Agenda
Schedule
8:30 - 9:00 AM
9:00 - 9:15 AM
Registration
9:15 - 11:15 AM
Opening Remarks
• 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)
Session 1: Advanced Platforms & Next-Gen Engineering
11:30 - 12:30 PM
11:15 - 11:30 AM
12:30 - 1:30 PM
Oral Presentations - Round 1
Break
1:30 - 2:30 PM
Lunch
2:30 - 2:50 PM
Oral Presentations - Round 2
2:50 - 4:20 PM
Break
Session 2: 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)
4:20 - 4:40 PM
4:40 - 5:00 PM
Awards
5:00 - 6:00 PM
Closing Remarks
Reception