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2025 UK Organ-on-a-Chip Symposium
Date: 1 October 2025 Time: 13:00 - 17:30 
Please register at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1470416387999?aff=oddtdtcreator
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 Clark-Kennedy lecture theatre, which is through the automatic sliding doors on Walden Street.
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
Dr Sophia Lunetto
Dr Tim Hopkins
Dr Minerva Bosch-Fortea
1:50pm:
Prof Roisin Owens, University of Cambridge: "Electrifying the chip in Organ-on-chip models"
Prof Rocky Tuan, Chinese University of Hong Kong / University of Pittsburgh: Title TBC
One hour tea break, with canapes 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: Title TBC
Dr Emily Richardson, CN Bio: "Watch the gap: microphysiological systems for translating safety risks to the clinic"
Finish 5:30pm
| Location: | Clark-Kennedy lecture theatre, Walden Street, Whitechapel Campus, Queen Mary University of London | |
| Arranged by:: | Centre for Predictive in vitro Models | |
| Website: | https://www.cpm.qmul.ac.uk/ |
Updated by: Adrian Biddle