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Asian Alliance for Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine (AASCRM) Webinar Series 2026 (virtual)

​Date:     25 Aug 26 (Tuesday)

Time:     11:00 - 12:30 (SGT)

Peng DU

Peking University, China

"Capturing Totipotent Stem Cells"

Hiroaki OKAE

Kumamoto University, Japan

"Signaling Center-Based Embryo Model Recapitulates Early Human Organogenesis"

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PAST SEMINARS:

AASCRM Webinar Series 2026 - July 26

Jinwook CHOI Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), Korea

"Stem Cell Plasticity and Niche Remodeling in Tissue Regeneration and Early Tumor Development"

Rhiannon WERDER, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI), Australia

"Decoding Respiratory Infection and Repair with Stem Cell Models of the Lung"

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AASCRM Webinar Series 2026 - June 26

Takuya YAMAMOTO, Kyoto University, Japan

"Whole-Mount 3D In Situ Seq"

Guanghui LIU, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

"Programming and Reprogramming of Aging"

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AASCRM Webinar Series 2026 - May 26

James HUDSON, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Australia

 "Tissue Engineered Solutions for Heart Failure—Cellular Therapeutics and Drug Discovery" 

Chul-Hwan LEE, Seoul National University, Korea

"Human Neural Organoids: Brain and Beyond"

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AASCRM Webinar Series 2026 - April 26

Jinyue LIU, Genome Institute of Singapore

 "Spatial architecture of autism pathogenesis during early development"  

Yangfei XIANG, ShanghaiTech University, China

 "Human Neural Organoids: Brain and Beyond" 

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Farewell Lecture, Huck Hui NG

26 March 2026 (Thu), 16:00 - 17:00

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AASCRM Webinar Series 2026 - March 26

Hyuk-Jin CHA, Seoul National University, Korea

"Mutation-Agnostic Base Editing of the Progerin Farnesylation Site Rescues Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome Phenotypes in Neuromuscular Organoids"

Richard SHE, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

"Decoding the Genetic Landscape of Human Evolution"

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Organoid Day 2026, 12 February 2026, Main Auditorium, NTU@one-north Executive Center

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AASCRM Webinar Series 2026 - February 26

Leqian YU, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

"Embryo 3D Reconstruction and Embryo Models: Get a Glimpse of the Human Early Development"

Jose POLO, Adelaide University, Australia

"Understanding Human Reprogramming: A Journey From Epiblast to Trophoblast and Into iBlastoids"

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AASCRM Webinar Series 2026 - January 26

Ryuji YOKOKAWA, Kyoto University, Japan

"Vascular Microphysiological Systems (MPS) for Viral Pathogenesis and Drug Evaluations"

Andy TAY,National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore

"Biomaterials to Engineer Human Immune Cells and Tissues"

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AASCRM Webinar Series 2025 - December 25

Yeri Alice RIM, The Catholic University of Korea, Korea

"Clinical-grade iPSC-derived chondrogenic micropellets for the treatment of advanced cartilage defects"

Makoto IKEYA, CiRA, Kyoto University, Japan

"iPSC-based knee cartilage regeneration"

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AASCRM Webinar Series 2025 - November 25

Shugo TOHYAMA, Fujita Health University, Japan

"Metabolism-based cardiomyocytes production systems from human iPSCs for regenerative therapy and disease modeling"

Soah LEE, Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea

"Advancing cardiac tissue engineering using iPSC and bioprinting technologies"

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AASCRM Webinar Series 2025 - October 25

Derrick ONG, National University of Singapore

"Uncovering novel glioblastoma dependencies for mechanism-guided therapies"

Chong LIU, Zhejiang University, China

"Decipher the roadmap of gliomagenesis"

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AASCRM Webinar Series 2025 - September 25

Yi Arial ZENG, Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

"Harnessing Adult Stem Cells for Pancreatic Islet Regeneration"

Adrian TEO, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, A*STAR, Singapore

"Functionalising genes associated with pancreatic beta cell dysfunction and diabetes"

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AASCRM Webinar Series 2025 - August 25 

Ho-Chang JEONG, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, South Korea

"Unraveling the bone marrow failure caused by USB1 mutation through hESC-based hematopoiesis"

Jonathan Yuin-Han LOH, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Singapore

"Direct reprogramming as a source of hematopoietic progenitor cells"

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AASCRM Webinar Series 2025 - July 25 

Shizuka MIURA, Kusyu University, Japan

"Conversion of dedifferentiated hepatocytes into intestinal epithelial cells"

Bin WANG, Chongqing University, China

"Chromatin accessibility: An essential role in gastric tumorigenesis and patient stratification"

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AASCRM Webinar Series 2025 - June 25

Miki ANDO, Juntendo University, Japan

"Development of next-generation T cell therapy for hematological malignancies and beyond"

Qi-Jing LI, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Singapore

"Back to the Future --  A learning journey of T cell therapy against solid tumors"

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AASCRM Webinar Series - May 25

Haoyi WANG, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

"Improving T Cell therapy using novel gene editing tools"

Hyungseok SEO, Seoul National University, Republic of Korea

"Reinvigorating CAR T cells: transcriptional and epigenetic modulation to overcome exhaustion in solid tumors"

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AASCRM Webinar Series - Apr 25

Yoonhee JIN, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Korea

"Biomimetic extracellular microenvironment for engineering female reproductive systems"

Hongmei WANG, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

"Deciphering the mechanisms of primate early embryogenesis and placentation"

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AASCRM Webinar Series - Mar 25

Bon-Kyoung KOO, Institute for Basic Science, Korea

"Epithelial WNT secretion drives niche escape of developing gastric cancer"

Grace YEO, Genome Institute of Singapore, Singapore

"Spatial omics reveals regional neighborhoods associated with intra-tumoral epithelial heterogeneity in colorectal cancer"

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AASCRM Webinar Series - Feb 25

Jichang WANG, Sun Yat-sen University, China

"Generation of xenochimeric blastoids assembled from human expandable trophectoderm-like cells and mESCs"

Yasuhiro TAKASHIMA, CiRA, Japan

"Naive human PSCs model pre- to post-implantation development"

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Asian Alliance for Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine (AASCRM) - Jan 25

Xinyi SU, IMCB, Singapore

"Retinal Cell Therapy: Progress and Challenges"

Tadao MAEDA, VCCT Inc, Japan

"iPSC-derived retinal cell in regenerative medicine: current progress and future prospective"

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