20th International Life Science Meeting

2 days filled with lectures on Biotechnology

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  • There is no registration required for students and lecturers –  for everyone else:  please send an email to [email protected] for participating – thank you

Print Programme

Print Programme
15
May
09:00 - 10:00

MEETING OPENING 20TH LIFE SCIENCE MEETING

-> Wing G1, Room E.21

Harald Hundsberger

09:00

Opening Speech

Head Institute Biotechnology | IMC Krems University of Applied Sciences Krems

 

Klaus Rumpel

09:20

New Approaches in Drug Discovery and Development

Boehringer-Ingelheim RCV GmbH & Co KG

 

10:00 - 11:00

SESSION: NOVEL TARGETS AND APPROACHES IN CANCER THERAPY

-> Wing G1, Room E.21

 

Chair:

Leonie Opitz

Alice Hattenberger

 

 

 

Maria Sibilia

10:00

tba

Zentrum für Krebsforschung | Medizinische Universität Wien

Gerda Egger

10:20

Modelling the tumor microenvironment in patient-derived colorectal cancer organoids

Prof. Dr. Gerda Egger | Department of Pathology |  Medical University of Vienna 

Christoph Campregher

10:40

Advancements in Oncology: Exploring the Future of Cancer Care

Christoph Campregher, PhD | Bristol Myers Squibb

11:00 - 11:20

BREAK

-> Wing G1, Room E.20

11:20 - 12:20

SESSION: AUSTRIAN BIOTECH COMPANIES

-> Wing G1, Room E.21

 

Chair:

Rayyan Bassem Adel Yakout

Ana Vranešević

 

 

Chukwuma Agu

11:20

Disrupting preclinical drug development

ABS Biotechnologies GmbH

Enrico Girardi

11:40

Discovering the Next Solute Carrier Drugs

Enrico Girardi, PhD |  Solgate GmbH

David Wurm

12:00

Novel archaeal ether lipids improve transfection with mRNA lipid nanoparticles

NovoArc GmbH

12:20 - 13:30

LUNCH BREAK

12:30 - 13:30

ADVISORY BOARD MEETING phD Project

Participants:

Maria Sibilia (Chairwoman)

Wolfgang Mikulits

Mario Mikula

Rita Seeböck

Christoph Campregher

Peter Turecek

Gerda Egger

Harald Hundsberger

13:30 - 14:10

SESSION: KREMS BIOANALYTICS

-> Wing G1, Room E.21

 

Chair:

Himanshi Khetarpal

Bor Maske

 

 

Benjamin Neuditschko

13:30

Monitoring Conformational Changes Upon Small Molecule Binding by Chemical Crosslinking and Quantitative Mass Spectrometry

Postdoc / Institute Krems Bioanalytics

Thomas Waerner

13:50

Detecting Host Cell Proteins in Biopharmaceuticals: Advances & Applications

Thomas Wärner, PhD | Boehringer Ingelheim

14:10 - 14:50

SESSION: NOVEL TARGETS AND APPROACHES IN CANCER AND RENAL DISEASES

-> Wing G1, Room E.21

 

Chair:

Antonia Riedl

Klara Kristandl

 

 

 

Roland Geisberger

14:10

RNA editing in chronic lymphocytic leukemia

Dr Roland Geisberger LIMCR

Teresa Gagliano

14:30

Kinases: identification and characterization in the context of cancer research

Prof. Dr. Teresa Gagliano  | Cancer Cell Signalling Lab, Department of Medicine (DMED) University of Udine, Udine, Italy

Nadine Tüchler

14:50

A multi-omic and mechanistic modeling approach to study chronic kidney disease – hunting for novel regulators 

Predoctoral Fellow at EMBL Heidelberg

 

15:20 - 15:40

BREAK & Group Photo for speakers

-> Wing G1, Room E.20

15:40 - 17:10

SESSION: CURRENT CHALLENGES IN IMMUNOLOGY

-> Wing G1, Room E.21

 

Chair:

Hendrik van Dijk 

Ana Vranešević

 

 

 

Camille Levy

15:40

Engineered pseudotyped lentiviral vectors to allow gene transfer into hematopoietic cells

Camille Levy, PhD Lyon Catholic University, ESTBB (School of Engineers in Biotechnologies)

Jörg Fritz

16:00

Lipid metabolism in asthma: Immune regulation and potential therapeutic targets

Dr. Prof. Jorg Hermann Fritz | McGill University Dept. Microbiology & Immunology

Eva Sevcsik

16:20

Spatial requirements for T-cell receptor triggering probed via a DNA origami-based biointerface

Assistant Prof. Dipl.-Ing.in Dr.in Eva Sevcsik | TU Wien Institute of Applied Physics, Biophysics

Mario Brameshuber

16:40

Unraveling the oligomerization state of the T cell receptor complex using quantitative single molecule fluorescence microscopy

Dr. Mario Brameshuber |  TU Wien

18:00 -

HEURIGER MÜLLNER

Come together with “Students, Graduates, Lecturers, Coaches and R&D Partners” at the Heurigen Müllner

Heuriger Müllner, Stadtgraben 50, A-3500 Krems

16
May
09:00 - 09:30

SESSION: FAKE NEWS IN SCIENCE AND CONSEQUENCES FOR RESEARCHERS

-> Wing G1, Room E.21

 

