Description from Organizer: The annual Wisconsin Stem Cell Symposium is coordinated by the University of Wisconsin–Madison Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine Center and the BTC Institute. It is held at the Biopharmaceutical Technology Center (BTC) on the Promega Corporation Campus in Fitchburg/Madison, WI on April 2, 2025.

This year’s Symposium, entitled Translational and Commercial Applications of Stem Cell-Derived Technologies, will bring together speakers that showcase how these technologies and computational tools are being used to enable diverse translational and commercial biomedical applications. The agenda includes speakers from academia and industry, a panel discussion with local industry representatives, and a research poster competition/session.

Highlighted topics include:

• Clinical translation of iPSC-derived retinal cell therapies

• Commercialization of CNS cell therapies, research and regulatory tools, and disease models

• Clinical translation of iPSC-derived blastoid models

• iPSC models of cardiac tissue for translational regulatory applications and disease modeling

• Endodermal organoid bioengineering and translation

• Cell therapy development in Biotech

• Machine learning applied to single-cell sequencing in Biomedicine

• Applying AI/Machine Learning in biotechnology research and development