday, 16 October 2025 at 14:00 – 16:15 h in the Plenary Hall.

The awards are:

GSCN 2025 Young Investigator Award
Please suggest a proposal here

GSCN 2025 Hilde Mangold Award
Please suggest a proposal here

GSCN 2025 Publication of the Year Award
Please suggest a publication and author via mail to office@gscn.org.

Upcoming: GSCN Workshop "Computational single-cell genomics for stem cell biologists" 2025

Date: October in Munich / Neuherberg
Audience: Stem cell biologists (PhD students, Postdocs, Research associates) working with single-cell genomics data.
Beginners (Group B): first steps into single-cell data, little to no coding experience
Advanced (Group A): have already had hands-on data and some coding experience, ideally in Python.
Goal: This workshop aims to equip stem cell biologists with a comprehensive introduction to computational single-cell genomics, focusing on data analysis using software from the scverse ecosystem. Designed for both beginners and advanced users, the workshop will provide hands-on experience with key tools for processing and analyzing multiple single-cell data modalities, including:
Single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq)
Spatial transcriptomics
Single-cell ATAC sequencing (scATAC-seq) (for advanced attendees only)
Find all information about program, trainers, venue here

GSCN Conference 2025 in Munich

Save the date: the 2025 GSCN Conference will take place at Helmholtz Munich in Neuherberg from 15 - 17 October 2025.

GSCN Conference 2024 in Jena

What a great conference: The 12^th GSCN Conference took place in Jena from 25 until 27 Sept. 2024. With around 340 participants, 160 posters, 9 keynotes, 2 get together and a big industry exhibition, it was a busy, exciting and vivid meeting. Lots of ongoing discussions, networking and inspiring conversations over the three days. Find the foto gallery of the whole three days of the conference with dowlnload option here.

The 2024 GSCN Annual Magazine

The global stem cell economy

Content:
- The global stem cell economy:
- Europe
- North America
- Asia-Pacific
- Portrait Georg Duda: Leveraging bioengineering for advanced and sustainable medicine
- White Rhinos: Stem cell technologies - a backbone of science-based species conservation
- and more articles ...

Read it online here (with download link).
Read the German version here (with download link).

Members

Center for Regenerative Therapies Dresden (CRTD)

Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology (IPT)

HI-STEM - Heidelberg Institute for Stem Cell Technology and experimental Medicine

Institute of Reconstructive Neurobiology

Leibniz Institute on Aging/Fritz Lipmann Institute (FLI)

Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research

Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research

Max-Planck-Institute for Molecular Genetics

Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Transfusionsmedizin und Immunhämatologie

Funding Opportunities & Programs

Funding of translational projects for therapies with gene- and cell-based products and associated diagnostics

The aim of this funding program is to support the translation of research results in the field of GCT and thus contribute to the implementation of a National Strategy for Gene- and Cell-based Therapies in Germany.

The DLR Projekträger (Project Managment Agency at German Aerospace Center) has announced the ➚ funding opportunities (DE) on 15 July 2024.
For further information, please refer to the ➚ announcement (DE) and the publication ↓ National Strategy for Gene- and Cell-based Therapies in Germany from the BIH.

Apply NOW!: ➚ GeneNovate Investors' Day 2025

At GeneNovate Investors' Day, we bring together ambitious start-ups with investors, industry representatives, scientists, patient organisation advocates and experts from politics and regulation. Let's shape the future of medicine together!

Application Deadline: 16 December 2024

Join the ➚ GeneNovate Program 2025

GeneNovate is the first nationwide entrepreneurship program in Germany, designed to empower innovators and entrepreneurs in the field of Gene and Cell Therapies (GCT).

Participating sites: Berlin (Deadline: 6.1.25), Dresden/Leipzig (6.1.25), Heidelberg (2.12.24), Mainz (10.12.24), Munich (1.12.2024)

From the Press

The Return of the Dire Wolf
Angeblich Schattenwolf mit Gentechnik erschaffen: Experten sind skeptisch (GSCN)
Source: Time, 07.04.2025; WDR - YouTube, 09.04.2025

Neural stem cells outside the brain (GSCN)
Source: Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, 10.04.2025

Pluripotency factor Oct4 gets a makeover (GSCN)
Source: The Scientist, 12.03.2025

Miniature hearts for research (GSCN)
Source: MHH.de, 10.12.2024

In Focus: Plant genome editing. A current stocktaking of the Working Group Gene Technology Report
Source: gentechnologiebericht.de, 9.12.2024

Carsten Marr receives Eugen Münch Award (GSCN)
Source: Helmholtz-Munich-de. 22.11.2024

Diabetes switch in DNA (GSCN)
Source: Uni Ulm, 31.10.2024

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