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Dubai Stem Cell Congress (2026 speakers)

Prof. Dr. Andreas Trumpp, PhD

Professor & Head Division of Stem Cells & Cancer,
German Cancer Research Center
Managing Director, Heidelberg Institute for Stem Cell
Technology and Experimental Medicine – Heidelberg, Germany.

Prof. Hongkui Deng, Ph.D

Professor of Cell Biology
Director of Stem Cell Research Center
Peking University
Beijing, China

Dr. Anna Bigas, PhD

Dr. Anna Bigas, PhD

Coordinator and Group leader, Program in Cancer
Research, Hospital del Mar Research Institute
Group leader, Institut Josep Carreras Contra la Leucemia
Scientific Director, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, ISCIII Barcelona, Spain.

Daniel Besser

Dr. Daniel Besser

Leader Dialog Platform “Stem Cell Research”, Berlin Institute of Health (BIH), Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany.

Dr. Khulood Mohamed Alsayegh

Head of Clinical Standards and Guidelines Section Health Policies and Standard Department Dubai Health Authority United Arab Emirates
Dr. Raef Almarzouqi Albugami

Dr. Raef Almarzouqi Albugami

Consultant Clinical Scientist – Stem Cell Technology, Chairperson, National Stem Cell Committee, Saudi Health Council, King Fahad Medical City, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Prof. Dr. Kurt Pfannkuche

Prof. Dr. Kurt Pfannkuche

Medical Faculty, Marga-and-Walter Boll Laboratory for Cardiac Tissue Engineering, University of Cologne Germany.

Dr. Sarkawt Hamad

Head of Scientific Development, Marga-and-Walter Boll Laboratory for Cardiac Tissue Engineering University of Cologne, Germany.

Attorney Dr. Hayathem H. Bin Hasher

Attorney at Law Medical Law and Ethics Specialist Founder & CEO
Dr. Hayathem Bin Hasher Medical Law Firm & Consultancy Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Dr. Essam Abdelalim

Dr. Essam Abdelalim

Principle Investigator, Sidra Medicine Joint Associate Professor, College of Health and Life Sciences Hamad Bin Khalifa University Qatar Foundation, Doha, Qatar.
Prof. Dr. Nina Cabezas-Wallscheid

Prof. Dr. Nina Cabezas-Wallscheid

Professor, Stem Cell Biology and Ageing Laboratory,
Department of Health Science andTechnology,
Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, Switzerland.

Prof. Dr. Emad Mahmoud Ibrahim Elzayat, PhD

Prof. Dr. Emad Mahmoud Ibrahim Elzayat, PhD

Prof. Emeritus of Molecular Physiology & Biotechnology
Head, Postgraduate Affairs Committee & Stem Cell Research Lab, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.

Dr. Hidetoshi Sakurai, MD, PhD

Dr. Hidetoshi Sakurai, MD, PhD

Associate Professor, Center for iPS Cell Research
and Application (CiRA), Kyoto University Kyoto, Japan.

Ludovic Vallier

Prof. Ludovic Vallier

Einstein Professor, Stem Cells in Regenerative Therapies, Berlin Institute of Health (BIH) Max Planck Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics
(MPIMG), Berlin, Germany.

Dr. Ralf Jauch

Dr. Ralf Jauch

Professor & Associate Director, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Hong Kong Principal Investigator, Center for Translational Stem Cell Biology, Hong Kong.

Dr. Riikka Martikainen

Dr. Riikka Martikainen

Head of the Stem Cell Core at University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland.

Prof. Dr. Sina Bartfeld

Prof. Dr. Sina Bartfeld

Full Professor, Technical University Berlin, Germany
Head of the department of Medical Biotechnology.

Dr. Clemens Dannheim

Dr. Clemens Dannheim

Founder & CEO, Iventim Inc., USA Founder, Iventim GmbH & Iventim Solutions GmbH, Germany Former CEO, Objective Software GmbH.

Prof. Antoni Bayés-Genís, MD, PhD, FESC

Prof. Antoni Bayés-Genís, MD, PhD, FESC

Head of the Cardiology Department
Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol
Barcelona, Spain.

Dr. Heli Skottman

Dr. Heli Skottman

Professor, Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology
Tampere University, Finland.

Dr. Vincent R. Knight-Schrijver

Dr. Vincent R. Knight-Schrijver

Research Associate, Cambridge Stem Cell Institute, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom.

Prof. Margherita Maioli

Professor, Cell Biology, Department of Biomedical Sciences Faculty of Medicine University of Sassari, Italy.

Dr. Emmanouil Nikolousis

MBBS, MRCP, FRCPath, MBA, PhD Consultant Hematologist and Bone Marrow Transplantation American Hospital Dubai United Arab Emirates.

Prof. Dr. Carolina Galvez Monton

Deputy Director of ICREC Research Group Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute (IGTP) Campus Can Ruti Barcelona, Spain
Dr. Ulf Grawunder, PhD Co-founder & CEO T-CURX GmbH Würzburg, Germany

Dr. Ulf Grawunder, PhD

Co-founder & CEO
T-CURX GmbH
Würzburg, Germany

Prof. Mingxia Gu, M.D., Ph.D., FAHA

Associate Professor
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
Broad Stem Cell Research Center (BSCRC)
David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA
California, USA

Dr. Khaled Alsayegh

Associate Director of Biomedical Research
Director of Research Operations
King Abdullah International Medical Research Center & (KSAU-HS)
Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Prof. Ayman Al Hendy

Professor & Chair
Department of Medical Sciences
College of Medicine and Health Sciences
Khalifa University
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Dubai Stem Cell Congress (2026 speakers)

Prof. Dr. Andreas Trumpp, PhD

Professor & Head Division of Stem Cells & Cancer,
German Cancer Research Center
Managing Director, Heidelberg Institute for Stem Cell
Technology and Experimental Medicine – Heidelberg, Germany.

