Purpose
The purpose of Extreme Cryo is to promote interdisciplinary discussion and collaboration among research groups interested in the broad area of biopreservation: an enabling technology for the use of cells, tissues, and organs in clinical transplantation and regenerative medicine and in many biotechnologies.
Methods to preserve biological materials include the use of moderately low temperatures (hypothermic storage), very low temperatures (cryopreservation), vitrification (ice-free cryopreservation), desiccation, and normothermic culture, maintenance, repair, and conditioning.
This year’s topic “Survival of the Frozen: An Avalanche of Ideas in Cool Biomedical Research” envisions bringing together researchers in biopreservation of a vast range of cells, tissues and organs, and related areas for broad interdisciplinary conversations.
The main event at Extreme Cryo will be presentations by participants (students, technicians, researchers, clinicians, and scientists) sharing their research at any stage (planned, ongoing or finished) with lots of time for discussion after each presentation. There is no charge for attendees but registration is necessary. The registration and abstract submission deadline is December 20, 2019.
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"Frozen Fertility"
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"Alberta Regenerative Medicine Workshop"
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"Breaking the Ice: Opening opportunities in "cool" research"
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"Cold to the bone: Cryobiology and orthopaedic regeneration"
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"Peeling the onion: Complexity in biopreservation"
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"The cold truth: Unexpected results at subzero temperatures"
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"Overcoming challenges in the cold"
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"University of Alberta: 100 years in the cold"
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"Applications in biopreservation and cryobiology"
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"Theoretical and experimental models in biopreservation"
In 1997, a Cryobiology meeting was held in Edmonton, bringing together researchers from the University of Alberta and the University of Calgary. It was decided to have an annual symposium, Extreme Cryo, at the coldest time of year in Alberta, when the temperature can be below −20°C.
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In 2003, Extreme Cryo was expanded into a 2-day event. Also starting in 2003, the abstracts from the meetings were published in the journal Cell Preservation Technology. In 2009, the journal changed its name to Biopreservation and Biobanking and continued publishing the Extreme Cryo abstracts until 2013.
History
ExtremeCryo Historical Temperature Trends
