Lund Stem Cell Center's Annual Meeting
Warm welcome to our 2025 Annual Meeting in Båstad!

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This new session format highlights collaborative, unpublished projects presented jointly by two researchers from different groups and scientific disciplines.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:
- Talk Title TBA: Camila Consiglio, Systems Immunology Research Group
- Talk Title TBA: Giulia Saredi, Laboratory of Molecular Neurogenetics
- Young Researcher Talks (selected from abstracts)
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
- Title TBA: Malin Parmar, Developmental and Regenerative Neurobiology Research Group
- Young Researcher Talks (selected from abstracts)
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

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)
Organising Committee:
- Alicja Krawczun Rygmaczewska
- Claire McKay
- Christopher Douse
- Franziska Olm
- Ilia Kurochkin
- Indra Putra Wendi
- Niels Bjarne Woods
- Virginia Turati
- Vivien Horvath