BioWales 2010 to focus on stem cell research

BioWales 2010 will be held at the Vale Hotel, Golf and Spa Resort near Cardiff on 17th and 18th March.

Now in its eighth year, BioWales has grown from a standalone conference to an international event comprising a major exhibition and an expanded biopartnering section.

The key theme will be stem cells industrialisation for drug development and therapy, with a line-up of eminent speakers including Nobel Prize for Medicine winner Professor Sir Martin Evans, Professor of Mammalian Genetics at Cardiff University; Stephen Minger, Head of Research and Development for Cell Technologies at GE Healthcare; and Anthony Davies, Vice President of Product Development at Geron.

Nobel Laureate Sir Martin Evans was the first to discover the existence of embryonic stem cells in mice, and so he is often considered the ‘chief architect’ of stem cell research.

Other themes that will feature include translational research, point-of-care diagnostics and cancer genetics.

New for 2010 is a series of workshops built into the programme, to which delegates are invited to sign up.

Futurewatch, a regular annual feature that highlights the ‘next big thing’ in life sciences, will also be a feature of the event.

Dr Sharon Thomas, event project manager, said: "We’ve assembled a high-quality programme of speakers from some major companies and academic institutions, covering some very hot topics at the moment.
BioWales 2010 will also feature a vibrant trade fair and purposeful brokerage event. The BioPartnering event at BioWales has a proven track record in bringing people together in technical match-ups to do business. It creates a real buzz of networking and deal making, resulting in direct business, and that has to be good news for this sector in Wales."

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Source: Advances Wales, 62

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