PhD Students Retreats

The SCRM PhD Students Retreat is a tradition that began in 2014. This annual retreat is organized by and for PhD Students of the SCRM platform and for PhD Students with interests in stem cell research. Students are encouraged to present their projects not only to motivate scientific discussion between peers and two invited mentors but also to explore career plans.

PhD Students Retreat Booklets

Previous PhD Retreats

SCRM PhD Students Retreat 2024 — 11th SCRM PhD Students Retreat (2024) with Prof Alireza Mashaghi, Head of Medical Systems, Biophysics and Bioengineering, Leiden University, The Netherlands, and Dr. Luca Tamò, Clinical Operations Program Manager, Global Clinical Operations GCO, Novartis Pharma AG.

10th SCRM PhD Students Retreat (2023) with Prof Andreina Schoeberlein, Research Laboratory of Prenatal Medicine, University Clinic of Obstetrics and feto-maternal Medicine, Inselspital and University of Bern and Dr Lorenzo Leoni, Managing Partner at TiVentures, entrepreneur and founder of several biotechnology companies.

SCRM PhD Students Retreat 2022 — 9th SCRM PhD Students Retreat (2022) with Prof Alexandre Reymond, Director Center for Integrative Genomics, University of Lausanne and Dr Adrian Zürcher, Head of Research Europe and Head of Plasma Protein Research at CSL Behring.

SCRM PhD Students Retreat 2021 — 8th SCRM PhD Students Retreat (2021) with Prof Michal Schwartz, Neuroimmunology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel and Prof Jürgen Burger, Director Translational Medicine and Entrepreneurship, sitem Center and sitem School, Bern.

SCRM PhD Students Retreat 2020 — 7th SCRM PhD Students Retreat (2020) with Prof Catherine Verfaillie, Head of the Stem Cell Institute Leuven (SCIL), KU Leuven, Belgium and Dr Roland Leathers, Senior Manager Strategic Alliances Life Sciences Solutions, Thermo Fisher Scientific.

SCRM PhD Students Retreat 2019 — 6th SCRM PhD Students Retreat (2019) with Prof Fiona M. Watt, Director of the Centre for Stem Cells & Regenerative Medicine, King’s College London and Dr Caroline Blumer Toti, Senior Global Marketing Manager at Miltenyi Biotec GmbH.

SCRM PhD Students Retreat 2018 — 5th SCRM PhD Students Retreat (2018) with Prof Joerg Huelsken, EPFL Lausanne and Dr Susan Kirkland, Novartis Pharma.

SCRM PhD Students Retreat 2017 — 4th SCRM PhD Students Retreat (2017) with Prof Fredric Manfredsson, Michigan State University and Dr Christine Weber, Associate Editor at Nature Cell Biology.

SCRM PhD Students Retreat 2016 — 3rd SCRM PhD Students Retreat (2016) with Prof Marcelo Rivolta, University of Sheffield and Dr Liane Höfferer, Senior Director R&D, CSL Behring.

SCRM PhD Students Retreat 2015 — 2nd SCRM PhD Students Retreat (2015) with Prof Allen Eaves, STEMCELL Technologies, Vancouver and Dr Roberto Lacone, Global Head Stem Cell Research, Roche.