ScanBalt Stem Cell Research Network

In the end of November 2003 leading stem cell researchers from all the ScanBalt countries will meet in Funen, Denmark. The aim is to discuss and form a common framework of cooperation. Training and mobility of researchers will be highly important in order to develop cooperation, transfer knowledge and to exploit synergies. If such measures are initiated the ScanBalt BioRegion has the potential of becoming one of the world leading areas within stem cell research.

“The ambitions are very high and we are convinced that this network based on concrete research will be very constructive and hopefully motivate for similar initiatives of cooperation in other fields. The considerable interest and the fact that the meeting will gather all important research environments shows that ScanBalt does provide the critical mass and a valuable platform for networking”, says Assist. Professor Morten Meyer, stem cell researcher at University of Southern Denmark and project committee member of the ScanBalt project Educational Mobility.

The meeting is sponsored by a NorFA grant and initiated by the project Educational Mobility headed by Chairman Professor Vadim Vasilyev, Institute of Experimental Medicine, Sct Petersburg. Information: Niels Fuglede, ScanBalt secretariat,