SUNDAY |
2:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Welcome / Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff |
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm | Electroporation: Direct Entry and/or Endocytosis |
| Discussion Leader: Damijan Miklavcic (University of Ljubljana, Slovenia) |
7:40 pm - 8:20 pm | Rafi Korenstein (Tel Aviv University, Israel)
"Electroendocytosis"
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8:20 pm - 8:35 pm | Discussion |
8:35 pm - 9:15 pm | Rumiana Dimova (Max Plank Institute, Postdam, Germany)
"Lipid Bilayer Electroporation"
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9:15 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
MONDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Responses of Intracellular Components to Electric Fields |
| Discussion Leader: Frank Hart (University of the South, USA) |
9:00 am - 9:40 am | Robert Gatenby (Moffit Cancer Center, USA)
"Intracellular Electrodynamics"
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9:40 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 11:10 am | Nicolas Minc (Institut Jacques Monod, Paris, France)
"Electrical Control of Cell Polarity"
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11:10 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 12:10 pm | William Ristenpart (University of California at Davis, USA)
"Ultra-Fast Photography for Cell Pertubations"
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12:10 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Nanopores |
| Discussion Leader: Andrei Pakhamov (Old Dominion University, USA) |
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm | Mounir Tarek (University of Lorraine, France)
"Molecular Dynamics Analysis of Pores"
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8:10 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm | Marija Drndic (University of Pennsylvania, USA)
"DNA Sequencing in Nanopores"
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9:10 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
TUESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
8:30 am | Group Photo |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Pore-Inducing Methods for Gene Transfer |
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Discussion Leader: Pernille Hojman (Rigshospitalet, Denmark)
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9:00 am - 9:40 am | Frank Gunn-Moore (St. Andrews University, UK)
"Laser-Induced Photoporation"
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9:40 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 11:10 am | Mark Jaroszeski (University of South Florida, USA)
"Plasma Transfection"
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11:10 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 11:50 am | Shawna Shirley (Old Dominion University, USA)
"Effects of Gene Expression Level on Outcome"
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11:50 am - 12:00 pm | Discussion |
12:00 pm - 12:20 pm | Robert Pierce (OncoSec Medical Inc, USA)
"GET-IT! Intratumoral Electro-Gene Transfer of Immunomodulatory DNA in Oncology"
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12:20 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Effects of Voltage Gradients and Endogenous Fields on Wound Healing and Cell Migration |
| Discussion Leader: Ann Rajnicek (University of Aberdeen, UK) |
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm | Cindi Morshead (University of Toronto, Canada)
"Neural Migration in Electric Fields"
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8:10 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm | Min Zhao (University of California at Davis, USA)
"Wound Healing and Stem Cell Migration in Electric Fields"
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9:10 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
WEDNESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Plasma Membrane and Internal Membrane Electroporation |
| Discussion Leader: Raphael Davalos (Virginia Tech, USA) |
9:00 am - 9:40 am | James Weaver (MIT, USA)
"Intracellular Permeation Using Nanosecond Pulses"
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9:40 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 11:10 am | Stephen Beebe (Old Dominion University, USA)
"Nanosecond Pulsed Electric Fields Ablate Orthotopic Rat Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Bypass Cancer Mutations that Evade Apoptosis and Immune Surveillance"
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11:10 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 11:50 am | Gary Thompson (Oak Ridge Institute for Science)
"Nanosecond Pulsed Electric Field Exposure Alters the Membrane and Nucleus of Mammalian Cells"
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11:50 am - 12:00 pm | Discussion |
12:00 pm - 12:20 pm | Antoine Azan (CNRS, Institut Gustave-Roussy, France)
"Biochemical Characterization of Cell Electropermeabilization Using the Raman Effect"
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12:20 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:00 pm - 7:30 pm | Business Meeting |
| Nominations for the Next Vice Chair; Fill in Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss Future Site and Scheduling Preferences; Election of the Next Vice Chair |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Role of Electric Fields in Development and Aberrant Growth |
| Discussion Leader: Dany Adams (Tufts University, USA) |
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm | Michael Levin (Tufts University, USA)
"Endogenous Voltage Gradients as Regulators of Pattern During Development,
Regeneration, and Cancer"
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8:10 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm | William Brackenbury (University of York, UK)
"Ion Channels, Membrane Potential, and Cancer"
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9:10 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
THURSDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | New Investigators in Bioelectrochemistry |
| Discussion Leader: Richard Gilbert (University of South Florida, USA) |
9:00 am - 9:40 am | Sarah Stamper (Johns Hopkins University, USA)
"Electric Sensing in Fish"
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9:40 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 10:50 am | Jessica Mustard (Tufts University, USA)
"De Novo Bioelectrical Pattern Formation in Living Tissues"
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10:50 am - 11:00 am | Discussion |
11:00 am - 11:20 am | Stewart Corr (Baylor College of Medicine, USA)
"Nanomedicine, Electromagnetic-Field Interactions with Cancer, Radio Frequency Hyperthermia, Intracellular Electrical Field Strength"
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11:20 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 11:50 am | Stine Krog Frandsen (Copenhagen University Hospital, Denmark)
"Calcium Electroporation of Spheroids Induce Cell Death in Cancer Cells, Not Normal Cells"
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11:50 am - 12:00 pm | Discussion |
12:00 pm - 12:20 pm | Brook Chernet (Tufts University, USA)
"Transmembrane Voltage Potential of Somatic Cells Controls Oncogene-Mediated Tumorigenesis at Long-Range"
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12:20 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Electroporation-Mediated Gene Delivery |
| Discussion Leader: Marie-Pierre Rols (CNRS - Université de Toulouse, France) |
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm | Maja Cemazar (Insitute of Oncology, Ljubljana, Slovenia)
"Electroporation of siRNA for Cancer Treatment"
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8:10 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm | Richard Heller (Old Dominion University, USA)
"New Developments in Gene Electro Transfer and Potential Clinical Translation"
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9:10 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
FRIDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am | Departure |