Talent-CGT was pleased to support the XXIX Biotechnology Summer School, held from 21–25 September 2026 in Szarlota, Poland. This year’s theme, Cell and Gene Therapy, brought together students and early-career researchers for five days of lectures, interactive workshops, scientific discussion and activities in the beautiful lakeside setting of the Kashubia region. Three Talent-CGT members contributed to…

Educators from Hogeschool Leiden, mboRijnland and Curio came together in Leiden for a hands-on Talent-CGT Teach-the-Teacher workshop focused on CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing and cell and gene therapy. Rather than only hearing about the technology, educators stepped into the lab themselves. Using a GFP knockout assay in K562 cells, they worked with nucleofection and explored how…

This September, Avans University of Applied Sciences is launching a new 30 EC Cell and Gene Therapy (CGT) minor, creating a dedicated opportunity for students to explore one of the fastest-developing areas of the life sciences. The minor combines CGT theory with basic and advanced practical laboratory training and a preclinical scientific research project. Courses…

Talent-CGT joined the DARE-NL Annual Conference for an interactive workshop on one of the central challenges facing advanced therapies: how education can keep pace with the skills needed in the workplace. The session, “Bridging the gap: a unified approach to ATMP workforce training,” brought together perspectives from Talent-CGT, DARE-NL, PharmaNL, Cure4Life and other initiatives working…

In June, Talent-CGT joined an international summer school in Vienna for a session exploring diversity, bias and visibility in biomedical science. Students took part in a combination of short lectures and interactive exercises. The session looked at how assumptions about who a scientist is, whose work becomes visible and how scientific careers are represented can…

In June 2026, Talent-CGT brought together 39 educators for two Teach-the-Teacher workshops in Lisbon and Porto, focused on bringing current cell and gene therapy knowledge into the classroom. Across the two one-day workshops, participants explored key CGT topics, practical teaching approaches and ways to make complex scientific content more accessible to students. The sessions also…

Talent-CGT joined the Domain Applied Science conference in Utrecht this spring, sharing the project’s work on cell and gene therapy education with the wider applied-sciences community. The conference provided an opportunity to connect with educators and professionals working across life sciences and applied research, and to raise awareness of the need for current, practice-oriented CGT…

As part of our commitment to open science, the Talent-CGT consortium recently held a specialized Wikipedia Edit-a-thon. We are thrilled to share the incredible impact our 16 editors made in just one session: Expanding Knowledge: We created 10 brand-new articles covering essential Cell & Gene Therapy topics that were previously missing from the world's largest…

Talent-CGT completed its first project phase at the end of 2025 with strong results across education, training, innovation and collaboration. During Phase 1, 353 students were trained, alongside 68 academic staff and 50 non-academic staff. The project also supported four startups, established two new partnerships, and developed or improved three support structures and mechanisms. Just…

Our consortium recently gathered in Leiden to align our goals for the second phase of the Talent-CGT project. This annual meeting focused on several key high-level pillars: Expanding Education: We are working to embed specialized Cell & Gene Therapy (CGT) modules directly into university curricula and establishing new mentorship programs. Supporting Innovation: A major focus…