ADVANCES IN CELL & TISSUE CULTURE 2017

SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME

MONDAY 22nd MAY

10.00 – 12.30

Registration, Poster, & Exhibitor Set Up

12.30 – 13.30

Conference Commences with Lunch

13.30 – 13.40

Conference Welcome Address

13.40 – 14.30

Keynote: Dr Harvey Clewell, Scitovation

Making In Vitro Assays Useful for Risk Assessment

14.30 – 17.30 In Vitro Models for Animal Replacement

Chair: Dr Brett Cochrane, Animal Free Research UK

Speakers:

14.30 – 15.00 Anaelle da Costa, Sanofi

New in vitro human blood-brain barrier / brain co-culture models to replace in vivo neurovirulence testing of live attenuated yellow fever vaccine strains

15.00 – 15.30 Diane Lee, University of Surrey

A bovine alveolus model to replace cattle in the study of host-pathogen interactions in bovine tuberculosis (BTB)

15.30 – 16.00 Coffee Break

16.00 – 16.30 Tobias Hasenberg, TissUse

The multi-organ-chip platform – Emulating human system biology in a microphysiological system

16.30 – 16.50 Abigail Martin, University of Hertfordshire

Validation of a macrophage specific cell line for the development of an in vitro lower airways co-culture model

16.50 – 17.10 Parul Chandorkar, Medical University of Innsbruck

Fungal Conidia are efficiently sensed by Dendritic cells or Macrophages in a Perfused 3D Respiratory Model

17.10 – 17.30 Brett Cochrane, Animal Free Research UK

Animal Free Research UK: Funding the development and application of human models for human disease

17.30 – 18.00

Quasi Vivo® User Group Meeting

18.00 – 19.00

Networking, Poster Odd Viewing, and Exhibitions

19.30 til late

Social Dinner at Conference Venue

Included in all registration prices

TUESDAY 23rd MAY

9.00 – 9.50

Keynote: Professor Jamie Davies, University of Edinburgh

Culture of complex, self-organizing systems

9.50 – 12.30 Disease Modelling and Co-Culture

Chair: Dr Pascale Guillot, UCL

Speakers:

9.50 – 10.10 Alec O’Keeffe, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

The effect of media perfusion on the infection and drug activity against Leishmania major

10.10 – 10.30 Yasmine Tanner, Barts Cancer Institute

Drug resistance mechanisms in FGFR-driven cancers

10.30 – 11.00 Sahithi Kuravi, University of Manchester

Micro-engineering novel model of kidney-on-chip involving cell sheet technology

11.00 – 11.30 Coffee Break

11.30 – 11.50 Abby Keable, University of Southampton

A novel tool to study the perivascular clearance of Amyloid-beta, significance for Alzheimer’s disease

11.50 – 12.10 Robert Owen, University of Sheffield

Can we Tissue Engineer an In Vitro Model of Osteoporosis?

12.10 – 12.40

Speaker not confirmed

12.40 – 13.30 Lunch

13.30 – 15.10 Bioreactors, 3D, & Dynamic Flow

Chair: Professor Sarah Cartmell, University of Manchester

Speakers:

13.30 – 14.00 Pascale Guillot, UCL

Using the Quasi Vivo cell culture system to understand how stem cells work

14.00 – 14.20 Tayebeh Azimi, Westminster University

Development of an in vitro tumour model to evaluate drug efficacy and epidermal mesenchymal transition in triple negative breast cancer

14.20 – 14.40 Shehnaz Ahmed, University of Nottingham

Self-reporting scaffolds enabling non-invasive in situ pH monitoring for tissue engineering applications

14.40 – 15.10 J Malcolm Wilkinson, Kirkstall Ltd

A Roadmap for how Organ-on-a-Chip Technology will eventually replace Animal Tests for Drug and Chemical Safety

15.10 – 15.40 Coffee Break

15.40 – 17.00 Cultivating Cells under Physiologic Conditions

Chair: Dr Beate Rinner, Medical University of Graz

Speakers:

