Pre-Conference Seminar, Monday, September 12, 2022

The pre-conference seminar will again provide participants with introductory presentations on key biointerface science and technology topics and application challenges in preparation for the subsequent international biointerface conference.

Program Overview   Download the full Seminar Program here

Where to meet        Download the Floorplan here

09:00	Welcome & Introduction
09:10 - 9:50	Intro & Overview: 21st Century Cell Culture for 21st Century Research
09:50 - 10:20	Pro Con Debate: “In vitro assays will eventually replace all academic and industrial in vivo (animal) tests for drug development”
10:20 - 10:50	Break
10.50 - 11:30	In vitro biomimetic neuronal interfaces
11.30 - 12:10	Synthetic Hydrogels for Regenerative Medicine
12:10 - 13:40	Lunch & More – Ask Anything
13:40 –15:30	Characterisation in 3D and organoid technology
	Break
16:00 - 18:10	Cell analysis and development of standard protocols
	Wrap-Up

 

The seminar contributions will be workshop-like in the sense of providing some kind of personalized, less formal engagement and interactions with lecturers. Students and early-career scientists from universities and clinics but also participants from industry and government will be equally welcome. 

Seminar Contributors

Chair: Prof. Barbara Rothen-Rutishauser, Adolphe Merkle Institute, Université de Fribourg, CH-1700 Fribourg

Co-Chair: Prof. Marcus Textor, formerly ETH Zurich, CH

• Thomas Hartung, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, US
• Ivan Martin, University of Basel, CH
• David Grainger, The University of Utah, US
• Francesca Santoro, RWTH Aachen and Forschungszentrum Juelich, DE
• Andrés Garcia, School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Tech, US
• Michelle Grandin, Scientific Consultant BioMaterials & Medical Devices, Instructor at UCSD Extension, US
• Sally McArthur, Faculty of Science, Engineering & Technology, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, AU
• Adrian Roth, Roche Innovation Center, Basel, CH
• Janos Vörös, ETH Zurich, CH
• Catarina Brito, University Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, PT
• Matthias Rösslein, EMPA, St Gallen, CH
• Eliav Haskal, Innovation Manager, NCCR Bio-Inspired Materials, University of Fribourg, CH
• Markus Rimann, ZHAW, TEDD-Network, CH

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