Following the VITROCELL® User Group Meeting 2017 in Baltimore, international scientists from Canada, Europe, Japan and USA reconvened in March 2018.
The informal event organized into short presentations and posters was followed by open discussions. It was an excellent opportunity to discuss the latest developments of VITROCELL®, to exchange your experience in working with the equipment and to meet other fellow researchers.
The meeting took place prior to the international Society of Toxicology 57th Annual Meeting and ToxExpo, March 11 – 15, 2018, in San Antonio, USA – one of the largest international conferences related to toxicology.
Focus of the event was to share VITROCELL® activities since the last meeting, to exchange latest research results, to give an update on VITROCELL’s participation in major research programs as well as the presentation of new products for 2018.
Highlights were:
- Update on the validation of the VITROCELL® 24/48 and AMES 48 exposure systems:
7 doses @ 6 replicates plus one clean air control @ 6 replicates.
- New versatile 5-channel linear smoking machine VITROCELL® VC 1 S-TYPE:
for chemical characterization and in vitro testing of electronic and combustion cigarettes as well as next generation products (NGP).
- New Quartz Crystal Microbalance system (hvQCM):
for simultaneous use with deposition enhancement by electrical field
- Long-term exposures in VITROCELL® Automated Exposure Stations:
Presentation of first data on 24 h exposures
- C3 Carbon Concrete Composite Project:
start up of Abrasive Dust Generator, Automated Exposure Station and online dosimetry tools for gas and particle phase
- Several customer presentations on VITROCELL® Cloud Systems incl. of the new VITROCELL® Cloud SEQ 24
- Integration of the AlveoliX Lung-on-Chip into VITROCELL® exposure Systems
The talks were accompanied by posters. The following posters are available in the publications section of our website
- Elucidating the impact of nanomaterials on genomic stability using high-throughput RT-qPCR and alkaline unwinding
Author: Matthias Hufnagel / KIT
- In vitro model for the prediction of respiratory sensitization of inhaled chemicals and protein allergens
Author: Dr. Tommaso Serchi / LIST
- VITROCELL® VC 1 Smoking Machine with Shisha Option
Authors: Markus Berger, VITROCELL Systems GmbH, 79183 Waldkirch, Germany
Marco Hebestreit, VITROCELL Systems GmbH, 79183 Waldkirch, Germany
- VITROCELL® Cloud MAX
Authors: Patrick Weindl, VITROCELL Systems GmbH, 79183 Waldkirch, Germany
Dr. Otmar Schmid, Helmholtz Center Munich, Germany
- VITROCELL® Cloud SEQ
Authors: Patrick Weindl, VITROCELL Systems GmbH, 79183 Waldkirch, Germany
Oliver Wisser, VITROCELL Systems GmbH, 79183 Waldkirch, Germany
- VITROCELL® Powder Chamber
Authors: Katharina Knoth, Marius Hittinger, PharmBioTec GmbH, Science Park 1, 66123 Saarbrücken, Germany
Tobias Krebs, VITROCELL Systems GmbH, 79183 Waldkirch, Germany
- New design of Monitor Software
Author: Johannes Sood, VITROCELL Systems GmbH, 79183 Waldkirch, Germany
- Photometer Calibration Method
Author: Johannes Sood, VITROCELL Systems GmbH, 79183 Waldkirch, Germany
- Update on FTIR integration
Authors: Dr. Martin Kieninger, ANSYCO GmbH, Gasmet Group, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
Tobias Krebs, VITROCELL Systems GmbH, 79183 Waldkirch, Germany
- VITROCELL® 6/48: Changeover set for 24-well sized inserts
Author: Tobias Krebs, VITROCELL Systems GmbH, 79183 Waldkirch, Germany
- Update: Deposition Enhancement via Thermophoresis
Author: Dr. Dirk Broßell, Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (BAuA), Unit 4.5, 10317 Berlin, Germany
- A setup to test toxicity of alcohol inhalation from consumer products
Authors: Dr. Monique Manche, Laboratoires Anios, 59260 Lille-Hellemmes, France
Dr. Fabrice Nesslany, Laboratoire de toxicologie génétique, Institut Pasteur de Lille, 59000 Lille, France
Tobias Krebs, VITROCELL Systems GmbH, 79183 Waldkirch, Germany
The next VITROCELL® User Group Meeting will be held in spring 2019. Details will be announced on our website.
Waldkirch, 11 March 2018
