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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 7 October

08:30-09:00 | Registration Foyer
Registration

09:00-10:45 | 

Education 1a: Gene delivery: going viral and non-viral

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09:00-09:05 Cristian Smerdou
Welcome and chair

 

09:05-09:30  EDU01: Hildegard Büning, Hannover Medica School

Insights on the adeno-associated virus (AAV) vector system 

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09:30-09:55  EDU02: Anne Galy, ART-TG – Inserm US35

Insights on the lentivirus vector system

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09:55-10:20  EDU03: Juan Antonio Marchal, University of Granada

Insights on lipid nanoparticles and exosomes 

10:20- 10-45  EDU04: Cristian Smerdou, CIMA, University of Navarra, Pamplona

Insights on self-amplifying RNAs and their delivery 

09:00-10:45 | 
Session 1b: Genetic Diseases: there is more than one treatment strategy 

 

09:00-09:05 Gloria Gonzalez -Aseguinolaza

Welcome and chairs
 

09:05-09:30  EDU05: Gloria Gonzalez-Aseguinolaza, CIMA, University of Navarra, Pamplona

Gene addition vs gene editing strategies in liver-directed gene therapy

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09:30-09:55  EDU06: Virginia Haurigot, 

​Gene therapy for the sensory systems (vision and audition)

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09:55-10:20  EDU07: TBC
Gene addition vs gene editing strategies in muscular dystrophy 


10:20-10:45  EDU08: TBC

Gene addition vs. gene editing in sicle cell disease

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10:45-11:15 | Registration Foyer / Forum

Coffee Break

11:15-12:55 | 

Session 2a: Gene and genome editing: from basics to applications

​Chair: HIldegard Büning

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11:15-11:40  EDU09: Toni Cathomen, University of Freiburg

The portfolio of gene editing tools in the light of their advantages and disadvantages

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​11:40-12:05  EDU10: Angelo Lombardo, SR-Tiget, Milan

​Modifying the epigenome - novel strategies in gene therapy

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12:05-12:30  EDU11: Sandra RodriguezMadrid

Gene editing as tool in cancer models 

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12:30-12:55  EDU12: Francisco MartinGenYo, Granada

Improving living drugs by gene editing 

11:15-12:30 | 

Session 2b: Cell-based strategies to cure diseases

​Chair: Anne Galy

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11:15-11:40  EDU13: Maria Eugenia Fernandez-Santos, Madrid

​Cell-based strategies in cardiovascular regeneration 

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11:40-12:05  EDU014: Juan Roberto Rodriguez-Madoz, CIMA, University of Navarra, Pamplona

​CAR T and CAR NK cells in cancer and beyond 

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12:05-12:30  EDU015: Aida Platero-Luengo, Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla (IBiS), Hosp. Univ. V. del Rocío/CSIC/Univ. de Sevilla

​Partial Reprogramming: A Novel Approach to Combat Aging-related Decline

13:00-14:00 | Forum and Registration Foyer

Lunch

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