Study, research, passion

StemNet is a federation among the four main associations of stem cell researchers (GISM, IPLASS, SCR-Italy, FIRST).

The Federation aims at encouraging:

• A shared scientific culture aimed at enhancing research and its impact on society in the areas of competence.
  
• The visibility of the impact that our societies have in the research and development of stem cells.
  
• The common position on specific aspects of research and clinical applications with stem cells proposing us as an useful national reference point.
  
• A critical and constructive relationship with the institutions in charge of funding to support and regulate both research and the most innovative therapeutic applications.
  
• Supervision and dissemination on funding opportunities in which the added value of the aggregation between associations is visible.
  
• The identification of common themes for the writing of scientific reviews among the members of the various associations, in order to disseminate, in a competent and shared way, positions debated in the scientific field. The current debate among scientists on how stem cells work in therapy is an example.
  
• Creating a network among research groups and proposing common scientific events.