Prof. Hongkui Deng, Ph.D

Professor of Cell Biology
Director of Stem Cell Research Center
Peking University
Beijing, China

Dr. Anna Bigas, PhD

Dr. Anna Bigas, PhD

Coordinator and Group leader, Program in Cancer
Research, Hospital del Mar Research Institute
Group leader, Institut Josep Carreras Contra la Leucemia
Scientific Director, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, ISCIII Barcelona, Spain.

Daniel Besser

Dr. Daniel Besser

Leader Dialog Platform “Stem Cell Research”, Berlin Institute of Health (BIH), Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany.

Dr. Khulood Mohamed Alsayegh

Head of Clinical Standards and Guidelines Section Health Policies and Standard Department Dubai Health Authority United Arab Emirates
Dr. Raef Almarzouqi Albugami

Dr. Raef Almarzouqi Albugami

Consultant Clinical Scientist – Stem Cell Technology, Chairperson, National Stem Cell Committee, Saudi Health Council, King Fahad Medical City, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Prof. Dr. Kurt Pfannkuche

Prof. Dr. Kurt Pfannkuche

Medical Faculty, Marga-and-Walter Boll Laboratory for Cardiac Tissue Engineering, University of Cologne Germany.

Dr. Sarkawt Hamad

Head of Scientific Development, Marga-and-Walter Boll Laboratory for Cardiac Tissue Engineering University of Cologne, Germany.

Attorney Dr. Hayathem H. Bin Hasher

Attorney at Law Medical Law and Ethics Specialist Founder & CEO
Dr. Hayathem Bin Hasher Medical Law Firm & Consultancy Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Dr. Essam Abdelalim

Dr. Essam Abdelalim

Principle Investigator, Sidra Medicine Joint Associate Professor, College of Health and Life Sciences Hamad Bin Khalifa University Qatar Foundation, Doha, Qatar.
Prof. Dr. Nina Cabezas-Wallscheid

Prof. Dr. Nina Cabezas-Wallscheid

Professor, Stem Cell Biology and Ageing Laboratory,
Department of Health Science andTechnology,
Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, Switzerland.

Prof. Dr. Emad Mahmoud Ibrahim Elzayat, PhD

Prof. Dr. Emad Mahmoud Ibrahim Elzayat, PhD

Prof. Emeritus of Molecular Physiology & Biotechnology
Head, Postgraduate Affairs Committee & Stem Cell Research Lab, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.

Dr. Hidetoshi Sakurai, MD, PhD

Dr. Hidetoshi Sakurai, MD, PhD

Associate Professor, Center for iPS Cell Research
and Application (CiRA), Kyoto University Kyoto, Japan.

Ludovic Vallier

Prof. Ludovic Vallier

Einstein Professor, Stem Cells in Regenerative Therapies, Berlin Institute of Health (BIH) Max Planck Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics
(MPIMG), Berlin, Germany.

Dr. Ralf Jauch

Dr. Ralf Jauch

Professor & Associate Director, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Hong Kong Principal Investigator, Center for Translational Stem Cell Biology, Hong Kong.

Dr. Riikka Martikainen

Dr. Riikka Martikainen

Head of the Stem Cell Core at University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland.

Prof. Dr. Sina Bartfeld

Prof. Dr. Sina Bartfeld

Full Professor, Technical University Berlin, Germany
Head of the department of Medical Biotechnology.

Dr. Clemens Dannheim

Dr. Clemens Dannheim

Founder & CEO, Iventim Inc., USA Founder, Iventim GmbH & Iventim Solutions GmbH, Germany Former CEO, Objective Software GmbH.

Prof. Antoni Bayés-Genís, MD, PhD, FESC

Prof. Antoni Bayés-Genís, MD, PhD, FESC

Head of the Cardiology Department
Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol
Barcelona, Spain.

Dr. Heli Skottman

Dr. Heli Skottman

Professor, Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology
Tampere University, Finland.

Dr. Vincent R. Knight-Schrijver

Dr. Vincent R. Knight-Schrijver

Research Associate, Cambridge Stem Cell Institute, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom.

Prof. Margherita Maioli

Professor, Cell Biology, Department of Biomedical Sciences Faculty of Medicine University of Sassari, Italy.

Dr. Emmanouil Nikolousis

MBBS, MRCP, FRCPath, MBA, PhD Consultant Hematologist and Bone Marrow Transplantation American Hospital Dubai United Arab Emirates.

Prof. Dr. Carolina Galvez Monton

Deputy Director of ICREC Research Group Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute (IGTP) Campus Can Ruti Barcelona, Spain
Dr. Ulf Grawunder, PhD Co-founder & CEO T-CURX GmbH Würzburg, Germany

Dr. Ulf Grawunder, PhD

Co-founder & CEO
T-CURX GmbH
Würzburg, Germany

Prof. Mingxia Gu, M.D., Ph.D., FAHA

Associate Professor
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
Broad Stem Cell Research Center (BSCRC)
David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA
California, USA

Dr. Khaled Alsayegh

Associate Director of Biomedical Research
Director of Research Operations
King Abdullah International Medical Research Center & (KSAU-HS)
Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Prof. Ayman Al Hendy

Professor & Chair
Department of Medical Sciences
College of Medicine and Health Sciences
Khalifa University
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

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