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Organ-on-a-Chip Symposium

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Date: 19 May 2021   Time: 13:30 - 16:00

Keynote: Dr Shannon Stott – Harvard Medical School

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Please join us for an afternoon of research talks on the latest developments in organ-on-a-chip and in vitro models technology.

This month's keynote lecture will be from Dr Shannon Stott, Harvard Medical School: "Microfluidics for the Interrogation of Complex Clinical Specimens"

Chair: Adrian Biddle QMUL

1.30pm: Abstract presentations

Jochen Kuehnl, Beiersdorf AG: "Use of a microphysiological system integrating skin and liver models to investigate exposure scenario-dependent effects on the metabolic fate of chemicals and tissue responses"

Abhinav Bhushan, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology: "Intestine-Microbiota-on-a-chip to Study Effects of Bacteria on Drug Metabolism"

Genaëlle Rabussier, MIMETAS BV: "3D microphysiological placenta in-vitro model for high-throughput barrier and transport studies"

2.15pm: Flash talks

Xiao Wan, Target Discovery Institute, University of Oxford: "From Popular Kinases to Orphan Receptors: 3D Perfused Models as a tool for Target Discovery"

Alice Scemama, Queen Mary University of London: "A 3Rs approach to tumour metastasis: investigating the role of cancer stem cells in metastasis of OSCC using an in vitro microfluidic model"

Lea de Maddalena, AlveoliX AG: "IPF-on-chip: A new tool for antifibrotic drug efficacy study"

2.30pm - 3pm: Q&A

3.00pm - Keynote: Dr Shannon Stott, Harvard Medical School: "Microfluidics for the Interrogation of Complex Clinical Specimens"

All registered attendees will receive a meeting link prior to the meeting.

Location:  Microsoft Teams
Website:  https://www.eventbrite.com/e/organ-on-a-chip-e-symposium-tickets-163180243501