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2009 Annual Meeting  

Program Schedule

Thursday, May 28

Outstanding New Investigator Symposium 200
8:00 am – 9:45 am

Co-Chairs
David M. Bodine, PhD
Donald B. Kohn, MD

Speakers
Renier Brentjens, MD, PhD
Treatment of B-cell Malignancies with CD19 Targeted T-cells

Barbara Savoldo, MD
Improving T Cell Based Therapies

Tatiana Segura, PhD
Gene Delivery In Three Dimensions

Break
9:45 am – 10:00 am

Scientific Symposium 210
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Cancer Cell Therapy

Chair
Laurence JN Cooper, MD, PhD

Speakers
David M. Spencer, PhD
Genetically Enhanced Dendritic Cell Immunotherapy for Cancer

Bruce R. Blazar, MD
T-regulatory Cells in the Clinic

Richard A. Morgan, PhD
Gene Therapy Using Highly Avid T Cell Receptors Breaks Tolerance and Elicits Cancer Regression

Frank Marini, PhD
Mesenchymal Stem Cells: Tumor Associated Fibroblasts and Potent Gene Delivery Vehicles

Scientific Symposium 211
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Understanding and Manipulating Stem Cell Behavior

Chair
Jan A. Nolta, PhD

Speakers
Frederick Levine, MD, PhD
Development of Human Pancreatic Beta-Cell Lines: Application to High-Throughput Screening

Paul Knoepfler, PhD
Myc Directs Stem Cell Pluripotency, Self-Renewal and Tumorigenicity

Jeanne F. Loring, PhD
The Secret Lives of Stem Cells: How Molecular Networks Control Pluripotence

Mark Mercola, PhD
Small Molecules to Direct Cardiomyocyte Differentiation from Stem Cells

Scientific Symposium 212
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Progress in Genetic Vaccination Technologies

Chair
David B. Weiner, PhD

Speakers
Iacob Mathiesen, PhD
Immune Therapy by Electroporation

George Coukos, MD, PhD
Immune-Gene Therapy Targeting the Tumor Vasculature

Hildegund CJ Ertl, MD
HIV-1 Vaccines Based on Adenoviral Vectors

Alain Rolland, PharmD, PhD
Development of Vaxfectin-Adjuvanted Pandemic Influenza DNA Vaccines

Scientific Symposium 213
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Antagomirs

Chair
Bruce Sullenger, PhD

Speakers
Peter Linsley, PhD
Therapeutic Targeting of Micro RNAs

C. Frank Bennett, PhD
Treatment of Neurodegenerative Diseases with Antisense Oligonucleotides

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Small RNA Regulation of Transcription

Kevin V. Morris, PhD
Non-Coding RNAs Direct Epigenetic Regulation of Transcription in Human Cells

Xuan Yue, PhD
Regulation of Transcription by Small RNAs Complementary to Sequences Downstream from the 3' Termini of Genes

Scientific Symposium 214
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Lung Immunology Relevant to Gene Transfer

Co-Chairs
Paul B. McCray, Jr., MD
Uta Griesenbach, PhD

Speakers
Neil R. Hackett, PhD
Innate Immune Response of Airway to Viral Gene Transfer

Alistair Ramsay, PhD
T Cell Responses to Transgenes and Vectors Delivered in the Lung

Erik Falck-Pedersen, PhD
Antigen Presenting Cell Recognition of rAdenovirus: interferon-stimulating DNA

Maria Limberis, PhD
Viral Gene Transfer to the Lung: Immune Implications

Scientific Symposium 215
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
How Viruses Work: New Insights in Basic Virology

Co-Chairs
Guangping Gao, PhD
Stephen J. Russell, MD, PhD

Speakers
Renate Koenig, PhD
Global Analysis of Host-Pathogen Interactions Using Systems Biology

Arun Srivastava, PhD
Role of Tyrosine-Phosphorylation in the Life Cycle of AAV Vectors

Matthew D. Weitzman, PhD
Interactions between Viruses and the Cellular DNA Damage Machinery

Andrew H. Baker, PhD
Assessing Adenovirus Interactions with Blood Coagulation Factors

Lunch Break
12:00 pm – 1:45 pm

Meet-the-Investigator 220
12:15 pm - 1:30 pm
Meet-the-Investigator Lunch

Speakers
Michele P. Calos, PhD & John J. Rossi, PhD
New Nucleic Acid Technologies

Meet-the-Investigator 221
12:15 pm - 1:30 pm
Meet-the-Investigator Lunch

Speakers
Harry L. Malech, MD & Derek A. Persons, MD, PhD
Gene Therapy for Hematologic Disorders

Meet-the-Investigator 222
12:15 pm - 1:30 pm
Meet-the-Investigator Lunch

Speakers
David M. Bodine, PhD & Punam Malik, MD
Barrier and Insulator Elements for Gene Therapy Vectors

George Stamatoyannopoulos Lecture 230
1:45 pm - 3:00 pm
George Stamatoyannopoulos Lecture

Chair
Kenneth G. Cornetta, MD
Speaker
Brian J. Druker, MD
Imatinib as a Paradigm of Molecularly Targeted Cancer Therapies

Simultaneous Oral Abstract Sessions 240
3:15 pm – 5:15 pm

Exhibit Hall Welcome Reception and Poster Presentation Session 1
5:30 pm – 8:30 pm

 

 
   
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