PACT organizes its third Summer School from 10-14 July 2017 in Vienna.

This year’s summer school will focus on cell isolation and propagation for tissue engineering. The program will include class lectures and hands on courses targeting different raw materials like the amniotic membrane, adipose tissue, cartilage and umbilical cord for conversion or reprogramming  into and/or propagation of valuable cellular material. We will accumulate information about the isolation of such material, the demands and challenges of propagation and finally the analytical evaluation of the proliferated cells. There will also be plenty of time for fruitful discussions with the lecturers and participants and several social events for networking.

School credits: 2 ECTS

Please note: If you intend to receive an official report for this course, you have to co-registrate at the BOKU.

Fee: 250 €

The fee includes tuition, and social events during the course. Accommodation and meals must be organized individually.

Course prerequisites:

Qualified master students as well as MScs, PhD/doctoral students and human or veterinarian medical doctors are invited to apply. We accept the application of postdocs.

Application:

Please complete the Application Form and send it to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Application deadline: 30 April 2017

Applications will undergo a selection procedure and applicants will be notified on or before the 10 May 2017 about their resulting admission to the Summer School.

• Topics:
  • Human Amniotic membrane (Asmita Banerjee and Adelheid Weidinger, LBI Trauma, Vienna, Austria )

• Cartilage biology, defect treatment and research methods (Sylvia Nürnberger, LBI Trauma & Medical University Vienna, Austria)
• Stem cells from human adipose tissue (Susanne Wolbank and Eleni Oberbauer, LBI Trauma, Vienna, Austria)
• Human endothelial cells (Wolfgang Holnthoner, LBI Trauma, Vienna, Austria, Christoph Kaun, Medical University Vienna, Austria)
• Muscle cells and engineering (Philipp Heher, LBI Trauma/Trauma Care Consult GmbH, Vienna, Austria)