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Queen Mary+Emulate Organs-on-Chips Centre Virtual Launch
15 July 2020
Online Event Programme
| 13.00-13.15 | Introduction to the Queen Mary+Emulate Organs-on-Chips Centre | Prof Martin Knight (Centre Director, Queen Mary University of London) |
| 13.15-13.20 | Welcome from Emulate | Dr Lorna Ewart (Emulate, Inc.) |
| 13.20-13.40 | Addressing Todays Drug Development Challenges | Dr Alison Cave (ISCF Director: Accelerating Detection of Disease at Innovate UK) |
| 13.40-14.00 | Development and utilization of organ on chips in drug discovery | Dr Jason Ekert (Senior Director and Head of Complex In Vitro Models, GlaxoSmithKline) |
| 14.00-14.40 | Development of Lung-Chip models to study lung biology, repair and host defense | Dr Anne Van Der Does (Senior Researcher, Leiden University Medical Centre) |
| 14.40-14.55 | Panel discussion | Chair: Prof Martin Knight and Prof Hazel Screen |
| 14.55-15.10 | OOAC Network: Accessing the Centre & Proof of Concept Funding | Prof Hazel Screen (Director of UK Organ-on-a-chip Network, Queen Mary University of London) |
| 15.10-15.15 | Q&A session | Chair: Prof Martin Knight and Prof Hazel Screen |
| 15.15 | Event close | Prof Martin Knight |
Proof of Concept Funding Award
In collaboration with the UK Organ-on-a-Chip Technologies Network we will be opening a new proof of concept call at the virtual launch which aims to support academic research by offering affordable access to equipment and consumables. Further details of the call will be provided at the e-launch.
Email: m.m.knight@qmul.ac.uk
Link: https://www.cpm.qmul.ac.uk/emulate/launch/
Updated by: Adrian Biddle