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
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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
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09:45-10:15 EDU02: Hildegard Büning, Hannover Medical School
Adeno-associated virus (AAV) vectors - from natural occuring serotypes towards engineered nanoparticles
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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
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09:00-09:15 Anne Galy, Genethon, Victor Van Beusechem, University of Amsterdam
Welcome and chairs
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09:15-09:45 EDU04: Anne Galy, Genethon - ART-TG - Inserm US35
Immune responses in gene therapy
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09:45-10:15 EDU05: Sonia Guedan, Idibaps, Barcelona
Recent Developments in engineered T cells for cancer
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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
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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
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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
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11:15-11:45 EDU10: Stylianos Michalakis, LMU, Munich
Recent Developments in retina-directed gene therapy
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11:45-12:15 EDU011: Fulvio Mavilio, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
Recent Developments in muscle-directed gene therapy
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12:15-12:45 EDU012: Piter Bosma, Amsterdam UMC
Recent Developments in liver-directed gene therapy