CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
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Monday 13th June
| 09:15 | Arrival and Admittance to Conference |
| 09:30 | Welcome: Prof. Matthew Dalby, University of Glasgow/ Professor Alicia El Haj, University of Birmingham |
| 09:40 | Chairs: Aleksandar Atanasov and Maria Laura Vieri Keynote Speaker: Dr Melanie Jimenez, University of Strathclyde Engineering New Approaches for Label-free Cell Phenotyping for Medical Applications Using Microfluidics |
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10:20 – 12:00 | Organ-on-a-chip models and Bioengineered Models |
| 10:20 Paige Walczak, Aston University Tuneable Biomaterials for Neural Modelling
10:35 Luis Felipe Marcos, Loughborough University Effects of Surface Chemistry Interaction on Neural Stem Cell Derived Retinal Organoids
10:50 Abigail Wright, University of Birmingham Magnetic Nanoparticle-Mediated Orientation of Collagen Hydrogels for Engineering of Tendon-Mimetic Constructs
11:05 Coffee break
11:30 Dan Merryweather, Loughborough University Microfabrication of Brain on Chip Devices for Human Neural Progenitor Cell Culture and Defined Circuit Generation | |
| Poster flashes: 11:45 Louise Hopkinson, University of Manchester Kidney Organoids as an in Vitro System to Investigate Alport Syndrome | |
| 12:00 | Lunch Break and Poster Viewing TCES Committee Meeting - Rm 211 Posters – Rm 118/119 |
| 13:30 | Dr Elizabeth Laird, University of Liverpool, BBSRC Network in Healthy Ageing/ECM |
| 13:35 | Chairs: Seb Doherty-Boyd and Joseph Barnes Keynote Speaker: Prof Rachelle D’Sa, University of Liverpool Tackling Biomedical Infections in the Era of the Superbug |
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14:15 – 16:25 | Healthy Ageing and Enabling Technologies |
| 14:15 Graeme Pitt, University of Liverpool Antifouling Coatings for the Prevention of Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections (CAUTIís)
14:30 Elliot Croft, University of Liverpool Dissolving Microneedle Arrays as Alternative Drug Delivery System for the Treatment of Glaucoma
14:45 Naomi Northage, University of Liverpool Plasma Activated Liquids for Disinfection of Flexible Endoscopes
15:00 Tea break
15:20 Sandra Graóana Castillo, University of Liverpool Physiologically Based Pharmacokinetic (Pbpk) Modelling of Drug-Drug Interactions Between Long-Acting Cabotegravir and Rilpivirine with Oral Rifabutin
15:35 Nishant Joglekar, Loughborough University Early Detection of Delayed Apoptosis Post-Thaw for MSC’s Using Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry (Gc/Ms)
15:50 Amy Byrne, Keele University Tenocyte Isolated Extra Cellular Vesicles and Their Immunomodulatory Potential
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| Poster flashes: 16:05 Edward Contreras, Aston University Novel Bioreactor Technologies for Expansion of Keratinocytes for Wound Healing
16:10 William Sebastian Doherty-Boyd, University of Glasgow Developing a Synthetic Bone Marrow Niche for Hematopoietic Stem C Cell Maintenance
16:15 Sophia Read, University of Manchester Bioprintable Alginate/Cellulose Nanocrystal Hydrogels for Articular Cartilage Repair | |
| 16:20-16:35 | Industry Presentations – Short Talks 16:20 - Sphere Fluidics 16:25 - Jellagen 16:30 - Cell Guidance Systems |
| 16:40 – 17:45 | Poster Session with Presenters Rm 118/119 |
Tuesday 14th June
| 09:00 | Arrival and Admittance to Conference |
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| 09:15 | Welcome: Professor Sarah Cartmell, TCES President /Professor Alicia El Haj, TCES Conference Chair |
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09:15 -12:15 | ImagingBioPro Workshop
| Enabling Technologies and Biomaterials |
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| Chair and introduction: Prof Sarah Cartmell Keynote Speakers: 9:20 Prof. Yalin Zheng, University of Liverpool Potential, Challenges and Future Directions for Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare Applications
