Program

SSB+RM2021 conference 7-9 June, 2021

Timetable

Time

Tuesday, June 2nd
10:00-12:00

Emerging Technologies

Keynote: Prisca Liberali (FMI Basel), Regenerative landscape of intestinal organoids
Bart Deplancke (EPF Lausanne), New deterministic technologies for developmental and real-time single cell transcriptomics
– Contribution selected from abstracts
– Contribution selected from abstracts
12:00-12:10

Rapid fire poster presentation
12:10-13:30

Lunch / Poster session
13:30-15:00

Next generation 3D in vitro models

Adrian Ranga (KU Leuven), Bioengineering organoid fate and morphogenesis
Matteo Moretti (EOC Lugano), Multi-scale 3D vascularized models for investigating heterotypic cell interactions within engineered pathological environments
– Contribution selected from abstracts
– Contribution selected from abstracts
– Contribution selected from abstracts
15:00-15:30

Coffee break
15:30-17:45

Bone and cartilage: from development to sophisticated engineering

Rolf Zeller (University of Basel), The molecular signatures of immature limb bud mesenchymal progenitors and their roles in development of the appendicular skeleton
Paolo Cinelli (University of Zürich), Dissecting MSCs heterogeneity for improved bone bioengineering
Dominique Pioletti (EPF Lausanne), Soft hydrogels for strong tissues
Keynote: Molly Stevens (Imperial College London), Engineering and exploring the cell material interface
18:30

Apéro

Zoo Zürich guided tour

Conference dinner in the Zoo Zürich

 

Time

Wednesday, June 3rd
08:30-10:30

Mechanotransduction from cells to tissues

Keynote: Sirio Dupont (University of Padoa), ECM mechanotransduction pathways: old friends, unexpected beginners
Jess Snedeker (ETH Zürich), Links between the collagen matrix, tendon cells, and the orthopedic patient
Benjamin Gantenbein (University of Bern), Regeneration of the intervertebral disc using biomaterials and/or cells
– Contribution selected from abstracts
10:30-11:00

Coffee break
11:00-12:00

Company / startup session

Fabienne Hartmann (Cutiss AG, Zürich), DenovoSkin – Personalized skin to treat skin defects
Martin Schuler (Device25 AG, Dübendorf), How to bring a medical device to the market in the era of MDR
– Contribution selected from abstracts
– Contribution selected from abstracts
12:00-12:30

General assembly
12:30-14:00

Lunch / poster session
14:00-15:00

Fetal therapies

Nicole Ochsenbein (University Hospital Zürich), Fetal surgery for Spina Bifida in Zurich
– Contribution selected from abstracts
– Contribution selected from abstracts
15:00-15:30

Student awards
15:30-16:00

Coffee break
16:00-17:45

Biomaterials for 4D tissue engineering

Maartje Bastings (EPF Lausanne), Super-selective interactions between cells and DNA-based materials
– Contribution selected from abstracts
Wilfried Weber (University of Freiburg, Germany), Extracellular optogenetics to dynamically modulate biomaterial properties
Keynote: Kristi Anseth (University of Colorado), Bioengineering with light-responsive hydrogels
17:45-18:00

Closing remarks

 

Time

Thursday, June 4th
 

Young Scientist Seminar

 

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