Meet the Professor Sessions

Frank Luyten (Leuven, Belgium)

Regenerative medicine: cell based therapies and biological implants

Topics to be covered

• Cellular therapies: Viability, Identity, Potency and Purity
• A scientific basis for the manufacturing and characterization of biological implants

Educational goals

After attending this Meet the Professor session, participants will be expected to:

• understand the characterization of a cellular product
• be informed about the challenges in bringing a cellular product to the market
• understand some of the manufacturing challenges of this novel class of products

Target audience

• Academics, biotech and Industry interested and/or involved in regenerative medicine and tissue engineering

Teaching methods

• Interactive presentation
• Q&A opportunities