disease modeling
and drug discovery

Co-Chair - Shuibing Chen, PhD​
Weill Cornell, USA​

Co-Chair - Daniela Cornacchia, PhD
AstraZeneca, Sweden​

Luigi Aloia, PhD​
AstraZeneca, UK​​

Erica Bello, PhD​
Milner Institute, University of Cambridge, UK ​​

Kapil Bharti, PhD​
NEI/NIH, USA​​

Hans Clevers, MD, PhD​
Hubrecht Institute, Netherlands 

David Gnutt, PhD​
Bayer AG, Germany​

Magdalena Kasendra, PhD
Cincinnati Children’s, USA​​

Christine Mummery, PhD​
LUMC, Netherlands​​

Steve Murray, PhD​
The Jackson Laboratory, USA​​

Hideyuki Okano, MD, PhD​
Keio University, Japan​​

Li Pang, MD​
FDA, USA​​

Charis Segeritz-Walko, PhD​
Novo Nordisk, Denmark ​​

Lee Rubin, PhD​
Harvard University, USA​​

Clive Svendsen, PhD​
Cedars-Sinai, USA​​

Carlos Tristan, PhD​
NCATS/NIH, USA​​

Joseph Wu, MD, PhD​
Stanford University, USA​​

Matthias Zilbauer, MD, PhD​
University of Cambridge, UK​

Co-Chair - Todd Herron, PhD​
Greenstone Biosciences, USA​

Co-Chair - Emelyne Teo, PhD​
MSD, Singapore​

Co-Chair - Joseph Wu, MD, PhD
Stanford University, USA​​

Luigi Aloia, PhD​
AstraZeneca, UK​​

Vanesa Ayala, PhD​
Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technololgy, Switzerland​

​Haiqing Bai, PhD​
Xellar Biosystems, USA​

​Christoper Carman, PhD​
Bayer, Germany​

​Shuibing Chen, PhD​
Weill Cornell, USA​

Ryan Conder, PhD​
STEMCELL Technologies, Canada​

​Maheswara Reddy Emani, PhD​
Genentech, USA​

Benjamin Freedman, PhD​
University of Washington and Plurexa, USA​

Aaron Goldman, PhD​
Harvard & BroadOak Investments, USA​

Henning Kempf, PhD​
GEM CELL hub at Novo Nordisk​

Walter Koroshetz, MD​
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (retired), USA​

Melissa Little, PhD​
reNEW and Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Australia​

Pinar Mesci, PhD​
Axiom Space, USA​

Lisa Mohamet, PhD​
GlaxoSmithKline, UK​

Christine Mummery, PhD​
LUMC, Netherlands​​

Peter Reinhardt, PhD​
AbbVie, USA​

Lee Rubin, PhD​
Harvard University, USA​

Charis Segeritz-Walko, PhD​
Novo Nordisk, Denmark​

​Abbas Shafiee, PhD​
University of Queensland, Australia​

Michael Stauske, PhD​
AstraZeneca, Sweden​

Paul Tesar, PhD​
Case Western Reserve University, USA​

Zhiyong Wang, PhD​
ADS Biosystems, USA​

Co-Chair - David Belaire, PhD​
AbbVie, USA​​

​Co-Chair - Cristine Mummery, PhD​
Leiden University Medical Center, Netherlands

Sonja Beken, PhD ​
Federal Agency for Medicines and Health Products, Belgium​

Daniela Cornacchia, PhD​AstraZeneca, Sweden​

Rhiannon David, PhD​
AstraZeneca, Sweden​

Ricard Davis, PhD​
Leiden University Medical Center, Netherlands

Brian Johnson, PhD​
Michigan State University, USA​

Yasujiro, Kiyota, MS​
Nikon, Japan​

Stephan Krieg, PhD​
Merck, Germany​

William Murphy, PhD​
University of Wisconsin, USA​

Jessica Palmer, MS​
Labcorp, USA​

David Pammies, PhD​
University of Lausanne, Switzerland​

Li Pang, MD​
FDA, USA​​

​Ivan Rusyn, MD, PhD​
Texas A&M, USA​

Tadahiro Shinozawa, PhD​
Takeda, Japan​

Lena Smirnova, PhD​
Johns Hopkins University, USA​

Blerta Stringa, PhD​
Johnson & Johnson, USA​

Bob van de Water, PhD​
Leiden University Medical Center, Netherlands​

Ozlem Vural, PhD​
Bayer AG, Germany​

Nicole Zur Nieden​, PhD​
University of California, Riverside, USA

Co-Chair - Kapil Bharti, PhD​
National Eye Institute/National Institutes of Health, USA​

Co-Chair - Sandra Lubitz, PhD​
Evotec, Germany​

Raeka Aiyar, PhD​
Institute for Glial Sciences, USA​​

Sadaf Atarod, PhD​
Novo Nordisk, Denmark​

Erica Bello, PhD​
Milner Institute, University of Cambridge, UK​

Kristen Brennand, PhD​
Yale University, USA​

​Daniela Cornacchia, PhD​
AstraZeneca, Sweden​

Rodrigo Cristofoletti, PhD​
University of Florida, USA​

Insoo Hyun, PhD​
National University of Singapore, Singapore​

Rosario Isasi, PhD​
University of Miami, USA​

Abigail Mariga, PhD​
Bristol Myers Squibb​, USA

Rebecca Mathew, PhD​
Merck, USA​

Joseph Powell, PhD
Garvan Institute, USA

Lee Rubin, PhD
Harvard University, USA

Lidia Taglioferro, PhD
GlaxoSmithKline, USA

Nathalie Saurat, PhD
Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute, Australia

