Cell Culture Engineering Conference
This 2008 meeting will celebrate our conference tradition of high quality and relevance to both industrial and academic participants, with topics ranging from the frontiers of fundamental science to the engineering challenges of cell culture process development.
Oral Sessions
* Engineering Host Cells and Vectors
Session Chairs: Martin Fussenegger (ETH, Switzerland) and Martin Sinacore (Wyeth BioPharma, USA)
* Accelerating Cell Line Development and Optimization
Session Chairs: Gyun Min Lee (KAIST, Korea) and Georg Schmid (Hoffman-La Roche, Switzerland)
* Systems Biotechnology "-omics" in Process Productivity Session Chairs: Dana Andersen (Genentech, USA) and Kelvin Lee (Cornell University, USA)
* Product Quality: Impact of Sequence and Process on Final Product
Session Chairs: Anton Middleberg (University of Queensland, Australia) and Pranhitha Reddy (Amgen, USA)
* Cell Culture Process Development and Scale-up: Challenges and Case Studies
Session Chairs: Charles Goochee (J&J/GBSC, USA) and Weichang Zhou (PDL BioPharma, USA)
* Process Integration: Paradigms for Linking Cell Culture and Downstream Processing
Session Chairs: Robert Kiss (Genentech, USA) and Nigel Titchener-Hooker (University College London, UK)
* Cell Culture for Viral Production
Session Chairs: Amine Kamen (National Research Council, Canada) and John Aunins (Merck, USA)
* Novel Cell Lines for Transient and Stable Protein Expression - Options for Increased Productivity
Session Chairs: David James (University of Sheffield, UK) and Elke Lullau (AstraZeneca, Sweden)
* Stem Cell Culture & Tissue Engineering
Session Chairs: Timothy Allsopp (Stem Cell Sciences, UK) and Jamie Piret (University of British Columbia, Canada)
Workshop Sessions
* Overall Workshop Chairs: Michael Butler (University of Manitoba, Canada) and Thomas Seewoester (Amgen, USA)
* 1A. Globalization of Cell Culture
Session Chairs: Miranda Yap (Bioprocessing Technology Institute, Singapore) and Liangzhi Xie (Sinocelltech, China)
* 1B. Cell Line Stability and Heterogeneity
Session Chairs: Tim Charlebois (Wyeth, USA) and Hansjoerg Hauser (Helmholtz Institute, Germany)
* 1C. Challenges During Production Process Scale-Up or Technology Transfer
Session Chairs: Alvin Nienow (University of Birmingham, UK) and Steve Lee (Bristol-Myers Squibb, USA)
* 2A. Single-Use Technologies for Cell Culture
Session Chairs: Sadettin Ozturk (Centocor, USA) and Russell Wong (Bayer Healthcare, USA)
* 2B. Scale-down Models for Successful Approvals and Post-Approval Changes
Session Chairs: Steve Meier (Genentech, USA) and Craig Zupke (Amgen, USA)
* 2C. Automation and Robotics in Cell Culture Process Development
Session Chairs: Thomas Seewoester (Amgen, USA) and Lin Zhang (Pfizer, USA)
Poster Sessions
Overall Chair: Laura Palomares (UNAM, Mexico) Co-Chairs: Susan Casnocha (Pfizer, USA), Sherry Gu (Eli Lilly, USA), and William Miller (Northwestern University, USA)
Merck Award
The Merck Cell Culture Engineering Award recognizes an outstanding contributor to the field of Cell Culture Technology & Engineering and significant service and dedication to the profession. Martin Fussenegger is the recipient of the 2008 Award.
Source: Kathy Chan
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