Last week, the VANGUARD face-to-face meeting took place in Turin, Italy, at the Molecular Biotechnology Center. The event was kindly hosted by Prof. Follenzi from the University of Eastern Piedmont and her team who gathered 21 representatives of the VANGUARD consortium for a two-day programme.
The agenda consisted of project updates, planning sessions, and discussions. This time, the Work Package (WP) presentations were given in a different order than usual – the agenda commenced with a WP9 presentation while WP1 concluded the consortium meeting on day two. This change in the usual order was intended to provide a fresh perspective.
During the consortium meeting, partners have also planned their future collaborations including patient engagement, open science events and the VANGUARD Symposium. The next event “The Researchers’ Night” will be organised by the University of Eastern Piedmont on September 27, 2024. Stay tuned as we release more details about this event.
The meeting concluded with closing remarks from the project coordinator, Ekaterine Berishvili, thanking all consortium members for their dedicated work and collective efforts in advancing the bioengineering of the endocrine pancreas towards reality.
The next consortium meeting is planned for January 2025.
