2025 Schedule

Tentative schedule:

Note:  All times are in Central Standard Time

Monday, May 19th, 2025

TimeTopicLecturer
8:30-9:30am

Fundamentals of preservation

  • Mechanisms of damage
  • Cryoprotective agents
  • Behavior of water during freezing
Allison Hubel
9:30-9:45 amBreak 
9:45-10:45 am

Protocol development

  • Pre-freeze processing
  • Formulation of cryopreservation solutions
  • Introduction of solutions
  • Freezing
Allison Hubel
10:45-11:00 amBreak 
11:00 am-12:00 pm

Protocol development

  • Storage
  • Thawing
  • Post thaw assessment
  • Troubleshooting
Allison Hubel
12:00-1:00 pmLunch 
1:00-3:00 pm
  • Containers for cryopreservation
  • Phase appropriate studies
  • Process characterization activities
  • Process control
  • Lessons from Industry
Rui Li
3:00-3:15 pmBreak 
3:15-4:45pmRegulatory issues related to preservationVaibhav Patel
4:45-5:00 pmPanel of Day 1 speakers 

 

Tuesday, May 20th, 2025

TimeTopicLecturer
8:30-9:30 amChallenges of clinical cell processing - a focus on cryopreservationDave McKenna
9:30-9:45 amBreak 
9:45-10:45 amQuality control for cryopreservationDiane Kadidlo
10:45-11:00 amBreak 
11:00 am-12:00 pmRepository Design IIan Pope
12:00-12:15 pmBreak 
12:15-1:15 pmRepository Design IIIan Pope
1:15-1:30 pmBreak 
1:30-1:45 pmPanel of Day 2 speakers 

 

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