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ISSCR Honors Volunteer Leaders with the 2025 ISSCR Public Service Award
Recognizing the commitment and talent of all International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) volunteer leaders, the ISSCR Executive Committee is honoring members of committees, taskforces, and working groups who dedicate tremendous talent and dedication to the ISSCR and its mission with the 2025 ISSCR Public Service Award. This is the first group award in the Society’s history and indicative of the ISSCR commitment to celebrate the excellence that fuels the tremendous accomplishments of the foremost global organization dedicated to stem cell science and regenerative medicine.

ISSCR Journal Stem Cell Reports Named Official Conference Journal for BaCell 3D Conference
Stem Cell Reports, the premier open-access journal dedicated to advancing stem cell research, has been named the official conference journal for BaCell 3D, taking place from 23-25 June 2025, in Basel, Switzerland.

Stem Cell Transplant Clears Clinical Safety Hurdle for the Treatment of Wet Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Wet AMD in its early stages can be treated with drugs to reduce the formation of new blood vessels, but this treatment is inefficient in cases where blood vessel formation is already in its advanced stages. A new, alternative treatment for those patients may be surgical removal of the abnormal blood vessels followed by the transplantation of stem cell-derived retinal cells, according to a recent study led by Yong Liu and colleagues from Third Military Medical University Southwest Hospital, China, published in the journal Stem Cell Reports.

Yonatan Stelzer Earns the 2025 ISSCR Outstanding Young Investigator Award
The International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) is honoring Yonatan Stelzer, Ph.D. with the 2025 ISSCR Outstanding Young Investigator Award. Dr. Selzer is an associate professor in the Department of Molecular Cell Biology at the Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel.

Paola Arlotta Receives the 2025 ISSCR Momentum Award
The International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) is honoring Paola Arlotta, Ph.D., with this year’s ISSCR Momentum Award. Dr. Arlotta is the Golub Family Professor of the Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology at Harvard University and an Institute member at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. She will present her research during the ISSCR 2025 Annual Meeting in Hong Kong taking place 11-14 June 2025.

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