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Lund Stem Cell Center's Annual Meeting

Warm welcome to our 2025 Annual Meeting in Båstad!

A group photo of all SCC members in attendance of the SCC Annual Meeting 2024.
Group photo taken at the SCC Annual Meeting in 2024.

About Lund Stem Cell Center's Annual Meeting

Each year, more than 150 members of the Lund Stem Cell Center come together for our Annual Meeting—a two-day event focused on sharing research, sparking new collaborations, and shaping the future of our community.

As the Center’s main gathering of the year, the meeting offers a unique opportunity to connect across labs, explore the latest advances in stem cell research, and engage in meaningful scientific dialogue.

What to Expect

The program features research presentations from across the Center, offering insight into new findings and ongoing projects in stem cell biology and regenerative medicine. Interactive workshops provide space for deeper discussion and interdisciplinary learning. This year, the annual meeting will also include:

  • Posters Sessions:
    Poster presentations are open to all, with priority given to our young researchers. Poster size: A0, portrait (display boards are 88 cm wide). There will be a best poster prize. Submit your poster abstract via the abstract submission form.
  • Young Researcher Talks:
    We encourage our PhD students and postdocs to submit abstracts in order to be considered for short oral presentations. Further information can be found in the registration form.
  • An Interdisciplinary Collaboration Session:
    This new session format highlights collaborative, unpublished projects presented jointly by two researchers from different groups and scientific disciplines. Each pair will share an ongoing project that bridges fields and engages the audience in open discussion. The focus is on feedback, troubleshooting, and identifying new directions. To be considered, please use the abstract submission form.

Between sessions, coffee breaks, shared meals, and a relaxed evening dinner create space for informal conversations and connections that strengthen our collaborative culture. Whether you're a PhD student, researcher, or staff member, the Annual Meeting is a chance to stay informed, inspired, and involved.


Welcome to the 2025 Annual Meeting

Event Details: 

Lund Stem Cell Center's Annual Meeting will take place Monday, September 15, 2025 - Tuesday, September 16, 2025 at Hotel Skansen in Båstad, Sweden.

The event is open to Principal Investigators, Researchers, Postdocs, PhD students and Technical & Administrative staff at the Lund Stem Cell Center. Unfortunately, we cannot accommodate students at this time.

Registration and abstract submission closes on Tuesday, 19 August 2025, at 17:00.

Preliminary Program:


From Lund to Båstad

10:30 | Board the Bus - the bus departs 10:45 sharp from BMC, Sölvegatan 19 

12:00 | Arrival and registration at Hotel Skansen, Båstad

12:30 | Lunch at Restaurant Sand (mingle with PIs & TA staff); display posters in room Galleriet


Kongressalen:

13:30 | Welcome Address by Lund Stem Cell Center Director, Malin Parmar

13:40 | Updates from the Research School in Stem Cell Biology by Executive Coordinator,  Mattias Magnusson

13:50 | Updates from the Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) Committee by Co-chairs, Nick Leigh & Sofie Mohlin

14:05 | Updates from the Sustainability Committee by Helena Fritz & Daniel Twohig

14:10 | Scientific Talks:

15:35 | Questions to the panel

15:45 | Check-in to rooms, coffee


Galleriet:

16:00 | Poster session, drinks and mingle

17:30 | Free time, optional activities


Restaurant Sand:

18:45 | Dinner

07:30 | Breakfast and check-out


Kongressalen:

09:00 | Strategy Development at Lund Stem Cell Center with Director, Malin Parmar & Deputy Director, Göran Karlsson

09:30 | Article of the Year Award 2025 presentations

10:20 | Article of the Year Award Ceremony

10:30 | Fika

10:50 | Scientific Talks

  • Title TBA: Karl Henrik Grinnemo, StemTherapy partner at Uppsala University
  • Title TBA: Per-Ola Carlsson, StemTherapy partner at Uppsala University

11:30 | Lunch at Restaurant Sand (mingle with PIs & TA staff) and final poster viewing in Galleriet (Take down posters!)


Konferensalen:

12:30 | Scientific Talks Continue

13:20 | Questions to the panel

13:40 | Interdisciplinary collaboration project session (selected from abstracts)

14:30 | Best Poster Award Ceremony

Closing Remarks


From Båstad to Lund

Collect luggage and coffee to go at Galleriet and prepare to leave

15:00 | Bus departure & Annual Meeting evaluation survey

16:30 | Back in Lund

Hotel Skansen spa view.
Location of the 2025 Annual Meeting: Hotel Skånsen, Båstad, Sweden

Questions? Contact:

Claire McKay
PhD, Research Coordinator
Lund Stem Cell Center
BMC, Lund University

claire [dot] mckay [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Claire[dot]McKay[at]med[dot]lu[dot]se)

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