Scientific Sessions

SINGLE-CELL ANALYSIS AND ENGINEERING

This session will cover all relevant aspects taking place at the single-cell level including miniaturization and characterization. Speed up of the quest for the highest producer cell line and the best-in-class metabolic/therapeutic engineering approaches require precise understanding of single-cell behaviour. Pioneering design and use of analysis hardware and innovative genetic engineering strategies will be presented.

APPLIED INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY

This session will cover the exploitation of integrative physiological knowledge towards medical applications: Improvement of diagnostics, disease prevention and therapy.

SPEED AND INTENSIFICATION IN BIOPROCESS DEVELOPMENT

Pressure to reduce the development time for new biopharmaceuticals, coupled with the need to contain costs, requires more efficient product development. Presentations in this session will address all types of tools aiming at this desideratum, be they molecular, cellular or complex/engineering so long as a clear rationale is presented. Wherever appropriate or possible, integrative approaches will be sought after as well as tools/processes/technologies with predictive impact or predicted “outcome”.

SYSTEMS BIOTECHNOLOGY

This session will cover system approaches applied to discovery of novel targets for therapy, the development of cell lines and cell therapy protocols, process identification and validation, clinical trials, the development of disease prognostic and diagnostic signatures, and to understanding cellular physiology at a systems molecular level. Emphasis will be placed on integrative approaches, the use of genomic tools and novel computational approaches.

COMPETING AND COMPLEMENTARY APPROACHES TO ANIMAL CELL TECHNOLOGIES (ACT)

Processes or biological systems which compete with ACT for solutions as well as tools and technologies empowering ACT driven solutions will be covered by this session.

SOLUTIONS AND APPLICATIONS

Practical approaches for animal cell technologies will be covered in this session.

ORAL POSTER PRESENTATION

Up to 15 posters will be selected in place for short oral presentations on Tuesday, June 19, 2007.