CRYO2017 Scientific Program

The first day of CRYO2017 features a full program of cutting edge plenary sessions presented by the world's leading scientists from the USA, UK and China. The latter part of the day is devoted to Biobanking and ISBER Best Practices: Biorepositories 101. 

The second and third days of the meeting feature eight symposia devoted to all areas of cryobiology, biopreservation, and biobanking. 

Update June 8: Download the CRYO2017 Daily Program Summary to see the times and locations of all symposia and events. 

July 21 Plenary Sessions

Plenary Lectures #1: Fundamentals, advances and innovations in cryobiology, biopreservation, and biobanking (Part 1)
Chairs: Jason Acker and Brent Schacter

Speaker 1: Jason Acker (Canada)
Topic: Cryobiology and its great impacts on the scientific research, modern agriculture, and precision medicine

Speaker 2: Sebastian Eriksson Giwa (USA)
Topic: Scaling up cryopreservation to large tissue systems: growing international support and the promise to transform medicine

Speaker 3: Dayong Gao (USA)
Topic: Freezing of living cells and tissues: a great challenge for biomedical scientists and engineers

Speaker 4: Gregory Fahy (USA)
Topic: Novel technology and advances in tissues and organs cryopreservation: mechanisms, technology, and applications

Plenary Lectures #1 (Part 2): Fundamentals, advances and innovations in cryobiology, biopreservation, and biobanking
Chairs: Erik Woods and Jim Vaught

Speaker 5: Kelvin Brockbank (USA)
Topic: Translating ice-free vitrification to human transplant sized tissue models

Speaker 6: Xiaoxi Wei  (USA)
Topic: Cryoprotectants - the Blueprint of Ice Defense: Past, Present, and Future.

Speaker 7: Xun Xu (China)
Topic: Gene banking and precision medicine  

Speaker 8: Qiang Tian (USA)
Topic: P4 Precision medicine and biobanking (P4: Predictive, Preventive, Personalized and Participatory)

Plenary Lectures #2 – Best practices for biobanking and biorepositories
Chairs: Zisis Kozlakidis, Hengjun Gao

Speaker 9: Hengjun Gao (China)
Topic: Biobanking in China and its modern applications.

Speaker 10: Jim Vaught (USA)
Topic: Biobanking in the world: the past, present, and future

Speakers 11-14 will focus on the following topic: ISBER Best Practices: Biorepositories 101.

Speaker 11: Brent Schacter  (Canada)
Speaker 12: Zisis Kozlakidis (UK)
Speaker 13: Kathy Sexton (USA)
Speaker 14: William Grizzle (USA)

July 22-23

Symposium #1 Advances in basic and applied cryobiology research
Chairs: Tamotsu Hoshino and Gregory Fahy

Symposium #2 Modern technology of biopresevation and entrepreneur
Chairs: Wendell Sun, Kelvin Brockbank

Symposium #3 Cryopreservation of stem cells and immune cells
Chairs: Xiaoming He, Tingyu Qu, Erik Woods

Symposium #4 Cryopreservation of reproductive cells and tissues
Chairs: Yunxia Cao, Yuksel Agca

Symposium #5 Animal cryobiology and conservation of endangered species
Chairs: Tiantian Zhang, Weizhi Ji

Symposium #6 Plant cryobiology and cryopreservation
Chairs: Haeng-hoon, Barbara M. Reed, Xiaohui Shen, Qiaochun Wang

Symposium #7 Gene cryopreservation/banking and it applications in precision medicine
Chairs: Jufang Huang, Xun Xu,

Symposium #8 Cryopreservation of blood cells and blood products
Chairs: Arthur Rowe and Zhong Liu