ArticlesPacientsResearchersATMPsGMPLaboratoryManufacturing ProcessPre ClinicalUMCUtrechtRodrigo Ortiz 9 December 2025 Bridging the Gap: The Role of GMP Simulation in ATMP Translation In recent decades, the medical toolbox has expanded dramatically. While traditional medicine relied on synthetic drugs (small molecules interacting with specific pathways) and later biologicals like antibodies, we have now entered the era of ... More
EventsPacientsResearchersATMPsClinic studyRegulationCTGCTRodrigo Ortiz 18 November 2025 Event Date: 10 November 2025 do: 11 November 2025 • CTGCT at the CREATIC Conference 2025: Driving Advanced Therapy Innovation We were thrilled to participate in the 2nd Central European Conference for Advanced Therapy and Immunotherapy (CREATIC Conference 2025), a significant European event focusing on the advancement of Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products (ATMPs). Organized ... More
EventsResearchersGMPLaboratoryPre ClinicalUMCUtrechtRodrigo Ortiz 17 November 2025 Event Date: 1 December 2025 • 14:00 do: 1 December 2025 • 14:30 CTGCT Science Talks December – Aiko Ballardini On the 1st of December 2025, Aiko Ballardini, quality control specialist at the Innovation Center for Advanced Therapies (ICAT) of the University Medical Center Utrecht will present in our CTGCT Science Talks webinar series. More
EventsPacientsResearchersGMPLaboratoryResearchRodrigo Ortiz 12 November 2025 Event Date: 10 November 2025 do: 3 November 2025 • Making Viral Vectors Happy: Key Takeaways from Our CTGCT Science Talks Webinar We were thrilled to host Dr. Andrea Rayat for our recent CTGCT Science Talks webinar. Dr. Rayat, an Associate Professor in bioseparations and downstream processing at University College London, delivered an insightful presentation titled, ... More
Media ReleasesCliniciansPacientsResearchersATMPsGen TherapyResearchCTGCTNICRodrigo Ortiz 10 October 2025 A Nobel-Worthy Topic: Harnessing Inflammation to Fight Cancer On October 6th, the very day the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded for groundbreaking work in T-cell based cancer immunotherapy, our CTGCT community had the pleasure of hosting a talk ... More
EventsResearchersCell therapyResearchCTGCTNICRodrigo Ortiz 25 September 2025 Event Date: 6 October 2025 • 14:00 do: 6 October 2025 • 14:30 CTGCT Science Talks – Inflammasome-inspired cancer immunotherapy On 6th October 2025 at 2:00 PM (Ljubljana/Berlin time) Dr. Iva Hafner Bratkovič will talk about her latest publication on inflammasome-inspired cancer immunotherapy More
EventsCliniciansResearchersGen TherapyResearchCTGCTRodrigo Ortiz 12 March 2025 Event Date: 17 March 2025 • 14:00 do: 17 March 2025 • 15:00 Gene Therapy: Triumphs, Challenges, and Future Directions Lecture by Luis Pereira de Almeida on the 17th of March at the Kemijski Inštitut More
ArticlesCliniciansResearchersATMPsCell therapyGen TherapyManufacturing ProcessRegulationCTGCTUMCUtrechtRodrigo Ortiz 5 March 2025 Navigating Viral Vector Production for Gene Therapy This week we had the opportunity to listen to Ganesh Ramesh, a PhD candidate at the Viral Vector Production Center for Translation Immunology of UMC Utrecht, under the supervision of Dr. Zsolt Sebestyen. Here ... More