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Date: 1 October 2025   Time: 13:00 - 17:30

1 October 2025

Please register at:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/2025-uk-organ-on-a-chip-symposium-tickets-1470416387999?aff=oddtdtcreator

Join us for a program of UK and international speakers, working at the cutting edge of organ-chip research. The full program is below, and confirmed speakers include:

• Professor Ignacio Ochoa (University of Zaragoza)
• Professor Rocky Tuan (Chinese University of Hong Kong / University of Pittsburgh)
• Professor Roisin Owens (University of Cambridge)
• Professor Cathy Merry (University of Nottingham)
• Dr Emily Richardson (CN Bio)
• Dr Anthony Holmes (NC3Rs)

There will also be a poster display, to celebrate the breadth of UK organ-on-a-chip research. If you'd like to display a poster of your work, please send a title, authors and affiliation to Adrian Biddle (a.biddle@qmul.ac.uk).

The meeting will be in the Clark-Kennedy lecture theatre, which is through the automatic sliding doors on Walden Street.

We thank the RSPCA (science.rspca.org.uk/sciencegroup/researchanimals) and Centre for Human Specific Reseach (humanspecificresearch.org/) for generous sponsorship.

Full program:

1:00pm: QMUL Centre for Predictive in vitro Models ECR short talks:

• Dr Lorraine Couteau
• Dr Sophia Lunetto
• Dr Tim Hopkins
• Dr Minerva Bosch-Fortea

1:50pm:

• Prof Roisin Owens, University of Cambridge: "Electrifying the chip in Organ-on-chip models"
• Prof Rocky Tuan, Chinese University of Hong Kong / University of Pittsburgh: Title TBC
• One hour tea break, with canapes and poster viewing (2:40 – 3:40pm).

3:40pm:

• Prof Martin Knight, QMUL: "The Centre for Predictive in vitro Models at QMUL"
• Dr Anthony Holmes, NC3Rs: "Innovate, Integrate, Regulate: MPS technologies in the global life sciences arena"
• International Keynote: Prof Ignacio Ochoa, University of Zaragoza: "Organ-on-Chip Insights into Necrotic Core-Driven Immunomodulation and Biomarker Discovery in Glioblastoma"
• Prof Cathy Merry, University of Nottingham: Title TBC
• Dr Emily Richardson, CN Bio: "Watch the gap: microphysiological systems for translating safety risks to the clinic"

Finish 5:30pm

Link: https://www.cpm.qmul.ac.uk/