Chair:

Rayyan Bassem Adel Yakout

Julian Langecker

 

 

Jörg Vienken

09:00

Fake news in science and consequences for researchers

Jörg Vienken, Prof. Dr. | Vienken Consultants

09:30 - 10:40

Practical Training Semester Award

-> Wing G1, Room E.21

Barbara Entler

09:30

Introduction PTS Award

Professor Institute Biotechnology | IMC Krems University of Applied Sciences Krems

 

Julia Drescher

09:40

The effect of neuromelanin in Parkinson’s disease

Student | IMC Krems University of Applied Sciences Krems

Almira Slamnik

10:00

The development of a therapeutic platform to enhance the activity and persistence of Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) T cells

Student | IMC Krems University of Applied Sciences Krems

Nico Lamot

10:20

The role of dendritic cells in tendon regeneration

Student | IMC Krems University of Applied Sciences Krems

10:40 - 11:00

BREAK

-> Wing G1, Room E.20

11:00 - 11:30

KREMS Cooperation Award

-> Wing G1, Room E.21

Harald Leiter

11:00

Introduction KREMS Cooperation Award

 

DI Dr. Harald Leiter | ecoplus Niederösterreichs Wirtschaftsagentur GmbH

Christoph Keisler

11:10

tba

 

Caroline Schätz

11:20

Generation of hypoimmunogenic blood vessels from human pluripotent stem cells

 

11:30 - 12:30

SESSION: REGENERATIVE MEDICINE

-> Wing G1, Room E.21

 

Chair:

Anastasiya Kardash

Hendrik van Dijk 

 

 

Viktoria Weber

11:30

Mechanisms for the regenerative effects of shock wave therapy in myocardial ischemia: involvement of extracellular vesicles

Univ.-Prof. DI Dr. Viktoria Weber University for Continuing Education Krems

 

Fotocredit © Walter Skokanitsch

Carla Cofiño Fabrés

11:50

Modeling the human heart using human pluripotent stem cell derived cardiac cells-on-a-chip

Carla Cofiño Fabrés, PhD | University of Twente, Applied Stem Cell Technologiesardiac cells-on-a-chip

Andrea de Luna

12:00

Extracellular vesicles from mesenchymal stem cells – silver linings for cartilage regeneration?

Ass.-Prof. Andrea De Luna | University for Continuing Education Krems, Center for Regenerative Medicine

12:30 - 14:00

LUNCH BREAK

14:00 - 15:00

ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION

-> Wing G1, Room E.21

Uwe Schlokat

Moderation

Vice President, Global Project Management, Ottobock International

15:00 - 15:20

BREAK

-> Wing G1, Room E.20

15:20 - 16:00

SESSION: CAMPUS AND NATIONAL COLLABORATIONS

-> Wing G1, Room E.21

 

Chair:

Rayyan Bassem Adel Yakout

Alice Hattenberger

 

 

 

Gerald Obermair

15:20

α2δ proteins in synaptic functions and brain disorders

Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Gerald Obermair |Leitung
Fachbereich Physiologie | Karl Landsteiner Privatuniversität für Gesundheitswissenschaften

Sven Breunig

15:40

Next-Generation of Proteomics

Dr. Sven Breunig, CSO | Head of Department | Research and Development Procomcure Biotech GmbH

16:00 - 16:20

BREAK

-> Wing G1, Room E.20

16:20 - 17:20

SESSION: BIOMANUFACTURING IN AUSTRIA - PLAYERS AND REGULATIONS

-> Wing G1, Room E.21

 

Chair:

Ana Vranešević

Leonie Optiz

 

 

 

Atul Karandikar

16:00

Manufacturing Vaccines for Animal Health in Krems

MSD Animal Health 

Peter Turecek

16:20

Plasma Protein Therapeutics – Life Saving Therapies with Long Legacy and Bright Future

Hon. Prof. Univ.-Doz. Mag. Dr. Peter L Turecek | Plasma Derived Therapies Global Medical Affairs, Baxalta Innovations GmbH, part of Takeda

Alois Jungbauer

16:50

Processing of vVus-like Paricles and Viral Genetherapy Vectors

Prof. Alois Jungbauer | Institute of Bioprocess Science and Engineering, Department of Biotechnology
University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences
Vienna

Günter Waxenecker

17:10

Innovative technologies for complex products in a global regulatory framework

DI Dr. Günter Waxenecker | MDRA Austrian Medicines and Medical Devices Agency

17:30 - 18:00

AWARDS CEREMONY: PRACTICAL TRAINING SEMESTER AWARD

17:30 - 18:30

ADVISORY BOARD MEETING INSTITUT BIOTECHNOLOGY

Head: Wolfgang Schütt

Participants:

Uwe Schlokat

Wilfried Wöhrer

Mario Mikula

Peter Turecek

Alois Jungbauer

Harald Hundsberger

Günter Waxenecker

 

18:30 -

DINNER WITH THE GRADUATES, LECTURERS AND GUESTS AT THE “WEINLODGE SIEDLER”

WEINLODGE SIEDLER

Mauternbach 2 | 3512 Mauternbach | Österreich
Weinlodge und Heuriger SIEDLER (siedler-wachau.at)