Conference Schedule
SCHEDULE FOR THIRD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
Day one 17th Nov
9:30AM to 10:30 AM: Inauguration Ceremony – Vice Chancellor GITAM University – short speeches by guests
10:30 AM:Key Note Speech by Dr. Pratima Srivastava, Aragen:“Importance and Application of 3R’s in Drug Discovery and Development”
11:10AM: Dr. Falguni Pati, IIT Hyderabad–“3D Bioprinted Liver Sinusoidal Model: Focusing on the Metabolic Zonation”
11:50PM:Dr.Krishna Bhagavatula, The Jackson Laboratory:“Human Immune System Engrafted Platforms for More Translatable Preclinical Research”
12:30PM:Dr.Manusmriti Singh – Bennett University –“Tumor architecture governs therapeutic response: Case for 3D spheroids for screening therapeutics”
1:10PM: Lunch Break
2:00PM: Dr. Rohit Bisht – PETA India:“Novel Human-Relevant Preclinical Safety Testing Strategy for Recombinant Human Monoclonal Antibodies Directed Against Foreign Targets”
2:40PM: Dr. Saroj Varvadekar, Merck Life Sciences– “Monocyte Activation Test – Alternative to Rabbit Pyrogen Testing”
3:20PM: Dr. Prajakta Dandekar Jain, Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai:“Alternate-to-animal models for pre-clinical evaluation of retinal therapeutics”
4:00PM:Dr. Balaji BhyravbhatlaHylasco– “3R’s and ongoing efforts to meet deadlines”
4:40 PM:Dr. Madhujit Damle, Molecular Devices–“Coming Together to Accelerate the Adoption of 3D Biology”
5:20 PM:Dr.Sanotsh Dixit, ShreekanthJoshi, Dr. Mandar Kulkarni,In Silico Strategies for Preclinical Research in Oncology
Day two 18th Nov
10:00 AM: Key Note Speech by Dr. Sandra Coecke – European Commission Joint research centre:“One Health Treats and new approach non animal tools for Sustainable Food Systems”
10:30 AM: Dr. Aysha Akhtar – Centre for Contemporary Sciences:“Why we must replace animal experimentation and how do we do it?”
11:00 AM: Dr. Ramray Bhat, Indian Institute of Science:“The Matrix is everywhere. It is all around us: vindicating Morpheus through studies in cancer.”
11:30 AM: Dr. Albert Li – Discovery Life Sciences:“Novel human hepatic technologies for the evaluation of human drug properties: drug metabolism, drug-drug interactions, hepatotoxicity, pharmacology”
12: noon: Dr.Clive ROPER, Roper Toxicology Consulting Limited–“Why do We Fail to Replace Animal Models with Scientifically Rational Non-Animal Models?”
12:30 PM: Dr. Adrian Smith,Norecopa: “How to improve scientific quality and animal welfare when planning animal studies”
1:00 PM: Dr. Sridhar Radha Krishnan, Research DietsInc– “Choice of Laboratory Rodent Diet May Confound Data Interpretation and Reproducibility”
1:30 PM: Michael Johson, Visikol –“Choosing the Right Liver In Vitro Model”
2:00 PM: Dr. Paola Occhetta,BiomimXSrl, -“Beating organs-on-chips as advanced preclinical tools for drug screening and disease modelling”
2:30PM: Dr. ReykHorland, TissUse.–“Industrial adoption of integrated microphysiological systems: progress and challenges”
3:00 PM: Dr.Lisienahysenaj, Parvus Therapeutics – “Organoids as a tool to explore the spectrum of human response to pathogens”
3:30 PM: Dr. DasjaPajkrt,University of Amsterdam–“Studies on SARS-CoV2, picornavirus and human cytomegalovirus infections using human organoids”
4:00 PM: Dr. Johannes Hackethal, THT Biomaterials–“How to overcome systematic errors linked to R&D based on biomaterials and 3D cell culture”
4:30 PM: Tilo Weber, Animal Welfare Academy of the German Animal Welfare Federation–“Animals in the (Petri) Dish: Towards a Truly Animal-free Laboratory”
5:00 PM: John Hunag, The Well Bioscience–“Xeno-free Bio-functional VitroGel System for 3D Cell Culture and Functional Assays”
schedule for second international conference
Day One 18th Nov 2021
9:45 AM to 10:30 AM: Inauguration Ceremony – Vice Chancellor UoH
– short speeches by guests
10:30 AM:Key Note Speech by Dr. Mandar Kulkarni: Enhancing molecular and genomic assays with drug screening on primary tumour derived 3D-spheroids
11:15AM: Dr. Jaganmohan Reddy: Engineering Matrices for in vitro and Ex vivo organoid cultures for personalized medicine
12:00PM:Dr. Uday Saxena:Developing a 3D bioprinted human vascular lung model to identify repurposed drugs for COVID-19”
12:45PM:Dr. S Dravida and Mr. Saikat –NeuroSAFE – A Next Gen Cruelty Free Solution For Testing Vaccine Safety For Human Application
1:30PM:Lunch Break
2:30PM: Dr. Subrahmanyam Vangala: “Evolving Paradigm Shifts in Drug Discovery and Development – Are Alternatives to Animal Tools another Paradigm Shift?”
