PREMSTEM Conference: Research into neonatal brain repair

Discover PREMSTEM's research into stem cells from umbilical cord tissue as a therapy for preterm brain injury and share your own research.

Join us in person or online for the PREMSTEM Conference (Barcelona 13-15 May 2025)

Since 2020, the PREMSTEM research team has been conducting research into human mesenchymal stem cells from donated umbilical cord tissue as a potential treatment for brain injury associated with preterm birth.

You are invited to hear results from our scientific endeavours and how they might benefit society, as well as the next steps for our research and plans for clinical trials. We also invite you to share the findings from your own work and build new relationships to enrich this important research area.

The conference programme will cover the following topics:

  • Novel and innovative approaches to screening
  • Using large animal translational models and how to do it better
  • In vitro studies of stem cell activities
  • Cell based therapies in animal studies
  • Imaging modalities
  • Alternatives and adjuncts to stem cells (extracellular vesicles)
  • From pre-clinical work to an approved therapy
  • Learnings from co-creation: involving external stakeholders in research

This conference will be of interest to medical professionals, researchers, policy makers, professionals working in regulatory bodies, parent and patient associations, and colleagues from the European Commission and other funding bodies. We welcome members from across the scientific community, including those from outside the PREMSTEM consortium, to support our overarching goal of improving outcomes for neonates.

If you can't make it to Barcelona, select the online registration to watch live. In person conference attendance is capped at 120 participants. To attend in person, register by 1 April 2025.

Please note that sessions will be filmed and there will be a professional photographer taking photos during the event for promotional and reporting purposes.

PREMSTEM has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 874721. Results reflect the author's view only. The European Commission is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information it contains.

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We are also inviting abstract submissions. Information can be found on the PREMSTEM website.

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