ISCT is pleased to introduce our new ISCT Chief Scientific Officer Dr. Rachele Ciccocioppo. As CSO, Dr. Ciccocioppo will represent the academic pillar of the Society and be the leadership voice of the scientific committees within ISCT. Rachele Ciccocioppo, MD ...
From the President's Desk: Inaugural Letter By: Jacques Galipeau, MD FRCP(C) Don and Marilyn Anderson Professor in Oncology Associate Dean for Therapeutics Development University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health You know cell & gene therapy (CGT) is in the...
From the Editors: Ballpark Musings on CGT Workforce Development By: Ashley Krull, PhD Telegraft Contributing Editor Mayo Clinic Rochester Rochester, United States Workforce development was a major theme of the 2022 ISCT Annual Meeting in San Francisco. It seemed to come up in...
Recent Initiatives in Australia and New Zealand By: Gabrielle O’Sullivan PhD MPH Executive Officer, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Institutional Biosafety Committee, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Australia Giulia Giunti PhD Quality Manager, Malaghan Institute of...
Members Spotlight: Sandeep Soni, MD ISCT 2022 Meeting Co-Chair ISCT Immuno & Gene Therapy Committee Co-Chair By: Ashley Krull, PhD Telegraft Contributing Editor Mayo Clinic Rochester Rochester, United States Interview with Dr. Sandeep Soni ...
Under the Microscope: Callus Organoids derived from Human Periosteal Cells By: Gabriella Nilsson Hall, PhD Postdoctoral Researcher Niki Loverdou, MSc PhD Student Ioannis Papantoniou, PhD Associate Professor Skeletal Biology & Engineering Research Centre, Department of...
LPC Snapshot - June 2022 ISCT 2022 Meeting Highlight - Non-Malignant Applications of CAR T By: Medhat Askar, MD, PhD, MSHPE, F(ACHI), FRCPath Transplant Immunology, COVID-19 & Cell Processing Laboratories Baylor University Medical Center Clinical Professor of Pathology &...
Cytotherapy Corner By: Donald G. Phinney, PhD Senior Editor UF Scripps Biomedical Research Jupiter, FL, USA Hello everyone. In keeping with the new format of highlighting select works in each Cytotherapy issue, I would like to draw attention to the paper by Kirkham et al....
North America Legal and Regulatory Affairs Watchdog Update June 2022 By: Kaitlin Morrison, PhD Director of UNC Lineberger Sponsored Clinical Research, UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center Assistant Professor of Medicine- Hematology, University of North Carolina- Chapel...
Europe Legal and Regulatory Affairs Watchdog Update June 2022 By: Hind Al Belushi, PhD ISCT Legal and Regulatory Affairs Committee: Europe Royal Hospital Sultanate of Oman Committee for Advanced Therapies (CAT) CAT is the European Medicines Agency's (EMA)...