UPM Biomedicals 8th Annual Conference Programme

Programme

DAY 1: Wednesday 26th October – 3D in vitro models and their automation for HTS/HCS

Time (CET)	Programme & speakers* \| DAY 1 \| 26th October
	SESSION 1
13.00	Welcome Johana Kuncova-Kallio, UPM Biomedicals
	Automating GrowDex on the PerkinElmer JANUS Liquid Handling Robot for 3D Cell Culture Nick Glass, Perkin Elmer
	Precision Medicine in Gastrointestinal Cancer Toni Seppälä, Tampere University
14.00	PANEL DISCUSSION & COFFEE BREAK with Nick Glass & Toni Seppälä
	SESSION 2
14:40	Automation and miniaturization of organoid assays for drug screening – development of a screening platform for hepatocellular carcinoma Tijmen Booij, NEXUS, ETH Zurich
	Setting the trend – applications showing automated and scalable 3D cell culture for HTS Jonathan Sheard, UPM Biomedicals
	Relevance of 3D cell culture in extracellular vesicle research Pia Siljander, University of Helsinki
16.00	PANEL DISCUSSION & COFFEE BREAK with Tijmen Booij, Jonathan Sheard & Pia Siljander
16.35	SNAPSHOT PRESENTATIONS 3D culture of bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells in GrowDex®-T under active flow Roope Ohlsbom, Tampere University Optimization of GrowDex-A hydrogel for mouse intestinal organoid cultivation Rosa Karvonen, Tampere University / UPM Biomedicals Comparison of supporting matrices for 3D drug sensitivity and resistance testing of patient-derived cancer cells Michaela Feodoroff, FIMM
	PANEL DISCUSSION with snapshot presenters
17.10	End of day 1

DAY 2: Thursday 27th October – regenerative medicine and the development of advanced therapies

Time (CET)	Programme & speakers* \| DAY 2 \| 27th October
	SESSION 1
13.00	Welcome Johana Kuncova-Kallio, UPM Biomedicals
	Recapturing in vivo biology — how bioprinting can unlock the advantages of 3D cell culture Itedale Namro Redwan, BICO/Cellink
	Considerations towards industrialization of in vivo Gene Therapies Markus Haindl, Roche Diagnostics, Cell & Gene Therapy
	Strategies for optimized and intensified cell culture processes Stefan Schmidt, Bioatrium
14.25	PANEL DISCUSSION & COFFEE BREAK with Itedale Namro Redwan, Markus Haindl & Stefan Schmidt
	SESSION 2
15.05	Regulatory requirements for allogeneic cell banking Christopher Bravery, Advanced Biologicals
	Generation of iPSC-derived three-dimensional vestibular neuronal spheroids with nanofibrillar cellulose gels Benjamin Norton & Akihiro Matsuoka, Northwestern University
	Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products – Regulatory Considerations Hanna Kankkonen, FIMEA
16.25	PANEL DISCUSSION & COFFEE BREAK with Christopher Bravery, Benjamin Norton, Akihiro Matsuoka & Hanna Kankkonen
16.55	SNAPSHOT PRESENTATIONS Angiogenic potential of human adipose derived mesenchymal stromal cells in GrowDex® Elle Koivunotko, University of Helsinki 3D organoid cultures for investigation of lung cancer Karina Malmroos, Lund University Micromechanical Regulation of Tumor Immune Microenvironment Aino Peura, University of Helsinki
	PANEL DISCUSSION with snapshot presenters
17.30	End of day 2

*Conference programme may be subject to change if unforeseen circumstances occur.

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