16th Dutch Stem Cell Meeting
October 17th
2025 at 10:00 am
October 17th
2025 at 5:30 pm
UMCU, Utrecht
On the 17th of October 2025, the Dutch Society for Stem Cell Research (DSSCR) organizes the 16th Annual DSSCR symposium.
The aim of this meeting is to unite researchers from the Dutch stem cell community, thereby promoting exchange of ideas, data and future plans. This DSSCR meeting will provide a unique opportunity for master-students, PhD-students and early stage post-docs working on stem cells to present and discuss their work with the Dutch Stem Cell community in oral presentations that will be selected based on submitted abstracts.
Final year master-students, PhD-students and post-docs about to embark on their next career step in science are especially encouraged to submit an abstract and present their final results. The best oral presentation will be awarded a grant of €500.
Group leaders with a vacancy for a PhD or Post-doc position are also invited to send in their job advertisement to info@dsscr.nl for posting on the DSSCR website
Information & registration
- Conference information
The 16th Dutch Stem Cell Meeting will take place at FRIDAY 17th October 2025.
This symposium will be held again in the Pink lecture hall, UMCU, Utrecht. It starts at 10AM and finishes around 5PM.
For this symposium, we are delighted to announce the confirmation of three renowned keynote speakers in the stem cell field, Cedric Blanpain, Laura Pellegrini and Ruben van Boxtel. Cedric Blanpain, from the Laboratory of Stem Cells and Cancer at VUB in Brussel, Belgium, is renowned for his studies on stem cells during development and homostasis in various tissues. Laura Pellegrini, from Centre for Developmental Neurobiology (CDN) at King’s College London, London UK, is renowned about her study on brain development using human stem cells derived cerebral and choroid plexus organoids. Ruben van Boxtel from the Princess Máxima Center for pediatric oncology in Utrecht is renowed for his work on tracking the orgin of cancer.
- Registration Annual DSSCR meeting 2025
You can now register for the Annual DSSCR meeting 2025 at 17th October and upload your abstract (Word-file).
Abstract should include title, authors, affiliation, and main text (<250 words).
After completing registration and payment, your registration confirmation will be visible (one time) on this page in your completed registration form above your registration contact information.
Deadline for registration and submission of abstract is 19th September 2025
- Program 2025
17th October 2025
The program will be launched shortly before the symposium
- Award winners best presentation DSSCR annual meeting 2025
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