ISSCR News
Sergiu P. Paşca Receives the 2024 ISSCR Momentum Award for his Pioneering Work in Neurodevelopment and Disease
The International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) will present this year’s ISSCR Momentum Award to Sergiu P. Paşca, MD, Kenneth T. Norris, Jr. Professor and the Uytengsu Director of Stanford Brain Organogenesis, Stanford University, USA. The award recognizes the exceptional achievements of a mid-career investigator whose innovative research has established a major area of stem cell-related research with a strong trajectory for future success.
Fiona M. Watt Receives the 2024 ISSCR Achievement Award for her Seminal Work with Skin Stem Cells
The International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) will award its 2024 ISSCR Achievement Award to Fiona M. Watt, DPhil, FRS, FMedSci, EMBO Director and leader of a research group at EMBL- Heidelberg, Germany. The award recognizes the transformative body of work of an investigator that has had a major impact on the field of stem cell research or regenerative medicine. Dr. Watt will present her research during Plenary VII on 13 July at the ISSCR 2024 Annual Meeting in Hamburg, Germany. ISSCR 2024 is the world’s leading gathering of the brightest minds in stem cell research and cell and regenerative medicine.
The ISSCR Signs On to the Coalition for Health Funding’s Non-Defense Discretionary (NDD) United Campaign
On 3 January 2024, the ISSCR signed on to the NDD United campaign urging Congress to complete the FY 2024 appropriations process and adopt the bipartisan Senate funding framework as a starting point for final negotiations.
The ISSCR’s Global Policy Work Protects and Advances Stem Cell Science
Amid an exceptional 12 months of advances for stem cell science and regenerative medicine, the ISSCR remains focused not only on facilitating scientific exchange through our meetings and events, but also working to ensure pivotal areas of research in our field can continue to move forward unencumbered.
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