Obtaining and using living human brain tissue for translational research - hype, hope or hassle?
Obtaining and using living human brain tissue for translational research - hype, hope or hassle? (WORKSHOP)
Theme: Methods and technology development
Tuesday 25th April, 15:30 – 17:10
Session convened by the Society of British Neurological Surgeons.
Experimental approaches using living human nervous system tissue offer a unique platform, that complements currently well-established in vitro and in vivo techniques in neuroscience research. However, important questions exist around: collection, distribution, minimum viable quality, scientific utility, equity of access, big data, open science and linked tissue and clinical metadata. We will use the workshop to invite stakeholders to engage in robust and constructive discussions around key topical areas of interest, within the context of a proposed national network of collaborative research between the Society of British Neurological Surgeons and the wider BNA membership to optimise the use of living human brain tissue in translational neuroscience research.
- William (Liam) Gray, Cardiff University and University Hospital Wales, UK (co-chair): Workshop Overview AND Using Primary Adult Human Brain tissue to study Neuroinflammatory and neurodegenerative diseases
- Ryan Mathew, University of Leeds & Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, UK (co-chair): Living Human Brain Tissue in Neuro-Oncology Research
- Cheney Drew, Cardiff University Finance, UK (co-chair): Ensuring governance, quality and equity of access to researchers - a personal experience
- Sam Booker, Edinburgh University, UK (co-chair): Knowing your tissue - the importance and value of phenotyping
- Siebzehnrubl Florian, Cardiff University, UK (co-chair): Why I bother collaborating with academic neurosurgeons