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Member Spotlight: Ludovic Vallier, PhD
To see the [ISSCR 2024 Annual Meeting] back in Europe is a great news. Especially since Hamburg is very close to Berlin. In fact, the ISSCR 2024 [meeting] will be our lab retreat and we are planning several “team building” activities. So, this should be fun. I also look forward to reconnect with friends and collaborators and to hear great science.
The ISSCR Announces 2024 Election Results
The International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) is pleased to announce the results of its 2024 election. Lorenz Studer, MD, founding director of the Center for Stem Cell Biology and member of the Developmental Biology Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, USA, will become the next Vice President. All terms of office for the new leaders will begin on 1 July 2024.
Remembering Connie Eaves
The ISSCR is deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Connie Eaves, a tremendous friend and globally renowned stem cell scientist. Dr. Eaves was a member of the Stem Cell Reports Editorial Board and served on the ISSCR Board of Directors from 2009-2015. Many current and former ISSCR leaders fondly remember Dr. Eaves and her impactful contributions to the Society and stem cell community.
New Podcast Episode. Climbing the Scientific Mountain of Retinal Regeneration
Collectively, retinal degenerative disorders are a major cause of blindness worldwide. For example, one of the most common disorders is age related macular degeneration, which alone affects nearly 200 million globally. In humans, and other mammals, the loss of the retinal cells is an irreversible process. However, in some non-mammalian vertebrates like frogs and fish, retinal neurons can regenerate. This process is dependent upon Müller glia, which can re-enter the cell cycle and reprogram into neurogenic progenitors upon retinal injury or disease. Progress has been made in understanding the genetic program underlying these regenerative process, and proof-of-principle experiments in the adult mouse retina demonstrated that genetic programs in frog and fish can be coopted to induce neurogenesis in mammals. Our guests today have extended this research to genetically reprogram fetal or organoid-derived human Müller glia into retinal neurons. They will talk about this work, the background underlying it and its potential applications.
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