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Registration is free and please RSVP for the academic and social events including light breakfast/ lunch/ reception by March 1 st , 2026, at:
2026 1st Annual Scintillon Innovator Forum — The Scintillon Research Institute
We look forward to seeing you at the beautiful Catamaran Hotel and Beachfront for an inspiring and fruitful Meeting!
Tal Teitz, Chair
Jiwu Wang, Co-Chair
We are delighted to share the announcement of the 1st annual Scintillon Institute Innovator Forum, to be held March 27, 2026 at the lovely Catamaran Hotel in the Pacific Beach area of San Diego, California. This inaugural 2026 meeting begins a tradition of engaging national and international colleagues from academia and industry to discuss some of the most exciting and innovative topics today. This year, we will be focused on aging and rejuvenation research.
We aim to promote in-depth discussions and collaborations between researchers and industry experts and to foster new interactions in the field of healthy aging and its translation to clinical implications to slow aging impacts.
The 2026 program will feature an exciting lineup of speakers and sessions, including:
Scientific Keynote Address by:
Professor Peter Adams, PhD
Director of the Cancer Genome and Epigenetics Program
Sanford Burnham Prebys, San Diego, USA
Institution Keynote Address by:
Scintillon Scientific Advisory Board Member, Professor Hideyuki Okano, MD, PhD
President of the International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR)
Distinguished Professor and Director of the Keio University Regenerative Medicine Research Center, Japan
Panel Discussion “The Road from Basic Research to Market Success”
Moderated by Michael Yang, Member of Scintillon Board of Directors, former President and CEO of ViaCyte
Podium Talks by:
Jiwu Wang, PhD (Scintillon Research Institute Founder and Director)
“Rejuvenation Strategies Applicable to In Vitro Production of Regenerative Medicine and In Vivo Aging Intervention”
Irene Munk Pedersen, PhD (Scintillon Research Institute)
“Developing Next-Generation BBB/brain Interphase 3D Platforms for CNS Disease Modeling and Drug Screening”
Alexey Terskikh, PhD (Scintillon Research Institute)
“Salient features of Global Chromatin Organization Predict Function and Ageing”
Valentin Cracan, PhD (Scintillon Research Institute)
“Development of Xenotopic Tools for Delaying Aging-Associated Metabolic Decline”
Tal Teitz, PhD (Scintillon Research Institute)
“Dabrafenib, a BRAF kinase Inhibitor, as a Top Candidate Therapeutic for Cisplatin- and Noise-induced Hearing Loss”
John Nolan, PhD (Scintillon Research Institute)
“Cellular Express: Nanoscale Communication Between Cells”
Duc Dong, PhD (Scintillon Research Institute)
“Unlocking Nascent Regenerative Potential with Small Molecule to Treat Muscle Degeneration and Aging”