Sunday
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2:00 pm - 9:00 pm |
Arrival and Check-in
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6:00 pm - 7:00 pm |
Dinner
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7:30 pm - 7:40 pm |
Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome from the GRC Chair
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7:40 pm - 9:30 pm |
Keynote Session: RNA Delivery and Therapeutics
Discussion Leader: Alexander Kabanov (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA)
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7:40 pm - 8:20 pm |
Chad Mirkin (Northwestern University, USA)
"Spherical Nucleic Acids for Cancer Immunotherapy and Gene Regulation"
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8:20 pm - 8:35 pm |
Discussion
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8:35 pm - 9:15 pm |
Daniel Anderson (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA)
"Nano-Delivery of Nucleic Acids and Genome Editing Tools"
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9:15 pm - 9:30 pm |
Discussion
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Monday
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7:30 am - 8:30 am |
Breakfast
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9:00 am - 12:30 pm |
Attacking Tumor Microenvironment
Discussion Leader: Maria Vicent (Centro de Investigacion Principe Felipe, Spain)
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9:00 am - 9:40 am |
Leaf Huang (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA)
"Targeting Tumor Associated Fibroblasts for Therapy"
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9:40 am - 10:00 am |
Discussion
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10:00 am - 10:30 am |
Coffee Break
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10:30 am - 11:10 am |
Sangeeta Bhatia (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA)
"Activity-Based Nano Sensors of the Tumor Microenvironment"
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11:10 am - 11:30 am |
Discussion
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11:30 am - 12:10 pm |
Maria Jose Alonso (University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain)
"Multifunctional Nanocapsules for Chimio- and Immunotherapy"
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12:10 pm - 12:30 pm |
Discussion
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12:30 pm - 1:30 pm |
Lunch
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1:30 pm - 4:00 pm |
Free Time
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4:00 pm - 6:00 pm |
Poster Session
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6:00 pm - 7:00 pm |
Dinner
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7:30 pm - 9:30 pm |
Early Diagnosis, Imaging and Treatment
Discussion Leader: Shawn Chen (National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, NIH, USA)
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7:30 pm - 8:10 pm |
Rachela Popovtzer (Bar-Ilan University, Israel)
"Nanoparticles for In-Vivo Cell Tracking: Imaging, Detection and Stratified Medicine"
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8:10 pm - 8:30 pm |
Discussion
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8:30 pm - 9:10 pm |
Shan Wang (Stanford University, USA)
"Nanotechnology for Probing Cancer Pathways, Detecting Cancer Early, and Treating Cancer More Effectively"
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9:10 pm - 9:30 pm |
Discussion
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Tuesday
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7:30 am - 8:30 am |
Breakfast
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8:30 am - 9:00 am |
Group Photo
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9:00 am - 12:30 pm |
Cancer Vaccines and Immunoengineering
Discussion Leader: Darrell Irvine (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA)
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9:00 am - 9:40 am |
Liangfang Zhang (University of California, San Diego, USA)
"Biomimetic Nanoparticles for Anticancer Vaccination"
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9:40 am - 10:00 am |
Discussion
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10:00 am - 10:30 am |
Coffee Break
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10:30 am - 11:10 am |
Michael Goldberg (Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, USA)
"Leveraging Nanotechnology to Improve Cancer Immunotherapy"
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11:10 am - 11:30 am |
Discussion
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11:30 am - 12:10 pm |
Melody Swartz (University of Chicago, USA)
"Nanomaterials Targeting Lymphatic Vessels for Cancer Immunotherapy"
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12:10 pm - 12:30 pm |
Discussion
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12:30 pm - 1:30 pm |
Lunch
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1:30 pm - 4:00 pm |
Free Time
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4:00 pm - 6:00 pm |
Poster Session
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6:00 pm - 7:00 pm |
Dinner
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7:30 pm - 9:30 pm |
Natural Nanomaterials
and Cell-Based Therapies
Discussion Leader: Leaf Huang (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA)
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7:30 pm - 8:10 pm |
Ennio Tasciotti (Houston Methodist Hospital, USA)
"Biomimetic Engineering of Materials to Tune Immune Response and Inflammation"
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8:10 pm - 8:30 pm |
Discussion
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8:30 pm - 9:10 pm |
Molly Shoichet (University of Toronto, Canada)
"Hyaluronan-Based Hydrogels Enable 3D Cell Culture and Biomimetic Drug Screening"
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9:10 pm - 9:30 pm |
Discussion
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Wednesday
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7:30 am - 8:30 am |
Breakfast
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9:00 am - 12:30 pm |
Targeted, Responsive
and Remotely Controlled Nanomedicines
Discussion Leader: Tatiana Bronich (University of Nebraska Medical Center, USA)
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9:00 am - 9:40 am |
Kazunori Kataoka (iCONM - Kawasaki Institute of Industrial Promotion, Japan)
"New Paradigm in Nanosystems Penetration into Cancer Crossing Vascular and Stromal Barriers"
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9:40 am - 10:00 am |
Discussion
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10:00 am - 10:30 am |
Coffee Break
