| Posters |
| P1 Prat |
New therapeutic approach in the treatment of severe radiation burn: Surgery and local stem cell therapy |
| P2 Cairns |
Cell regeneration therapy as an adjunct to healing in recalcitrant wounds |
| P3 Yarde |
Deep venous incompetence in patients with diabetes mellitus: a case control study |
| P4 Naves |
Intensive treatment of wounds in lower limb amputation surgery can save a leg! |
| P5 Naves |
Platelet Rich Fibrin (PRF) for hard to heal ulcers in patients with diabetic feet. |
| P6 Paglinawan |
A comparative study of the influence of different pressure levels combined with various wound dressings on negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) driven wound healing |
| P7 Dillon |
Correlation of physical properties and dressing design |
| P8 Primo |
LASER stimulation on fibroblasts WI-26 based on photodynamic processes |
| P9 Green |
BITECIC (Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering Centre of Industrial Collaboration) - A collaborative approach for creative partnerships |
| P10 Riddell |
The Effects of Nicorandil on Wound Healing (case series) |
| P11 Cairns |
A prospective trial of near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) as a continuous non-invasive method of flap monitoring following breast reconstruction |
| P12 Davis |
Wound diagnostics: can a single marker concur with an expert's multifactorial assessment of wound healing status? |
| P13 Upton |
Development of a novel growth factor formulation to maintain serum-free and feeder cell-free culture of human embryonic stem cells |
| P14 Moorhead |
Exploring the application of ultrasound technology in pressure ulcer prevention - An international multidisciplinary team |
| Wednesday 10th September |
| 10.00 - 12.00 |
Board Meeting |
| 13.30 - 14.00 |
Meeting Opening
- Corinne Ward (Malta TVU)
- Raj Mani (President ETRS)
- David Leaper (Conference President)
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| 14.00 - 15.30 |
- Inflammation in Physiology and Pathology of Wound Healing
- Chair: M. Romanelli
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- 14:00: A. Sindrilaru
- Signalling in the control of inflammation in tissue repair
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- 14:20: N. Occleston
- From bench to bedside-novel anti-inflammatory strategies
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- 14:40: M. Romanelli
- Treatment of inflammation-topical and systemic
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| 15:00 - 15:30 |
Poster set up and early viewing |
| 15.30 - 17.05 |
- From Research to Novel Diagnostics, Therapeutic Tools and Guideline
- Chair: H. Beele
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- 15:30: M. Lubbers
- What do clinicians expect from the scientists?
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- 15:50: E. Van der Heggen
- Going from consensus to evidence based guidelines
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- 16:10: R. Mani
- Who needs the lab on a chip for wound healing?
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- 16:30: H. Beele
- Beyond evidence-based guidelines: cost-effectiveness, impact on quality of life and translation into every day's practice
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- 16:50: W. Witkowski
- Collaborative Working Enhances Wound Care Practice in TNP Technology
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| 17:00 - 17:30 |
Tea and coffee break |
| Poster viewing |
| 17.30 - 18.15 |
- Keynote Lecture
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17:30: K. Scharffetter-Kochanek - Introduction
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- 17:35: A. Wells
- The end of the affair: CXCR3 ligands stop wound repair and limit scarring
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| 18.30 - 19.30 |
- Official opening and welcome reception
- Minister of Health
San Gorg Hotel Tower Suite
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| Thursday 11th September 2008 |
| 08.30 - 10.20 |
- New materials for wound repair; cell-cell and cell- matrix interactions
- Chair: B. Coulomb
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- 08.30: B. Coulomb
- Fibroblasts are not equal in front of wound healing: new cell therapy strategies
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- 08.50: M. Ulrich
- Cell-matrix interactions and scar formation
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- 09.10: O. Rennekampff
- In vitro evaluation of a fibroblast seeded collagen /elastin matrix (Matriderm) - implication for in vivo use
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- 09.30: B. Boekema
- Cross-linking affects performance of collagen scaffolds in dermal repair
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- 09.45: G. Lammers
- Preliminary evaluation of a double layered skin construct in a porcine full-thickness wound model
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- 10.00: J. Clarke
- Raising standards in orthopaedic wound care - a prospective, comparative evaluation of a modern dressing design
|
| 10:15 - 11:00 |
Tea and coffee break |
| Poster viewing |
| 11.00 - 12.05 |
- Infection and Biofilms - What do we know about it?
