Tuesday, June 7th – Fabrication and characterization
13:00-13:15 – Registration
13:15-13:30 – Opening
Session I Fabrication of Aerogels
13:30-14:15 – Pedro Fardim (KU Leuven): Topochemical engineering of polysaccharide-based cryogels for pharmaceutical and regenerative medicine applications
14:15-15:00 – Tatiana Budtova (MINES ParisTech): Bio-aerogels: versatile materials of the 21st century
15:00-15:30 – Coffee break – Poster session
Session II Characterization of Aerogels
15:30-16:15 – Cedric Gommes (University of Liege): Characterization of aerogels and other porous materials
16:15-17:00 – Dimitrios Sakellariou (KU Leuven): NMR of porous solids
17:30 – Leuven Chem and Tech & Nanocenter
Wednesday, June 8th– Pharmaceuticals
Session 1 – Biologicals
9:00-9:45 – Pavel Gurikov (Hamburg University of Technology): Loading of aerogels with active pharmaceutical ingredients: state of the art and new techniques
9:45-10:30 – Arto Merivaara (University of Helsinki): Freeze-dried nanofibrillated cellulose for pharmaceutical applications
10:30 -11:15 – Coffee break – Poster session
Session 2 – Small molecules
11:15-12:00 – Company presentation – Ben Van Hove, Janssen Pharmaceuticals
12:00-12:45 – Jozsef Kalmar (University of Debrecen): Relationships between aerogel structure and drug release properties – Strategies for controlled release of small molecules
12:45-14:00 – Lunch
14:00-15:15 – Round table – Pharma innovation
Dajun Sun, Janssen Pharmaceuticals
Ben Van Hove, Janssen Pharmaceuticals
Meinolf Brackhagen, IFF Pharma Solutions
Hayley Every, EIT Health
15:15-16:00 – Carlos A. García-González (University of Santiago de Compostela): Engineering of aerogels for potential pharmaceutical applications
16:00-16:30 – Coffee break – Poster presentation
Session 3 Presentation by trainees
16:30-18:30 – Short talks
Sara A. Valente: Galactomannan-based cryogels for biomedical applications
Daniel Mendez: Pectin based aerogel microspheres for drug delivery: Impact of the pectin molecular structure and composition
Fan Xie: Development of a controlled-release carrier using mesoporous cellulose beads for poorly water-soluble drugs
Martin Obst: Novel preparation methods for porous bentonite/alginate beads
Lorenzo De Berardinis: Controlling aerogel surface porosity to enhance functionality in foods
Pieter De Wever: Topochemical Engineering of Cellulose—Carboxymethyl Cellulose Beads: A Low-Field NMR Relaxometry Study
Alfio Pulvirenti: Polysaccharides-based hydrogels as smart drug delivery systems to enhance wound healing applications
Carlos Illanes-Bordomás: Aerogel powder formulations as carriers for oral administration of drugs for the treatment of bowel diseases
18:30- 21:00 – Reception
Thursday, June 9th– Regenerative medicine
Session 1 – Tissue engineering
9:00-9:45 – Samaneh Ghazanfari (Maastricht University): Aerogel biomaterials for tissue engineering
9:45-10:30 – Francisco Fernandes (Sorbonne University Paris): Ice as a tool to shape biomaterials for 3D cell culture and tissue engineering
10:30 -11:15 – Coffee break – Poster session
Session 2 – Wound healing
11:15-12:00 – Ana Leite Oliveira (Catholic University of Portugal): Aerogels: Promising nanostructured materials in fluid management, healing and regeneration of wounds
12:00-12:45 – Pasquale Del Gaudio (University of Salerno): Advanced manufacturing of aerogel-based in situ forming dressings for wound healing
12:45-14:00 – Lunch
14:00-15:15 – Round table – Cost – “Career Boost for Young Researchers”
Speakers:
Moderator: Pasquale Del Gaudio
15:15-16:00 – Company presentation – Tissue engineering – Prometheus KU Leuven
16:00-16:30 – Coffee break – Poster presentation
Session 3 Presentation by trainees
16:30-18:30 – Short talks
Martyna Polak: Electrospun Poly(L-lactide) (PLLA) Scaffolds with tunable surface potential for tissue engineering application
Beatriz G. Bernardes: Adenosine-loaded Silk Fibroin Aerogel Particles for Wound Healing
Marko Rukavina: Synthesis of porous phosphate-based geopolymers via replica shaping for potential application in biomedicine
Christiana Bento: Sequential scCO2 drying and sterilization of alginate-gelatin aerogels
Zuzanna Joanna Krysiak: Skin moisturizing electrospun patches with controlled evening primrose oil release
Isaac Benito-González: Novel cellulosic aerogels as potential candidates for biomedical applications
Miguel Batista: Development of a novel collagen-NADES aerogel for potential topical biomedical applications
Day 4 Visit to Leuven Health House
End of Training School approx. 11:30