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