On April 7–8, 2025, the PLASTCELL consortium held its third in-person meeting in Barcelona to review progress and discuss next steps as the project moves into its final phase.

Participants from the UK, France, Austria, and Spain traveled to Barcelona by plane, train, bus — and even on foot across borders — to take part in rich discussions on the scientific and strategic evolution of the project. The meeting featured presentations from multiple work packages, highlighting key developments in cell culture and confinement technologies, image analysis pipelines, advanced microscopy approaches, and the PLASTCELL scoring system.

Ethical considerations were also discussed thanks to the valuable insights from the members of our Ethical Advisory Board: Dr. Maria Berdasco, Dr. Magali Jacquier, and Dr. Melanie Goisauf.

The consortium reaffirmed its strong commitment to collaboration and scientific innovation, with a focus on continuing to advance cutting-edge technologies and stepping up dissemination and exploitation efforts for PLAST_CELL diverse biomedical and research applications in the field of cell plasticity and cancer.