- Chair: D. Thomas
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- 11.00: D. Williams
- Characterisation of biofilms on epithelial surfaces by confocal microscopy
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- 11.20: K. De Smet
- A new antimicrobial enzyme system for the control of wound bioburden
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- 11.35: S. Stegeman
- Cadaveric donor skin: prediction for success of a split skin graft
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- 11.50: S. Cairns
- Characterisation of Biofilms within Medical Devices
|
| 12.05 - 13.30 |
Lunch |
| Poster viewing |
| 12.30 - 13.30 |
General Assembly |
| 13.30 - 14.45 |
- Angiogenesis in tissue remodelling
- Chair: S. Eming
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- 13.30: M. Koch
- Analysis of extracellular matrix proteins during wound healing
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- 13.50: T. Odorisio
- Placenta growth factor in wound repair
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- 14.10: S. Eming
- The impact of proteases on wound angiogenesis
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- 14.30: A. Sander
- Systemic transplantation of progenitor cells accelerates wound epithelialization and neovascularization in the hairless mouse ear wound model
|
| 14:45 - 15:30 |
Tea and coffee break |
| Poster viewing |
| 15.30 - 17.40 |
- Aging, Tissue Homeostasis and Repair
- Chair: K. Scharffetter
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- 15.30: M. Peake
- Identifying a gene signature for the wound healing continuum
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- 15.45: H.Geiger
- Lympho-hematopoietic cells and their ageing
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- 16.05: K. Scharffetter-Kochanek
- The ROS connection in aging and tissue repair
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- 16.25: D. Kletsas
- Cellular senescence and tissue homeostasis
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- 16.45: L. Gould
- Ageing in clinically relevant settings of tissue repair
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- 17.05: N. Coolen
- An in vitro fetal wound model
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- 17.25: P. Uijtdewilligen
- A search for embryonic effector molecules for a skin construct by exon array analysis of developing skin
|
| 17.45 - 18.30 |
- Keynote lecture
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17.45: R. Mani - Introduction
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- 17.50: A. Holloway
- Outpatient treatment of burns in the United States
|
| 19.30 |
Departure to dinner venue (to be arranged) |
| 20.00 |
Congress dinner |
| Friday 12th September 2008 |
08.30 - 10.10
(simultaneous) |
- Myofibroblasts and mechanical aspects of wound repair
- Chair: B. Hinz
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- 08.30: A. Desmouliere
- Myofibroblasts in the liver: fibrosis, cirrhosis and the stromal reaction to liver cancers
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- 08.50: B. Hinz
- The myofibroblast - friend or foe in regenerative medicine?
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- 09.10: V. van der Veen
- Alpha smooth muscle actin (aSMA) expression in foetal skin fibroblasts
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- 09.25: G. Pietramaggiori
- Controlled mechanical stimulation of skin cell proliferation in vivo
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- 09.40: J. Jacobsen
- The role of avb6 integrin in diabetic wound healing in mice
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- 09.55: F. Bassetto
- Bioengineered tendon: from tenocytes culture to ASCs (Adipose Derived Stem Cells) culture
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08.30 - 10.00
(simultaneous) |
- Advances in (chronic) wound treatment
- Chair: R. Mani
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- 08.30: B. Coulomb
- A NOSF (Nano-OligoSaccharide Factor) lipido-colloid dressing inhibits MMPs in an in vitro dermal equivalent model
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- 08.45: R. Mani
- Complications in the venous system in patients with diabetes
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- 09.00: G. Jukema
- Post-traumatic osteomyelitis: Current treatment options and future directions
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- 09.15: A. Andersen
- Novel Lipase Activity detected in induced Lucilia sericata excretions/secretions
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- 09.30: T. Grzela
- The use of acellular, radiation-sterilized amniotic membrane increases healing rate of hard-to-treat chronic venous leg ulcers.
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- 09.45: Z. Upton
- A novel vitronectin: growth factor complex for treatment of wounds
|
| 10:10 - 10:30 |
Tea and coffee break |
| Poster viewing |
| 10.30 - 11.15 |
- Keynote lecture
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S. Eming - Introduction
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- H. Gerhardt
- EMBO Young Investigator lecture:
Controlling of sprouting angiogenesis - a tale of leaders and followers
|
| 11:15 - 11:30 |
Tea and coffee break |
| Poster viewing |
| 11.30 - 12.20 |
- Different aspects of burn wound healing
- Chair: M. Ulrich
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- 11.30: D. Lumenta
- The meaning of skin injuries and their surgical reconstruction: First long time experiences with the collagen-elastin matrix Matriderm as a dermal substitute in severe burn injuries of the hand
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- 11.50: S. MacNeil
- A 15 year landscape on culturing skin cells for burns patients
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- 12.10: A. Pirayesh
- Development of a novel dermal substitute based on glycerinised allograft
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- 12.30: F. Bassetto
- Characterisation of the engraftment of autologous keratinocytes cultured on hyaluronan scaffolds on deep burns: clinical-histological correlations
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- 12.50: S. Monstrey
- Update on clinical wound care and burn treatment
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- 13.05: L. van der Steen
- Effect of different therapies on inflammation, itch and nerve regeneration in a porcine wound model
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- 13.20: WHS Prize Winner: S.Scherer
- Biodegradable Poly-N-Acetyl Glucosamine (PGLCNAC) nanofibers enhance wound healing by activating cell migration, angiogenesis and cell proliferation
|
| 13.20 - 14.30 |
Lunch and Farwell |
| YIA prize presentations - Raj Mani and David Leaper |
