CTRMS 2025 - Mobis

Pre-Congress Symposium: Beyond Islets: Pioneering and translating immune and genetic engineering for transformative cell therapies

Wednesday October 22, 2025 from 14:30 to 16:30

Hall A2-3

Lectures

14:30 - 14:50

ET.1 State of the art of islet transplantation for treatment of type 1 diabetes as an example of allogeneic therapeutic cell replacement therapy

Thierry Berney, France
14:50 - 15:10

ET.2 Novel strategies in cell therapies for diabetes, beyond conventional immunosuppression

Dr. Giacomo Lanzoni, United States
15:10 - 15:30

ET.3 Preclinical evaluation of niche devices for localized immunomodulation in islet transplantation in patients with type 1 diabetes and applicability of the device in other regenerative medicine fields

Dr. Alessandro Grattoni, United States
15:30 - 15:50

ET.4 Engineering islets for tolerance: A first in human safety study

Dr. Shane T Grey, Australia
15:50 - 16:30

ET.5 Panel discussion

Prof. Kenneth Brayman, United States