Biomarkers, biobanking, sample archival, personalized medicine/diagnostics during therapy – these are important keywords for cost-reducing automation concepts in human and molecular diagnostics.
At the symposium renowned speakers from the fields of science and business will investigate these topics from a holistic perspective.
Please register before 16/10/2014:
Participation is free.
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Symposium agenda |
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| 8:30 a.m. | Arrival of the participants and tour of the exhibition | ||
| 10:00 a.m. |
Welcome and opening speech |
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Biomarkers |
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| 10:20 a.m. |
Rapid isolation and detection of DNA/RNA biomarkers from blood - quest for liquid biopsy cancer diagnostics" |
Prof. Dr. Michael Heller, Depts of Bioengineering and Nanoengineering, University of California San Diego | |
| 10:40 a.m. |
Personalized medicine: A new avenue for laboratory medicine and diagnostics industry |
Prof. Maurizio Ferrari, Hospitale San Raffaele Milano, Head European Society for Predictive Medicine | |
| 11:00 a.m. | RIBOLUTION – The smart way to validated diagnostic biomarkers | Andreas Traube, Fraunhofer IPA, Stuttgart | |
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Biobanking and personalized medicine |
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| 11:20 a.m. | The urgent need for progress in innovative solutions in the field of biobanking | Prof. Berthold Huppertz, Director and CEO Biobank Graz, Medical University Graz | |
| 11.40 a.m. | Automation with air! TTP Labtech's approach to biobanking and sample management | James Craven, TTP Labtech, UK | |
| 12:00 noon |
Lunch and tour of the exhibition |
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| 1:10 p.m. | Cryotubes for biobanking - meeting the requirements of high throughput sample storage | Dr. Sven Muehlfriedel, Manager Cell Culture Group, Greiner BioOne GmbH, Frickenhausen | |
| 1:30 p.m. | Superconductive automation components enable new approaches and solutions |
Georg Berner, Head of Strategic Business Development, Festo AG & Co. KG, Esslingen |
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From actual practice to real applications |
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| 1:50 p.m. | The Petrijet platform technology – An innovative device for automated culture dish handling and associated processes | Felix Lenk, TU Dresden | |
| 2:10 p.m. | Working with Festo - From brainstorming to solution | Gavin Clarke, A. Hettich GmbH, Tuttlingen | |
| 2:30 p.m. | Automated solutions for high throughput dna extractions and snp genotyping | Dr. Dietrich Koester, LGC Genomics, UK | |
| 2:50 p.m. |
Panel discussion |
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| 3:50 p.m. |
Coffee break with drinks and cake |
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Optional programme: |
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| 4:15 p.m. |
World Café Personalized medicine/companion diagnostics
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Course Nano and bioengineering Prof. Michael Heller, UCSD
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Festo factory tour:
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| 5:00 p.m. | Get-together party with fingerfood | ||
| All day | Accompanying exhibition with Festo partners | ||
Note: All presentations are in English.