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MRCRM 3rd International Meeting on Regenerative Medicine 2025

Join us at the Mohn Research Centre for Regenerative Medicine (MRCRM) for our third international meeting in Bergen on May 12-13, 2025. We are excited to announce that five outstanding speakers are already confirmed, with more to be revealed soon. The event will take place at the prestigious Grand Hotel Terminus.

12.
May
2025
2 days
  1. 12. May 2025, 12:00 PM - 6:00 PM
  2. 13. May 2025, 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
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Time and place

When

  1. 12. May 2025, 12:00 PM - 6:00 PM
  2. 13. May 2025, 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Where

Grand Hotel Terminus Zander Kaaesgate 6, 5015 Bergen

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The 3rd International Meeting on Regenerative Medicine will showcase groundbreaking research and clinical trials utilizing advanced therapy medicinal products (ATMPs) for various diseases and wound healing. The conference will also feature bio-engineered human organs and explore strategies to advance and accelerate the development of ATMPs in Norway.

Our Scientific Program features a lineup of renowned speakers sharing insights to the latest developments in regenerative medicine. Furthermore, we invite PhD and master's students to showcase their research at the Lightning Talks Session. Our social program includes a mingling conference dinner, as well as lunch and snacks.

Confirmed speakers

  • Pierfrancesco Pagella, PhD, Associate Professor, Linköpig University, Sweden
  • Clemens Schiestl, MD, PhD, Professor, University of Zürich, Switzerland
  • Øyvind Molberg, Professor, Oslo University Hospital, Norway
  • Michael Ziller, PhD, Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Münster, Germany
  • Gro Gausdal, PhD, University of Bergen and Haukeland Univ. Hospital, Norway
  • Jordi Requena Osete, PhD, Researcher at the Psychiatric Molecular Genetics group, Oslo Univ. Hospital, Norway  
  • Anne Katrine Wiencke, MD, PhD, Associate professor, senior consultant in ophthalmology at the department of Ophthalmology at Rigshospitalet and Copenhagen University
  • The Norwegian Medical Products Agency (DMP)

 

Program (tentative schedule)

Day 1, Monday, May 12
11.30 - 12.30 | Registration opens

 

Session 1

  
12.30 - 12.35 | Welcome  Einar K. Kristoffersen, Mohn Research Centre for Regenerative Medicine
12.35 - 12.50 | ATMP Norway Einar K. Kristoffersen
12.50 - 13.30 | Title TBA Øyvind Molberg, Professor, Oslo University Hospital, Norway
13.30 - 14.10 |   

14.10 - 14.40 | Coffee break

  

Session 2

  
14.40 - 15.10 |  
15.10 - 15.40 |   

15.40 - 16.30 | Lightning Talk Session 
  • Young investigators showcase their research
  • 5-6 min presentations + 2-3 min Q&A
  • Top 2 students will be awarded during the dinner

16.30 - 19.00 | Mingle dinner

 
  • Dinner in the mingle area
  • Announcement of the winners of the Lightning Talk Session

Day 2, Tuesday, May 13 (Tentative schedule)

Session 3

  
09.00 - 09.40 |   
09.40 - 10.20 | Mesenchymal stem cell therapy in aqueous deficient dry eye disease   Anne Katrine Wiencke, Associate professorr and senior consultant Rigshospitalet and Copenhagen University, Denmark

10.20 - 11.00 | Coffee break and hotel check-out

  

Session 4

  
11.00 - 11.40 | Biofabrication and emulation of human oral tissues and disease models   Pierfrancesco Pagella, Associate Professor, Linköpig University, Sweden
11.40 - 12.20 |  

12.20 - 13.20 | LUNCH

  

Session 5

  
13.20 - 14.00 | Dissecting the Genetic Basis of Schizophrenia Using Functional Genomics and Pluripotent Stem Cell Models Michael Ziller, Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Münster, Germany
14.00 - 14.40 | TBA Jordi Requena Osete, PhD,  Researcher at the Psychiatric Molecular Genetics group, Oslo University Hospital, Norway  

14.40 - 15.00 | Coffee break

  

Session 6

  
15.00 - 15.30 |   
15.30 - 15.35 | Closing remarks Einar K. Kristoffersen, MRCRM

 

 

Registration

SIGN UP FOR THE 3RD INTERNATIONAL MEETING ON REGENERATIVE MEDICINE HERE

Standard fee: 1 750,- NOK

Student (undergraduate) fee: 750,- NOK

This price is the same for participation for one or two days, and includes the mingle dinner on Monday, May 12th. 

To order the accurate number of seatings, please use the correct box when indicating which days your are attending the conference. To avoid excess food waste, please indicate if you will attend the dinner. 

Certificates of attendance and/or participation in the lightning talks will be available after the conference. 

Lightning Talk Session

We invite young researchers to submit their abstracts for a Lightning Talk session at the MRCRM International Meeting on Monday, May 12 2025.

Guidance:

  1. Lightning talk consists of 5-6 minutes of oral presentation, maximum 5 slides and 2-3 minutes of Q&A.
  2. The abstract should include an introduction, materials & methods, results, and conclusion. 
  3. The length of the abstract should be 250 words or less.
  4. All abstracts will be considered primarily for the lightning talk session. If there are more abstracts for the dedicated time, the committee may ask some candidates to present it as a poster.
  5. The top 2 presenters will be awarded during the conference dinner. 
  6. The conference will give credit for scientific dissemination to all presenting PhD candidates.

Important dates

  • January 16: Submission opens
  • April 25: Abstract submission deadline 
  • April 30: Abstract Notifications Emailed to Presenters

To submit your abstract:

Send your abstract by email to MRCRM@helse-bergen.no

We look forward to receiving abstracts from emerging researchers!

Sponsors

A big thanks to our sponsors who make the event possible!

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Sponsors of MRCRM's 3rd International Meeting on Regenerative Medicine

Visit our sponsor webpages for more information about their products and solutions:

Thermo Fisher Scientific

Miltenyi Biotec 

 

Contact us at MRCRM@helse-bergen.no if your company want to join as a sponsor with an "Exhibitor" package. 

 

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