5th Annual Symposium
On the 25th October 2022, we will be hosting a hybrid symposium in collaboration with The Francis Crick Institute.
The Francis Crick Institute, 1 Midland Road, London, UK
25 Oct 2022
09:00
Registration opens
09:30
Opening Remarks
- Dr. Rob Hynds, Group Leader, GOS Institute of Child Health, University College London
09:35
Healthy and malignant haematopoiesis: dynamic cells in an evolving environment
- Prof. Cristina Lo Celso, Professor, Imperial College London
Morning Session
Session 1 | Disease Modelling
10:10
Modelling Dravet Syndrome using human iPSC-derived neural circuits
- Federica Riccio,
10:25
Modelling neurodegeneration in iPSCs: from nanoscale to mesoscale resolution
- Sonia Gandhi, The Francis Crick Institute
10:50
Flash Poster Presentations | 1/3
- Kim Sharp,
- Zuzanna Jablonska,
- Ana Alonso-Carriazo Fernandez, University College London
11:00
Coffee Break & Poster Viewing
Session 2 | Bioengineering
11:30
Modular hydrogels in organoid-based disease modelling
- Eileen Gentleman, Professor, King's College London
11:55
Generation of 'universal' low-immunogenic human primary cholangiocyte organoids for treatment of bile duct disorders
- Sandra Petrus-Reurer,
12:10
Engineering neurogenesis in the postnatal mouse cortex
- Ana Beltran Arranz,
12:25
Flash Poster Presentation | 2/3
- Charlotta Boiers, Lund University
- Emily Smith, Royal Veterinary College
12:35
Lunch Break
13:00
Breakout Session: Stem Cell Technologies
Afternoon Session
Session 3 | Post-natal Stem Cells
14:00
Cell type-specific vulnerability to traumatic brain injury in the adult hippocampal neural stem cell niche
- Carlos Fitzsimons, Professor, Fitzsimons lab, Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
14:15
Reciprocal stem cell-niche interactions influencing intestinal and microenvironmental plasticity during regeneration
- Julia Cordero, University of Glasgow
14:40
Animal adult stem cells and regeneration: a worm's view
- Aziz Aboobaker, University of Oxford
15:05
Flash Poster Presentations | 3/3
- Sandra Gomez-Lopez, University College London
- Nicolas Marichal,
15:15
Coffee Break & Poster Viewing
Session 4 | Pluripotency & Development
15:40
Emerging applications of human pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiovascular models
- Christine Mummery, Leiden University, The Netherlands
16:25
GATA3 mediates early patterning and lineage specification in human gastrulation
- Adrienne Sullivan,
16:40
Characterising proliferative zones in human developing hindbrain
- Paula Alexandre, University College London
17:15
Closing Remarks & Awards: Dr Rob Hynds
- Best Student/Post-Doc Talk, LSCN-Stem Cell Technologies Conference Award
- Best Flash Poster Presentation, £150
- Sponsors Prize Draw, Win a Nespresso Lattissima Touch Coffee Machine for your lab!
17:20
Drinks Reception
Live music from the Crick Orchestra