The 12^th GSCN Conference from 25 until 27 Sept. 2024 in Jena features excellent keynote speakers:

Garðar Á. Árnason (Akureyri, Iceland)	Cantas Alev (Kyoto, Japan)	Amander Clark (Los Angeles, US)	Camilla Forsberg (Santa Cruz, US)
Hans-Reimer Rodewald (Heidelberg)	Thomas Zwaka (New York, US)

All information, program and registration ➙  here   

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).

The GSCN had a significant presence at the ISSCR meeting in Hamburg (10 – 13 July 2024), this first global stem cell meeting in Germany:
- 9 July 2024: the GSCN hosted a public event (in German) with Jürgen Knoblich, Hans Schöler, Maike Sander and Ole Pless on the current state of stem cell research in the main building of the University of Hamburg - 100 visitors showed deep interest in the science.
- 11 July 2024:  a well visited GSCN Meet-up Hub on Thursday from 15:45 - 16:30h as a meeting point for German scientists
- 12 July 2024: GSCN/BIH organized a focus session “Strategies for gene and cell-based therapies in Europe” at 13:30h with an extended interest by the 150 - 200 visitors and intense discussions.

The ISSCR has published an updated guide about stemcell treatments with ressourceful information for patients, recommendations for questions and considerations before deciding on a stemcell therapie and the risk of unproven stemcell therapies. 
Find more information in English and German here.

In Berlin, Munich, Hannover,Heidelberg, NRW and Jena UniStem Days took place with high school students getting insight into stem cell research. A highlight day of science communication and for the public engagement of stem cell scientists!

   
M. Rezvani                     S. Spuler                          S. Bartfeld
Find more impressions here.

EN (➙ DE)
The German Stem Cell Network (GSCN) has identified changing societal attitudes in Germany towards human embryonic stem cell research in an online survey. 
More information and the data of the survey ➙ here.
DE:
Das German Stem Cell Network (GSCN) hat bei einer Online-Umfrage veränderte gesellschaftliche Einstellungen in Deutschland zur Forschung mit humanen embryonalen Stammzellen festgestellt. 
Mehr Informationen und die Daten der Umfrage ➙ hier.

The "GSCN 2023 Young Investigator Award" goes to Meike Hohwieler from the Institute of Molecular Oncology and Stem Cell Biology at Ulm University Hospital.

The "GSCN 2023 Hilde Mangold Award" goes to Anne Grapin-Botton from the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics (MPI-CBG) in Dresden.

The "GSCN 2023 Publication of the Year Award" goes to Ruzhica Bogeska, ... Michael D. Milsom from Division of Experimental Hematology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) & HI-STEM, receive the GSCN 2023 Publication of the Year Award for the publication “Inflammatory exposure drives long-lived impairment of hematopoietic stem cell self-renewal activity and accelerated aging” in the journal Cell Stem Cell, Aug. 2022.

Find the GSCN press release   
Finden Sie die Pressemitteilung auf Deutsch  
Find more information here

The International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) has published an updated 
Guide to Stem Cell Treatment
It is central to the society’s mission to share scientifically accurate information to inform patients and families about the current state of stem cell research and potential treatments. The ISSCR aims to further patient safety and public health through our efforts to promote legitimate stem cell research and credible stem cell treatments.