ASSCR aims to promote the disciplines of stem cell biology and therapies in Australasia, promote education and research, and to disseminate scientific information.

Our specific objectives are to support and promote stem cell research and encourage scientific exchange within the region, and to provide all interested parties, including the general public, with the opportunity to access information relating to scientific, medical and ethical advances in the broad field of stem cell research.

AGCTS, formally the Australasian Gene Therapy Society (AGTS), aims to facilitate the growth and development of the field of gene and cellular therapy in Australasia. The Society also aims to represent the goals of the Australasian gene and cell therapy community before government and the public.

In addition, the AGCTS endeavours to disseminate information regarding the safe and ethical use of gene and cellular therapies, act as a resource of protocols, reagents and scientific exchanges, and contribute to the education and development of the next generation of scientists.