Outstanding Achievement Award
Plenary Lecture 300
8:00 am – 9:15 am
Chair
David M. Bodine, PhD

Awardee: Inder Verma, PhD
25 Years of Gene Therapy: Ups and Downs

Break
9:15 am – 9:30 am

Scientific Symposium 310
9:30 am - 11:30 am
Cancer Stem Cells

Chair
Daniel H. Sterman, MD

Speakers
Timothy P. Cripe, MD, PhD
Targeting Oncolytic HSV-1 to Neuroblastoma Initiating Cells

Jeffrey M. Rosen, PhD
Therapeutic Targeting of Breast Cancer Stem Cells

Aaron E. Foster, PhD
Targeting Tumor Stem Cells by Genetic Modulation of Immunity

Duane A. Mitchell, MD, PhD
Neural Stem Cells and Brain Tumor Stem Cells

Scientific Symposium 311
9:30 am - 11:30 am
Multi-Modality Gene Therapy for Genetic Diseases

Chair
Brendan Lee, MD, PhD

Speakers
Beat Thöny, PhD
Gene Therapy for Phenylketonuria Exploiting Liver or Muscle for Phenylalanine Clearance

Lawrence C. Chan, MD
Gene Therapy Strategies for Reversing Autoimmune Type 1 Diabetes

Takashi Shimada, MD, PhD
Neonatal Gene Therapy of Metachromatic Leukodystrophy

Charles P. Venditti, MD, PhD
Gene Therapy for Methylmalonic Acidemia

Scientific Symposium 312
9:30 am - 11:30 am
Reprogramming and Cell Expansion

Chair
Harry L. Malech, MD

Speakers
John J. Rossi, PhD
RNA Interference in Hematopoietic Progenitor Cells and Derivatives

David W. Russell, MD, PhD
Gene Targeting in Pluripotent Human Stem Cells

Thalia Papayannopoulou, MD
ES cell- and iPS cell-derived Erythroid Cells

Robert G. Hawley, PhD
Immortalization of Murine and Human Hematopoietic Progenitors

Scientific Symposium 313
9:30 am - 11:30 am
Gene Transfer Strategies for Emerging Infections

Co-Chairs
Roberto Cattaneo, PhD
Tal Kafri, PhD

Speakers
Wayne A. Marasco, MD, PhD
Control of Seasonal and Pandemic Influenza: This there a Role for Therapeutic Antibody Gene Transfer?

Joseph T. Bruder, PhD
Adenovector-based Malaria Vaccine Development

Albert B. Deisseroth, MD, PhD
Vaccine for Infectious Diseases and Cancer

W. Ian Lipkin , MD
Microbe Hunting in the 21st Century

Scientific Symposium 314
9:30 am - 11:30 am
Musculo-Skeletal Disorders

Co-Chairs
Dongsheng Duan, PhD
Dan Gazit, DMD, PhD

Speakers
Thurman M. Wheeler, MD
Antisense Oligos for Myotonic Dystrophy

Paula Clemens, MD
Genetic Treatment of Muscle In Utero

Brian Johnstone, PhD
Use of Mesenchymal Stem Cells for Joint Disease Therapies

Nicholas Boulis, MD

Scientific Symposium 315
9:30 am - 11:30 am
Physical Gene Therapy & Vectorology

Chair
Shulin Li, PhD

Speakers
R. Scott McIvor, PhD
Sleeping Beauty Mediated Gene Therapy for Hemophilia

Michele P. Calos, PhD
PhiC31 Integrase for Gene and Cell Therapy

David A. Dean, PhD
Pulmonary Gene Transfer: Successful and Safe Use of Electroporation in a Pig Model

Carol H. Miao, PhD
Ultrasound-Mediated Gene Delivery into the Livers of Animal Models

Lunch in Exhibit Hall
12:00 pm – 1:30 pm

Simulataneous Oral Abstract Sessions 320
1:30 pm – 3:30 pm

Break
3:30 pm – 3:45 pm

Top Oral Abstract Presentations 330
3:45 pm – 5:45 pm

Exhibit Hall Networking Reception and Poster Presentation Session II
5:45 pm – 8:45 pm