Dear all,
List members may be interested in this free event at Centre of the Cell:
Centre of the Cell’s Big Pankaj Chandak on the set of 'The Crown'Question Lecture series gives you a chance to hear biology experts discuss their work and question them about it.
Our next Big Question Lecture is “Transplanting the Un-transplantable? – pushing the boundaries” on Tuesday 6th March 2018. The guest speaker is Dr Pankaj Chandak.
Perrin Lecture Theatre, Blizard Institute, 4 Newark Street, London, E1 2AT
Format:
6.00pm – 7.10pm: Big Question lecture
7.10pm – 7.30pm: Questions
7.30pm: Refreshments
Tickets for the lecture are free of charge, but booking is essential. Over 14s only.
Book your free tickets here: https://transplanting-the-untransplantable.eventbrite.co.uk
For enquiries call our Bookings Officer on 020 7882 2562.
About the speaker and lecture:
How can we do transplants in small children? Can we keep organs alive outside the human body before we transplant them into someone? How can we transplant across different blood groups? Can we use robots to help in doing a transplant to help quicken recovery?
These are just some the challenges facing transplant surgeons today. How can we use science to help them? Pankaj Chandak, a Research Fellow and Transplant Registrar at King’s College London and Guy’s and Great Ormond Street Hospitals will take you on a journey from the early transplants to modern times, highlighting key developments in transplant science and innovation. In particular, he will be looking at how keyhole and robotic surgery have been used to help patients recover quickly and how a novel bypass machine that pumps blood into organs keeps them alive! He goes further to explore the role of 3D printing in transplantation touching on organ bioprinting. Just how close are we to making a new kidney?!
Pankaj Chandak is a Specialist Registrar in Transplant Surgery at Guy’s, St Thomas’ and Great Ormond Street Hospitals and a Research Fellow at the MRC Centre for Transplantation, King’s College London.
His scientific interests include complex paediatric transplantation and organ perfusion technology and innovation. Pankaj is one of only a few people worldwide trained to keep kidneys alive outside the body by using a novel bypass, improving their quality prior to transplantation and reducing the chances of rejection. Pankaj’s work also led to use of 3D printing in the planning of challenging kidney transplants in children (also a world first).
Best wishes,
Katie
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