THEMATIC CONFERENCES
25 october 2022
EMERGING BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES FOR DIAGNOSIS AND THERAPY
Biomedical technologies are relatively new and simultaneously one of the most extensive interdisciplinary fields of modern science and is characterised by an enormous potential for development. Combining the achievements of biological, biochemical and biophysical sciences with the achievements of the contemporary technology, including information technology, brings about extremely fascinating results of the research works conducted in this aspect: starting from production of antibodies, vaccines, tumour markers or new targeted drugs, precisely supplied by biological or chemical carriers to specific locations in the organism, through tissue engineering allowing for replacing, restoring, improving or sustaining functions of damaged tissues or organs by means of biological implants or cell transplants, and ending up with genetic engineering and gene therapies. The conference is dedicated to the evaluation of the state, trends, factors and implications regarding further development of the biomedical technology. The conference co-organisers include: the Medical University of Łódź, Ardigen S.A., Małopolska Center of Technology Jagiellonian University and the Translational Medicine Centre of Warsaw University of Life Sciences.
SESSION 1
09.00 – 11.00
Reshaping the Future of Biomedical Engineering
CHAIRPERSON
- PROF. LUCYNA WOŹNIAK
Vice Rector for Research Strategy and International Relations, Head of the Department of Structural Biology at the Medical University of Lodz, Member of the Supervisory Board and Strategic Innovation Council of EIT HEALTH, Member of the Supervisory Board of EIT HEALTH Innostars, Chair of the Scientific Advisory Board (Life Sciences) of Vrije Universitet in Brussels (Belgium)
SPEAKERS
- PROF. ABBAS ALAVI Professor of Radiology and Neurology, Director at the Institute of Aging, University of Pennsylvania
- PROF. DR ADAM LIEBERT Corresponding Member of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Director of the Nałęcz Biocybernetics and Bioengineering Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences
- DR MARTIN ROŽÁNEK Head of Department of Biomedical Technology Czech Technical University in Prague
- PROF. DR MICHAEL SCHROEDER Director of the Center for Molecular and Cellular Bioengineering of Technical University Dresden
- PROF. DR OLGA STĚPÁNKOVÁ Head of the Department of Biomedical Engineering and Assistive Technology, Czech Institute of Informatics, Robotics and Cybernetics, Prague
- DR ROLAND WOHLGEMUTH Chairman of the European Society of Applied Biocatalysis, President of the Swiss Coordination Committee for Biotechnology, Lodz University of Technology
- PROF. JAAK VILO Member of The Estonian Academy of Sciences, Head of the Institute of Computer Science, University of Tartu
SESSION 2
11.15 – 13.15
INNOVATIVE APPROACH TO PHENOTYPIC DRUG DISCOVERY
11.15 – 11.20
Welcome guests start of the session
- DR KAJA MILANOWSKA-ZABEL –Executive Vice President & Board Member at Ardigen
11.20 – 11.35
KEYNOTE
General introduction to the session theme
- PROF. DANUTA MOSSAKOWSKA-EARNSHAW– Director of Malopolska Centre of Biotechnology, Professor Jagiellonian University
11.35 – 12.25
Three keynote presentations:
11.35 – 11.50
“MetaSUB – from city microbiome exploratory study to improved citizens’ health and well-being”
- Dr Paweł Łabaj– Małopolska Centre of Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University
11.50 – 12.05
“The Skin Microbiome: from Lab to Treatment”
- Dr Chris Callewaert – Senior post-doctoral researcher at Ghent University, Belgium, Specialist in Skin Microbiome and Metabolome in Health and Disease
12.05 – 12.25
“With image and structure. Using AI and multiple data sources to enhance drug discovery process”
- Dr Kaja Milanowska-Zabel – Bioinformatics, Executive Vice President & Board Member at Ardigen Ph.D. Bioinformatics
- Dr Magdalena Otrocka – doctor of biological sciences Lead Molecular Biologist in Ardigen
12.25 – 13.15
Topical panel discussion :
„How to make phenotypic drug discovery more efficient through academia-industry collaboration?”
