[invitrom] Final program and registration deadline alert: INVITROM symposium “In vitro disease models 2.0″

From: "Valk, J.B.F. van der (Jan)" <j.vandervalk@xxxxx>
To: "'invitrom@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <invitrom@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2017 08:58:47 +0000

Dear colleagues,

Please find below the final program of the coming INVITROM symposium “In vitro
disease models 2.0″, to be held in Breda on March 23, 2017.

Travel grant and Young Scientist Award!

· You might be eligible for the Young scientist award! More
information: http://www.invitrom.org/young-scientist-competition/

· The INVITROM board has a maximum of 5 travel grants available for MSc
and PhD-student to be able to attend the symposium. To be eligible for a travel
grant, you will have to present a poster. More information:
http://www.invitrom.org/travel-grants/

Registration deadline
Deadline for registration is approaching. Please register asap, but on March
16th, at the latest! (http://www.invitrom.org/registration/).
Registration for INVITROM members and MSc students is free. For others it is €
50,-.

Final program
09:30h

Registration

09:50 - 10:00h

Welcome by the chairman of INVITROM

Jan van der Valk

10:00 - 10:10h

Introduction to the topic of the symposium

Peter Olinga
(University of Groningen, The Netherlands)

10:10 - 10:40h

In vitro grown human lung organoids as a model of tuberculosis

Peter J. Peters
(Maastricht University, The Netherlands)

10:40 - 11:10h

Hepatic cells derived from human skin precursors as an in vitro model to study
non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

Robin Marcelino Rodrigues
(Free University of Brussels, Belgium)

11:10 - 11:30h

Pitch presentations by the meeting poster presenters

11:30 - 12:00h

Coffee break and poster session

12:00 - 12:10h

Pitch presentations by the meeting sponsors

12:10 - 12:40h

Experiences with CrackIt

Marjolein Wildwater
(Hogeschool Arnhem Nijmegen, The Netherlands)

12:40 - 12:50h

New initiatives of ZonMW

Erica van Oort
(ZonMW, MKMD, The Netherlands)

12:50 - 13:10h

General assembly INVITROM

12:50 - 14:00h

Lunch and poster session

14:00 - 14:30h

Human ex vivo models for organ fibrosis

Rick Mutsaers
(University of Groningen, The Netherlands)

14:30 - 15:00h

The development of non-invasive cell screening platforms for regenerative
medicine and tissue engineering

Veerle Bloemen
(Catholic University Leuven, Belgium)

15:00 - 15:30h

Coffee break and poster session

15:30 - 16:00h

A 3D bioprinted bone marrow niche for multiple myeloma

Jacqueline Alblas
(Universitair Medisch Centrum Utrecht, The Netherlands)

16:00 - 16:30h

Organ function on-a-chip: towards novel translational in vitro models for
healthy and diseased liver and gut

Evita van de Steeg
(TNO, The Netherlands)

16:30 - 16:40h

Young scientist awards and closing by the chairman

16:40 -

Drinks

INVITROM AGA
INVITROM members are invited to attend the INVITROM Annual General Assembly,
that will be held during the symposium!

I look forward to welcome you at the coming INVITROM meeting.

dr. Jan van der Valk
President INVITROM
Coordinator 3Rs-Centre | Dept. Animals in Science and Society | Fac. Veterinary
Medicine | Utrecht University | Yalelaan 2 | NL-3584 CM UTRECHT | The
Netherlands | Tel. +31 30 253 2163 / 2186 | Fax. +31 30 253 7997 | Email:
president@xxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:president@xxxxxxxxxxxx> | Internet:
http://www.invitrom.org<http://www.invitrom.org/>
_________________________________________
The mission of INVITROM is the promotion of the development,
the application and the acceptance of in vitro models in biomedical research.

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[invitrom] Final program and registration deadline alert: INVITROM symposium “In vitro disease models 2.0″

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