Symposium agenda
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8:30 a.m.
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Arrival of the participants and tour of the exhibition
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10:00 a.m.
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Welcome and opening speech
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Biomarkers
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10:20 a.m.
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Rapid isolation and detection of DNA/RNA biomarkers from blood - quest for liquid biopsy cancer diagnostics"
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Prof. Dr. Michael Heller, Depts of Bioengineering and Nanoengineering, University of California San Diego
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10:40 a.m.
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Personalized medicine: A new avenue for laboratory medicine and diagnostics industry
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Prof. Maurizio Ferrari, Hospitale San Raffaele Milano, Head European Society for Predictive Medicine
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11:00 a.m.
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RIBOLUTION – The smart way to validated diagnostic biomarkers
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Andreas Traube, Fraunhofer IPA, Stuttgart
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Biobanking and personalized medicine
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11:20 a.m.
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The urgent need for progress in innovative solutions in the field of biobanking
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Prof. Berthold Huppertz, Director and CEO Biobank Graz, Medical University Graz
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11.40 a.m.
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Automation with air! TTP Labtech's approach to biobanking and sample management |
James Craven, TTP Labtech, UK
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12:00 noon
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Lunch and tour of the exhibition
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1:10 p.m.
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Cryotubes for biobanking - meeting the requirements of high throughput sample storage
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Dr. Sven Muehlfriedel, Manager Cell Culture Group, Greiner BioOne GmbH, Frickenhausen
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1:30 p.m.
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Superconductive automation components enable new approaches and solutions
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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.
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The Petrijet platform technology – An innovative device for automated culture dish handling and associated processes
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Felix Lenk, TU Dresden
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2:10 p.m.
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Working with Festo - From brainstorming to solution
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Gavin Clarke, A. Hettich GmbH, Tuttlingen
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2:30 p.m.
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Automated solutions for high throughput dna extractions and snp genotyping
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Dr. Dietrich Koester, LGC Genomics, UK
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2:50 p.m.
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Panel discussion
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3:50 p.m.
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Coffee break with drinks and cake
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Optional programme:
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4:15 p.m.
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World Café
Personalized medicine/companion diagnostics
Prof. Maurizio Ferrari, Hospitale San Raffaele Milano
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Course
Nano and bioengineering
Prof. Michael Heller, UCSD
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Festo factory tour:
- Virtual reality room
- Rapid prototyping
- Application Centre
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5:00 p.m.
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Get-together party with fingerfood
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All day
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Accompanying exhibition with Festo partners
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