PREMSTEM Conference: Research into neonatal brain repair

13 May 2025 - 15 May 2025 €50 – €300 Barcelona Register

PREMSTEM Conference: Research into neonatal brain repair

13 May 2025 - 15 May 2025

€50 – €300

Barcelona

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.

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

Preliminary programme	PREMSTEM Conference
Dates	13-15 May 2025
Venue	SB Hotel Diagonal Zero (Pl. de Llevant, Sant Martí, 08019 Barcelona)
EVENT SCHEDULE
Tuesday 13 May	Time (CET)	Activity	Chair(s)
	12.30-1.30pm	Registration desk open
	1.30-2pm	Opening address	Pierre Gressens (Inserm)
	2-3.30pm	Novel and innovative approaches to screening	Bobbi Fleiss (RMIT University)
	3.30-4pm	Coffee break
	4-5pm	Keynote with Q&A (plenary session)	Pierre Gressens (Inserm)
	5-7pm	Posters and networking

Wednesday 14 May	Time (CET)	Activity	Chair(s)
	8-9am	Registration desk open
	8.30-10am	Using large animal translational models and how to do it better	Tim Wolfs (Maastricht University)
	10-10.30am	Coffee break
	10.30am-12pm	From pre-clinical work to an approved therapy	Fabrizio Facchinetti (Chiesi Farmaceutici) Nicola Pelizzi (Chiesi Farmaceutici)
	12-2pm	Lunch and posters
	2-3.30pm	Cell based therapies in animal studies	Ivo Bendix (Essen University Hospital) Ursula Felderhoff-Müser (Essen University Hospital)
	3.30-4pm	Coffee break
	4-5.30pm	Imaging modalities	Mickael Tanter (Inserm/Iconeus) Yohan van de Looij (University of Geneva)

Thursday 15 May	Time (CET)	Activity	Chair(s)
	8-9am	Registration desk open
	8.30-10am	Learnings from co-creation: involving external stakeholders in research	Teresa Primavesi-Poggio (EFCNI) Hannah Tribe (RMIT Europe)
	10-10.30am	Coffee break
	10.30am-12pm	In vitro studies of stem cell activities	Cora Nijboer (UMC Utrecht) Caroline de Theije (UMC Utrecht)
	12-12.30pm	Coffee break
	12.30-2pm	Alternatives and adjuncts to stem cells (EVs)	Claudia Verderio (IN-CNR)
	2-2.15pm	Closing remarks	Pierre Gressens (Inserm)

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