Searching for information about #stemcells, therapies or latest in research? Visit the new @StemCellAus website to help guide your research and have your questions answered. stemcellsaustralia.edu.au @MS_Australia @mndaustralia @SpinalCure @AusStemCell @CPAllianceAU @MSKAust

Congratulations to Declan Turner from @RhiannonWerder Lab @reNEW_Global @MCRI_for_kids for winning the #ARTxSCIENCE2025 competition with ‘A Deep Breath’; renew.science/artxscience/ar… Rhiannon is one of our 2024 Metcalf Prize winners. We're announcing 2025 winners next month.

Early career editor Bruno Di Stefano (@DiStefano_Lab) is presenting at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory "Cell Fate Conversions" meeting today in NY, USA. Connect with him to discuss whether your research is a fit for publishing in Stem Cell Reports! #cshldirect

#ARTxSCIENCE2025 When #science meets art and reveals ongoing #stemcell research with the potential to transform the lives of people with so far incurable diseases. Help us find a winner by voting for your favorite here: lnkd.in/eaQ6bFVU Red vs Green The main focus of our research is to better understand the characteristics that define an #endocrinecelltype within the #islet. Traditionally, each islet cell type is classified by the metabolic hormone it produces—for instance, beta cells secrete insulin, while alpha cells secrete glucagon. However, the identity of these endocrine cell types is not fixed and can be reshaped by external stimuli. Understanding islet cell plasticity can provide insight into what cues drive these transitions and how mature islet cells can be redirected towards a more desirable phenotype. Such knowledge, for instance, could help improve glycemic control in patients and provide strategies to promote stem cell differentiation into insulin-producing beta cells. Our results demonstrate that islet cell identity undergoes rapid changes in response to specific metabolites. These findings suggest that carefully tailored dietary interventions for patients, as well as optimized culture media for stem cells, may hold therapeutic potentials. Credits: Yun Suk Chae, PhD Candidate,  Islet Lab (De Koning lab), reNEW Leiden @UCPH_Research @UCPH_health @novonordiskfond

#ARTxSCIENCE2025 Discover the power of #stemcells through artistic expression and ongoing research. Help up find a winner and vote for your favorite: lnkd.in/eaQ6bFVU Gold Standard: the impenetrable barrier of the bladder The inside lining of the #bladder, the #urothelium, forms the tightest barrier in the body, protecting us from urine and bacteria. While the bladder expands and contracts, the urothelium must constantly reorganize itself to maintain the barrier. Our goal is to understand how the barrier is maintained, reorganized and repaired, as the loss of this barrier is a hallmark of #bladderdiseases such as #bladderpainsyndrome (BPS) and #chronicurinarytractinfections (UTIs). BPS and chronic UTIs cause debilitating bladder pain in a collective 3% of the population. There is no lasting #cure, the cause is often unknown, and the effect of current treatment is highly variable. Using stem cells, we aim to create a model of the urothelium that fully recapitulates the properties in the native bladder, a “gold standard”. This model will allow us to better understand complex diseases such as BPS and chronic UTIs to pave the way for better treatments. Led by Dr. Mariaceleste Aragona, our research team has already grown urothelium in a dish from human cells that closely reproduces the morphology of native bladder tissue. Using mice and stem cell models, we are now working on elucidating the complex mechanisms that allow the urothelium to regenerate and stretch to an extraordinary degree while maintaining its barrier. Knowing how the healthy urothelium works will allow us to understand what goes wrong in disease. Credits: Oscar Bay Axelsen, PhD Student, @AragonaLab, reNEW Copenhagen @UCPH_Research @UCPH_health @novonordiskfond

Excited to share our new study on an integrated human SCBEM! Congratulations to Seiya and Leijie! While the model isn’t perfect, we hope it serves as a valuable tool to help tackle some of the key unanswered questions in early human development. cell.com/cell-stem-cell/full…

Researchers led by Dr. Kathy Niakan demonstrate the molecular mechanisms governing inner cell mass specification in human development. Get the full story in @NatureComms! 🙌 go.nature.com/3U3rYfQ

I fully agree that we should have a step-by-step approach focused on quality, rather than unnecessarily rushing into later stages and creating abnormal tissues. We cannot properly culture human embryos until 14 days and should probably focus on getting the first steps right.

I'm excited to be co-organizing this symposium in Boston! We'll be taking a closer look at what's in the clinic, what's close, and what's on the horizon for stem cell therapies. #StemCellTherapy #Biotechnology #MedicalInnovation #Symposium

Meet stem cell researcher and author David Pamies. Learn about their research and experience of publishing in Stem Cell Reports: hubs.li/Q03twtNg0 @stemcellreports (@ISSCR) advances standards, ethics, and research integrity in stem cell research.

Our next episode features Dr. James Briscoe (@briscoejames) from @TheCrick! Check out his team's @Nature paper developing a 3D model of human trunk formation: go.nature.com/4lzKF77

There is still some time to secure your spot at the next Niche meeting in CPH. We have a great lineup of speakers! @novonordiskfond @reNEW_Global sciencecluster.dk/event/conf…

Congratulations to our 2024 Metcalf Prize winner Dr William Roman and his team 👏 @Wi_Roman @MonashUni @ARMI_Labs Find out why we backed him: stemcellfoundation.net.au/wi…

‘New Treatment May Cure Severe Type 1 Diabetes, Study Finds’ – results of a small, two-phase clinical trial of stem cell therapy developed by Boston-based @VertexPharma [Paper - doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa250654…]: sciencealert.com/new-treatme… @UofT

Incredibly humbled & grateful to @ASH_hematology for the honour of the William Dameshek Prize. A recognition that belongs to the awesome scientists I have the privilege of working with every day in @TheDawsonLab @PeterMacRes @GenCancerCentre

Have you secured your place for our CAR T-cell therapy Masterclass? Our experts will share their practical experiences with identifying appropriate patients, aspects of infusion management, and insights into optimizing outcomes for patients with R/R DLBCL or R/R FL.

We're looking forward to Dr. @Jacob_Hanna's talk on synthetic ex utero embryogenesis at #ISSCR2025! We had the pleasure of speaking with Dr. Hanna in 2022 to discuss his work on embryo models. Listen to the episode here: bit.ly/43sSJ2P

We can't wait to sit down with Drs. Hongkui Deng and Candice Liew at #ISSCR2025! Join us for a live show discussing their groundbreaking work on ciPSCs for the treatment of #Type1Diabetes.

RFK Jr. acknowledges receiving unproven stem cell treatment statnews.com/2025/06/06/rfk-… by @pknoepfler via @statnews "Even with arguably careful agency regulation of cell and gene therapies to date, we have seen some new approaches lead to serious adverse events..."

Delighted to see our first Executive Officer David Zerman awarded AM in today's Kind's Birthday Honours. The Metcalf Prizes for Stem Cell Research were inaugurated during his time at the helm of our Foundation. Congratulations David.