On 17-18th October 2023, we held the Second Annual Meeting of PLAST_CELL at the PRBB in Barcelona. It was a hands-on meeting, where participants went to visit the labs of Verena Ruprecht and Toni Celià-Terrassa and even with a demonstration of the microfluidics device from Cherry Biotech!

We also welcomed our newly established Ethics Advisory Board (EAB), who will provide their advise during the active phase of the project on topics such as animal experiments, use of patient samples and the use of AI in decision-making. The EAB-members are:

– Dr. Maria Berdasco (Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute (IJC) – Can Ruti)

– Dr. Magali Jacquier (Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS)

– Dr. Melanie Goisauf (BBMRI-ERIC)

Verena concluded the meeting by confirming that we have successfully built a strong collaborative team in PLAST_CELL!