FINAL CALL TO REGISTER FOR SLTB 2021

The Annual Meeting of the Society for Low Temperature Biology will start next week on the 3rd November at 7pm (CET).

This is the last call for registrations, so please register for the meeting as soon as possible through the SLTB website.

https://www.sltb.info/sltb-2021-registration/#RegForm

Registration is free to members so please take advantage of this if you are currently a member, and make sure your membership application is submitted if not. Membership can be applied for at the following link and costs only £25 for full membership and £15 for student members:

https://www.sltb.info/join-sltb

Late registrations may miss out on the conference program and the online links that will be sent out in the next few days.

Please also submit your "Low Temperature" related images to the SLTB2021 Photo Competition. Images can be scientific or any other low temperature related picture - icicles, snow, frost etc. There are prizes to be won for first, second and third place. Photos will be judged by the delegates at the meeting and can be submitted to the competition by email to SLTBCryo@gmail.com or using the form here:
https://www.sltb.info/sltb2021-photo-competition/#PhotoForm

We look forward to meeting our colleagues again next week and hope you enjoy the conference!
SLTB Committee

IMET2000 Autumn Extravaganza on Monday September 27th, 2021 at 7pm on Zoom

SLTB informs its members about the upcoming IMET2000 event. Please help in the pioneering work in mental health and saving lives in so many countries worldwide suffering terribly from this COVID-19 pandemic particularly child refugees and victims of war.

Funds will be sought for:

West Bank Palestine: Advanced training in critical care of COVID-19 infected patients for nurses, doctors and allied professionals in Gaza and the West Bank 

West Bank: Essential equipment to expand our Basic Life Support training in the IMET2000 Acute Trauma Unit in Ramallah 

Gaza: Child Mental Health Centre and Mental Health Training after our child mental health clinic was destroyed by an Israeli bomb on May 14th

Syria: Joint project with Firefly International with education and training for Syrian children in refugee camps (in Syria and Turkey)

Lebanon: Joint project working in the refugee camps in child mental health with one part time experienced psychologist, clinical training in the UK for 2 young psychologists in child treatment and our partner NGO working with us in art and music therapy

Yemen: Joint project with partner charity Action for Child Trauma International (ACTI) training Yemeni psychologists in modern specialist therapies for victims of war

Ghana: Joint project with partner charity Action Through Enterprise (ATE) for support of severely handicapped and disabled children and their mothers

Uganda: Management of COVID-19 patients, installing piped oxygen and large oxygen generator for the operating theatres and CV19 ward in our IMET2000

Herona Hospital

https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/IMET2000AutumnExtravaganza2021

SLTB Meeting + AVG 2021

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Once again, due to the Coronavirus pandemic, this year’s SLTB meeting will be a virtual meeting that can be attended online. Details for this will appear soon here (or press the button below):

This meeting is open to all SLTB members. To join SLTB and be eligible for free attendance, please click on the join button below.

Canadian Stem Cell Network - Online workshop

Cryopreservation is a routine but complex process used during the development and delivery of cell therapies. Although sometimes overlooked, effective cryopreservation is a key consideration that contributes to the reproducibility and utility of cell products in regenerative medicine applications. Stem Cell Network, in conjunction with the Society for Low Temperature Biology (SLTB), is excited to host two new online cryopreservation educational workshops that will inform participants on the principles, best practices and latest advances in cryopreservation. In the first workshop, regenerative medicine researchers will be exposed to the fundamental principles of cellular cryopreservation, as well how cryopreservation impacts cell stability and viability, and the implications this can have for the storage and shipping of cells. In the second part, the workshop will look at the principles for cryopreserving systems containing multiple cell types or complex multicellular structures, such as organs or organoids, as well as discuss the progress that is being made in the development of new techniques and cryoprotectants.

The workshop, which is open to investigators and trainees, features talks from subject matter experts from the field of cryopreservation research and includes discussion and Q&A sessions.

Workshop dates:
Part 1: Wednesday, May 5 at 12pm - 3pm ET (9am- 12pm PT; 5pm-8pm BST)
• Session 1: Fundamental principles of cryopreservation
• Session 2: Viability and stability

Part 2: Wednesday, June 2 at 12pm - 3pm ET (9am- 12pm PT; 5pm-8pm BST)
• Session 1: Cryopreservation of complex systems
• Session 2: New techniques and reagents, including novel cryoprotectants

Confirmed Speakers include:
• Dr. Ram Devreddy, Louisiana State University
• Dr. Gloria Elliot, University of North Carolina
• Dr. Charles Hunt, independent
• Dr. Birgit Glasmacher, Hannover Med Tech Inst
• Dr. Denys Pogozhykh, Hannover Medical School
• Dr. Juan Hernandez Medrano, University of Nottingham
• Dr. Ina Meissner, Fraunhofer IBMT

Registration is required to participate in these educational workshop; please complete the registration form below. Links to access the workshop will be emailed to registrants at the end of April.