8th Annual Symposium
The Francis Crick Institute
Price for Non-members £ 10
6 May 2025
08:30
Registration
09:30
Opening Remarks
Owen Harrison & Sara Campinoti (LSCN Co-Chairs)
09:35
Flagship Lecture: Decoding Complexity: Integrating Cellular Dynamics and Multi-Omics to uncover Regeneration and Cell Heterogeneity in Epithelial Tissues
- Dr. Inês Sequeira, Group Leader, Queen Mary University of London
Session 1 | Adult Stem Cells & Cancer
Session Chairs: Dr Diana Pereira & Dr Peter Baillie Benson
10:05
Invited Speaker: Molecular mechanisms regulating cancer stem cells in pancreatic cancer
- Dr Siim Paulkin, Group Leader, Paulkin Lab, University of Oxford
10:30
Abstract Selected Talk: Sparks and Signals: Real-Time Electrochemical Mapping of Serotonin in Brain Spheroids and Gut Organoids
- Dr Bettina Bohl, Postdoctoral researcher, Imperial College London
10:45
Flash Poster Presentations
- James Wilmouth Jr, Postdoctoral researcher, Vivian Li Lab - Stem Cell and Cancer Biology, The Francis Crick Institute
- Maya Medic, Research Assistant, King's College London
- Isabelle Becker, Postdoctoral researcher, Queen Mary University London
10:55
Coffee Break & Poster Viewing
Head up to the breakout space for posters!
Session 2 | Stem Cell Models of Health and Disease (I)
Session Chairs: Dr Daisy Gao & Ludovica Guetta
11:25
Invited Speaker: Understanding clinical heterogeneity in Alzheimer’s disease using personalised stem cell models
- Prof Selina Wray, Group Leader, Wray Lab, University College London
11:50
Abstract Selected Talk: DPP4 inhibition affects metabolism and inflammation-associated pathways in hiPSC-derived steatotic hepatocyte-like cells
- Christiane Loerch, PhD student, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
12:05
Abstract Selected Talk: Amniotic fluid – derived primary lung organoids as personalized model for Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia
- Giorgia D’Ariano, PhD student, UCL and University of Rome Tor Vergata
12:20
Flash Poster Presentations
- Fatihah Mohamad Nor, The Francis Crick Institute
- Dr Sydney Leaman, King's College London
- Jenny Gehlen, PhD student, King's College London
12:30
Platinum Sponsor Talk: Extensive Characterization of Commercially Available Human Pluripotent Stem Cell Lines To Facilitate Reproducibility and Validity of Research
- Dr Dylan Stavish, Senior Scientist, STEMCELL Technologies
12:40
Lunch Break
Bring your lunch and head over to the breakout space for poster viewing and our Breakout Session with STEMCELL Technologies!
Breakout Session with STEMCELL Technologies
Session Chairs: Dr Syed Mian & Dr Ioakeim Ampartzidis
13:15
Foundations of Trust: Research Integrity & Reproducibility
- Dr Dylan Stavish, Senior Scientist, STEMCELL Technologies
- Adam Day, Clear Skies
- Eleanor Adams, The Francis Crick Institute
Session 3 | Stem Cell Models of Health and Disease (II)
Session Chairs: Marta Marcheluk & Aude Biehler
14:10
Invited Speaker: The genetic basis of congenital heart defects in Down Syndrome
- Prof Victor Tybulewicz, Group Leader, Tybulewicz Lab, The Francis Crick Institute
14:35
Abstract Selected Talk: Development of a novel tissue-engineered retinal patch cell therapy for the treatment of retinopathies
- David Martos, PhD student, University College London
14:50
Abstract Selected Talk: Engineered human myogenic cells in hydrogels generate innervated vascularized myofibers within dystrophic mouse muscle on long-term engraftment
- Dr Yung-Yao Lin, Group Leader, Queen Mary University London
15:05
Coffee Break & Poster Viewing
Head up to the breakout space for posters!
Session 4 | Developmental Biology
Session Chairs: Dr Ioakeim Ampartzidis and Dr Teresa Pereira da Silva
15:35
Invited Speaker: Not just idle chit-chat: how paracrine signalling from endocrine stem cells influences tissue homeostasis
- Prof Cynthia Andoniadou, Group Leader, Andoniadou Lab, King's College London
16:00
Abstract Selected Talk: Competence for ASCL1-directed neuronal differentiation is acquired after exit from pluripotency
- Jethro Lundie-Brown, PhD student, Philpott Lab, University of Cambridge
16:15
Abstract Selected Talk: Neurocrestoids on-a-chip: Bioengineering hPSC-derived organoids to model human neural crest development
- Carmen Moreno Gonzalez, PhD student, The Francis Crick Institute & King's College London
16:30
Keynote Lecture: Haematopoiesis across Scales: from Transcriptional Control to Single Cell Landscapes to Population Dynamics
- Prof. Bertie Göttgens, Professor, Göttgens Lab, Cambridge Stem Cell Institute
17:20
Closing Remarks & Awards
Owen Harrison & Sara Campinoti (LSCN Co-Chairs)
17:30
Drinks Reception
with live music from The Francis Crick Orchestra!