Programme

The programme will cover the basic biology of MSCs through to clinical trials. Submitted abstracts have been selected for talks as part of the main programme, we will also have a poster teaser talk session and a main poster exhibition during an extended lunch break. We warmly welcome you to join us for our 10th anniversary celebration social with mince pies, mulled wine and the house band. The full finalised programme can be downloaded using the link at the bottom of the page.

Confirmed Invited Speakers

Dirk Strunk, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria

Dirk Strunks academic homepage

Talk Title: Don’t get lost in translation: Which stem cells to use for what application?

Martin Hoogduijn, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Martin Hoogduijn ResearchGate Profile

Talk Title: What do we really know about MSC mediated immune regulation?

Marco Cantini from Manuel Salmeron-Sanchez's group, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK

Manuel Salmeron-Sanchez group academic website

Talk title: Harnessing stem cell fate: functional biointerfaces for high efficiency presentation of growth factors [slides can be downloaded from link below]

Andrew Webster, University of York, UK

Prof Webster's academic research page

Talk Title: Regenerative medicine and pathways to the clinic: therapeutic fronts, trials and scale-up [slides can be downloaded from link below]

Karina Wright, ASCOT trial representative, RJAH Orthopaedic Hospital, UK

Karina Wright ResearchGate profile ; ASCOT trial homepage

Talk Title: Autologous Stem cells, Chondrocytes, Or the Two (ASCOT): A Phase II Clinical Trial for the Treatment of Cartilage Injury

Jon Smythe, Head of Cellular and Molecular Therapies, NHS Blood and Transplant,Oxford

Details of work with NEPHSTROM

Talk title: Quantum bioreactor expansion of MSCs for use in diabetic kidney disease in the Nephstrom trial

Brian Ashton, Chairman of The Orthopaedic Institute Ltd. Executive Committee, RJAH Orthopaedic Hospital, UK

Brian Ashton's ResearchGate profile

Brian will give a retrospective view of the MSC field with the title: MSCs - a shifting acronym