RegenBell 2026 symposium on Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine
Institut d’Estudis Catalans (IEC), C/ del Carme, 47 08001 Barcelona
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26
9:00
Registration
9:30
Welcome: Gabriel Capellá
General Director, IDIBELL
9:40
SESSION I: Immune and Genetic Gatekeepers in Reproduction
Chair: Anna Veiga, IDIBELL/ P-CMR[C]
9:45
Francesco Colucci
Clinical School University of Cambridge.-King’s College Cambridge
Natural Killer Cells in Reproductive Health and Beyond
10:15
Mina Popovic
Eugin Group, Barcelona. Ghent University, Belgium
Chromosomal instability in human embryos: What happens when we keep watching?
10:45
Selected short talks:
to be confirmed
11:05
Coffee break
11:45
SESSION II: Immune modulation of organ regeneration
Chair: Angel Raya, ICREA, IDIBELL/ P-CMR[C]/UB
11:50
Nadia Mercader
Universität Bern, Switzerland
Fibroblast heterogeneity and its impact on zebrafish heart regeneration
12:20
Helena Escobar
Max Delbrück Center, Berlin
Toward immune-compatible regenerative therapies for muscle wasting using gene-edited muscle stem cells
12:50
Selected short talks:
To be confirmed
13:15
Lunch & Poster Session
15:15
SESSION III: The immune microenvironment for stem cell aging and rejuvenation
Chair: Carolina Florian, ICREA/IDIBELL/ P-CMR[C]
15:20
Pedro Sousa Victor
Gulbenkian Institute for Molecular Medicine (GIMM), Lisbon, Portugal
The Interplay of Aging, Immune Signaling and Stem Cell Function
15:50
Francesco Neri
Università degli studi di Torino, Italy
Loss of regeneration and epigenetic drift of the intestinal stem cells during aging
16:20
Selected short talks:
To be confirmed
16:40
Coffee break
17:20
SESSION IV: Immunity and therapeutic interventions
Chair: Alessandra Giorgetti, IDIBELL/ P-CMR[C] /UB
17:25
Davide Leardini
Università di Bologna, Italy
Microbiota–Immunity Interactions and Microbiome-Based Therapeutic Strategies in Hematology
17:55
Paul Bourgine
Lund Stem Cell Center,Lund, Sweden
Engineering human bone and bone marrow tissues; from regeneration to disease modeling
18:15
Poster session
20:00
END OF DAY ONE
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27
9:00
SESSION V: Modeling Multicellular Systems with Organoids
Chair: Jordi Guiu, IDIBELL/ P-CMR[C]
9:05
Joana Neves
King’s College London, UK
Intestinal interactions of innate lymphoid cells in health and disease
9:35
Xavier Trepat
Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya, Barcelona
Mechanobiology of intestinal organoids
10:05
Selected short talks:
To be confirmed
10:25
Coffee break
11:05
SESSION VI: Keynote address
Chair: Anna Veiga, IDIBELL/ P-CMR[C] and M.Carolina Florian, ICREA/IDIBELL/ P-CMR[C]
11:10
KEYNOTE SPEAKER: to be confirmed
12:10
Poster/short talk award and concluding remarks
Angel Raya, ICREA/ IDIBELL/ P-CMR[C]/UB
13:00
END OF SYMPOSIUM
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