9:40 Dr. Michael Monaghan, Trinity College Dublin Engineering Non-invasive Tools to Profile Cell Metabolism in Differentiation and Disease
10:00 Dr Marissa Martin-Fernandez, STFC Central Laser Facility, Octopus Group Fluorescence Microscopy for Cellular Structural Biology Across the Scales with EGFR Signal Transduction as Witness
10:30 Coffee
| Chairs: Elaine Ma and Lauren Hope
9:20 Karen Marshall, University of Southampton Bone Tissue Engineering Using Biomimetic Materials – In Vitro and In Vivo Assessment
9:35 Akhil Jain, University of Nottingham Bifunctionalised Electric Field Responsive Conductive Nanoactuators for Glioblastoma Multiforme
9:50 Lydia Marinou, University of Glasgow Advanced Bio-active Coating for the Bio- Integration of Synthetic Vascular Grafts
10:05 Hannah Williamson, University of Birmingham Development of an On-demand Biosensor for Monitoring Cell Therapy Biomanufacture
10:20 Leona Ogene, University of Manchester Graphene Oxide as a Chondroinductive Biomaterial for Articular Cartilage Regeneration
10:35 Coffee
10:50 Lynsey Steele, University of Manchester Development of Graphene-containing 3D- Printed Scaffolds for Orthopaedic Applications
11:05 Lorna Westwood, University of Edinburgh ( Tissue Engineered Scaffolds for Use in the Restoration of Salivary Glands Post-Radiation Therapy
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| 10:50 Devon Crouch, University of Liverpool High Resolution 3D Imaging Reveals Architectural Changes in Human Glaucomatous Trabecular Meshwork
11:05 Yasmin Osmani, University of Manchester Using Short Chain Siloxanes to Alter the Longitudinal and Transverse Relaxation of a 3D Printed PDMS MRI Phantom
11:20 Ryan Dimmock, Keele University Characterisation of Limbal Mechanical Properties/Morphology and Replication of Limbal Crypt Anatomy
11:35 Oliver Pattinson, University of Southampton Ultra-High Speed Quantification of Microbubble-Induced Cell Strain for Bone Repair
11:50 Joseph Barnes, University of Southampton Design, Manufacture and Characterisation of a Dual Antimicrobial-Osteoinductive ëBone Wrap
12:05 Kerime Okur, University of Birmingham, Mechascan Imaging Mechanical Properties of Tissues for Tissue Engineering Applications
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| Poster flashes: 11:20 Esra Mutlu, University of Birmingham Using machine learning to Demonstrate the Potential of Exosomes as a Prognostic and Diagnostic Disease Tool
11:25 Ellen Slay, University of Leeds Bioinspired Mineralisation of Topographically Textured Microparticles for The Creation of an Invitro Cell-Instructive 3d Bone Microenvironment
11:30 Alaa Elnima, University of Nottingham Developing Non-viral Gene Delivery System for Intestinal Mucosal Tissue
11:35 Yunxi Gao, University of Edinburgh Incorporation of Decellularized Human Liver Extracellular Matrix into Topographically Tailored Polycaprolactone Electrospun Scaffolds for Liver Tissue Engineering
11:40 Emmanouela Mitta, University of Manchester Towards a Physiologically Relevant Lung In Vitro Model for Early Cancer Biomarkers
11:45 Busra Baskapan, University of Edinburgh Hybrid Electrospun Scaffolds for Kidney Tissue Engineering
11:50 Saqer Alarifi, University of Nottingham Development of Regulated Gene Vector to Restore MeCP2 Activity to Treat Rett Syndrome
11:55 Megan Boseley, Aston University Scalable Cell Culture for production of Extracellular Vesicles for Regenerative Medicine Applications
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| Robert Brown Awards: 12:00 Melissa Rayner, UCL Engineering Therapies to Target Two Key Clinical Issues Associated with Peripheral Nerve Injury
12:15 Aishah Nasir, University of Nottingham Chemo-topography Heart-in-a-dish Platform for Human Cardiac Modelling
12:30 Samuel Moxon, University of Manchester A 3D Bioprinted Model of the Human Intervertebral Disc for Disease Modelling Applications
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| 12:45
