15:00 – 17.00 Departure from Gdańsk – Arrival at the Hotel Szarlota
18:00 – 19:00 Welcome word + Opening Lecture L1; Piotr Trzonkowski “Hypes and hopes of cell and gene therapy”
19:00 Dinner
20:00 Integration – field game
8:00 – 9:00 Breakfast
9:30 – 10:30 L2 Sebastian Sacharowski “CRISPR-Cas9 in Plant Science: Applications, Success Stories, and Regulatory Challenges”
10:30 – 11:15 L3 Sara Ricardo “Immunotherapy Biomarkers: From Concept to Practice ”
11:15-11:45 Coffee break
11:45 – 12:30 L4 Jakub Rzeszótko “From Platform to Patient: Developing an HSV Gene Therapy for Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa”
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch
14:30 – 15:15 L5 Zofia Madeja “The role of mitochondria in shaping developmental competence in mammals, lessons from the bovine model”
15:15 – 16:00 L6 Ivana Kutle “Next-generation CAR NK cell therapies for solid tumors: from target discovery to advanced preclinical validation”
16:00 – 16:30 Coffee break
16:30 – 18:00 L7 Katarzyna Tomaszczuk “Medical Writing: Writing for Clarity and Understanding”
19:00 – Dinner barbecue
08:00 – 9:00 Breakfast
09:30 – 10:30 L8 Aleksandra Milewska “Cutting Through Infection: CRISPR Tools in Modern Virology”
10:30 – 11:15 L9 Niels Geijsen “Stem Cells as Windows into Human Development, Disease and Therapy Discovery”
11:15 – 11:45 Coffee break
11:45 – 12:30 L10 Niels Geijsen “Local gene editing therapy for the treatment of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy”
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch
14:30 – 15:15 L11 Monika Pietrowska “Controlling the Molecular Message: Engineering Extracellular Vesicle Biogenesis for Cell and Gene Therapy”
15:15 – 16:30 Workshop Part 1 L12 Sarah Opitz “Good Science Leaves a Trail”
16:30 – 17:00 Coffee break
17:00 – 18:15 Workshop Part 2 L12 Ana Filipa Sobral “Taking Cell & Gene Therapies Further: A Hands-On Course Experience”
19:00 – 20:00 Dinner
08:00 – 9:00 Breakfast
Kayaking
13:30 – 14:30 Lunch
15:00 – 15:45 L13 Pierre Savatier “An Introduction to Embryo-Derived and Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells in Mammals”
15:45 – 16:30 L14 Silvestre Sampino “Early life determinants of neurodevelopmental disorders: from animal models to biomedical applications”
16:30 – 17:00 Coffee break
17:00 – 18:00 L15 Closing lecture Pierre Savatier “From Pluripotent Stem Cells to organ (re)generation”
19:00 – 20:00 Dinner
20:00 Fancy dress party – “Cellular Met Gala” – biology, but make it fashion
08:00 – 09:00 Breakfast
09:00 – 09:45 Checking out
11:00 Departure