Cell Culture Keynote Speakers

Christopher Hewitt Professor, Loughborough University Chris graduated with a first class honours degree in Microbiology from Royal Holloway College, University of London in 1990. He then went to the University of Birmingham to study for his Ph.D. in Biochemical Engineering. He is now Professor of Biological Engineering at Loughborough University where his research seeks to study the interaction of the organism with the process engineering environment using such non-invasive techniques as flow cytometry, image analysis and NIR spectroscopy. These techniques have been used to improve our understanding of how cells behave within such diverse areas as Microbial Fermentation, Cell culture, Bio-remediation, Bio-transformation, Brewing and now the challenging area of Regenerative Medicine Bioprocessing.
John Masters Professor, University College London John Masters is Professor of Experimental Pathology at UCL and Editor-in-Chief of Cell Biology and Toxicology and has edited 7 volumes of Human Cell Culture (Springer). He chaired an ATCC Standard Development Committee developing a standard using STR profiling for the authentication of human cell lines, which in January 2012 became accredited by ANSI (American National Standards Institute).
Jianguo Yang Principal Scientist and Senior Manager, Genzyme/Sanofi Dr. Jianguo Yang is principal scientist leading projects on cell line / cell culture development at Genzyme/ Sanofi. Prior to Genzyme, he worked as scientist in MedImmune /Astrazeneca and Abbott labs, respectively . With over 20-year professional experience in cell line and cell culture development, and achieved world record high mammalian cell line productivity, he is an international recognized scientist / expert and frequently invited keynote speaker / chairperson / scientific advisor for international conferences, and also a member of Editor and Advisor Board for Bioprocess International Journal, and reviewer for several scientific and professional Journals and authored numerous publications and presentations. He holds both M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in molecular cell biology and biotechnology from Illinois Institute of Technology.