| AGM Tissue and Cell Engineering Society – Voting for New committee - Lecture Hall 1 Lunch Break and poster session - Rm 118/199 |
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13:30 – 17:00 | Bioengineered models | Clinical Advances & Patient Benefits of Applications |
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| Chairs: Adam Efrat and Antonia Molloy Keynote Speaker: Prof. Che Connon, Newcastle University Benefits of Spinning Out Academic Research
| Chairs: Dr Nikhil Jain and Ryan Weller Keynote Speaker: Prof. Liam Grover, University of Birmingham Developing Soft Materials to Participate in the Tissue Regeneration Process |
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| 14:15 Fabrizio Mancini, University of Manchester A Retinoic Acid Analog and Timing of BMP2 Improves the Differentiation of Human Pluripotent Stem Cells into Articular Cartilage
14:30 Amy Harding, University of Sheffield Understanding c-Src Activation as a Potential Marker of Chemical-induced Skin Irritation Using Tissue-engineered Skin Equivalents
14:45 Poppy Smith, UCL School of Pharmacy Novel Technique for Stabilising Endothelial Cell Collagen Hydrogels for Peripheral Nerve Regeneration
15:00 Melissa Vieira, University of Birmingham Stem Cell Therapy for Liver Disease: An Experimental Flow Model to Optimise Cell Delivery
15:15 Vinothini Prabhakaran, University of Edinburgh Development of Sacrificial Scaffolds for Constructing Biomimetic 3D Mini- tissues In-vitro
15:30 Tea
15:50 Omar Matar, UCL Controlled Release of Tracolimus From Microparticles Encapsulated within Engineering Neural Tissue for Local Immunosuppression in Peripheral Nerve Repair
16:05 Craig Murdoch, University of Sheffield Incorporation of Polarised T-Cells Into Tissue-Engineered Oral Mucosa to Investigate the Pathogenesis of Oral Lichen Planus
16:20 Lauren Hope, University of Glasgow Developing a 3D Bone Marrow Model for Drug Screening in MLL Rearranged Acute Myeloid Leukaemia
| 14:15 Derek Hardie, University of Nottingham Next Generation Phage Display for Brain Cancer Specific Non-Viral Gene Delivery
14:30 Angela Imere, University of Birmingham A Regenerative Cartilage Model for Drug Screening Applications
14:45 Karina Wright, Keele University Chondrocytes from two Juvenile Donor Sources (Polydactyly Digits and Iliac Apophysis) can be Up-Scale Expanded In the Quantumæ Bioreactor
15:00 Ramyar Chavoshinejad, University of Nottingham Treating Obesity by Enhancing Fat Thermogenesis with Non-viral Gene Delivery of VEGF
15:15 Rebecca Davies, Keele University Umbilical Cord Mesenchymal Stromal Cell Derived Extracellular Vesicles Match, and Perhaps Surpass, their Parental Cell’s Ability to Treat Inflammatory Arthritis
15:30 Tea
15:50 Davide Verdolino, University of Manchester Understanding the Mechanisms of Action of Collagen-Based Wound Dressings to Promote Healing
16:05 Trisha Vikranth, Keele University Decellularised Pleural Membranes in Pulmonary Regenerative Medicine
16:20 Gillian Higgins, University of Glasgow Increasing Translatability of Cell Therapy for Peripheral Nerve Injury; Investigating SPIONs and HPL in vitro
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| Poster flashes: 16:35 Anna Dimitra Kataki, UCL On the Optimisation and Tailoring of the ECM Complexity to the Cancer Cellular Compartment of a Biomaterial-Based Novel 3D Model of Pancreatic Cancer Tissue
16:40 Elaine Ma, University of Glasgow Liver Metastasis in a Dish
16:45 Emily Atkinson, UCL A Hepatocyte Growth Factor Mimetic for the Treatment of Traumatic Brain Injury
16:50 Ting Chen, University of Liverpool, Electrospun Poly(vinyl) Alcohol Nanofibers for Antimicrobial Wound Dressings
| Poster flashes: 16:35 Chara Dimitriadi Evgenidi, University of Glasgow Small Molecule Signalling in Osteosarcoma Differentiation
16:40 David Phillips, University of Bath Design and Optimisation of a Novel Fluidised Bed Bioreactor for the Expansion of Erythroid Progenitor Cells
