Integrating Biophysics into Stem Cell Biology
An ISSCR Digital Webinar.
Image: Norden Lab, Lucrezia Ferme and Elisa Nerli
Program Description: The emerging field of stem cell mechanobiology explores how stem cells integrate biochemical and physical cues from their microenvironment to influence cell fate. This program brings together the tissue engineering and the ISSCR communities to highlight the critical role of biophysics in stem cell research. Biologists collaborate with theoreticians to measure biophysical changes using models based on physical and mathematical principles. The webinar presentations are organized in pairs, each featuring a biologist and a theoretician, to emphasize the collaborative nature of these projects. The discussions will span biological scales, from subcellular structures to macroscale tissue organization, illustrating how these factors, along with the biomechanical properties of stem cells and their environment, influence cell fate establishment and regeneration.
The webinar will take place on 14 October 2025 at 11:00 a.m. - 12:45 p.m. EDT
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Registration Details
Registration for this webinar is open to all audiences.
As an ISSCR member benefit, members are invited to register at no cost.
The registration fee for non-members is $150.00 USD.
Non-members from countries identified by the World Bank as "low- and low-middle income countries"
receive a 50% reduction on registration rates. Eligible countries can be found here.
Registration will close 3 hours prior to the beginning of the webinar
The webinar will be hosted via Zoom. Registrants will receive an email reminder with the webinar link one day, and one hour prior to the event.
This webinar is developed and organized by ISSCR members.
Moderators
Alberto Elosegui Artola, PhD
Windie Höfs, PhD
Speakers
Zena Hadjivasiliou, PhD
Asa Kalish
Yonit Maroudas-Sacks, PhD
Carl Modes, PhD
Caren Norden, PhD
Nicoletta Petridou, PhD
Marko Popović, PhD
Vasudha Srivastava, PhD