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Lecture by Master Student Frederik Høbjerg Svejsø

Anti-EpCAM Conjugated Melt-Electrowritten Microfibrous Filter for Capturing and Culturing Circulating Tumor Cells

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Tidspunkt

Fredag 6. maj 2022,  kl. 14:00 - 15:30

Sted

Gustav Wieds Vej 10C, 8000 Aarhus C (bulding 3130), room 303

Arrangør

Department of Biological and Chemical Engineering

This presentation will focus on my Master's thesis, where I am utilizing melt-electrowriting to fabricate porous filters of polycaprolactone (PCL). The fiber surface is subsequently conjugated with an anti-EpCAM antibody to allow for affinity-based capture of rare circulating tumor cells (CTCs) from a liquid biopsy, i.e. a blood sample. Due to the biocompatibility of PCL, the caught CTCs will be cultured ex vivo directly on the filter and the formed clusters may contain information useful for personalized medicine.