The Intestine

Dr. Ahmed Hashash is currently Endowed Chair and Distinguished Professor at Elizabeth City State University, campus of the University of North Carolina (UNC). He received his PhD from Manchester University, UK. Dr. Hashash was a fellow of the California Institute of Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) and New York University Medical School (MSSM), USA. He was Assistant Professor and Principal Investigator of Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine at School of Medicine University of California, USA. Dr Hashash was Associate Professor of Biomedicine at the University of Edinburgh (UK) Zhejiang Intl. campus and Texas A &M University, USA from 2017 to 2025. He has published more than 40 papers in reputed international journals, 10 books with Elsevier and Springer and over 20 book chapters, and is serving as an editorial board member of repute. She completed her PhD thesis at Eberhard-Karls Universität Tübingen, Germany. Dr Abdel Meguid is an innovative educator and researcher and has published multiple scientific works in leading journals and is a reviewer and a member of the editorial board of a number of journals. Dr Abdel Meguid taught gross anatomy to medical, dental, human biology students and students enrolled in MSc in clinical anatomy. Her research interests are in the areas of stem cells, lung development, anatomical pedagogy, teaching strategies, and the integration of novel technologies to enhance learning.

• Section 1: Cutting edge research on the intestinal stem cell functions1. Intestinal organoid cell culture as a new modality to intestinal function, cellular processes and stem cell functions2. Intestinal organoids in gastrointestinal pathologySection 2: Cutting edge research on stem cell application in the intestinal diseases (from bench to bed)3. Intestinal organoid culture as a new test-bed for intestinal therapeutic research and development4. Engineered stem cells combine stem cell and gene therapy approaches to move intestine therapy from bench to bed5. Application of CRISPR/Cas9 and other gene editing/ engineering technology in intestine diseases 6. New approaches for intestine and colon repair via stem cell-based tissue engineering7. iPSCs and intestine diseases from bench to bed8. The potential of embryonic stem cells for treating intestinal diseases from bench to bed9. Stem-cell therapy with bone marrow (hematopoietic) stem cells for intestinal diseases10. Mesenchymal and other stem cell-therapy of intestinal diseases