Inaugural Hopkins Microphysiological Systems Symposium
Join us on December 8th, 2023, for a fun-filled day at the Inaugural Hopkins Microphysiological Systems Symposium! This exciting in-person event will be held at 720 Rutland Avenue, Baltimore, MD, USA. Get ready to connect with fellow MPS enthusiasts and enjoy a day of engaging activities and insightful discussions.
REGISTRATION: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-inaugural-jhu-mps-center-symposium-tickets-755782113647?aff=oddtdtcreator
Keynote speaker
Dr. Danilo Tagle
NIH/NCATS
Danilo Tagle is currently Director, Office of Special Initiatives at the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) where he coordinates efforts towards the development of microphysiological systems (MPS) or organs on chips.
Program at a glance:
Moderator – Brian O’Rourke
9:00 am – 9:15 am Opening Remarks (Landon King, Michael Miller, and Deok-Ho Kim)
Moderator - Andrew Pekosz
9:15 am – 10:00 am Keynote Speaker: Danilo Tagle
“Microphysiological Systems: Complex in vitro Models for Safety, Efficacy, and Precision Medicine Studies”
Director, Office of Special Initiatives at the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS)
10:00 am – 10:15 am Peter Searson
“Tissue-engineered Microvessel Models”
Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
10:15 am – 10:30 am Ramana Sidhaye
“Harnessing MPS Models to Unravel Chronic Lung Disease”
Associate Professor of Medicine
10:30 am – 10:45 am Coffee Break
Moderator – Paul Locke & Sean Sun
10:45 am – 11:15 am Nakissa Sadrieh
“Regulatory Perspectives on the Integration of New Approach Methodologies (NAM) into Nonclinical Drug Safety Assessment”
Associate Director for New Alternative Methods in the Office of New Drugs, CDER Federal Drug Administration
11:15 am – 11:30 am Deok-Ho Kim
“Human Muscle-on-a-Chip Platforms for Disease Modeling and Phenotypic Drug Screening”
Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Medicine
11:30 am – 11:45 am Annie Kathuria
“Cerebral Organoids: Modeling Tool for Neuropsychiatric Disorders”
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
11:45 am – 12:00 pm Vasiliki Machairaki
“Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells In Vitro Models of Alzheimer’s Disease: A Precision Medicine Approach”
Assistant Professor of Genetic Medicine
Moderator – Lena Smirnova & Vasiliki Machairaki
12:00 pm – 2:00 pm Lunch and Poster Session
Moderator – Andrea Timm & Hee Cheol Cho
2:00 pm – 2:20 pm Mandy Esch
“Development and Testing of a Pumpless Two-organ Microphysiological System”
Project Leader, Biomedical Microdevices Group
National Institute of Standards and Technology
2:20 pm – 2:35 pm David Gracias
“Smart 3D Microtechnologies for Biology and Human Health”
Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
2:35 pm – 2:50 pm Lena Smirnova
“Micro(patho)physiological Systems of Neurodevelopment”
Assistant Professor of Environmental Health and Engineering
2:50 pm – 3:10 pm Marc Ferrer
“Advancing Drug Discovery with Biofabricated 3D Tissue Models”
Director, 3D Tissue Bioprinting Laboratory
National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
3:10 pm – 3:25 pm Thomas Hartung
“In MPS we trust – can we?”
Professor of Environmental Health and Engineering
3:25 pm – 3:40 pm Sumin Lee
“To Label or Not to Label: Label-Free Three-Dimensional Imaging and Quantitative Analysis of Live Cells Using Holotomography”
Vice President of Tomocube, Inc.
Moderator – Ramana Sidhaye
3:40 pm – 3:55 pm Closing Remarks and Award Ceremony
4:00 pm – 5:30 pm Social Mixer for Students, Postdoctoral Fellows, and Guest Speakers
4:00 pm – 5:30 pm Closed Session for Hopkins MPS PIs