16th Tissue and Cell Engineering Society Annual Meeting 2016

TCES annual meeting July 4-6th 2016
University College London
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Organised by: Rebecca Shipley, Melanie Georgiou, Umber Cheema, James Phillips, Ivan Wall

The TCES abstracts of the 2016 meeting are published in the European Cells and Materials Journal here: LINK. Direct links to the individual abstracts included in the different posts.
A blogpost by Ksenio Bondarenko, one of the students from Glasgow attending TCES can be found here: http://www.cceuog.co.uk/single-post/2016/07/26/16th-Annual-Meeting-of-Tissue-and-Cell-Engineering-Society 

4.7.2016

Session1: Mechanisms of Cell Behaviour

Chairs: Nicholas Forsyth and Katerina Stamati

1-1 Keynote: Prof. Alan Dardik, Yale University
Delivery of mesenchymal stem cells in biomimetic engineered scaffolds promotes healing of diabetic ulcers

1-2 Ahmed Al-Qarakhli, Cardiff University
The influence of a hyperglycemic environment on theosteogenic and adipogenic potential of mesenchymal stem cell populations

1-3 Tom Upton, University of Nottingham
Using holographic optical tweezers as a tool to investigate cellular interactions

1-4 Sabha Mobini, University of Manchester
Changes in human mesenchymal stem cell behaviours in low-voltagedirect current electrical field

1-5 Charlotte Hagen, University College London
X-ray phase contrast computed tomography as a new imaging modality for three-dimensional, non-destructive analyses of tissue engineering scaffolds

Session 2: “Towards Extreme Tissue Engineering” (in memory of Prof. Robert Brown)

Chair: Vivek Mudera and Umber Cheema

 Introduction by Prof. Vivek Mudera

 Louise Morgan, University College London

 Safety of Real Architecture for 3D tissues - Tissue Equivalent in the live cornea

 Alvena Kureshi
RAFT tissue equivalents: 3D biomimetic disease tissue model of keratoconus

 Tim Vangansewinkel, Hasselt University
Engineered Neural Tissue with Human Dental Pulp Stem Cells: Potential for Peripheral Nerve Repair?

 Judith Pape, University College London
Development of a biomimetic tissue-engineered colorectal cancer model investigating invasion patterns and angiogenesis


Sponsor: The Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult 
Chairs: James Phillips and Melanie Georgiou

 Introductions by Dr Hadi Mirmalek-Sani, Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult

 Keynote: Dr John Sinden, ReNeuron plc.
The CTX neural stem cell line, moving forward in multiple therapy indications

 Eloy Erro, University College London
UCL-BAL: Development of three-dimensional mammalian cell culture at clinical scale

 Laura Sidney, University of Nottingham
Investigation into the importance of maintaining CD34 expression in the therapeutic potential of corneal stroma-derived stem cells

 Clare Selden, University College London
A BioArtificial Liver machine to treat patients with acute liver failure: pivotal results in a pre- clinical trial

 Sabiniano Roman, University of Sheffield
Angiogenic potential of adipose derived stem cells compared to the stromal vascular fraction

Session 4: The application and understanding of physical effects

Chairs: Nicholas Evans and Claire Walsh

Keynote: Prof. Eleanor Stride, University of Oxford
Oxygen microbubbles for reducing tissue hypoxia

 Richard Bartlett, University College London
Mapping the viscoelastic mechanical properties of spinal cord tissue: implications for regenerative medicine and tissue engineering in the CNS

Christina Schuh, Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Experimental and Clinical Traumatology, Vienna
Improved Schwann cell isolation and culture after extracorporeal shockwave treatment

Petra Hanga, University of Loughborough
Perfluorocarbons – potential for successful expansion of bone marrow-derived human mesenchymal stem cells in a liquid/liquid two phase system

Mark Turner, University of Loughborough
The molecular response of fibrin tissue engineered skeletal muscle constructs to electrical pulse stimulation (EPS)

Session 5: Building Tissue and Organ Models

Chairs: Felicity Rose and Melissa Rayner

 Keynote: Dr Dominic Williams, AstraZeneca
Development of an automated, high-throughput hepatocyte spheroid screen for use withinthe Pharmaceutical industry

