Early Bird Registration (until 26 January 2026)	Late Registration (until 20 February 2026)
*Up to and including Ph.D. student level; no other categories can benefit from this reduced rate. A confirmation must be provided by the direct supervisor (further details are available during the registration procedure).
StemNet Societies member	€ 170	€ 220
Regular participant (not member)	€ 220	€ 270
Student*	€ 120	€ 150
One day only	€ 140	€ 140

The full registration fee entitles participants to the following:

• Access to all scientific sessions and poster viewing
• Congress kit
• Coffee breaks, lunches, and dinner on 12 March.

The early bird discount applies to payments received until 26 January 2026. Registrations will remain open until 20 February 2026 at the regular price.
N.B. Payments must be received within each deadline indicated (if you are paying through your administration, please ensure that it is initiated in due time).

Payment is possible by bank transfer only. Further details about the payment procedure is available through your personal myArea.

Cancellation policy

Cancellations with a refund request must be sent by e-mail to the secretariat and must be accompanied by a valid justification. Refunds will be decided case by case by the organising secretariat. If accepted, cancellations by 20 February 2026 will be refunded fully minus an administrative charge; no refunds will be provided after 20 February 2026.

Abstracts are accepted exclusively through this website, through your personal myArea. You will need to have an account to have access to the latter.

The abstract submission deadline is 16 January 2026. By submitting an abstract you accept to share your work either as a poster or oral presentation. The Scientific Committee will designate the format (oral or poster). The final acceptance decision is the exclusive right of the Scientific Committee.

Only registered participants can submit an abstract and each registered participant may submit a maximum of one abstract. Abstracts should be submitted by the presenting author only.

All submitted abstracts will be discarded if payment is not received by 20 February 2026.

Abstract format

Title
The title must start in uppercase and continue in lowercase, except for conventional terms (ATP, DNA, NFκB, etc). Example:
    This title is written correctly
     This Title is Not Properly Written
     ALSO THIS TITLE IS WRONG

Abbreviations in the title will not be accepted. If used throughout the text, abbreviations must be indicated in their extended version the first time they are used.

Authorship
If more than one author (but only in that case), underline your name (the presenting author, in whatever position you appear in the author list) and use commas to separate the author names; do not use 'and' before the last author. Write all authors name and surname in full. If more than one affiliation (but only in that case), use sequential superscript numbers to identify each institution. Example:
  Mario Rossi¹, John Doe², Fred C. Bloggs^1,2
  1Dept Biomembranes, Golgi & Veratti University, Pavia, Italy
  ²Dept Bioblast Analyses, Altmann University, Leipzig, Germany

Text
The abstract should be divided into 4 paragraphs:
Objective: indicate primary purpose of study.
Materiald and methods: description of data sources, subjects, design measurements and data analysis.
Results: summary of the main findings.
Conclusions: study conclusions and/or implication of the results.
Keep the abstract text to within 2500 characters, spaces included.
References should not be included in the abstract.

To take part in the Young Investigator Award, please check the YIA box in the abstract submission form. See further details in the dedicated section of the personal myArea.

Call for Abstracts

Award winners will also be invited as speakers at STEMNET 2026!

N.B. This Call for Abstracts is independent of the abstract submission guidelines provided above.

Introduction

The speakers of the “StemNet Next Generation - Section”, within the framework of the conference “StemNet 2026” (Bologna, Italy, 12-13/03/2026), will be selected with the “StemNet Next Generation – Contest 2026”.

Award

There will be 3 winners. They will be awarded with the “StemNet Next Generation – Contest 2026 – Award”, which consists of (I) a printed certificate, (II) a free registration to “StemNet 2026”, (III) an invitation for an oral communication during the conference “StemNet 2026” (approximately, 10 minutes of presentation and 5 minutes of questions). The other “StemNet Next Generation – Contest 2026” participants will be eligible for future webinars.

Rules

Candidates must be researchers “under 40” (precisely, born no earlier than 01/01/1985). They must submit an abstract of a relevant scientific article in the field of stem cells. Eligible abstracts must be based on scientific articles published within the last four years (from 2022 fully included). Works that are currently under review are not eligible. The candidate must be First Author, co-First Author, Last Author, co-Last Author, Corresponding Author, or co-Corresponding Author of the scientific article. Each candidate may submit one abstract only, but they may be listed as authors of other abstracts submitted by different researchers. Winners of previous editions of the StemNet, FIRST, IPLASS, GISM, or Stem Cells Research Italy Next-Generation Contests are not eligible to apply. Candidates who participated in previous editions but were not selected as winners may reapply, provided they meet all other eligibility criteria. Abstracts related to scientific publications already presented by winners of previous editions of the StemNet, FIRST, IPLASS, GISM, or Stem Cells Research Italy Next-Generation Contests are not eligible. In the case of multiple applicants submitting the same abstract based on the same scientific publication, only the applicant obtaining the higher evaluation will be considered as the potential winner. Finally, in case of abstracts obtaining the same identical score, the one submitted by the older candidate will be scored as first.

Evaluation

The abstracts will be evaluated by a panel of Referees (selected by the Scientific Committee), according to their novelty, significance and CV of the submitting candidate. The final acceptance decision is the exclusive right of the Scientific Committee, such as the definition of the 3 winners of the “StemNet Next Generation – Contest 2026”.

Instructions

The “StemNet Next Generation – Contest 2026” is organised in 3 steps:

• First step: abstract submission; Deadline 16/01/2026: The submission of abstracts is free of charge and does not require membership to one of the StemNet societies.
• Second step: winners announcement; Deadline 01/02/2026: All the candidates will be notified by email.
• Third step: oral presentation at “StemNet 2026”: Winners must be present in person to obtain the award.

Disclosure

The abstracts and the material collected during the “StemNet Next Generation – Contest 2026” will be made public on the StemNet’s websites (including the forming societies), Facebook/LinkedIn pages, YouTube channels and other media. By submitting an abstract, the authors accept to publicly share their material and then their work.

How to prepare the abstract

Please, follow these instructions:

• Language: English. Font: Times New Roman; Font-size: 12 points; Text alignment: single-spaced, justified.
• Title: It must be a precise copy of the one of the related scientific article.
• Report the Author/s names and surnames in this format: Mario Rossi, Carla Bianchi, etc. They must be the same authors of the same related scientific article.
• Report the Author/s affiliations.
• Abstract: It must be a precise copy of the one of the related scientific article.
• Report the name of the scientific journal where the abstract and related scientific article have been published, together with year of publication.
• Report the day of birth of the candidate.
• Report the email of the candidate to be used for communications.
• Curriculum Vitae (CV): a brief biosketch reporting current position, main scientific appointments, and honours (minimum 100 words, maximum 250 words).

Abstract submission

Save the Abstract and all the other info in a single Word/Writer/txt file with the following name: STEMNET-NGContest26_firstName_firstSurname of the candidate (e.g. STEMNET-NGContest26_Mario_Rossi.doc). The Abstract must be submitted to: stemnetng@gmail.com (please, check to receive an email confirming the receipt of submission).