19th Wisconsin Stem Cell Symposium

Translational and Commercial Applications of Stem Cell-Derived Technologies

April 2, 2025 | Madison, WI

SAVE THE DATE: April 2, 2025
Translational and Commercial Applications of
Stem Cell-Derived Technologies

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. Promega Campus Map

This year’s Symposium, entitled Translational and Commercial Applications of Stem Cell-Derived Technologies, will bring together speakers that showcase how stem cell-derived 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 the traditional poster competition/session.

Highlighted topics:

  • 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

 

 

[2025 symposium details to be posted here as finalized]

2024 re-cap:

Stem Cell Symposium Brochure 2024

POSTER ABSTRACTS 2024

Congratulations to our Poster Contest winners!
1st place: Steven Tuk, UW-Madison
2nd place: Meher Gayatri, UW-Madison
3rd place: Gyuhyung Jin, Purdue University

ARCHIVE

CONFIRMED PRESENTERS & PANELISTS

PRESENTERS

Tomasso Biancalani, Ph.D., Senior Director & Head of AI For Research Biology, AI/ML, Computational Sciences, Genentech, South San Francisco, CA

Kevin Healy, Ph.D., Jan Fandrianto Professor, Bioengineering; Professor, Materials Science & Engineering, College of Engineering, University of California – Berkeley, Berkeley, CA

Alok Javalli, Ph.D., Scientist & Entrepreneur, CSO, Dawn-Bio

Todd McDevitt, Ph.D., Vice President, Head of Cell Therapy, Genentech, South San Francisco, CA

Jason Spence, Ph.D., H. Marvin Pollard Collegiate Professor of Gastroenterology; Professor, Internal Medicine;
Professor, Biomedical Engineering; Professor, Cell & Developmental Biology; University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI

Sally Temple, Ph.D., Scientific Director, Principal Investigator, and Co-Founder, Neural Stem Cell Institute, Rensselaer, NY

 

 

David van Dijk, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine) and of Computer Science, Yale University, New Haven, CT

Su-Chun Zhang, M.D., Ph.D., Steenbock Professor of Behavioral and Neural Sciences, Department of Neuroscience, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI

PANELISTS

Gavin Knight, Ph.D., Co-Founder, Chief Technology Officer, Neurosetta, LLC, Madison, WI

Connie Lebakken, Ph.D., Chief Operating Officer, Stem Pharm, Inc., Madison, WI

Ilyas Signeç, M.D., Chief Scientific Officer, FUJIFILM Cellular Dynamics, Inc., Madison, WI

organizing committee

Randolph Ashton, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering & Wisconsin Institute for Discovery; Associate Director, Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine Center, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI

Timothy J. Kamp, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Medicine, Cell and Regenerative Biology; Director, Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Center, University of Wisconsin – Madison, Madison, WI

William Murphy, Ph.D., Harvey D. Spangler Professor & H.I. Romnes Faculty Fellow, Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Wisconsin – Madison, Madison, WI

Sean Palecek, Ph.D., Milton J. and A. Maude Shoemaker Professor, Chemical and Biological Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Wisconsin – Madison, Madison, WI

Sushmita Roy, Ph.D., Professor, Wisconsin Institute for Discovery; Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics, University of Wisconsin – Madison, Madsion, WI

Melissa Skala, Ph.D., Carol Skornicka Chair; Professor, Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Wisconsin – Madison, Madison, WI

Xinyu Zhao, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Neuroscience, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin – Madison, Madison, WI