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| 16:50 17:00 | Industry Presentations – Short Talks 16:50 - OP11 16:55 - Zimmer Peacock 17:00 - Swift Analytical |
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| 17:05-18:00 | Poster Session with Presenters Rm 118/199 |
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Wednesday 15th June
| 9:15 | Arrival and Admittance to Conference |
| 9:30 | Chair: Dr Anita Ghag Keynote Speaker: Prof. Delphine Gourdon, University of Glasgow 3D tunable tumour-mimicking scaffolds for control of cell adhesion and matrix deposition |
| 10:00 | Keynote Speaker: Dr. David Hoey, Trinity College Dublin Mechano-biologically Inspired Therapeutics and Materials for Bone Repair |
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10:30-12:25 | Mechanobiology and Bioengineered Models (Selected Talks and Poster Flash Talks) |
| 10:30 Joseph Clarke, University of Birmingham Force Application to the T Cell Receptor Controls T Cell Activation
10:45 Wenhuan Bu, University of Nottingham Progressively Self-strengthening Hydrogel for Cell Mechanotransduction Study
11:00 Kirsten O’Brien, University of Southampton The Effect of Perfluoropentane Nanodroplets on MC3T3E1 Pre-osteoblast Viability
11:15 Coffee
11:35 Jaqueline Solis, University of Leeds Characterisation Of Native And Decellularised Porcine Tendon Under Tension And Compression: A Closer Look At Glycosaminoglycan Contribution To Tendon Mechanics
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| Poster Flashes: 11:50 Patricia Medesan, University of Edinburgh Investigating the Suitability of Jellyfish Collagen Sponges for In Vitro Bone Tissue Engineering
11:55 Afeesh Rajan Unnithan, University of Birmingham Magnetic Graphene Nanocarpet based Non-Invasive Modulation of Mechanosensitive Ion-channels for Enhanced Osteogenesis
12:00 Helen Colley, University of Sheffield Electrospun Patch Delivery of Anti-TNFα F(ab) Antibody Fragments the Treatment of Oral Mucosal Inflammatory Diseases.
12:05 Holly Gregory, UCL School of Pharmacy Engineering An Aligned Sandwich-Structured Peripheral Nerve Repair Construct with Encapsulated Tacrolimus
12:10 Ami Nash, University of Nottingham Use of pectin for the spray delivery of cells
12:15 Rebecca Powell, UCL Human Ipsc-Derived Schwann Cells in a Tissue Engineered Nerve Construct to Improve Efficacy of Peripheral Nerve Regeneration
12:20 Priyanka Gupta, UCL A Comparative Assessment of the Response of Ovarian Cancer Cells to Cisplatin in 3D Models of Various Structural and Biochemical Configurations
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| 12:25 | Lunch Break with Poster Viewing – UK /Ireland Forum meeting Rm 118/199 |
| 13:30 – 14:15 | Chairs: Dr Pranav Vasanthi Bathrinarayanan and Dr Hadi Hajiali Keynote speaker: Prof. Daniel Kelly, Trinity College Dublin |
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14:30 – 15:25 | Enabling Technologies and Biomaterials (Selected Talks and Poster Flash Talks) |
| 14:45 Clara Baldari, University of Salento Biomimetic Nanoparticles for Tumor Self-Targeting in Cancer Immunotherapy
15:00 Alexander Sturtivant, University of Edinburgh An In Silico Investigation into the Response of Chondrocytes to Common Tissue Engineering Materials for Cartilage Regeneration
15:15 Joe Forth, UCL A 3D-Printed Blood-Brain Barrier-on-a-Chip with Complex Vasculature
15:30 Mattia Vitale, University of Manchester Hydroxyapatite-decorated Fmoc-Hydrogel as a Bone-mimicking Substrate for Osteoclast Differentiation and Culture | |
| Poster Flashes: 15:45 Ella-Louise Handley, University of Edinburgh Reactive Oxygen Species-Scavenging Electrospun Scaffolds for the Treatment of Myocardial Infarction
15:50 Alfred Kyambadde, Keele University The Use of Nanofibers as 3D Scaffolds for Expansion and Modulation of Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells: A Comparison Study to 2D Culture | |
| 16:00 | Prizes |
| 16:10 | Close – Farewell remarks - Professor Sarah Cartmell, TCES President |