Scientific Programme Curated for Breakthroughs in Cartilage Regeneration
Programme
Monday, April 14, 2025
(Participants meet at the main entrance of UMC Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584 CX Utrecht)
08.30-09.00 Registration & Badge Pick Up
09.00-10.15 Welcome | Jos Malda (NL)
Defining the Field: Joint Preservation from Bedside to Bench and Back | Roel Custers (NL) & Nienke van Egmond (NL)
My Journey in Cartilage Regeneration and Joint Preservation | Daniel Grande (US)
10.15-10.30 Introduction in Chondrocyte Isolation and Cell Culture | Gerjo van Osch (NL)
10.30-11.00 Break & Walk to Lab Space
(Walk to Hogeschool Utrecht Applied Sciences / Utrecht Science Park Innovatielab, Heidelberglaan 7, 3584 CS Utrecht)
11.00-12.00 Hands-on/Lab: Preparing Cartilage Digestion; Chondrocyte and Chondron Isolation | Jasmijn Korpershoek (NL)
12.00-13.00 Hands-on/Lab: Cell Counting and Seeding | Jasmijn Korpershoek (NL)
13.00-14.00 Lunch
14.00-15.00 Hands-on/Lab: Seeding Cells in GelMA | Jasmijn Korpershoek (NL)
15.00-15.30 Walk to Regenerative Medicine Center Utrecht (RMCU), located in the Hubrecht Institute
15.30-16.15 The Secrets of the Cartilage ECM | Frank Zaucke (DE)
16.15-17.15 How to Make Clinical Impact with Translational and Fundamental Research (1+1=3) | Daniel Saris (US) & Lucienne Vonk (SE)
18.00-20.00 Welcome Reception at Academiegebouw, Hall of 1636
Tuesday, April 15, 2025
Participants meet at Regenerative Medicine Center Utrecht (RMCU), located in the Hubrecht Institute, Uppsalalaan 8, 3584 CT Utrecht)
08:30-09.00 Bioprinting Technologies | Riccardo Levato (NL)
09.00-09.30 Introduction into Bioprinting of Cartilage | Jos Malda (NL)
09.30-11.00 Hands-on/Lab: Bioprint Cells | Paulina Nunez Bernal (NL)
11.00-11.30 Break
11.30-13.00 Hands-on/Lab: On-Chip Systems | Paulina Nunez Bernal (NL)
13.00-14.00 Lunch
14.00-14.30 Cartilage and Bone Scoring | Jaqueline Lourdes Rios (NL) & Harrie Weinans (NL)
14.30-15.00 In vitro Models of Cartilage | Keita Ito (NL)
15.00-16.00 Workshop: Cartilage and Bone Scoring (Histological Images) | Mattie van Rijen (NL) & Jaqueline Lourdes Rios (NL)
16.00-17.00 Workshop: Bone Quantification (Micro CT + CT) and 3D Medical Technology | Chien Nguyen (NL) & Kelly Warmink (NL)
19.00-22.00 Faculty/Course Dinner at Stadskasteel Oudaen (€ 80, pre-booking required)
Wednesday, April 16, 2025
Participants meet at Veterinary Facility, Collegezaal ‘Paard’, Yalelaan 114, 3584 CM Utrecht
8.30-10.45 In Vivo (Large Animal) Models
- Horse as Translational Model | Rene van Weeren (NL)
- Species Differences | Jos Malda (NL)
- Gait Lab Demo and Tour of the Equine Facility | Harold Brommer (NL)
- Drilling (Osteo)Chondral Plugs / Filling Chondral Defects with Spheroids | Marlena Ksiezarczyk (NL)
10.45-11.00 Break
11.00-12.00 Panel Discussion | Roel Custers (NL), Jos Malda (NL), Nienke van Egmond (NL)
12.00 Adjourn