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Before writing the ISEH 2021 Virtual Scientific Meeting recap, we had a quick read-through of last year’s summary. One year ago, we were hoping that our first virtual ISEH meeting would also be our last. We couldn’t wait to see each other again in person, and this is still the case. We are now hopeful that the ISEH 2021 Virtual Scientific Meeting will be our last fully virtual meeting. Travel is becoming more realistic with increasing COVID vaccination rates, so we are already looking forward to meeting in-person in Edinburgh in 2022. One major advancement since last year: we have become experts at meeting virtually. Thanks to the hard work and contributions of many people, we had a fantastic Virtual Meeting for ISEH 2021! The science was ground-breaking, the speakers were excellent, the networking events were fun, and the educational sessions were, well, extremely educational. Here is a recap of what happened at the ISEH 50th Annual Scientific Meeting. Registration Firstly, let’s sta

Our society takes great pride in supporting the work of young scientists who submit cutting-edge abstracts for discussion at the ISEH Annual Meeting. To this end, each year ISEH includes a New Investigator Session in which the Program Committee selects the six highest ranked abstracts to present an oral presentation along with a five minute Q&A. Presenters were reviewed by an anonymous panel of judges on the following criteria: presentation topic, presentation content, Q&A response, and overall presentation. The session awards prizes into two groups – student and postdoctoral fellow, with three prizes being awarded in each category. Congratulations to our 2021 New Investigator Award Winners! Students 1st Place Prize - Dirk van Bekkum Award Bianca Ulloa Albert Einstein College of Medicine, USA Definitive Hematopoietic Stem Cells Minimally Contribute to Embryonic Hematopoiesis 2nd Place Prize - T. Ray Bradley Award Emily Mitchell Wellcome Sanger Institute, UK Haematopoietic stem

    The ISEH Annual Meeting looks a bit different again this year. We're celebrating 50 years of our scientific meeting with an exciting program including career and technology sessions, as well as talks and poster presentations from trainees, new investigators and leaders in the field. On behalf of the ISEH Board of Directors, volunteers, and staff, we'd like to thank our 2021 sponsors and exhibitors, seen below. We hope to see you all in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK in 2022! Support for ISEH 2021 provided by: An independent medical education grant by Bristol-Myers Squibb. A grant from Genentech, a member of the Roche Group. A grant award from the National Institute Of Diabetes And Digestive And Kidney Diseases of the National Institutes of Health. THANK YOU TO OUR 2021 PLATINUM SPONSORS THANK YOU TO OUR 2021 GOLD SPONSORS THANK YOU TO OUR 2021 SILVER SPONSORS THANK YOU TO OUR SUPPORTERS THANK YOU TO OUR EXHIBITORS  The views expressed in written conference materials or publi