Animal Cell Technology Course 2014 – 4th edition

Animal Cell Technology course 2014 – 4th edition

September 28 – October 2, 2014, Llafranc, Spain

Coordinators: Francesc Gòdia (UAB, Spain) and Paula Alves (IBET, Portugal) After the interest received by the 1st, 2nd and 3rd edition and the excellent feed-back from the attendants, the 4th edition of the ACT course will be organised by the ESACT (European Society of Animal Cell Technology) in Llafranc, Costa Brava/Spain, from 28th September to 2nd October 2014. ESACT is presenting this activity as one more contribution to the community involved in the use of animal cells in Biotechnology and Biomedicine. The Course is planned in an intensive four-day schedule with a number of participants limited to 30 in order to facilitate the interaction among them and with the lecturers. Lecturers will stay for most of the Course duration. The Course comprises lectures covering the main topics of Animal Cell Technology:
  1. Cell line development
  2. Cellular mechanisms
  3. Post-translational modifications
  4. Bioreactor design
  5. Downstream processing
  6. Genomics and proteomics
  7. Bioreactor scale-up and scale-down. Single use bioreactors
  8. Process Analytical Technology
  9. Economical aspects of ACT bioprocesses
  10. Integrated bioprocess for protein production
  11. Integrated bioprocess for stem cells
The program has slots dedicated to the preparation and presentation of case studies by participants, and discussion groups with the lecturers.

Confirmed speakers

Terry Papoutsakis (University Delaware, USA), Manuel Carrondo (IBET, Portugal), Hansjörg Hauser (HZI, Germany), Ashraf Amanullah (GILEAD, USA), Francesc Gòdia (UAB, Spain), Paula Alves (IBET, Portugal) and Anne Tolstrup (Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma, Germany)

FEE

Registration until June 30th: 810 Euros for academic participants and 1350 Euros for industry participants. Registration after June 30th: 900 Euros for academic participants and 1500 Euros for industry participants. The fee covers course registration and materials (book), accommodation in two--‐bed rooms (shared with another participant), meals, transportation from/to Barcelona airport (limited to specific time schedules – details below) as well as the social event. Participants have the possibility to be hosted in single room (limited to availability) at an extra cost of 125 Euros. A limited number of grants, covering the Course fee (not travel cost), are provided by ESACT. Applicants to the grants should indicate it in the Course application, together with a motivation statement. Priority will be given to young PhD students from Academia. Only applications received before June 30th will be eligible for receiving a grant.

REGISTRATION and CONTACT

Registration deadline is August 15, 2014 The number of participants is limited to 30 Updated information will be available at ESACT website.