Stemness, Regeneration and Immunity: from development to therapy

This two-day meeting will consider routes from stem cells to organogenesis and to regeneration, and how the immune system is tolerized to such processes and additionally contributes to them. The meeting will also consider the disruption of these processes in disease settings. Additionally we hope that by understanding more about the complex developmental interactions of stem cells and their progeny with each other and with immune cells, we will open doors to the various novel cell and gene therapy strategies that the symposium will also consider.

The symposium will bring together internationally renowned experts who adopt different but complementary approaches, spanning basic science, developmental processes, and clinical applications, addressing unmet medical needs that affect huge numbers of people globally.

Sessions will include: Epithelial stem cells; thymus biology and haematopoietic stem cells; tolerance; gene and cell therapy; immunity and cancer; organ morphogenesis, regeneration and pluripotent stem cells.

Keynote lectures will be delivered by Doug Melton (Harvard & Cambridge) and by Luigi Naldini (TIGET, Milan)

For a list of confirmed speakers, please check the . Full programme will be released soon.