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Guests:Dr. Valentina Greco is the President of the International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR), and Professor of Genetics and Co-Chair of the Status of Women in Medicine at Yale University. Dr. Kathryn Cheah is an ISSCR Program Committee Co-Chair and Emeritus Professor and Chair of Biochemistry at Hong Kong University. Dr. Eugenia Piddini is also an ISSCR Program Committee Co-Chair and Professorial Research Fellow in Cell Biology and School Research Director at the University of Bristol.They talk about the upcoming ISSCR 2025 meeting in Hong Kong from June 11-14, 2025. They discuss the meeting’s global focus, program highlights, opportunities for early-career researchers, and what they’re looking forward to in Hong Kong. (37:44)Featured Products and Resources:Submit your abstract for ISSCR 2025!Wallchart: Reporting Practices for Publishing Results with hPSCsThe Stem Cell Science Round UpIntestinal Organoids with Enteric Neurons – Researchers transplanted human intestinal organoids into mice, where the organoids matured and demonstrated enteric nervous system function. (2:10)Liver Regeneration and Repair – Hepatic stellate cells regulate hepatocyte functions via R-spondin 3. (11:00)Epithelial Regeneration – The mesenchymal Aspn-producing niche modulates tissue repair by regulating epithelial fetal-like reprogramming. (19:45)Whole-Transcriptome Sequencing – Spotiphy is a computational toolkit that transforms sequencing-based spatially resolved transcriptomics data into whole-transcriptome images with single-cell resolution. (28:55)Images courtesy of the ISSCR Subscribe to our newsletter!Never miss updates about new episodes. Subscribe