In collaboration with European Medical and Biological Engineering Conference, SLTB will host a new online event organized by Prof. Birgit Glasmacher and Dr. Oleksandr Gryshkov

Cryotechnology for Regenerative Medicine: Technical and Biomedical Challenges

Within the growing field of tissue engineering, it is of utmost interest to develop methods for storage of tissue-engineered (bioartificial) constructs. This is of high importance to ensure their on demand availability for clinical and research purposes. Cryopreservation of cells and tissue engineered constructs meets a number of challenges associated with the absence of efficient protocols for their efficient storage hampered by inhomogeneous heat and mass transfer, suboptimal configuration of cryopreservation cocktails, as well as mechanical stresses upon ice (re)crystallization during the freeze/thawing processes. This session aims at highlighting novel trends in the field of tissue engineering, biobanking and biomedical imaging focusing on cryopreservation-related technical and biomedical aspects. To facilitate cells and engineered tissues to survive low temperature storage it is important to consider a number of processes, which can only be understood combining the knowledge of engineering, physics, biology, mathematics, and chemistry. The session will provide novel insights into the emerging field of cryotechnology for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. Moreover, the participants will benefit from novel information on how to perform efficient long-term storage of bioartificial tissues, from an opportunity to establish prospective cooperations and multidisciplinary networking.