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2008 Annual Meeting

Outstanding New Investigator Award Recipients

The following Outstanding New Investigator Award winners were selected by the ASGT Advisory Council based on merit and their contributions to the field of gene therapy. The recipients will present their work at the special Outstanding New Investigator Symposium on Thursday, May 29 from 1:30 pm - 2:45 pm in Ballroom A-C.

Karen S. Aboody, MD
City of Hope National Medical Center
Duarte, California
Stem Cell-Mediated Cancer Therapy:
A Tumor-Selective Gene Delivery Approach

Maciej S. Lesniak, MD, FACS
The University of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois
Adenoviral Virotherapy for Malignant Brain Tumors

Dmitry M. Shayakhmetov, PhD
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington
Adenovirus-Host Interplay and the Development of Efficient Vectors for Gene Therapy

Outstanding Achievement Awards Recipient

The Outstanding Achievement Award winner was selected by the ASGT Advisory Council as an example of an ASGT member who has achieved a pioneering research success through a lifetime of significant scientific contributions to the field of gene therapy. The Outstanding Achievement Award winner will present his work during the Presidential Symposium on Saturday, May 31 from 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm in Ballroom A-C.

R. Jude Samulski, PhD
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
AAVolution of a Smart Virus