Education Session
The Education Session introduces topics and themes which will be explored in further detail during the main Congress. Any delegates who are registered for the Congress are welcome to attend.
Tuesday 24 October
08:30-09:00 Gare Maritime
Registration
09:00-10:45 Ballroom, Maison de la Poste
Education 1a: Focus on gene therapy vectors
09:00-09:15 Hildegard Büning, Hannover Medical School - Els Verhoeyen, University of Lyon and University of Nice
Welcome
09:15-09:45 EDU01: Els Verhoeyen, ENS Lyon and University of Nice
Lentiviral vectors - from basic vectorology towards in vivo application
09:45-10:15 EDU02: Hildegard Büning, Hannover Medical School
Adeno-associated virus (AAV) vectors - from natural occuring serotypes towards engineered nanoparticles
10:15-10:45 EDU03: Tristan Montier, University of Brest
Fine-tuning of nanoparticles for aerosol gene delivery: applications to cystic fibrosis as an example
09:00-10:45 Maritime Room, Maison de la Poste
Session 1b: Focus on cell therapy
09:00-09:15 Anne Galy, Genethon, Victor Van Beusechem, University of Amsterdam
Welcome and chairs
09:15-09:45 EDU04: Anne Galy, Genethon - ART-TG - Inserm US35
Immune responses in gene therapy
09:45-10:15 EDU05: Sonia Guedan, Idibaps, Barcelona
Recent Developments in engineered T cells for cancer
10:15-10:45 EDU06: Frank Staal, Leiden University Medical Center
Recent Developments in gene therapy of PID
10:45-11:15 Foyer, Maison de la Poste
Coffee Break
11:15-12:45 Ballroom, Maison de la Poste
Session 2a: Focus on genome engineering
11:15-11:45 EDU07: Julian Grünewald, TUM, Munich
CRISPR/Cas9 technology - a tool box that is changing reseach and medicine
11:45-12:15 EDU08: Paula Rio, Ciemat/Ciberer, Madrid
Genome editing in human clinical trials
12:15-12:45 EDU09: Francesco Saverio Tedesco, UCL London
Disease models and genome editing (iPSCs, organoids)
11:15-12:45 Maritime Room, Maison de la Poste
Session 2b: Focus on in vivo gene therapy
11:15-11:45 EDU10: Stylianos Michalakis, LMU, Munich
Recent Developments in retina-directed gene therapy
11:45-12:15 EDU011: Fulvio Mavilio, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
Recent Developments in muscle-directed gene therapy
12:15-12:45 EDU012: Piter Bosma, Amsterdam UMC
Recent Developments in liver-directed gene therapy