British Society for Gene and Cell Therapy (BSGCT)

We partnered with Phacilitate to offer BSGCT members a discounted registration to attend the Advanced Therapies Europe (ATE) Meeting 2024 being held at the Estoril Congress Centre, Lisbon (Sep 10-12 2024). ATE2024 aims to inspire innovation across borders, connecting innovators with investors and industry professionals, policy and regulators experts to transform the potential of Advanced Therapies into real-world therapeutics for European patients. If you’re a BSGCT member check your inbox to find the discount code and the link to submit abstracts. https://lnkd.in/e4r975Kz

Absolutely thrilled to have co-chaired the Ocular and Central Nervous System session at the British Society for Gene and Cell Therapy (BSGCT)'s Oxford 2024 conference this week. The session hosted some truly talented scientists, with presentations from UCL's Simon Waddington on Dopamine Transporter Deficiency Syndrome, Oxford's Jasmina Cehajic Kapetanovic on Gene Therapies for Retinal Disease, Edinburgh's Ralph Hector on a Self-Regulating Gene Therapy for Rett Syndrome, and ikarovec 's CSO Katie Binley on Next-Gen Treatments for Geographic Atrophy. The session was wrapped up by Katie Greed representing the Phelan McDermid Syndrome Foundation UK, giving a wonderful overview and heartfelt account of the disease. Huge thanks to these amazing speakers, and an extra special thank you to my co-chair Amy Geard for being an absolute pro!

What a way to bow out! A simply brilliant British Society for Gene and Cell Therapy (BSGCT) annual conference in Oxford - a wonderful way to end my 10 year tenure on the board - the last 4 years as the Society's treasurer. I can't thank the wonderful fellow board members (past and present) enough for all their support and dedication of this wonderful society. Not only are they all awesome scientists, but they are even better people who make running the society great fun. I couldn't be prouder of everything we have achieved together, and excited for where we are headed next. I will be watching from afar. If you are in the gene and cell therapy community, then please help support the society through membership if you aren't already. Be a part of something amazing! Hasta la vista baby, Treasurer 2020-2024 over and out! Amy Geard Florian T. Merkle Rebeca Gil Stuart Nicklin Ellie Chilcott Rafael J Yáñez-Muñoz Beata Surmacz-Cordle, MSc, PhD, CMgr FCMI, MBA candidate Christos Georgiadis Gerry Maclachlan Alexander Baker Ivana Barbaric Carly Bliss Rajvinder Karda Riccardo Privolizzi, PhD Zoe Hewitt

I was delighted to present at the British Society for Gene and Cell Therapy (BSGCT) annual conference in Oxford today and share our progress in understanding the genetic stability of human pluripotent stem cells. Thank you to Zoe Hewitt from Regen CTC for the photo!

What an incredible week at Cheltenham Science Festival! We would like to say a very big thank you to everyone who visited our interactive stand, attended our panel session, and participated in the workshops. Your curiosity and enthusiasm made this week a great success! #CheltSciFest  Innovation Hubs for Gene Therapies Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult British Society for Gene and Cell Therapy (BSGCT) LifeArc Medical Research Council

Brilliant discussion @CheltSciFest on “Gene Therapy: The Future of Medicine?" With Prof Bobby Gaspar, Dharmisha Stezaly and Vivienne Parry 🧬 British Society for Gene and Cell Therapy (BSGCT) UCL Innovation Hub for Gene Therapies: London (GTVF) LifeArc UCL Translational Research Office (TRO) UCL Business Ltd

BSGCT are proud to announce our inaugural "Outstanding Achievement" and "Services to the Society" award winners. Congratulations to Prof adrian thrasher of UCL Institute for Child Health Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, who is our inaugural "outstanding Achievement" award. His work "put the UK at the forefront of clinical translation of gene therapy" and has proven curative and life saving in many children with primary immunodeficiencies. Prof Thrasher will collect his award and delivery his keynote lecture at BSGCT 2025 in London. Also congratulations to Prof Simon Waddington of UCL, who is our inaugural "Services to the Society" award, for "his dedication to the society's outreach and engagement goals and efforts in training and promoting the careers of early career researchers, and supporting them all the way to senior posts". Congratulations both - two hugely worthy winners! We look forward to seeing you all in Oxford!

Calling all #ECRs registered for the BSGCT conference #Oxford2024 in June. Free networking lunch and walking tour of Oxford prior the start of the meeting on Monday 17th! Sign up for one/both here: https://lnkd.in/ewuVcBcd First come, first serve, with limited places available.

Great opportunity here to join our treasurer Alan Parker FLSW's lab in Cardiff as a PhD student 👇 https://lnkd.in/epwfepvD