{"id":665,"date":"2026-06-17T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cellfiber.jp\/en\/?p=665"},"modified":"2026-06-16T18:55:50","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T09:55:50","slug":"20260617_news_cytivaworkshopinkorea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cellfiber.jp\/en\/20260617_news_cytivaworkshopinkorea\/","title":{"rendered":"\u3010PRESS RELEASE\u3011Cytiva\u00a0and\u00a0CellFiber\u00a0to Co-Host Next-Generation Stem Cell Manufacturing and Commercialization Workshop in Korea\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Free full-day, hands-on program on 15 July 2026 at&nbsp;Cytiva\u2019s&nbsp;APAC Fast Trak\u2122 Center in Songdo brings MSC and iPSC scale-up and the path to commercial manufacturing into focus.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>SONGDO, INCHEON, South Korea \u2014June 17, 2026<\/strong><strong>\u2014&nbsp;<\/strong>Cytiva&nbsp;and&nbsp;CellFiber&nbsp;will jointly host the&nbsp;<em>Next-Generation Stem Cell Manufacturing and Commercialization Strategy Workshop<\/em>&nbsp;on Wednesday, 15 July 2026 at the&nbsp;Cytiva&nbsp;APAC Fast Trak\u2122 Center in Songdo, Incheon. The hands-on program is designed for researchers and developers advancing mesenchymal stem&nbsp;cell&nbsp;(MSC) and induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) therapies from research into manufacturing and commercialization.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As MSC therapy development moves beyond research results toward real-world production, the shift to&nbsp;scalable,&nbsp;GMP-ready manufacturing has become decisive.&nbsp;Bringing together&nbsp;Cytiva&#8217;s&nbsp;bioprocessing expertise and&nbsp;CellFiber&#8217;s&nbsp;3D cell culture technology, experts from both companies will work alongside participants to address the practical questions teams face in that transition \u2014 from commercialization roadmaps and research-to-manufacturing scale-up to the core GMP and process issues that determine commercial readiness.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A central feature is a hands-on session in which participants experience the integrated&nbsp;Cytiva\u2013CellFiber&nbsp;workflow directly, complemented by Expert Clinic and Strategic Roundtable sessions on adherent stem cell scale-up and GMP process execution. The agenda spans both MSC and iPSC, giving teams weighing their next manufacturing step an applied, field-ready perspective rather than a product overview.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Program highlights (10:00\u201315:40)<\/strong><br>\u30fbCommercialization roadmap for next-generation MSC therapies: from discovery to global commercialization<br>\u30fbScale-up strategy for 3D MSC and iPSC manufacturing with CellFiber<br>\u30fbExpert Clinic: scale-up strategy and manufacturing execution for adherent stem cells<br>\u30fbHands-on session: the integrated Cytiva\u2013CellFiber workflow<br>\u30fbStrategic Roundtable: focused Q&amp;A on core GMP process issues<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speakers include Mandy French, Chief Strategy Officer,&nbsp;CellFiber;&nbsp;Jeeheon&nbsp;Kang, Cell Therapy Field Application Specialist Leader,&nbsp;Cytiva; Kevin Tran, Senior Sales Specialist,&nbsp;CellFiber; and&nbsp;application and&nbsp;process development scientists from both organizations leading the hands-on session.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201cBringing a cell therapy&nbsp;program&nbsp;from the lab to the clinic depends on making the right manufacturing decisions early. This workshop gives teams a chance to work through those decisions hands-on, with an integrated workflow they can apply directly to their own programs.\u201d \u2014 Mandy French, Chief Strategy Officer,&nbsp;CellFiber&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Registration<\/strong><br>The workshop is free to attend, with lunch and gifts provided. Seating is limited and attendance is by pre-registration only; selected participants will be notified in early July (no on-site registration available).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/info.cytivalifesciences.com\/Cytiva-CellFiber-MSC-workshop-2026-kr.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u27a1 Click here to register<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Date:&nbsp;<\/strong>Wednesday, 15 July 2026, 10:00\u201315:40&nbsp;<br><strong>Venue:&nbsp;<\/strong>Cytiva&nbsp;APAC Fast Trak\u2122 Center \u2014 2F, Building 2, BRC, 9&nbsp;Songdomirae-ro,&nbsp;Yeonsu-gu, Incheon&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>About CellFiber<br><\/strong>CellFiber is a biotechnology company built on our proprietary cell encapsulation technology called &#8220;CellFiber\u00ae.&#8221; Our platform encapsulates living cells within hollow hydrogel microfibers, enabling closed, automated, and highly scalable 3D cell culture that supports the expansion of MSCs, iPSCs, and other cell types from research through GMP manufacturing. Guided by our vision, &#8220;Cell Culture Reimagined,&#8221; CellFiber is dedicated to advancing cell manufacturing technologies to make cell therapies more widely accessible and ultimately improve patients&#8217; quality of life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>About Cytiva<\/strong><br>At Cytiva, a Danaher company, our mission is to advance and accelerate the development of therapeutics. With 15,000 associates in more than 40 countries, we\u2019re driven to use our expertise and talent to achieve better flexibility, capacity, and efficiency for our customers. Our broad and deep portfolio of tools and technologies, global scale, and best-in-class service provides critical support from discovery to delivery, for customers spanning researchers, emerging biotech, large-scale biopharma and contract manufacturers. Learn more at <a href=\"https:\/\/cytiva.com\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"cytiva.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cytiva.com.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Free full-day, hands-on program on 15 July 2026 at&nbsp;Cytiva\u2019s&nbsp;APAC Fast Trak\u2122 Center in Songdo brings MSC and iPSC scale-up and the path to commercial manufacturing into focus.&nbsp; SONGDO, INCHEON, South Korea \u2014June 17, 2026\u2014&nbsp;Cytiva&nbsp;and&nbsp;CellFiber&nbsp;will jointly host the&nbsp;Next-Generation Stem Cell Manufacturing and Commercialization Strategy Workshop&nbsp;on Wednesday, 15 July 2026 at the&nbsp;Cytiva&nbsp;APAC Fast Trak\u2122 Center in Songdo, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cellfiber.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cellfiber.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cellfiber.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cellfiber.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cellfiber.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=665"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/cellfiber.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":678,"href":"https:\/\/cellfiber.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665\/revisions\/678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cellfiber.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cellfiber.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cellfiber.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}