Marine Invertebrate Cell Culture Symposium

August 30 and 31 2012

In the context of the expanding field of marine biotechnology, this symposium aims at promoting scientific exchanges and transfer of knowledge on marine invertebrate cell cultures. Main topics are improvement, development and access to the in vitro technology through communication of latest advances, successful applications, new challenges and perspectives in marine invertebrate cell culture.
The symposium takes place within the framework of the Sino-European programme IRSES “MarBiotec” and will follow the annual “Rendez-vous de Concarneau” dedicated to Marine Biotechnologies.

City of Concarneau [© MNHN]

Topics

- Establishment and use of primary cell cultures for in vitro assays

- Identification of barriers to cell propagation

- Stem cell lineages

- Cryopreservation of cells of marine origin

- Genetic identification and phenotypic characterization cell immortalization

Invited speakers
Pr Shirley Pomponi, Florida Atlantic University, USA
Pr Baruch Rinkevich, National Institute of Oceanography, Haifa, Israël
Pr Rongqing Zhang, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
Dr Alexander Klimovich, Christian-Albrechts-University, Kiel, Germany

Symposium committee
Dr Stéphanie Auzoux-Bordenave, MNHN/UPMC, Concarneau, France
Dr Isabelle Domart-Coulon, MNHN, Paris, France
Pr Dominique Doumenc, MNHN, Paris, France
Pr Yves LeGal, MNHN, Concarneau, France
Pr Werner Müller, Univ. Mainz, Germany
Dr Christine Paillard, LEMAR, Brest, France
Pr Shirley Pomponi, Florida Univ., USA
Pr Baruch Rinkevich, National Institute of Oceanography, Haifa, Israël

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