3:15 PM: Dr. Pushkar Kulkarni: Zebrafish counterparts for classical non-clinical safety assessment
4:00PM: Mr. Akshay Sonawane: How Far Are We in The Paradigm Shift of Translational Research? Laboratory and Market Perspective
4:45 PM:Dr. Lena Smirnova: Using brain organoids to study neurological diseases with the focus on COVID and autism
Day two 19th Nov 2021
9:00 AM: Key Note Speech by Dr. Helena Kandarova, Alternative Methods and 3D tissue models: The role of reconstructed 3D tissues in the implementation of 3Rs into the regulations worldwide.
9:45 AM:Dr. MontipGettayacamin: Enhancing 3Rs in Asian Environment
10:30 AM: Prof. Mathieu Vinken: Use of adverse outcome pathways for the in vitro prediction of liver toxicity
11:15 AM:Dr. AdedamolaOlayanju: Synthetic Tuneable Peptide hydrogels for in vitro 3-dimensional Cancer Modelling and Drug Discovery
12: noon:Dr. Ana Luiza Millás: 3D Biotechnology Solutions startup, its challenges to develop and had in vitro models on the market
12:45 PM:Ms. LetíciaCharelli: Integrated low-cost bioprinters as a strategy to reduce animal use in experimentations
1:30 PM: Lunch Break
2:30 PM:Dr. Tuli Dey: Multicellular spheroids: An intriguing platform to study tumour biology
3:00 PM:Prof. Arti Ahluwalia: A life in 3Rs
3:45 PM:Prof Yasunari Kanda: Human iPSC-based models for COVID-19 therapies
4:15 PM:Franco Mondini:Novel Biomarkers, Animal Welfare and Data Reproducibility in the Home Cage”
5:00 PM:Dr. Kirsten Rosenmay Jacobsen: Species selection – focus on the Göttingen Minipig as a large animal model”
5:45 PM:Dr. Somshuvra Bhattacharya: Designing your In vivo studies while supporting the 3Rs”
6:30 PM:Mr. Manish Gore:Matrix-free spheroids of choroid retinal endothelial cells as an alternative-to-animal model for diabetic retinopathy
schedule for first international conference
Day One 19th Nov 2020
9:45 AM: Inauguration Ceremony – Vice Chancellor UoH
10:00 AM: Skill Development Short Course announcement By FGB (Marcel) and UoH (VC)
10:15 AM to 10:30 AM – short speech by chief guest
10:30 AM: Key Note Speech by Dr. Charu Chandrasekera, “Moving Beyond Animal Models: A Key Role for South Asia”
11:15 AM: Dr. S Dravida: Primary Stem Cell/Tissue Based Platforms as Human Surrogate Systems – Compelling Alternatives for Pluripotent Imagination of the User
12:00 PM: Dr. Uday Saxena: 3D bioprinting as alternative to animals – hype or spike?
12:45 PM: Lunch Break
1:45 PM: Dr. Subrahmanyam Vangala The art of selecting safe and effective First-in-Human clinical dose
2:30 PM: Prof. Thomas Hartung: COVID-19 drug and vaccine development – a door-opener for alternative methods?
3:15 PM: Dr. Lars Friis Mikkelsen: The use of Göttingen Minipigs as a translational animal model
4:00 PM: Dr. Brenda Kick and Victoria Sachs: How to Support an Animal Care Program to Successfully Maintain Immunocompromised and Humanized Mouse Colonies
4:45 PM: Dr. Ritu Verma: Validated Alternates to Animal testing in preclinical Drug development: DRF protocols
5:30 PM: Dr. Marcel Gyger (FGB): Education and Training in Laboratory Animal Science under the Covid-19 pandemic
Day two 20th Nov 2020
9:00 AM: AAALAC special talk on Crisis Management to mitigate loss to in vivo Research. Talk by Montip (Thailand), Brian (Singapore) and Dewi (Hong Kong)
9:45 AM: Key Note Speech by Dr. Manjunath Ramarao. Exploring the “human model” for drug discovery
10:30 AM: Dr. Vijay Pal Singh: Implementation of 3 R’s in India – a systematic Review
11:15 AM: Dr. Balaji Bhyravbhatla: Commercial breeding and Access to Research Models
12 noon: Dr. Avery August: “Animal models of Immunological Diseases”
12:45 PM: Lunch Break
1:45 PM: Dr. Christian PELLEVOISIN: The added value of reconstructed human (RHE) epidermis in toxicology
2:30 PM: Prof P.V.S. Kishore: Printed alternatives to animals in Veterinary Education
3:15 PM: Dr. Brian W. Soper: Translational Models for Drug Discovery in Human Immune Modulation
4:00 PM: Franco Mondini: 3Rs Animal Monitoring in the Home-Cage: how can novel technologies contribute to enhanced animal welfare while automating scientific data collection?
4:45 PM: Dr. Tharanga Thoradeniya: Human adipocytes for exploring adipose tissue overflow hypothesis in South Asians
5:30 PM: Dr. Surat Parvatam: Status of human-relevant research in India
