Date: November 7 - 9 (Wednesday to Friday), 2018

Location: BioCampus Cologne, Nattermannallee 1 (Main Building), Cologne, Germany

We cordially invite you to the 2nd annual Ncardia Applications Workshop 2018 in Cologne, Germany. The Workshop will include:

• Presentations from KOLs from Pharma and Academics
• Live demonstrations of assays using leading instrumentations in the field
• Networking opportunities with other users of stem cell-derived disease models for cardiovascular drug discovery
• Latest information on assays and services for cardiovascular safety assessment

We are delighted that the following speakers will present:

• Nina Glaser (Lab Head Early Safety Electrophysiology) – Merck KGaA
  • "Human Cardiomyocytes in Preclinical Drug Development at Merck"
• Vitalina Gryshkova, PhD (Sr Scientist Investigative Toxicology) – UCB BioPharma
  • "Rethinking translational predictivity using hiPSC-derived models: a retrospective analysis for cardiac liabilities"
• Damiano Lombardi, PhD (Research Scientist) – Inria
  • "Modelling and learning of MEA signals for safety pharmacology"
• Veronique Ballet, PhD (Head of Cardiac Electrophysiology Lab) – Sanofi
  • TBD
• Maaike Bras (Assay Developer) – Pivot Park Screening Centre
  • "Compound toxicity profiling using cardiomyocytes; assay automation at PPSC"
• Prof. Steffen Hering – University of Vienna
  • TBD
• Anne Zwartsen (Principle Investigator) – IRAS, Utrecht University
  • TBD
• Stefan Braam, PhD (CEO) – Ncardia
  • Keynote

And more!

Demo Applications:

• Optogenetic Pacing (Xpress.4U^™ LightPace^™ – Ncardia)
• HTS calcium / voltage sensitive dyes (FDSSµCell – Hamamatsu)
• Impedance (xCELLigence^® – ACEA Biosciences / CardioExcyte 96 – Nanion Technologies)
• Micro Electrode Array (MEA) / LEAP Assay^™ (Maestro – Axion BioSystems)

We invite you now to register by completing the form below: