MatTek Presentations - Society for In Vitro Biology (SIVB) Annual Meeting June 2009

The 2009 In Vitro Biology Meeting is an international event focusing on the science, novel technologies and advances of in vitro biology for both plants and animals. The program includes keynote and plenary symposia, symposia, workshops, contributed papers and poster sessions. The scientific program will focus on issues pertinent to Plants and Animals while providing participants a unique learning experience in cell culture and biotechnology. This meeting attracts scientific expertise from around the globe and is an opportunity to meet, share and exchange scientific knowledge with international colleagues in a comfortable setting.

Please click on the technical presentation title below to see an abstract of that presentation (PDF format).

• Commercial Production of In Vitro Human Epithelial Models at MatTek Corporation: A Survey of Available Models and Applications.
  
  
• ECVAM Validation of the EpiDerm Skin Irritation Test.
  
  
• Regulatory Requirements for In Vitro Systems to Meet Performance Standards During Validation and Over Time.
  
  
• Mechanisms of innate immunity involvement in asthma exacerbations: Experiments with in vitro models of human airway epithelial cells (EpiAirway™) and epithelial cell/fibroblast co-cultures (EpiAirway-FT™).
  
  
• Drug Metabolizing Enzyme Activity In Human In Vitro Dermal (EpiDerm) And Airway (EpiAirway) Epithelial Models.
  
  
• Use of the EpiOcular tissue model for testing of ultra-mild eye care cosmetics.
  
  
• Healing of Dermal Wounds in the EpiDerm-FT In Vitro Human Skin Model.