2nd INTERNATIONAL
SYMPOSIUM ON REGENERATIVE
HEPATOLOGY
June 20 2023, 9:00-17:00 (CET)
Vienna Medical University, Vienna, Austria
Regenerative Hepatology with small molecules, hormones, nucleic acids and growth factors
9:00-9:10 – Welcome and opening of the symposium by Pedro Baptista, Etienne Sokal, Tobias Cantz and Michael Trauner
9:10-9:40 – From Bench to Bedside: Pharmacological MKK4 Inhibition to unlock regeneration in diseased Livers – Lars Zender, Tubingen, Germany
9:40-10:10 – The role of bile acids and FXR in liver regeneration – Saskia van Mil, Utrecht, The Netherlands
10:10-10:40 – RNA-based therapeutic strategies of the liver – Amar Deep Sharma, Hannover, Germany
10:40-11:00 – Discussion
11:00-11:30 Coffee break
Hepatic developmental biology, stem cells and beyond
11:30-12:00 – New insights into bile duct formation, Frederic Lemaigre, Brussels, Belgium
12:00-12:30 – The generation of liver progenitors for translational medicine, Floris Roos, Cambridge, UK
12:30-13:00 – Liver organoids: from basic biology to clinical applications, Patricia Ignacio, Dresden, Germany
13:00-13:30 – A niche map for ductular reaction-driven regeneration, Rita Manco, Brussels, Belgium
13:30-14:30 Lunch Break
Poster Session
14:30-15:30 – Rapid fire poster presentations (5 minutes each presenter)
Novel organoid in vitro systems for cell therapies and model diseases
15:30-16:00 – Liver disease modelling in human hepatocyte organoids, Delilah Hendriks, Utrecht, The Netherlands
16:00-16:30 – Hepatocyte organoids, Weng Chuan Peng, Utrecht, The Netherlands
16:30-17:00 – Gene editing in organoids with metabolic liver disease, Indi Joore, Utrecht, The Netherlands
17:00 Closure
Abstract Submission
Abstract submission will be open from April 1 until June 12. Please submit your abstracts at:mail@regenerativehepatology.com We will award a prize of €150 to the best poster.
Abstracts should have a maximum of 500 words in Font 11 in Times New Roman. Selected abstracts, will be presented as posters in a rapid-fire poster presentation of 5 minutes.
Registration
Please register at mail@regenerativehepatology.com before June 15, 2023. Registration fee is 50 EUR.
Should be paid at:
Foundation for Regenerative Hepatology
Chamber of Commerce number: 80698247
Registered at: Luwte 6, de Meern, the Netherlands
Bank account number foundation: NL45 INGB 000 772 448 4
BIC/WIFT: INGBNL2A VAT number: NL861765904B01
Symposium Chair
Pedro Baptista
Organizers
Ludovic Vallier
Massimo Pinzani
Etienne Sokal
Bart Spee
Tobias Cantz
Frederic Lemaigre
Venue
Food will be provided. The symposium will be in the Lecture Hall Nr4 at the General Hospital (AKH) of the Medical University Vienna. You can reach it best from the Unterground U6 (Station AKH-Michelbeuern). You can either pass through the hospital to Level 8 “Hörsaalzentrum” or you go aside from the main building to a white tower with stairs and elevator and go there fore level 8 (See drawing).
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