Speakers and instructors

Dr. Francesc Gòdia

President of the European Federation of Biotechnology

Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

• Continuous Bioprocesses to Produce Virus-Like Particles (VLPs) and Adeno-Associated Viruses (AAVs) by Transient Transfection of HEK293 Cells

España

Dra. Claudia Altamirano

Senior researcher

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso

• Customized CHO Cell Platforms for Streamlined Continuous Manufacturing

Chile

Dra. María Carmen Molina Sampayo

Senior researcher

Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile

• Framework Region Engineering Improves CHO Cell Productivity and Thermal Stability of a Human Anti-MICA Antibody

Chile

Dra. Leda Castilho

Full professor

Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

• From process development to regulatory submission: a biopharmaceutical journey

Brasil

Dra. Ana Maria Moro

Researcher and head of the Biopharmaceuticals Laboratory

Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, Instituto Butantan

• Monoclonal Antibody-Based Immunotherapy

Brasil

Dr. Claudio Prieto

Director

Biotecnofe

• From bioreactor transcriptomics to engineered regulatory elements: a platform of endogenous CHO-K1 promoters for stable, high-level production of recombinant proteins

Argentina

Dra. Ziomara Gerdtzen

Academic and head of the Mammalian Cell Culture Lab

Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas, Universidad de Chile

• Quantitative Bioprocess Design for Scalable 3D Suspension Culture: Microcarrier and Spheroid Strategies for Melanoma Vaccine Lysate Production

Chile

Dr. Marcos Oggero Eberhardt

Principal researcher and deputy director

CONICET / Universidad Nacional del Litoral, Centro Biotecnológico del Litoral

• Glycoengineering Around a Hinge Molecule: Reshaping the Biological Activities of Erythropoietin

Argentina

Dr. Sadettin S. Öztürk

Chief Technology Officer

STRM.BIO

• Overview of Continuous Bioprocessing

Estados Unidos

Dr. Timothy Thomson

INDICASAT-AIP

• INDICASAT: Drug Discovery Program in Panama

Panamá

Dra. Mariela Bollati

Head of the Cell Biology Unit

Institut Pasteur de Montevideo

• 3D Cellular Complexity: Organoids as a Platform for Studying Communicable and Noncommunicable Diseases

Uruguay

Q. Adriana Hernández

Chief Executive Officer

UDELÁ GLOBAL

• Regulation as an Enabler of Innovation in Cell Culture: Strategies to Accelerate the Introduction of Therapies and Biologics to the Latin American Market

México