The Cell Culture Days 2025 will take place at the Medical University of Graz from May 14 - 15, 2025. Initiated in 2014 by Beate Rinner (CellBank, Medical University of Graz) and the ÖGfZ, this informative meeting will take place for the 7th time and offers its participants a wide range of lectures and workshops in the field of cell culture.

Scientific Hosts:

Beate Rinner and Alexander Deutsch (Medical University of Graz)

Sessions:

• Biomaterial & Cell Culture
• 3D Culture & Organoids
• Cell Treatment & Metabolism & Immune Cells
• Cell Banks & Primary Cells & Cell Models
• Cell Immunity

Workshops:

• The Importance of High Quality hPSC Cultures Maintenance, Assessment and Implications of hPSC Culture Quality
• Reproducibility in Cell Culture: Mastering Challenges with hands on Tips & Tricks
• Functional and Metabolic Assays in Liver Organoids
• Gene Editing Tools
• Measuring and Modulating Cell Death

Registration:

The registration is open until April 23, 2025.

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8:15 - 9:00 REGISTRATION

9:00 - 9:15 WELCOME COFFEE

9:15 - 11:00 SESSION I Biomaterial & Cell Culture

• New Approaches for Crosslinking and 3D Printing of Hydrogels - Rupert Kargl
• Developement of Apatite-based Materials for the Bone Graft and Cancer-killing Applications - Vincent Irawan
• In- Air Microfluidics for Tissue Engineering - Carole Planchette
• Bridging the Gap: Patient-Derived Skin Biopsies for Advanced Wound Healing Models - Petra Kotzbeck
• TBA - Monika Staniszewska

11:00 - 11:15 COFFEE BREAK

11:15 - 13:15 SESSION II 3D Culture & Organoids

• Modeling Nutrient Restriction In Vitro - Jelena Krstic
• Autologous Tumor Models - Djenana Vejzovic
• Modeling the Tumor Microenvironment in Advanced Patient-derived Tumoroids - Gerda Egger
• The IL-23/IL-17 Axis in Lung Inflammation - Eva Böhm
• Seeing Cells in a New Light: Next-Generation Biosensors for Signaling and Metabolism - Yusuf Ceyhun Erdogan
• Genome Engineering Approaches to Model Myeloid Leukemogenesis - Johannes Foßelteder

13:15 - 14:15 LUNCH

14:15 - 15:45 WORKSHOP SESSION I

• A) The Importance of High-Quality hPSC Cultures - Maintenance, Assessment and Implications of hPSC Culture Quality Christina Karner & Katarina Pankova
• B) Reproducibility in Cell Culture: Mastering Challenges with hands-on Tips & Tricks
  Philipp Paulitschke
• C) Functional and Metabolic Assays in Liver Organoids
  Jelena Krstic
• D) Gene Editing Tools
  Johannes Fosselteder

15:45 - 16:00 COFFEE BREAK

15:00 - 17:30 WORKSHOP SESSION II

• A) Measuring and Modulating Cell Death
  Michael Dengler
• B) Gene Editing Tools
  Johannes Fosselteder
• C) Functional and Metabolic Assays in Liver Organoids
  Jelena Krstic

SOCIAL PROGRAM AND DINNER

„Climb the Grazer Schlossberg” in different ways

9:00 - 10:45 SESSION III Cell Treatment & Metabolism & Immune Cells

• BrusIQ a New Treatment Option for High Grade B Cell Lymphoma - Martha Szmyra-Polomka
• Oncolytic Adenovirus Immunotherapy for Mesothelioma: Mechanisms, In Vitro Studies, and Preclinical Evidence - Lukas Kuryk
• Lipid Emulsions as a Paradigm Shift in Chemotherapy - Birgit Steiner-Zitzenbacher
• Which Mast Cell Model Fits Best for My Research? - Andrea Teufelsberger
• TBA - Franziska Schmidt

10:45 - 11:00 COFFEE BREAK

11:00 - 12:45 SESSION IV Cellbanks & Primary Cells & Cell Models

• The CellBank Graz - Beate Rinner
• Banking Workflows of Tumor and iPS Cell Lines at the DSMZ - Laura Steenpass
• Human Telomerized Cell Lines for the Establishment of Relevant and Standardizable In Vitro Tests and for Production of Extracellular Vesicles - Regina Grillari
• Unmasking Microbial Infections with Human Respiratory Barrier Models - Doris Wilflingseder
• TBA - Carina Hromada

12:45 - 13:45 LUNCH

13:45 - 15:30 SESSION V Cell Immunity

• NR4A1 Regulates Anti Tumor Immune Responses in Aggressive Lymphoma - Alexander Deutsch
• Microscopic Assessment of T-cell Cytotoxicity Utilizing Co-Culture Approaches - Helmut Bischof
• TBA - Jakov Korzhenevich
• Retrieval and Characterisation of Cancer-Specific TCRs - Lea Knezevic
• Engineering CAR T Cells vs. AML - Jan Müller

15:30 - 15:45 COFFEE BREAK

15:45 - 17:15 WORKSHOP SESSION III

• A) The Importance of High-Quality hPSC Cultures - Maintenance, Assessment and Implications of hPSC Culture Quality Christina Karner & Katarina Pankova
• B) Reproducibility in Cell Culture: Mastering Challenges with hands-on Tips & Tricks
  Philipp Paulitschke
• C) Measuring and Modulating Cell Death
  Michael Dengler

Helmut Bischof - Medical University of Graz
Eva Böhm - Medical University of Graz
Michael Dengler - Medical University of Graz
Gerda Egger - Medical University of Vienna
Yusuf Ceyhun Erdogan - Medical University of Graz
Johannes Foßelteder - Medical University of Graz
Regina Grillari - Evercyte, Vienna
Carina Hromada - LBI, Vienna
Vincent Irawan - Technical University of Munich
Rupert Kargl - Technical University of Graz
Lea Knezevic - Medical University of Vienna
Jakov Korzhenevich - Medical University of Vienna
Petra Kotzbeck - Joanneum Reserach
Jelena Krstic - Medical University of Graz
Lukas Kuryk - University of Helsinki
Jan Müller - Medical University of Innsbruck
Katarina Pankova - Stemcell Technologies
Philipp Paulitschke - Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich
Carole Planchette - Technical University of Graz
Franziska Schmidt - Medical University of Vienna
Monika Staniszewska - University of Technology, Warsaw
Laura Steenpass - DSMZ, Germany
Birgit Steiner-Zitzenbacher - Medical University of Graz
Martha Szmyra-Polomka - Medical University of Graz
Andrea Teufelberger - Medical University of Graz
Djenana Vejzovic - Medical University of Graz
Doris Wilflingseder - VetMedVienna