On 2 June 2020 our webinar was an update on the outstanding Ossabaw pig, the most complete and human-translatable animal model of obesity and it's comorbidities, that is now also available in Europe!
The webinar is available in a recorded version here.
Agenda:
World-leading Ossabaw experts will share and discuss key facts as well as very recent data on the Ossabaw obesity model, including information on the availability of pigs in Europe:
- Welcome and status on The European Ossabaw Facility
Kristian Møller, Director, Centre for Diagnostics DTU
- The innate immunology of obesity and inflammation in Ossabaw pigs.
Peter Heegaard, Professor Innate Immunology, M.Sc., Ph.D., DTU Ossabaw Facility Manager
- Ossabaw pigs: how do they perform in comparison with other breeds used for biomedical research?
Mike Sturek, M.S., Ph.D., Professor of Anatomy, Cell Biology, and Physiology, Indiana University School of Medicine and Purdue University, CorVus Biomedical, LLC, USA