Programme
April 9, 2018:
Arrival to Tartu, welcome dinner at Vapiano at 19:30. The dinner is not included in the participation fee, but all seminar participants get 10% discount.
April 10, 2018:
| 7:00-8:30 | Breakfast for those accommodated at the VSpa Hotel |
| 8:30 | Ordered buses leaving from the VSpa Hotel to the University of Life Sciences |
| 8:00-9:00 | The registration desk is open at the University of Life Sciences |
| 09:00-09:15 (15:00) | Welcome address and introduction (Prof. Stefan Przyborski, Durham University, United Kingdom) |
| In vitro 3-D Total Guidance and Fitness CellFit Workshop | Theme 1: 3D Cell Culture Models |
| 09:15-09:55 (40:00) | Clinostat based spheroid cultures - recovery of physiological functions through self-assembly of mimetic tissue structures. (Dr. Krzysztof Wrzesinski, CelVivo IVS, Denmark) |
| 09:55-10:10 (15:00) | 3D strategies for improving hnMSC derived hepatocyte-like cells (HLCs) for in vitro toxicology applications. (Dr. Joana P. Miranda, University of Lisbon, Portugal) selected from abstracts |
| 10:10-10:25 (15:00) | The application of 3D cell model for genotoxicity testing. (Prof. Bojana Zegura, National Institute of Biology, Slovenia) selected from abstracts |
10:25-11:00 (35:00) |
Coffee break and Poster presentation |
| 11:00-11:40 (40:00) | The extracellular environment of cells and how we can get them to build it in vitro. (Prof. Michael Raghunath, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland) |
| 11:40-11:55 (15:00) |
Animal-derived versus recombinant photo-cross linkable hydrogels for Adipose tissue engineering (Liesbeth Tytgat, University of Vrije, Belgium) Selected from abstracts |
| 11:55-14:15 (140:00) | Lunch |
| Theme 2: Bioprinting and Biofabrication | |
| 14:15-14:45 (30:00) | COST Rules of Travel reimbursement |
| 14:45-15:25 (40:00) | Bioink and hardware advances for cartilage bioprinting. (Prof. Marcy Zenobi-Wong, ETH Zurich, Switzerland) |
| 15:25-16:05 (40:00) | Engineering skeletal muscle tissue with innovative 3D bioprinting approaches. (Dr. Marco Costantini, Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome, Italy) |
| 16:05-16:45 (40:00) | Coffee break |
| 16:45-17:25 (40:00) | Improving in vitro models of cancer using 3D bioprinting. (Prof. Nicholas R. Leslie, Heriot Watt University, United Kingdom) |
| 17:25-17:45 (20:00) | Wrap up, discussion |
| 19:30-22:00 | Gala Dinner at Restaurant Joyce. The Gala Dinner is subject to an additional fee of 46 EUR. |
April 11th, 2018: Intracellular Epigenomics (Operated by Searmet and Transgeno)
| 7:00-8:00 | Breakfast for those accommodated at the VSpa Hotel |
| 8:00 | Ordered buses leaving from the VSpa Hotel to the University of Life Sciences |
| 8:00-9:00 | The registration desk is open at the University of Life Sciences |
| 09:00-09:15 (15:00) | Welcome address and introduction (Prof. Alireza Fazeli and Prof. Ülle Jaakma) |
| 09:15-09:55 (40:00) | Role of exosomal microRNAs in the biology of the Tumor Microenvironment. (Dr Muller Fabbri, University of Southern California, USA) |
| 09:55-10:35 (40:00) |
The message of a heart beat: cardiomyocyte communication in apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. (Dr James Smith, University of Nottingham, UK) |
10:35-11:00 (25:00) |
Coffee break and Poster presentation |
| 11:00-11:40 (40:00) | The role of small nucleolar RNAs in osteoarthritis. (Dr. Mandy Peffers, University of Liverpool, UK) |
| 11:40-12:00 (20:00) |
Effect of maternal Insulin-dependent diabetes and hormonal stimuli on embryonic microRNA expression. (Anne Navarrete Santos, Martin Luther University, Germany) selected from abstracts |
| 12:00-12:20 (20:00) |
Identification of Extracellular vesicle’s RNA profile, during trophoblast and Endometrial cellular communication. (Masoumeh Eshaghi, University of Tartu, Estonia) selected from abstracts |
| 12:20-14:00 (100:00) | Lunch |
| 14:00-14:40 (40:00) | Extracellular Vesicle Communication in Cancer and other complex diseases. (Dr Vicky James, University of Nottingham, UK) |
| 14:40-15:20 (40:00) | Extracellular vesicles-associated RNA-protein complexes as carriers of epigenetic information. (Prof. Italia Di Liegro, University of Palermo, Italy) |
| 15:20-15:40 (20:00) | Coffee break |
| 15:40-16:20 (40:00) | Extracellular vesicles in the host-parasite communication. (Prof. Antonio Marcilla, University of Valencia, Spain) |
| 16:20-17:00 (40:00) |
Extracellular vesicles released from the commensal yeast Malassezia sympodialis – host-microbe interactions. (Prof. Annika Scheynius, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden) |
| 17:00-17:20 (20:00) | Wrap up, discussion |
| 19:30-22:00 | Conference dinner (at Ülikooli Kohvik (the University Cafe)) (included in the Gala Dinner price; if you did not attend the Gala Dinner, the price is 20 EUR) |
April 12, 2018:
Optional tourist programme: excursion to Tallinn. Subject to an additional fee 45 EUR.
12.00 departure from Tartu from the VSpa Hotel
14.30-15.45 walking tour in the Old Town of Tallinn (guided tour in English)
15.45-15.55 bus transfer from the city centre to the airport, after which the bus returns to Tartu.
