"Implementing high-content screens using models generated with patients-derived cells"
Prof. Gerardo Turcatti
Director of Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland
Theatre Room, CiMUS
About:
In modern drug screening, the proportion of informative image-based assays is constantly increasing, particularly using physiological-relevant models generated from patients? cells. The implementation of these complex assays in academic screening settings generates a series of key challenges to be addressed. Screens using 3D models performed in our academic platform, strategies and approaches will be discussed.
Bio:
Professor Turcatti directs the EPFL screening platform he created in 2006. In the framework of a national project (NCCR-Chem Biol), he is leading the program ACCESS (a chemical screening platform for Switzerland). His research focuses on innovative HTS methods and technologies. In particular, he targets the development of image-based strategies using physiological-relevant screening assays aiming to improve the early drug discovery process.
Further info about his career, research and distinctions HERE
Hosted by PI Mabel Loza (Pharmacology Applied to Drug Discovery Group)
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