TEHRAN –Royan International Twin Congress, including the 25th Congress on Reproductive Biomedicine, and the 20th Congress on Stem Cell Biology and Technology, kicked off today at Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, and will run till August 30.

The event will also include the 19th Seminar on Nursery and Midwifery.

This year, the Royan International Congress mainly aims to boost the links between researchers and practitioners from all over the world despite the extant challenges. It will cover main topics through highly scientific & extremely innovative online sessions.

The congress revolves around various fields including genetics of infertility, new insight into prediction and diagnosis, animal biotechnology, infection and antiretroviral therapy (ART), and how to improve reproductive outcomes.

A total of 33 international scientists and researchers from the U.S., England, Germany, Austria, Italy, Belgium, Turkey, China, Russia, Japan, Sweden, Switzerland, Qatar and India are scheduled to present lectures.

The event will also include four lectures and 169 articles in the form of poster presentations on topics like stem cell engineering, cancer and immune therapy, and revolutionary eye and vision research.

Moreover, Professor Thomas Braun from Germany, and Nicholas Rivron from Austria, will officially receive the 6th Kazemi Prize - a major scientific award in recognition of the late Saeid Kazemi Ashtiani’s efforts in the field of stem cells, on August 28.

Royan Institute

Royan Institute was established in 1991 by the late Dr. Saeid Kazemi Ashtiani and a group of researchers and physicians in the Iran University of Medical Sciences of Academic Center for Education, Culture, and Research (ACECR) as an outpatient surgery center to provide medical services to infertile couples as well as research and training in reproductive sciences.

Reproductive Biomedicine and Stem Cells Biology and Technology has been demonstrated to be one of the most successful experiences of scientific gathering in Iran and West Asia since 2000.

In 2002, the research fields at Royan Institute also extended into stem cell studies. Afterward, the research findings were adjusted for application in regenerative medicine and cell therapy approaches. After succeeding three decades, Royan Institute focuses on increasing the success rate of infertility treatment alongside embryo health, and the level of public health through cell therapy clinical services.

During these twenty years of active involvement in sharing and exchanging scientific knowledge and expertise with renowned scientific institutes and scientists, the Royan Congress has helped to form many shared scientific projects and exchanges.