Janet MacPherson, PhD Senior Editor, ISCT Telegraft NSW Health Pathology SLHD Cell Therapy Program Australia Last month I had the privilege to connect and chat with one of the early leaders of ISCT (or ISHAGE as it was back then). Our third President, Scott Rowley, MD, FACP, is now...
Ashley Krull, Ph.D. Contributing Editor, ISCT Telegraft Associate Director, Cell Therapy Manufacturing and Engineering James Cancer Hospital Cellular Therapy Laboratory Assistant Professor, Hematology The Ohio State University United States ISCT welcomed fifteen scholars from...
C. Russell Y. Cruz, MD, PhD Senior Editor, ISCT Telegraft Associate Professor, Children's National Hospital United States “If I seem to see further,” Isaac Newton once famously said, “it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.” For centuries, scientific advances depended on people...
Travis Byrd, PhD Junior Associate Editor, ISCT Telegraft Wexner Medical Center – James Cancer Hospital The Ohio State University United States Dr. Allen C. Eaves is widely recognized as a foundational figure in the fields of hematology, oncology, and biotechnology, having made transformative...
Janet MacPherson, PhD Senior Editor, ISCT Telegraft NSW Health Pathology Australia In 2025, the regulatory landscape for cell and gene therapies (CGT) has taken a turn that reflects the sector’s rapid maturation. Regulators are facing challenges to keep pace with the need to balance...
Miguel Forte, MD, PhD ISCT President Kiji Therapeutics Belgium The “three body problem” relates to a famous unsolved problem in classical mechanics of predicting the motion of three gravitationally interacting bodies given their initial positions and velocities. It is also the title of a...
Dr. Vorapin Chinchalongporn, PhD SC21 Bio-Pharma Laboratories Thailand Dr. Tongted Das, PhD Monash Health Australia Adam Lee, MS Thermo Fisher Scientific United States The 2025 Global Regulatory Perspectives (GRP), a flagship element of the ISCT annual meeting program since 2009 was held...
Guarav Sutrave, MBBS, FRACP, FRCPA, PhD The Westmead Institute for Medical Research The University of Sydney Australia Alicia Didsbury, PhD ISCT ESP Committee Member University of Auckland New Zealand Ali Shokoohmand, PhD ISCT ESP Committee Member The University of Queensland...
This month's LPC snapshot dives deep into some key topics around compliance and quality management. Ever worry about where to get started with compliance in the lab, preparation for accreditation, or need some tips and thoughts around selecting ideal data management or electronic records...
Author(s): Mikey Creane, BSc, MSc, PhD ISCT ESP Committee Member ISCT Ethics of Cell and Gene Therapy Committee Ireland Monica Klein, MD ISCT ESP Committee Member ISCT Lab Practices Committee Member United States It’s that time again! The ISCT is getting ready to kick off a brand-new...