 Steven Webb, Liverpool John Moores University
Mathematical Modelling of a Liver Hollow Fibre Bioreactor

Rhiannon Grant, University of Edinburgh
Engineering the extracellular matrix for a three-dimensional liver organoid

Wayne Ayre, Cardiff University
Delivery of osteogenic liposomal bone morphogenetic protein-2 from poly(methyl methacrylate) bone cement

Todd Burton, University of Edinburgh

The effects of scaffold architecture in kidney tissue engineering

Adam Glen, University of Sheffield
Development of a peripheral nerve bio-substrate for neural regeneration

Session 6: Mathematical Modelling and Tissue Engineering

Chairs: Rebecca Shipley and Céline Kayal


 Keynote: Prof. Sarah Waters, University of Oxford
Mathematical models for tissue engineering

 Shelley Rawson, University of Manchester
Tendon repair techniques; stress analysis using CT imaging and FE modelling

Elisa Budyn, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Cachan, France
Bone-on-chip to study osteocyte mechano-transduction and ECM formation

Yvonne Reinwald, Keele University
Linking bioreactor technology with optical coherence tomography to monitor mechanical properties of tissue engineered constructs

Rachel Coy, University College London
A mathematical model informed by in vitro experiments to advance engineered nerve repair construct design

 Georgina Kennedy, University College London
In vitro experiments to inform cell seeding strategies and parameterize a mathematical model for peripheral nerve repair

Conference Dinner

Session 7: 3D Biofabrication

Sponsor: Lonza

Chairs: Jonathan Dawson and Kulraj Singh Bhangra 

 Introductions by Dr Philip Little, Lonza

 Keynote: Prof. Will Shu, University of Strathclyde
3D biofabrication for tissue engineering

 Pritesh Mistry, University of Nottingham
3D bioprinting using mechanically robust cell-laden core-shell fibres

Laura Ruiz, University of Nottingham
3D Bioprinting of mechanically strong chondrocyte-laden constructs for major nose reconstruction

Maria Nelson, Imperial College London
Development of 3D printed silica-gelatin hybrid scaffolds for cartilage tissue engineering - effect of material geometry on cartilaginous matrix formation

Ricardo Ribeiro, Newcastle University
Single cell encapsulation based bio-inks for inkjet bioprinting




Chairs: Stephen Richardson and Tuula Eriksson


Caitriona O’Rourke, University College London
Development of an in vitro model of reactive gliosis using stabilized collagen gels with defined and monitored stiffness environments

Owen Davies, Loughborough University
PDGF is a potent osteogenic factor that can be modulated by TNF-alpha and IL-1 in a bioengineered model of skeletal muscle

Wollis Vas, University College London
The development of decellularised cartilage scaffolds as a novel biomimetic implant for the treatment of non-union bone defects

Ahtasham Raza, University of Sheffield
Optical measurement of oxygen concentration in melanoma spheroid and skin engineered models

Leyla Zilic, University of Sheffield
Development of an acellular porcine peripheral nerve graft

 Deepak Kumar, University of ManchesterA Postoperative treatment for Barrett's oesophagus using injectable, self-assembling peptides

Session 9: Biomaterials


Chairs: Richard Balint and Gerry Santiago

Paul Taylor, University of Sheffield
‘Dip and dry’ micropattern capable bioactive surface coatings for modulating biomaterial associated inflammation

Derfogail Delcassian, University of Nottingham
Directing T cell phenotype with multi-functional biomaterials

Elisabetta Prina, University of Nottingham
Laser fabrication of 3D limbal epithelial crypts: a first step towards cornea regeneration 

 Dharaminder Singh, University of Sheffield
Novel PGSm nerve guidance conduits for peripheral nerve repair in vivo


Afnan Aladdad, University of Nottingham
Extended culture and passage of primary human corneal stromal stem cells (hCSSCs) on 3D thermo-responsive co-electrospun scaffolds 

The sponsors  of the meeting were:



Abstracts of the talks can be found here in a on the European Cells and Materials Supplements page for TCES: LINK

 More information about the meeting http://www.tces2016.co.uk/