Thermodynamics in Cell and Tissue Cryopreservation
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Thermodynamics in Cell and Tissue Cryopreservation: How Math Can Save Knees
This is a joint meeting of Canadian Society of Senior Engineers and IEEE Life Members Affinity Groups.
The April meeting will be held on Thursday April 18, 2024. The meeting will open at 12:30 pm MDT (2:30pm Eastern), with the presentation starting at 12:45 (2:45pm EDT). The meeting will be held via the Zoom platform, with the actual invitations sent the afternoon of Wednesday April 17. If you plan to attend and be included on the Zoom invite for this meeting please respond to Tom Madsen, tcmadsen@telus.net, before noon on Wednesday April 17.
Please note the meeting originates in AB which is in the Mountain Time Zone, so if you are in another province you must account for any necessary time shift.
Summary: Cryobiology is the study of life at low temperatures with a major application being cryopreservation—the use of temperatures as low as that of liquid nitrogen (−196 °C) to preserve living cells and tissues. Cryopreservation is used every day to manage availability in research labs, by commercial distributors of cells for research, and by clinical banks that distribute cells and tissues for medical transplantation. Some cells and most tissues cannot be cryopreserved with adequate post-thaw viability and function limiting their availability. Cryopreservation outcome is governed by chemical and physical processes including heat transfer, osmotic/diffusive transport, and the effects of cryoprotectant additives that mitigate the deleterious effect of ice formation. For this reason, thermodynamics is fundamental to cryobiology. In this presentation, I will describe our group’s research combining thermodynamic understanding with biological experiments to arrive at new cryopreservation protocols for cells and tissues including endothelial cells and articular cartilage.
Bio of Dr. Janet A. W. Elliott is on event page.
Date and Time
- Date: 18 Apr 2024
- Time: 12:30 PM to 02:30 PM
- All times are (UTC-07:00) Mountain Time (US & Canada)
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- This event has virtual attendance info. Please email Tom for Zoom link.
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- Northern Canada Section Affinity Group, LM
- Southern Alberta Section Affinity Group, LM
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