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2025 UK Organ-on-a-Chip Symposium

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Date: 1 October 2025   Time: 13:00 - 17:30

Please register at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1470416387999?aff=oddtdtcreator

Teams link for online attendees

Join us for a program of UK and international speakers, working at the cutting edge of organ-chip research. The full program is below, and confirmed speakers include:

  • Professor Ignacio Ochoa (University of Zaragoza)
  • Professor Rocky Tuan (Chinese University of Hong Kong / University of Pittsburgh)
  • Professor Roisin Owens (University of Cambridge)
  • Professor Cathy Merry (University of Nottingham)
  • Dr Emily Richardson (CN Bio)
  • Dr Anthony Holmes (NC3Rs)

There will also be a poster display, to celebrate the breadth of UK organ-on-a-chip research. If you'd like to display a poster of your work, please send a title, authors and affiliation to Adrian Biddle (a.biddle@qmul.ac.uk).

The meeting will be in the Derek Willoughby Lecture Theatre, John Vane Building, Queen Mary University of London, Charterhouse Square

We thank the RSPCA (science.rspca.org.uk/sciencegroup/researchanimals) and Centre for Human Specific Reseach (humanspecificresearch.org/) for generous sponsorship.

Full program:

1:00pm: QMUL Centre for Predictive in vitro Models ECR short talks:

  • Dr Lorraine Couteau: "Mechanical stimulation and iron loading replicates early atherosclerosis within an artery-on-chip device"
  • Dr Sophia Lunetto: "Modelling the heterogenous invasive phenotypes in oral squamous cell carcinoma using a microfluidic device"
  • Dr Tim Hopkins: "Engineering growth factor gradients to drive spatiotemporal tissue patterning in organ-on-a-chip systems"
  • Dr Minerva Bosch-Fortea: "Biomimetic artificial bone marrow niches for the scale up of hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells"

1:50pm:

  • Prof Roisin Owens, University of Cambridge: "Electrifying the chip in Organ-on-chip models"
  • Distinguished International Online Speaker: Prof Rocky Tuan, Chinese University of Hong Kong / University of Pittsburgh: "Human Stem Cell-based Articular Tissue Engineering: From Joint Regeneration to Joint-on-a-Chip (miniJoint) – Repair, Restore, and Re-create"

One hour tea break, with refreshments and poster viewing (2:40 – 3:40pm).

3:40pm:

  • Prof Martin Knight, QMUL: "The Centre for Predictive in vitro Models at QMUL"
  • Dr Anthony Holmes, NC3Rs: "Innovate, Integrate, Regulate: MPS technologies in the global life sciences arena"
  • International Keynote: Prof Ignacio Ochoa, University of Zaragoza: "Organ-on-Chip Insights into Necrotic Core-Driven Immunomodulation and Biomarker Discovery in Glioblastoma"
  • Prof Cathy Merry, University of Nottingham: "Keep the matrix in mind"
  • Dr Emily Richardson, CN Bio: "Watch the gap: microphysiological systems for translating safety risks to the clinic"

Finish 5:30pm

Location:  Derek Willoughby Lecture Theatre, John Vane Building, Queen Mary University of London, Charterhouse Square
Arranged by::  Centre for Predictive in vitro Models
Website:  https://www.cpm.qmul.ac.uk/

Updated by: Adrian Biddle