Australasian Society for Stem Cell Research (ASSCR)

The @isscr.org and ASSCR are partnering to launch the new ISSCR-ASSCR Joint Travel Award to support ASSCR student and early career member attendance at the ISSCR 2026 Annual Meeting in Montréal on 8-11 July 2026.

Deadline - 26 February 2026 AEDT.

www.isscr2026.org/awards

Asian Alliance for Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine (AASCRM) Webinar Series February 2026 | JSRM February Session Human Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Embryo ModelsDate: 24 February 2026 (Tuesday…

Calling all embryo models enthusiasts! 🧫
Join ASSCR at the upcoming webinar for AASCRM ft our very own Jose Polo from Adelaide University and Leqian Yu from the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Details - Feb 24, 1pm AEST (12 noon QLD; 12.30pm SA and 11am WA). Register here - en.jsrm.jp/news/news-364/

🔍 ASSCR Call for Reviewers (2026)
PhD-qualified members are invited to join the Abstract & Awards reviewer panel.
🗓️ Commitment Aug–Nov | ~20–30 abstracts
📅 Apply by 12 Jan 2026
👉 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Congrats to our Metcalf recipient @rhiannonwerder.bsky.social on receiving the Al & Val Rosenstrauss Fellowship!

@asscr.bsky.social #ASSCR2025 conference has been great - terrific science, networking and location. Join us for #ASSCR2026 in Melbourne, 9-11 November, 2026. See you there!

The final keynote of #ASSCR2025 from @shuibingchen.bsky.social on building pancreatic islet with beta cells, blood vessels and macrophages. doi.org/10.1016/j.st...

ChatGTP empowered Chemical screening platform www.chemperturbdb.com

A village in a dish model system for population-scale hiPSC studies The mechanisms by which DNA alleles contribute to disease risk, drug response, and other human phenotypes are highly context-specific, varying across cell types and different conditions. Human induced pluripotent stem cells are uniquely suited to ...

Drew Neavin #ASSCR2025 using 'village in a dish' models to study the genetics underpinning cardiotoxicity Unpublisjed data so reference is to the village in a dish model. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

Ralph Patrick is looking for dosage-sensitive transcription factors that may impact ageing #ASSCR2025 doi.org/10.1016/j.cm...

Luke Isbel exploring chromatin codes in pluripotency #ASSCR2025 doi: 10.1126/science.abb0074

Mechanisms of OCT4-SOX2 motif readout on nucleosomes Site-specific nucleosome engagement by pluripotency factors reveals how transcription factors distort nucleosomes at chromatinized motifs.

Try doi.org/10.1126/scie... Luke Isbel #ASSCR2025

Refate identifies chemical compounds to target trans-regulatory networks for cellular conversion Identifying chemical compounds that target trans-regulatory networks (TRNs) underlying molecular programs of cells for directed cellular conversion (i.e. differentiation, reprogramming, transdifferent...

Kathrine Zyner presents 'ReFate' #ASSCR2025 which combines gene regulatory networks with compounds that impact on these regulatory pathways to improve cell reprogramming @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social doi.org/10.1101/2025...

Day 3 #ASSCR2025 opens with Fernando Rossello benchmarking PSC-derived organoids using spatial profiling platforms. Lovely to see careful QC associated with this study.

Automated Integration of Multi-Slice Spatial Transcriptomics Data in 2D and 3D The field of spatial transcriptomics is rapidly evolving, with increasing sample complexity, resolution, and tissue size. Yet the field lacks comprehensive solutions for automated integration and anal...

Preprint @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social doi: doi.org/10.1101/2023... #ASSCR2025

Hear from our 2025 #MetcalfPrizes winners – Dr Maria Di Biase and Dr Lachlan Harris – on ABC Radio Gold Coast Drive with Bern Young. Listen from 43.51 on yesterday’s show: www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
@qimrb.bsky.social @unimelb.bsky.social @asscr.bsky.social

Meet the winners of our 2025 Metcalf Prizes for Stem Cell Research: stemcellfoundation.net.au/2025_metcalf...
🧠 Dr Maria Di Biase @unimelb.bsky.social
🧠 Dr Lachlan Harris @qimrb.bsky.social
They're already making headlines ahead of the award ceremony on the Gold Coast today. @asscr.bsky.social

Day 2 @asscr.bsky.social #ASSCR2025 opens with my favourite cell type (thanks Ed Stanley!) -iPSC derived macrophages. Ed is creating the cell types needed for a type1 diabetes model

Shalin Naik @shalinhnaik.bsky.social starting with a quick ad for their recently published LoxCode mouse, before discussion of clonal hematopoiesis - introducing the concept of lineage-primed HSC. #ASSCR #CloneOfDestiny

Long-term engrafting multilineage hematopoietic cells differentiated from human induced pluripotent stem cells Hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) derived from human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS cells) have important biomedical applications. We identified differentiation conditions that generate HSCs defined by robust long-term multilineage engraftment in ...

Ritika Saxena @ritikasxn.bsky.social speaking about hPSC-derived blood. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC... @asscr.bsky.social #ASSCR2025

Can't get more Australian than a talk on marsupial pluripotent stem cells from Gerard Tarulli from the TIGGR labs @asscr.bsky.social #ASSCR2025 - describing iPSC from the fat tailed Dunnart. tigrrlab.science.unimelb.edu.au

Josh Brickman @josh-brickman.bsky.social opens ASSCR with a provocative talk on transcription factor residency in early development.

The annual scientific meeting of Australian and NZ StemCell scientists is kicking off this week @asscr.bsky.social #ASSCR2025

Stem cell selfie #ASSCR2025 #miltenyibiotec @miltenyibiotec.bsky.social

Great first day of stem cell science on the beach at #ASSCR2025! Here is our @asscr.bsky.social president opening the conference. Highlights include keynote from @josh-brickman.bsky.social and presentation of @ausstemcell.bsky.social 2025 Metcalf awards. Congratulations to the worthy recipients!

🌊 See you next week on the Gold Coast! ☀️
We can’t wait to welcome you to #ASSCR2025 for three days of science, connection, and collaboration.

📧 Check your inbox for delegate info and event details
🪩 And remember to pack your dancing shoes

Program available via - www.asscrmeeting.com.au
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Please join us for the last Stem Cell Conversation for 2025!
Join us to celebrate an amazing year of conversations and hear some highlights from the ASSCR NSW and VIC EMCR Symposia: Exploring Retinal Disease and Infection-Driven Colonic Repair

See you Wednesday 5/11/25 at 11-11:30 AM AEDT.

👻 No tricks, just good science and lots of treats - 10 days till #ASSCR2025 on the Gold Coast!
Registrations close soon!
www.asscrmeeting.com.au/registration

Missed out on the early bird? Registrations are still open for #ASSCR2025 in Gold Coast next month!

www.asscrmeeting.com.au/registration

🌟 Congrats to Prof Caroline Gargett, recipient of the 2025 #ASSCR President’s Award! 👏
A pioneer in endometrial stem/progenitor cell research, her work continues to shape women’s health & inspire our field. 🧬✨
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We are celebrating 5 years of the Australia stem cell conversation! Hosted by @unimelb.bsky.social and @asscr.bsky.social the stem cell conversation is a weekly 30min virtual seminar series organised by EMCR for EMCR.
Join the first 'transitions' episode Leadership through Service: 11am AEST Wed.