Tissue Engineering Special Interest Group Meeting
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Description
Tissue Engineering Special Interest Group Meeting
The BHF Centre of Research Excellence (Imperial College London) and Regenerative Medicine (Imperial College London & Bristol University) are hosting a joint meeting on Tissue Engineering and Biomaterials on Thursday, 23rd of March 2017.
Please find programme here and below.
PROGRAMME
11:00 - Prof Sian Harding - Welcome and introduction
SESSION 1 - Chair: Prof Molly Stevens
11:10 - Dr Helen Berry (University of Leeds) - Acellular Biological Scaffolds for Cardiac Valve Replacement and Regeneration
11:30 - Prof Ipsita Roy (Westminster University) - Bioresorbable Biomaterials for Therapeutic Drug Eluting Stents
11:50 - Prof Massimo Caputo (University of Bristol) - Cellularized valvular conduits to treat congenital heart defect
12:10 - Dr Paola Campagnolo (University of Surrey) - Functionalized vascular grafts
12:30 - BREAK
SESSION 2 - Chair: Prof Paolo Madeddu
13:15 - Dr Sanjay Sinha (University of Cambridge) - Cardiac patches for heart repair
13:35 - Dr Gabor Foldes (Imperial College London) - Pluripotent stem cells for cellularization of vascular conduits
13:55 - Dr Richard Day (University College London) - Stem cell encapsulation for tissue healing
14:15 - Dr Ngoc Tri Vo (Cell Therapy Catapult) - Pathway to clinical delivery
14:35 - Michaella Kapnisi (Imperial College London) - Auxetic cardiac patches with tuneable mechanical and conductive properties
15:00 - BREAK
Keynote Lecture - Chair: Prof Sian Harding
15:30 - Prof Ken Suzuki (Queen Mary’s University London) - : Epicardial coating of the heart with stem cells for the treatment of heart failure
16:30 Drinks
We are delighted to invite members of the organising centres to attend this meeting.
In order to insure your place at the meeting, please register on this event page at your earliest convenience.
