Agenda
Schedule
8:30 - 9:00 AM
9:00 - 9:15 AM
Registration
9:15 - 10:45 AM
Opening Remarks
Session 1: Translational Insights & Clinical Therapeutics
• Zhiqiang An-Academic Drug Discovery: Challenges and Opportunities. (McGovern Medical School)-Keynote
• Ann Marie Leen-Lessons learned from clinical trials of tumor-targeted T cells (Baylor College of Medicine)
• Sarah Hein-Bench to Biotech: Launching a cell therapy company from academia to Phase 2 (March Biosciences)
10:45-11:00 AM
11:00-12:00 PM
Break
12:00-12:10 PM
Oral Presentations - Round 1
12:10-1:00 PM
Partner Speaker - Jeff Wade; BioHouston
1:00-2:00 PM
Lunch
2:00 - 2:20 PM
Oral Presentations - Round 2
2:20 - 4:20 PM
Break
Session 2: Advanced Platforms & Next-Gen Engineering
• Xiang Zhang-Unlock The Suppressive Tumor Microenvironment (Baylor College of Medicine)-Keynote
• Gang Bao-Gene Editing Based Approaches for Understanding And Treating Monogenetic Diseases (Rice University)
• Yubin Zhou-Protein Engineering for Precise Control of Gene And Cell Therapies (Texas A&M University)
• Laura Juckem-To 1000L and Beyond: Innovating AAV Manufacturing For The Next Wave of Gene Therapies (Mirus Bio)
4:20 - 4:40 PM
4:40 - 5:00 PM
Awards
5:00 - 6:00 PM
Closing Remarks
Reception