Janine Scholefield, PhD
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, South Africa

Luciani Silveira de Carvalho, MD, PhD
University of Sao Paulo, Brazil

Jeremy Sugarman, MD​
Johns Hopkins, USA​

Sjoukie van der Stegen​
Chan Zuckerberg Foundation, USA​

Christine Wells, PhD​
University of Melbourne, Australia​

Stephanie Willerth, PhD​
University of Victoria, Canada​

Su-Chun Zhang, MD, PhD​
BrainXell, Sanford Burnham Prebys, USA​

Bastian Zimmer, PhD​
Evotec, Germany​

Co-Chair - Kim Homan, PhD​
Genentech, USA​

Co-Chair - Magdalena Kasendra, PhD
Cincinnati Children’s, USA​

​Luigi Aloia, PhD​
AstraZeneca, UK​

Oscar Abilez, PhD​
Stanford University​, USA

Ivana Barbaric, PhD​
The University of Sheffield, UK​

Daniela Cornacchia, PhD
AstraZeneca, Sweden​

Serah Kang, PhD​
Genentech, USA​

Henning Kempf, PhD​
GEM CELL hub at Novo Nordisk​​, Denmark

Srivatsan Kidambi, PhD​
National Institutes of Health Standardized Organoid Modeling Center, USA​

Thomas Hartung, MD, PhD​
Johns Hopkins University, USA​

Darrell Kotton, MD​
Boston University, USA​

Li Pang, MD​
Food and Drug Administration, USA​​

Milica Radisic, PhD​
University of Toronto, Canada​

Courtney Sakolish, PhD​
Texas A&M, USA​

Charis Segeritz-Walko, PhD​
Novo Nordisk, Denmark​

Jason Spence, PhD​
University of Michigan​

Sally Temple, PhD ​
Neural Stem Cell Institute, USA​

Silvia Velasco, PhD​
Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Australia​

Silvia Albert, PhD
Radboudumc, Netherlands

Tom Allison, PhD
Trailhead Biosystems, USA

Laura Andres-Martin, PhD
The Jackson Laboratory, JAX-NYSCF, USA

Jing Bai, PhD, DABT
Xellar Biosystems, USA

Anita Bhattacharyya, PhD
University of Wisconsin - Madison, USA

Lexi Bounds, PhD
Xaira Therapeutics, USA

Lucas Chase, PhD
FUJFILM Cellular Dynamics, Inc., USA

Joel Cresser-Brown, PhD
Bio-Techne, UK

Decio Eizirik, MD, PhD
Universite Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) Diabetes Research Center, Belgium

Anai Gonzalez Cordero, PhD
Children's Medical Research Institute (CMRI), The University of Sydney, Australia

Lyn Healy, PhD
Kings College, UK

Everardo Hegewisch-Solloa, PhD
R&D Systems by Bio-Techne, USA

Andrew Khalil, PhD
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, USA

Karl Koehler, PhD
Boston Children's Hospital, USA

Hanna Lammertse, PhD
hDMT, Netherlands

Yingxin Li, PhD
Acrobiosystems, USA

Hannah Maple, PhD
Bio-Techne, UK

Florian Merkle, PhD
University of Cambridge, UK

Mirko Messa, PhD
AstraZeneca Translational Genomics, Centre for Genomics Research, Discovery Sciences BioPharmaceuticals R&D, Sweden

Jutta Meyer, DR, habil
Bayer, Germany

Jeffrey Millman, PhD
Washington University School of Medicine, USA

Jenna Moccia, PhD
STEMCELL Technologies, Canada

Marie Obien, PhD
MaxWell Biosystems, Switzerland

Anca Pasca, MD
Stanford University, USA

Christoph Patsch, PhD
Merck Healthcare KGaA in Darmstadt, Germany, Germany

Martin Pera, PhD
The Jackson Laboratory, USA

Ole Pless, PhD
Fraunhofer ITMP, Germany

Marimelia Porcionatto, PhD
Unifesp, Brazil

Cara Rieger, PhD
Trailhead Biosystems, USA

Silke Schwengberg, PhD
Ncardia Services B.V., Netherlands

Michael Sheldon, PhD
Sampled, USA

Rafael Soares Lindoso, PhD
Bayer AG, Germany

Xin Tang, PhD
Boston Children's Hospital, USA

Adrian Teo, PhD
IMCB/A*STAR; NUS, Singapore

Marija Usenovic, PhD
Johnson & Johnson, USA

Tao Wang, MD, PhD
The University of Manchester, UK

Shafagh Waters, PhD
UNSW Sydney, Australia

Rosanna Zhang, BS
AcroBio, USA