Sneak-peek of the 2026 annual meeting of the International Society for Stem Cell Research

About this episode

The episode features discussions on the upcoming annual meeting of the International Society for Stem Cell Research and trends in stem cell research.

The two program chairs of the annual meeting of the International Society for Stem Cell Research talk about the meeting and some trends they see. They are Dr Fiona Doetsch from the University of Basel and Dr Nozomu Yachie from the University of British Columbia who has a lab at the University of Osaka too. They talk about the promise of stem cell biology and stem cell therapy. About how malleable the human brain is, the role of AI and 'in vivo veritas. There's also a word association game. My co-moderator is: Dr. Angela Parrish from Nature Communications who has also worked at Nature Cell Biology .

People in this episode

Host: Dr Angela Parrish

Guests: Dr Fiona Doetsch, Dr Nozomu Yachie

Topics covered

• stem cell biology
• stem cell therapy
• human brain malleability
• AI in science
• International Society for Stem Cell Research

Keywords

• stem cells
• brain
• AI
• therapy
• research trends
• International Society for Stem Cell Research

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: University of Basel, University of British Columbia, University of Osaka, Nature Communications, Nature Cell Biology