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MEETING OPENING 22nd LIFE SCIENCE MEETING
Wing G1 Room E.21
09:00
Welcome Speech
Udo Brändle
CEO | IMC Krems University of Applied Sciences Krems
09:10
Opening Speech
Harald Hundsberger
Head Institute Biotechnology / IMC Krems University of Applied Sciences Krems
KEYNOTE
Wing G1 Room E.21
Chair: N.N. | N.N.
09:20
Targeting the immune system with Extracellular Vesicle Medicines
Jan Lötvall
Professor
10:00 – 10:20 BREAK
SESSION: DELIVERY
Wing G1 Room E.21
Chair: N.N. | N.N.
10:20
Extracellular vesicles – a scalable nanoplatform for biocompatible drug delivery
Cristian-Tudor Matea
10:40
Smart, safe, and in motion: Silica-based micromotors as advanced Drug Delivery Systems
Yolanda Salinas Soler
11:00
Next Generation LNPs – the future of targeted drug delivery
Theresa Dam
11:20 -11:40 COFFEE BREAK
SESSION: CANCER
Wing G1 Room E.21
Chair: N.N.| N.N.
11:40
Personalized vaccines for cancer
Sophie Zettl
CBO
YGION Biomedical GmbH
12:00
Clinical potential of AXL biomarker testing. Initial findings from the TOPICO doc.funds.connect project
Rita Seeböck
Institute Biotechnology, IMC Krems University of Applied Sciences
und
Institute of clinical Pathology and Molecular Pathology, Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences, University Hospital St.Pölten
12:20 -13:20 LUNCH BREAK
Session:
Wing G1 Room E.21
Chair: N.N. | N.N.
13:20
Dynamics of immunological tissue architecture linking inflammation with colorectal cancer
Simon Koplev
Department of Gene Technology, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Science for Life Laboratory (SciLifeLab), Stockholm, Sweden
SESSION: EcoPlus & Krems Cooperation Award
Wing G1 Room E.21
13:40
Dive into the world of Lower Austria´s Innovation Ecosystem
Harald Leiter
ecoplus Niederosterreichs Wirtschaftsagentur GmbH
13:50
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Klaudia Cisarova
Winner Krems Cooperation Award
14:00-14:20 BREAK
SESSION: IMMUNOLOGY
Wing G1 Room E.21
Chair: N.N. | N.N.
14:20
Cellular & Molecular Mechanisms of Asthma
Jörg Fritz
McGill University
14:40
Engineering Fc-Engagers for Antigen-Specific Immune Tolerance
Eva Mihailovska
Chief Development Officer (CDO), LoopLab Bio
15:00
Advances in Therapeutic Strategies for Coeliac Disease
Victor Zevallos
Professor of Nutritional Sciences and Microbiome
Karl Landsteiner University
15:20 -15:40 BREAK
SESSION: NEUROSCIENCE
Wing G1 Room E.21
Chair: N.N. | N.N.
15:40
Yeast models for human TDP-43 proteinopathies
Ralf Braun
Research Division for Neurodegenerative Disorders, Center for Biosciences, Department of Medicine, Danube Private University (DPU), Krems an der Donau
16:00
Mechanisms of neurodegeneration in frontotemporal dementia with a focus on synaptic dysfunction
Nadine Huber
16:20
Understanding the neuropathological underpinnings of neurodevelopmental diseases in the human brain
Nicole Amberg
16:40 -17:00 BREAK
SESSION: Trends & Regulations in Big Pharma
Wing G1 Room E.21
Chair: N.N. | N.N.
17:00
Biopharmaceutical Facilities – Digital Solutions in Construction Management
Martin Kern
CGI LSE – Chemgineering International GmbH
Vienna
17:20
From Cell to Supernatant: A „Leaky“ Approach to Rapid Protein Production
Zdenko Levarski
Department of Molecular Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia.
17:40
EU Pharma at a Turning Point: Regulation, Innovation, and Supply Resilience
Günter Waxenecker
Head of the Austrian Medicines and Medical Devices Agency
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