Leading the discussion:
- Dr Paweł Łabaj– Jagiellonian University
Panelists:
- Prof. Danuta Mossakowska-Earnshaw– Director of Malopolska Centre of Biotechnology, Professor Jagiellonian University
- Prof. Janusz Bujnicki – Biologist specializing in molecular biology and bioinformatics, Professor of biological sciences, Head of the Laboratory of Bioinformatics and Protein Engineering at the International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology in Warsaw.
- Dr ir. Chris Callewaert– Senior post-doctoral researcher at Ghent University, Belgium, Specialist in Skin Microbiome and Metabolome in Health and Disease
- Dr Kaja Milanowska-Zabel – Bioinformatics, Executive Vice President & Board Member at Ardigen Ph.D. Bioinformatics
- Marta Winiarska– CEO of BioInMed – Polish Association of Innovative Medical Biotechnology Companies
12.45 – 14.00
LUNCH BREAK
SESSION 3
14.00 – 15.30
FROM ANIMAL TO HUMAN – IMPORTANCE OF ANIMAL MODELS IN BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH
14.00 – 14.05
Welcome guests start of the session and general introduction to the session
- PROF. ZDZISŁAW GAJEWSKI – Director Center for Translational Medicine WULS
14.05 – 14.25
KEYNOTE
“Confirmation of non-clinical studies in patients with malignant brain tumors and Parkinson’s disease”
- PROF. KRZYSZTOF BANKIEWICZ – The Ohio State University, Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California, University of California in San Francisco, Member of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Member of the Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences
14.25 – 14.50
“The use of advanced imaging to model brain diseases and guide therapy”
- PROF. PIOTR WALCZAK – Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Maryland
14.50 – 15.30
Topical panel discussion :
“From Animal to Human – Importance of Animal Models in Biomedical Research”
Leading the discussion:
- Prof. Romuald Zabielski– Center for Translational Medicine WULS-SGGW in Warsaw, Vice President Polish Academy of Sciences
Participants:
- Prof. Krzysztof Bankiewicz – Prof. of medical sciences, neurologist, (Parkinson’s disease gene therapy, technologies allowing administration of drugs directly to the brain), Professor at the University of California, San Francisco, Foreign Member of the Polish Academy of Sciences
- Prof. Piotr Walczak – Prof. of medical science, Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Maryland
- Prof. Zdzisław Gajewski– Prof. of veterinary medicine (animal reproduction, animal models for biomedical research), Director of Center of Translational Medicine WULS-SGGW in Warsaw
- Prof. Leszek Kalinowski – Prof. of medicine (experimental and clinical cardiology, clinical trials in the field of civilization diseases), Medical University of Gdansk
- Prof. Adam Liebert – Prof. of technical sciences (assessment of the interaction between light and tissue, and the application of optics and photonics in biomedical measurements), Director of the Institute of Biocybernetics and Biomedical Engineering PAS, Head of the Laboratory of Biophysical Measurements and the Department of Imaging and Biophysical Measurements, Corresponding Member of the Polish Academy of Sciences
- Prof. Tadeusz Orłowski – Prof. of medicine, head of the Surgery Department of the Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases in Warsaw.
- Prof. Leszek Pączek – Prof. of medicine, Head of the Department of Immunology, Transplantology and Internal Diseases at the Institute of Transplantology at the Medical University of Warsaw
- Prof. Alicja Kazek-Kęsik– Silesian University of Technology
15.30 – 16.00
CLOSING SESSION
Chair – dr. Zygmunt Krasiński, president of the Polish Chamber of Commerce for High Technology
- Summary of five Thematic Conferences – by the Chairs of individual Thematic Conferences
- Perspectives for cooperation between Polish and German companies in the field of high technologies and digital transformation – by dr. Lars Gutheil, General Director, Polish-German Chamber of Industry and Commerce, AHK Poland
- Announcement of the CETEF’24 – by prof. Jerzy Lis, rector of the AGH University of Science and Technology in Krakow
- Closing the CETEF’22
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