Scientific program
(Time schedules for lectures/workshops could change)
Monday - 29th Jan 2007
8.30 Registration - Opening Ceremony
Inaugural session
- Welcome Address - Dr. Shiranee Pereira, Co-ordinator & Head, I-CARE
- Inaugural Address - Mrs. Radha Venkatachalam, Registrar, Sri Ramachandra Medical College &
- Special Address - Dr. Ketan Desai, Chairman, Medical Council of India
- Key Note Address - Dr. T. Ramasami, Secretary, Dept. of Science & Technology, Ministry of Science & Technology, Govt. of India
Special Contributions - The Science of Alternatives
1.1 "The Science of Alternatives" - Prof. Dr.Alan M. Goldberg, Director, CAAT, Johns Hopkins University, USA
1.2 "Europe goes alternative... Contributions to reduce animal experimentation" - Prof. Dr. Thomas Hartung, Head, ECVAM, (EU)
1.3 "Promotion of alternatives to animal experiments in Germany by ZEBET, The National Centre for Alternatives to Testing in Animals" - Prof. Dr. Med. Horst Spielmann, Direktor & Head, ZEBET, Germany
1.4 Address - Prof. Dr. Coenraad F.M. Hendriksen, Doerenkamp-Zbinden Foundation, Switzerland / National Vaccine Institute, Netherlands
1.5 "Relevance of InVitro Tox Studies in Risk Assessment" - Dr P.Balakrishna Murthy, Director, IIBAT, Chennai & Member CPCSEA, Govt. of India
1.6 "Relevance of Animal Dissection in Biology- Curriculum in the Contemporary Scenario" - Prof Dr. M.A. Akbarsha, Head, School of life Sciences, Bharathidasan University, India
Lunch Break
Lecture session 1 - Alternatives in basic biomedical research
14.00 - 2.1 "Blood Brain Barrier: Biology and Cell Culture Models" - Dr. Joseph P. Bressler, Kennedy Kreiger Center, USA.
14.40 - 2.2 "Neurotoxicity testing: A discussion of in vitro alternatives" - Dr. Pamela J. Lein, Oregon Health & Science University, USA
15.20 - 2.3 "Organs-on-a-chip: Integrated Discrete Multiple Organ Co-culture for toxicity evaluation" - Dr. Albert P. Li, CEO, In Vitro ADMET Laboratories LLC, USA
Tea Break
Workshop session 1 (Parallel)
16.15 - Workshop 1: "InVitro Methods for Eye and Skin Irritation Testing developed at ZEBET, the National Centre for Alternatives to Testing in Animals, Germany" - Dr. Manfred Liebsch, ZEBET, Germany
16.15 - Workshop 2: "Use of Alternatives In Teaching of Life Sciences (Veterinary, Medicine, Zoology and Pharmacology)"
Resource Personnel:
- Prof. Dr. Chitralekha Ramachandran, Stella Maris College, Chennai
- Prof. Dr. R. Raveendran, JIPMER, Pondicherry
- Dr. Priyadarshini Govind
Tuesday - 30th Jan 2007
8.00 Workshop 1: Contd
Lecture session 2 - Alternatives in regulatory testing
9.00 - 3.1 "Experiences with Validated and Non-Validated InVitro Tests for Phototoxicity: A Call for Intelligent Testing Strategies" - Dr. Manfred Liebsch, ZEBET, Germany
9.40 - 3.2 "Alternative Methods - l'Oreal Strategy and Development" - M. JR Meunier, L'Oreal, France
10.20 - 3.3 "The Application of Cryopreserved Human Hepatocytes as a Tool for Preclinical Research" - Dr.Julie Price, InVitro Technologies, UK
Tea Break
Workshop session 2 (Parallel)
11.30-13.30 - Workshop 3: Setting Up and Maintaining Primary Nerve Cell Cultures - Dr Pamela J.Lein.
11.30-13.30 - Workshop 2: Contd
Workshop session 3 (Parallel)
14.30 - Workshop 4: "Preparing Microvessels From Brain" - Dr Joseph P. Bressler
14.30 - Workshop 5: "Using Pooled Human Cryopreserved Hepatocytes and Plateable Cryopreserved Human Hepatocytes in Metabolism and Cytotoxicity Assays" - Dr. Julie Price
14.30 - Workshop 2: Contd
19.00 - Congress dinner
Wednesday - 31st Jan 2007
Lecture session 3 - Alternatives in education
9.30 - 4.1 "Emotional Literacy - Alternative Methods and the Process of Learning"- Prof. Dr. Maria E. Webb, New University of Lisbon, Portugal
10.10 - 4.2 "www.ethical-learning.com" - Dr.Massimo Tettamanti, ATRA/LEAL, Switzerland
Tea Break
WORKSHOP SESSION 4 (Parallel)
11.00-13.00 - Workshop 6: "Organs-on-a-chip: Integrated Discrete Multiple Organ Co-culture (Id-MOC)" - Dr. Albert P. Li
11.00-13.00 - Workshop 7: "Practical Use of the Episkin Model to Assess Skin Irritation" - MJ Cotovio, L'Oreal, France
11.00-13.00 - Workshop 2: Contd
Lunch Break
Interactive Session
Panel Discussion- "Taking forward the Science of Alternatives in India"
Valedictory Session
