6th Annual Symposium
The Francis Crick Institute, 1 Midland Road, London, UK
25 Apr 2023

09:00
Registration
09:30
Opening Remarks
- Owen Harrison, PhD student, Thanou Lab, King's College London
09:35
Flagship Lecture | Pancreas Cell Fate Decisions in Development and Disease: New Organoid Models
- Dr. Rocio Sancho, Group Leader, Sancho Lab, King's College London
Morning Session
Theme 1 | Bioengineering
10:10
Biophysical Parameters of the Microenvironment can Determine Cell Fate in Engineered Tissue Models
- Prof. Umber Cheema, University College London
10:35
Utilising hiPSCs and Functional Hydrogels to Model Heart Development In Vitro
- Dominic Scaglioni, PhD student,
10:50
Flash Talks
- AP. Tiago Fernandes, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa
- Lorenzo Mattolini, PhD student, Laboratory of Bioengineering and Morphogenesis, KU Leuven
11:00
Coffee Break & Poster Viewing
Theme 2 | Post-Natal Stem Cells
11:30
Cell Fate Transitions; How do Epithelial Tissues Respond to Perturbations?
- Dr. Maria Alcolea, Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute
11:55
Prevalence and Fate of Pro-Oncogenic Clones in the Human Colon
- Dr. Nefeli Skoufou-Papoutsaki, University of Cambridge
12:10
Flash Talks
- Dr. Karine Rizzoti, Principal Laboratory Research Scientist, Lovell-Badge, Francis Crick Institute
- Jessica Orr, PhD student, Lungs for living, UCL
12:20
Lunch Break
12:50
Breakout Session | Stem Cell Technologies
- Dr Carla Sanjurjo Soriano, Stem Cell Technologies
- Dr. Hema Pramod,
- Dr Serena Barral, University College London
- Dr Lucinda Tullie, PhD Clinical Fellow, Li Lab, The Francis Crick Institute
Afternoon Session
Theme 3 | Pluripotency & Development
13:40
Conserved Roles for the Nucleolus in Early Development and Cell Fate Decisions
- Dr. Michelle Percharde,
13:55
Engineering Neurogenesis In Vivo via Lineage Reprogramming
- Prof. Benedikt Berninger, Professor, Engineering neurogenesis, King's College London
14:20
Self-organization of Mammalian Embryos - Building Embryo Models from Multiple Stem Cell Types
- Prof. Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz, The University of Cambridge & The California Institute of Technology
15:00
Flash Talks
- Lahiru Chamara Weerasinghe Arachchige, PhD student, Institut de Biologie Valrose
- Dr. Malgorzata Borkowska,
15:10
Coffee Break & Poster Viewing
Theme 4 | Disease Modelling
15:40
TET2-derived Clonal Haematopoiesis Shapes the Immune System: The Case of the Preleukemic Neutrophil
- Dr. Hector Huerga Encabo, The Francis Crick Institute
15:55
An Investigation of Dystrophin Mutations Effects on Neurons and Astrocyte Cell Behaviour
- Dr. Reem Alkharji,
16:10
Regulation of Cell Shape Changes by Mechanical Forces during Cardiac Morphogenesis
- Dr Julien Vermot, Imperial College London
16:35
Shape Matters: “Engineering” Neuroscience to Learn more about Neurobiology & Neurodegeneration
- Dr. Andrea Serio, Group Leader, Serio Lab, The Francis Crick Institute
17:00
Flash Talks
- Dr. Valentina Maria Lionello,
- Diana Pereira, PhD student,
17:15
Closing Remarks & Awards
- Dr. Sara Campinoti, Postdoctoral researcher, Liver Regeneration & Tissue Engineering Group, Roger Williams Institute of Hepatology
17:20