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10:30 am - 11:10 am |
Omid Farokhzad (Brigham and Women's Hospital / Harvard University, USA)
"Targeted Polymeric Nanoparticles: From Discovery to Clinical Trials and Lessons Learned"
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11:10 am - 11:30 am |
Discussion
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11:30 am - 12:10 pm |
Alberto Gabizon (Shaare Zedek Medical Center / Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel)
"Strategies for Development of Liposome-Based Nanomedicines - From Bench to Bedside"
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12:10 pm - 12:30 pm |
Discussion
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12:30 pm - 1:30 pm |
Lunch
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1:30 pm - 4:00 pm |
Free Time
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4:00 pm - 6:00 pm |
Poster Session
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6:00 pm - 7:00 pm |
Dinner
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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
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7:30 pm - 9:30 pm |
Nanoinformatics, Rational Design, Modeling and Simulation
Discussion Leader: Alexander Tropsha (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA)
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7:30 pm - 8:10 pm |
Fred Prior (University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, USA)
"Informatics to Enhance Rigor and Transparency in Nanomedicine Research"
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8:10 pm - 8:30 pm |
Discussion
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8:30 pm - 9:10 pm |
Stephanie Morris (National Cancer Institute, NIH, USA) and Chiara Pastore (Nature Nanotechnology, United Kingdom)
"Informatics and Data Management in Nanomedicine"
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9:10 pm - 9:30 pm |
Discussion
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Thursday
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7:30 am - 8:30 am |
Breakfast
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9:00 am - 12:30 pm |
Pre-Clinical and Clinical Experience and Lessons Learned
Discussion Leaders: Rogerio Gaspar (University of Lisbon, Portugal) and Puja Sapra (Pfizer, USA)
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9:00 am - 9:40 am |
Kazuhiro Takahashi (NanoCarrier Co., Ltd., Japan)
"Clinical Development Strategy of Micellar Nanoparticles in NanoCarrier"
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9:40 am - 10:00 am |
Discussion
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10:00 am - 10:30 am |
Coffee Break
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10:30 am - 11:10 am |
Michelle Bradbury (Sloan Kettering Institute, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, USA)
"Image-Directed Surgical Treatment of Cancer Using Ultrasmall Silica Nanoparticles: Design, Evaluation and Translation from Lab to Clinic"
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11:10 am - 11:30 am |
Discussion
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11:30 am - 12:10 pm |
Lawrence Mayer (Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Canada)
"Paving a Novel Approach to Developing Anticancer Combinations Through Tumor-Targeting
Nanomedicines"
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12:10 pm - 12:30 pm |
Discussion
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12:30 pm - 1:30 pm |
Lunch
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1:30 pm - 4:00 pm |
Free Time
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4:00 pm - 6:00 pm |
Poster Session
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6:00 pm - 7:00 pm |
Dinner
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7:30 pm - 9:30 pm |
Selected Poster Presentations
8 posters will be selected by the GRC vice chair for 10 minute oral presentations, followed by 5 minutes of discussion.
Discussion Leader: Ronit Satchi-Fainaro (Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel)
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7:30 pm - 7:40 pm |
Daniel Heller (Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, USA)
"Targeted Delivery to Tumor Vasculature Modulates Kinase Inhibitor Pharmacodynamics"
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7:40 pm - 7:45 pm |
Discussion
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7:45 pm - 7:55 pm |
Elena Batrakova (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA)
"Engineering Exosomes for Targeted Paclitaxel Delivery to Pulmonary Metastases: In Vitro and In Vivo Evaluations"
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7:55 pm - 8:00 pm |
Discussion
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8:00 pm - 8:10 pm |
Assaf Zinger (Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Israel)
"Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma Nano-Diggers"
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8:10 pm - 8:15 pm |
Discussion
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8:15 pm - 8:25 pm |
Ayelet David (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel)
"E-Selectin-Targeted Copolymer Attenuates the Development and Progression of both Atherosclerosis and Cancer"
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8:25 pm - 8:30 pm |
Discussion
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8:30 pm - 8:40 pm |
Helena Florindo (Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal)
"Insights on the Impact of Controlled Multicomponent Nanoscale Systems on Immune Modulation Against Solid Tumors"
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8:40 pm - 8:45 pm |
Discussion
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8:45 pm - 8:55 pm |
Brynn Olden (University of Washington, USA)
"Cationic Polymers for Non-Viral Gene Delivery to Primary Human T Cells"
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8:55 pm - 9:00 pm |
Discussion
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9:00 pm - 9:10 pm |
William Payne (University of Nebraska Medical Center, USA)
"Computational Modeling of Polymeric Nanoparticles for Rational Design in Drug Delivery"
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9:10 pm - 9:15 pm |
Discussion
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9:15 pm - 9:25 pm |
Abdullah Syed (University of Toronto, Canada)
"3D Mapping of Nanoparticles in Tumours"
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9:25 pm - 9:30 pm |
Discussion
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Friday
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7:30 am - 8:30 am |
Breakfast
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9:00 am |
Departure
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