MUCOSAL IMMUNITY and IN VITRO SCIENCE

9.00 – 9.30 Registration and Welcome coffee

9.30 – 9.45 INTRODUCTION: M. Meloni, CEO VitroScreen, Milan

9.45 – 10.30 MUCOSAL IMMUNITY: an overview, Prof. A.M Castellazzi,
Centro Interuniversitario di Immunità e Nutrizione, Pavia University

10.30 – 11.00 VAGINAL ECOSYSTEM: a dynamic equilibrium, C. Devastato
Angelini Research Center, R&D, Toxicology, S. Palomba – Pomezia

11.00 – 11.30 IMMUNITY: Skin and 3D skin models, C. Pellevoisin,
Episkin Academy, Paris

11.30 – 12.00 OCULAR SURFACE IMMUNITY: homeostatic mechanisms and their disruption in dry eye disease,
Prof. S. Barabino, Genoa University

12.00 – 13.00 Andrea Griminelli’s Concert for Flute and Piano to celebrate VitroScreen 15 years’anniversary

13.00 – 14.30 Lunch

14.30 – 15.00 THE USE OF IN VITRO HUMAN AIRWAY EPITHELIA FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF NOVEL
ANTIVIRALS, S. Constant, CEO Epithelix, Geneva

15.00 – 15.30 IN VITRO INTESTINAL MODELS FOR GUT HEALTH, B. De Servi and F. Varriale, VitroScreen, Milan

15.30 – 17.30 THE VALUE OF IN VITRO SCIENCE: to be or not to be in vitro oriented?
Prof. T. Hartung, John Hopkins Institute, Baltimore (USA)

Roundtable with key representatives from academia, EU institutions and 3D tissue models industry:
Prof F. Caloni, Milan University,

L. Gribaldo, European Commision-DG JRC, EURL ECVAM,

B.De Wever, CEO Atera,

C. Pellevoisin, Episkin Academy,

S.Constant, CEO Epithelix and M.Meloni,CEO VitroScreen.

17.30 – 18.00 Farewell cocktail

VitroScreen SYMPOSIUM PROGRAM 2

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