Edinburgh Parkinson’s Lecture 2025 ONLINE

Edinburgh Parkinson's Lecture 2025

Stem cell therapies for Parkinson’s Disease – where are we now?

This year’s Edinburgh Parkinson’s Lecture will take place in the evening of Thursday 2nd October before a live audience at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The Lecture will also be streamed live to our online audience.

The 2025 Edinburgh Parkinson’s Lecturer is Dr Agnete Kirkeby (pictured below).

Agnete Kirkeby is an Associate Professor at the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Stem Cell Medicine (reNEW), University of Copenhagen, Denmark. Together with collaborators from Lund University, University of Cambridge and Novo Nordisk, Dr. Kirkeby has developed a stem cell-based dopamine cell product for treatment of Parkinson’s Disease (STEM-PD), which entered clinical trial in 2023 in Sweden and UK for treatment of individuals with moderate Parkinson’s Disease. Dr. Kirkeby and her group further work on the preclinical development of stem cell therapies for treatment of dementia symptoms in PD as well as on using stem cell models for identifying novel drugs for inhibiting the pathology progression in PD.

Programme

6:45pm - Virtual doors open

7:10pm – Welcome Dr Lynsey Bilsland, Managing Director Parkinson's Virtual Biotech (Live streaming commences)

7:15pm - Introduction Prof Tilo Kunath, University of Edinburgh

7:20pm – Lecture Dr Agnete Kirkeby, University of Copenhagen

8:05pm – Combined Question and Answer Session for the LIVE and ONLINE audiences

8:35pm – Closing Remarks Martin Taylor, person with Parkinson’s and Patient Advocate

8:40pm - Vote of Thanks Prof David Melton, Edinburgh Branch Parkinson’s UK

8:45pm – Close (Live streaming ends)