🧬 The BSGCT Mentoring Scheme launches today!
Early career in gene or cell therapy? Apply by 30 November 2026 for a six-month mentoring partnership.
🔗 bsgct.org/mentoring-scheme/
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A huge thank you to ActionForBPAN, BPAN Matters and BPAN Heroes for sharing their insights and stories at BSGCT’s #TogetherForBPAN webinar on Wednesday.
Your contributions help raise awareness and support the BPAN community.
🎥 Watch: youtu.be/odFh_QZzw7I
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Read the latest BSGCT Travel Award blog from Luned Badder, University of Cardiff!
Find out more about the award supporting early career researchers in gene and cell therapy.
📝 bsgct.org/bsgct-travel-award…
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Join us today for BSGCT’s free PPE Talk: Together for BPAN, bringing together charities from the UK, Spain and Greece to raise awareness, support families and advance research.
🕡 6:30–7:30pm BST
🔗 Register: bsgct.org/event/bsgct-ppe-ta…
🔬 Missed our latest BSGCT online seminar?
Catch up with Dr Zoe Hewitt as she shares her career journey from PhD research to becoming a CEO, including her move into entrepreneurship and commercial development.
🎥 Watch the session on YouTube: youtube.com/watch?v=xD7orWi-…
🔬 From PhD to CEO
Join Dr Zoe Hewitt for the next BSGCT online seminar, exploring her career journey from research to entrepreneurship.
📅 24 September | 13:00–14:00 BST
💻 Online
👉 Register: bsgct.org/event/bsgct-a-care…
🔬 Could you be a BSGCT mentor?
Share your experience and help an early-career gene and cell therapy professional take their next career step.
📅 Apply by 30 November 2026.
Find out more: bsgct.org/mentoring-scheme/
#BSGCT #Mentoring
The BSGCT August newsletter is here.
Catch up on our 2027 Annual Conference, Scientific Writing Competition, 2026 Award winner interviews, latest PPE Talk and upcoming opportunities.
Read the latest from BSGCT. bsgct.org/login/
The BSGCT Annual Conference returns in 2027, bringing together researchers, clinicians and industry experts to showcase cutting-edge research, clinical advances and innovation in gene and cell therapy.
Programme, speakers and exhibitor information will be announced soon.
Join us today at 6:30pm for a free BSGCT talk with Dr Benjamin Jevans on developing stem cell therapies for Hirschsprung disease.
Register now: bsgct.org/event/bsgct-ppe-ta…
How does a stem cell therapy go from the lab to the hospital?
Join BSGCT online on Wednesday 29 July, 18:30–19:15 BST, for a Public & Patient Engagement seminar with Dr Benjamin Jevans on developing stem cell therapies for Hirschsprung disease.
Register: bsgct.org/event/bsgct-ppe-ta…
Congratulations to Francisca Wetimane, runner-up in the BSGCT Scientific Writing Competition 2026!
Read her article on how CRISPR is transforming treatment for sickle cell disease: bsgct.org/bsgct-scientific-w…
🌟 Researcher Spotlight: Asiya Fatima 🌟
MSc in Stem Cells & Regenerative Medicine | BSGCT Writing Comp 2026 runner-up | exploring α-synuclein & translational research. Read her blog 👉 bsgct.org/researcher-spotlig…
🧬 Applications are now OPEN for the BSGCT Pilot Research Grant 2026!
💷 Up to £5,000 to support innovative gene & cell therapy research
🔬 Designed for postdocs to develop novel ideas & generate preliminary data
📅 Deadline: 31 July 2026, 5pm
📩 Apply: [email protected]
The BSGCT PPIE Award 2026 goes to Tia Papoutselou for leading patient engagement at Rinri Therapeutics, shaping Rincell-1 with input from the hearing loss community, recognised as exemplary by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency.
The British Society for Gene and Cell Therapy Annual Conference starts tomorrow! 🎉
We’re excited to welcome the community to Newcastle for inspiring science, collaboration, and networking.
See you there! 👋
🎤 Speaker announcement 🎤
We’re pleased to welcome Dr Emile van den Akker to the BSCGT Annual Conference!Advancing lab-grown blood cells and gene therapies for disorders like SCD and thalassemia.
Book here: bsgct.org/annual-conference/…
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