Preliminary Program

 ASGT Fifth Annual Meeting
 June 5-9, 2002, Boston

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Session Types and their Definitions
Saturday, June 8
7:00 am – Noon  Poster Setup by Authors
7:30 am – 5:00 pm  Attendee Registration Open
8:00 am – 10:00 am  5 Scientific Symposia
 

Scientific Symposium SS400
Cancer - Oncolytic Vector and Replicative Systems
Chair: David T. Curiel, MD

Speakers: 

Andre Lieber, MD, PhD
Engineering Adenovirus Vectors for Systemic Gene Therapy of Liver Metastases

Glen Barber, PhD
Oncolytic Viral Vectors Based on Genetically Engineered Vesicular Stomatitis Virus, VSV

William Wold, PhD
Adenovirus Replication-Competent Cancer Vectors that Overexpress Adenovirus Death Protein

David T. Curiel, MD
Strategies to Improve the Oncolytic Potency of Conditionally Replicative Adenoviruses

 

Scientific Symposium SS401
Infectious Disease - The Status Vaccines for HIV and Emerging Infectious Agents
Chair: David Bodine, PhD

Speakers: 

Norman Lee Letvin, MD
Vaccine Protection Against AIDS in Nonhuman Primates

Don J. Diamond, PhD
Strategies for Amplifying Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes Specific for CMV and HIV Antigens

Nancy J. Sullivan, PhD
Progress on the Development of Ebola Vaccines for Use in Humans

John J. Rossi, PhD
RNA Based Intracellular Immunity to HIV Infection

 

Scientific Symposium SS402
International Society for Cell Therapy - Stem Cell Biology and Clinical Applications
Chair: Robert Negrin, MD

Speakers: 

Dan S. Kaufman, MD, PhD
Human Embryonic Stem Cells: Hematopoietic and Therapeutic Potential

George Q. Daley, MD, PhD
Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation from Embryonic Stem Cells

Edwin M. Horwitz, MD, PhD
Marrow Mesenchymal Cell Transplantation: The Quest to Conquer Nonhematopoietic Disease

Robert Negrin, MD
Clinical Application of Hematopoietic Stem Cells

 

Scientific Symposium SS403
Respiratory Tract - New Approaches for Gene Therapy to the Lungs
Chair: Daniel Weiss, MD, PhD

Speakers: 

Jeffrey Whitsett, MD
Identification of Stem Cells and Epithelial Cell Lineages During Lung Development

Eric W.F.W. Alton, MD, FRCP
Gene Therapy for Cystic Fibrosis: An Update

Phillip Factor, DO
Gene Transfer for Asthma: Attenuation of Airway Reactivity via ß-adrenergic Receptor
Overexpression in the Bronchial Epithelium

Raymond J. Pickles, PhD
Extracellular Barriers to Gene Transfer in the Lung

Robert Walters, MD, PhD
Mucin and AAV Mediated Gene Transfer to the Airway

 

Scientific Symposium SS404
Musculo-Skeletal - Therapeutic Strategies for Muscle Gene Therapy
Chair: Jeffrey Chamberlain, PhD

Speakers: 

Louis M. Kunkel, PhD
Bone Marrow Transplants for Muscle Disease

Thomas A. Rando, MD, PhD
Oligonucleotide Mediated Gene Therapy for Muscular Dystrophies

Jeffrey Chamberlain, PhD
Relative Effectiveness of Full-Length, Mini- and Micro-Dystrophin Gene Transfer to Dystrophic Muscle

Kevin Campbell, PhD
Gene Transfer as a Tool to Understand the Pathogenesis of Muscular Dystrophy

9:00 am – 1:00 pm  High School Teacher Education Outreach Program
ASGT member speakers will cover the following topics: Gene Therapy Basics, Cancer Gene Therapy and CF Gene Therapy: Where are we now?
10:15 am – 12:15 pm 6 Simultaneous Oral Presentations
  Oral Abstract Session OA411
Progress in Clinical Gene Therapy
Moderators:
W. French Anderson, MD
Michael Blaese, MD
(Abstracts #884 - #889)
  Oral Abstract Session OA412
RNA Virus Vectors: Vectorology

Moderators:
Philippe Leboulch, MD
Sybille Sauter, PhD
(Abstracts #890 - #897)
  Oral Abstract Session OA413
In Vivo Applications of Naked DNA Delivery

Moderators:
Richard Heller, PhD
Sean M. Sullivan, PhD
(Abstracts #898 - #905)
  Oral Abstract Session OA414
Cardiovascular

Moderators:
Barry J. Byrne, MD, PhD
Lawrence Chan, MD
(Abstracts # 906 - #913)
  Oral Abstract Session OA415
Inherited, Acquired and Progressive Neurological Diseases

Moderators:
Andrew I. Brooks, PhD
H. David Shine, PhD
(Abstracts #914 - #921)
  Oral Abstract Session OA416
Cancer Targeted Gene Therapy
Moderators:
Robert L. Martuza, MD
Katherine Molnar-Kimber, PhD
(Abstracts #922 - #926)
12:30 pm – 1:30 pm  Meet the Expert Lunches
  Meet the Expert Lunch ME421
Targeting Strategies to Adapt Adenovirus for Clinical Applications
David T. Curiel, MD
  Meet the Expert Lunch ME422
Mechanisms of rAAV Transduction
John F. Engelhardt, PhD
  Meet the Expert Lunch ME423
Gene Therapy with Hematopoietic Stem Cells
Donald B. Kohn, MD
  Meet the Expert Lunch ME424
Lentiviral Vectors - Performance and New Opportunities for Gene Therapy
Luigi Naldini, MD, PhD
  Meet the Expert Lunch ME425
Cytoreduction Gene Therapy: Virus Targeting and Cell Fusion
Stephen J. Russell, MD, PhD
  Meet the Expert Lunch ME426
Gene Repair in a World of Gene Therapy
Clifford J. Steer, MD
Noon – 7:00 pm  Poster Viewing (Authors present from 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm)

1:30 pm – 4:00 pm 

Presidential Symposium 430

Chair: Malcolm Brenner, MD, PhD
Presidential Address

Speaker: Eric Lander, PhD
The Human Genome and Beyond

Presentation of Top Five Abstracts

Luca Perabo
Adeno-Associated Virus Display: A Combinatorial Library for the Generation for Retargeted Vectors

Eric C. Olivares
Efficient Site-Specific Genomic Integration of h-[alpha]-1-AT-and hFIX in Mice

Mark Haskins
Neonatal Retroviral Vector-Mediated Gene Therapy for Mucopolysaccharidosis VII in Dogs Results in Stable Hepatocyte Transduction and Marked Improvement in Bone and Joint, Cardiac, and Corneal Manifestations for up to 14 Months

Hengjun Chao
In Vivo Functional Correction of Hemophilia a Mice Via a Novel Spliceosome-Mediated RNA Trans-Splicing Repair Mechanism

Alessandro Aiuti
Correction of ADA-SCID by Stem Cell Gene Therapy Combined with a Non-Myeloablative Conditioning

3:00 pm - 7:00 pm  Exhibit Hall Open
4:00 pm – 4:30 pm ASGT Business Meeting
4:30 pm – 5:30 pm  ASGT Board Meeting
4:00 pm – 7:00 pm Poster Session, Exhibits and  Reception
 

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