15.40 – 16.00 Sarah Grissenberger, University of Graz

2D and 3D in vitro and in vivo studies on the cytotoxic activity of human Lactoferricin derived antitumor peptide R-DIM-P-LF11-334 on human malignant melanoma

16.00 – 16.15 Mehmet Deniz Akyuz, Alveole *Industry Spotlight*

Spatial modulation of light: how to dynamically control cell/material interaction

16.15 – 16.35 Simon Whawell, University of Sheffield

Physiological fluid flow moderates fibroblast responses to transforming growth fact beta (TGF-β)

16.35 – 17.00 Beate Rinner, Medical University of Graz

MUG-Mel2, a novel highly pigmented and well characterized NRAS mutated human melanoma cell line

17.00 – 18.30

Networking, Poster Even Viewing, and Exhibitions

20.00 til late

Dinner Gala at Manchester Hilton Hotel

£70, reservations must be made minimum of one week prior. For more information or to book your place please email our event organiser.

WEDNESDAY 24th MAY

9.00 – 9.50

Keynote Speaker: Professor Mark Cronin, Liverpool John Moores University

In Silico Models: The Glue to Fix 21st Century Toxicology?

9.50 – 12.30 Tissue Engineering

Chair: Prof Jamie Davies, University of Edinburgh

Speakers:

9.50 – 10.05 Sandro Meucci, Micronit *Industry Spotlight*

TEER electrodes integration in resealable microfluidic devices

10.05 – 10.35 Chunga Kwon, KIST Europe, University of science and Technology, Republic of Korea

Microscale Topographical Patterning for Preventing Posterior Capsular Opacification by Inhibiting Lens Epithelial Cell Migration

10.35 – 11.00 Eleanore Irvine, Biogelx *Industry Spotlight*

Biogelx: Designer Gels for Cell Culture

11.00 – 11.30 Coffee Break

11.30 – 12.00 Don Wellings, Spheritech

Proliferate® – 3D scaffolds for regenerative medicine

12.00 – 12.30

Speaker not confirmed

12.30 – 13.30 Lunch

13.30 – 15.00 Safety and Toxicology

Chair: Dr Phil Hewitt, Merck KGaA

Speakers:

13.30 – 14.00 Ewelina Hoffman, University of Hertfordshire

Investigating the impact of M1 and M2 macrophage polarization on foamy human macrophage responses in vitro

14.00 – 14.30 Araida Hidalgo-Bastida, Manchester Metropolitan University

Evaluation of doxorubicin-induced cardiotoxicity using the Quasi-Vivo® system

14.30 – 15.00 Phil Hewitt, Merck KGaA

HepaRG 3D spheroids: Characterization, cytotoxicity and their use in more advanced in vitro models

15.00 – 15.30 Coffee Break

15.30 – 17.30 Late Breaking Abstracts

Chair: Dr Harvey Clewell, Scitovation

Speakers:

15.30 – 15.50 Jonas Hansson, Mercene Labs

Ostemer polymers – micro manufacturing and cell studies

15.50 – 16.10 Liam Boyle, University of Sheffield

The effects of low level fluid flow stimuli in conjunction with cilia elongation through the use of lithium chloride

16.10 – 16.40 David Davies, Parker Hannifin

The use of peristaltic pumps in continuous flow cell culture

16.40 – 17.00 Nikloas Gaio, Delft University of Technology

Cytostretch: A Versatile Silicon-Based Organ-On-Chip

17.00 – 17.30

Speaker not confirmed

17.30 – 18.00

Conference Close and Prize Giving

Please note that this is a draft only and all times, sessions, and presentations are subject to change.

CALL FOR PAPERS

We invite research from industry and academia to submit their paper abstracts for both poster and verbal presentations.

The final call for papers has now closed but we are still accepting late breaking abstracts. To submit an abstract please fill out the form below and email it to: ACTCconference@kirkstall.dns-systems.net

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