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 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.

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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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