Sessions
This page was updated on May 19th 2025.
ETRS 2025 Sessions
Each session consists of one session keynote by an invited speaker, guest speakers and a number of oral presentations selected from abstracts.
Charles Lapière Memorial Lecture
WED 03/09 | 16.30 – 17.30
Honorary Lecture by Dame Professor Molly Stephens
Oxford University, UK
New bioengineering-based approaches for therapeutics and biosensing in tissue repair
SESSION 1 | 3D-Printing, Biomaterials & Bioengineering
WED 03/09 | 10.00 – 12.00
Session Keynote by Professor Liam Grover
University of Birmingham, UK
Title to be confirmed
Guest Speaker
Dr. Oommen Oommen
SMART HYALURONAN HYDROGELS FOR INDUCING PRO-HEALING MACROPHAGE RESPONSES AND NEURONAL REGENERATION.
Abstracts
SESSION 2 | Stem Cells & Regenerative Medicine
WED 03/09 | 13.15 – 15.30
Session Keynote by Professor Paul Genever
University of York, UK
Title to be confirmed
Guest Speaker
Dr. Laura Howard
ENGINEERING EYE-LIKE ORGANOIDS AND TISSUES FROM HUMAN IPS CELLS: APPLICATIONS FOR REGENERATIVE MEDICINE.
Abstracts
SESSION 3 | Infection, Inflammation & Wound Healing
THU 04/09 | 08.30 – 10.05
Session Talk by Professor Matthew Hardman
University of Hull, UK
Title to be confirmed
Abstracts
SESSION 4 | Scarring & Wound Regeneration
THU 04/09 | 10.30 – 12.15
Session Keynote by Dr. Claire Higgins
Imperial College London, UK
Title to be confirmed
Guest Speaker
Dr. Soma Meran
CAN WE MODIFY HYALURONAN MATRIX TO PROMOTE RENAL RECOVERY AFTER INJURY?
Abstracts
SESSION 5 | Drug Development for Wound Healing – QBiotics Symposium
THU 04/09 | 13.15 – 15.05
Session Talk by Dr. Paul Reddell
QBiotics Group, Australia
Session Talk by Prof. David Thomas
Cardiff University, UK
Session Talk by Dr. Jason Cullen
QBiotics Group, Australia
Session Talk by Dr. Emma Woods
QBiotics Group, Australia
Session Talk by Prof. Ryan Moseley
Cardiff University, UK
Abstracts
SESSION 6 | ETRS Young Investigator Award
THU 05/09 | 15.30 – 17.30
Selected talks by ETRS Young Investigator Awardees
Invited Lecture by WHS Young Investigator Award Winner 2025, Veronika Jurczuk, University of Miami, USA – Statin-Cyclodextrin Hydrogels Accelerate Healing In Multiple Pre-Clinical Wound Models.
Selected Talk by Dr. Suwelack Corporate Foundation YIA Award Winner
Titles to be confirmed
SESSION 7 | Wound Healing Therapy Translation, Regulation & Public Perception (Workshop)
FRI 05/09 | 08.30 – 10.35
Session Talks by Dr Paul Reddell, Dr Paul Genever, Dr Matthew Malone, Dr Lindsey Davies, Dr Maki Umemura
QBiotics Group, Australia; University of York, UK; Convatec Wound Care, UK; NextCell Pharma, Sweden; Cardiff University, UK
Paul Reddell: Background & Introduction to the workshop.
Maki Umemura: Shifting Perceptions: Comparative perspectives on Regenerative Medicine Development.
Matthew Malone: What does medtech look for in terms of the development and commercialisation of new wound healing therapies?
Lindsay Davies: Regulatory considerations surrounding regenerative medicine therapy translation and commercialisation.
Paul Genever: University Spin-Out of Therapeutic Research – From Academia to SME.
Abstracts
SESSION 8 | Matrix Modulation of Tissue Repair
FRI 05/09 | 11.00 – 12.55
Session Keynote by Professor Tero Järvinen
Tampere University, FINLAND
Systemically administered, target-specific therapies for tissue repair.
Guest Speaker
Prof. Denis Barritault, OTR3, France
ARE HEPARAN SULFATES THE LEAD TO REACH THE GRAIL OF TISSUE REGENERATION?
Guest Speaker
Prof. Susan Volk, University of Pennsylvania, USA
TBC
Abstracts
SESSION 9 | Exploiting Biologics for Enhanced Healing
FRI 05/09 | 13.30 – 15.15
Session Keynote by Dr Ning Xu Landen
Karolinska Institute, SWEDEN
Decoding the RNA regulome of human skin wound healing – Towards future wound care.
Guest Speaker
Prof. Tim Bowen, Cardiff University, UK
MICRORNAs AS DISEASE SENTINELS AND THERAPEUTIC TARGETS IN PATIENTS WITH KIDNEY DISEASE.