Conference Description
The 2020 Gordon Conference on Drug Carriers in Medicine and Biology builds on a rich tradition encompassing chemical, biological, physical and engineering principles through clinical application. Top academic investigators and leaders from pharma and biotech will gather to consider the latest advances, as well as critical hurdles requiring coordinated multidisciplinary solutions. The conference provides a dynamic, diverse and collegial environment with academic, industrial and clinical viewpoints. The meeting also provides a unique opportunity for young investigators and junior scientists to present their work in poster format and to exchange ideas with leaders in the field. Select poster presenters will be invited to provide short talks.
The topics, speakers, and discussion leaders for the conference sessions are displayed below. The conference chair is currently developing their detailed program, which will include the complete meeting schedule, as well as the talk titles for all speakers. The detailed program will be available by April 2, 2020. Please check back for updates.
Keynote Session: Drug Carriers Revolutionizing Therapeutic Approaches
Discussion Leaders
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Vladimir Muzykantov (University of Pennsylvania, USA)
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Dennis Lee (Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, USA)
Speakers
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Laura Sepp-Lorenzino (Intellia Therapeutics, USA)
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David Mooney (Harvard University, USA)
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Jennifer West (Duke University, USA)
New Materials for Drug Delivery
Discussion Leaders
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Ester Kwon (University of California, San Diego, USA)
Speakers
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Kristy Ainslie (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA)
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Jianjun Cheng (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA)
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Jean-Christophe Leroux (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
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Paul Wender (Stanford University, USA)
Advances Toward Translation
Discussion Leaders
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Elizabeth Nance (University of Washington, USA)
Speakers
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Hongming Chen (Kala Pharmaceuticals, USA)
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Jinming Gao (University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, USA)
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Anna Schwendeman (University of Michigan, USA)
Drug Carriers in Oncology
Discussion Leaders
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Rizia Bardhan (Vanderbilt University, USA)
Speakers
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Natalie Artzi (Brigham and Women's Hospital / Harvard Medical School / Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA)
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Michael Kavanaugh (CytomX, USA)
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Tatiana Novobrantseva (Verseau Therapeutics, USA)
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Anand Subramony (AstraZeneca, USA)
Cell-Mediated Drug Delivery
Discussion Leaders
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Aaron Anselmo (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA)
Speakers
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Thomas Andresen (Torque Therapeutics, USA)
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Elena Batrakova (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA)
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Zhen Gu (University of California, Los Angeles, USA)
Intracellular Delivery of Biologics
Discussion Leaders
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Michael Mitchell (University of Pennsylvania, USA)
Speakers
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Roger Adami (Nitto BioPharma, USA)
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Julie Champion (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA)
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Craig Duvall (Vanderbilt University, USA)
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Jonathan Gilbert (SQZ Biotech, USA)
Selected Poster Presentations
Discussion Leaders
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Kathryn Whitehead (Carnegie Mellon University, USA)
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Vadim Dudkin (Johnson & Johnson, USA)
Speakers
Biological Carriers
Discussion Leaders
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Olivia Merkel (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany)
Speakers
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Laura Ensign (Johns Hopkins University, USA)
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Don Hilvert (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
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David Schaffer (University of California, Berkeley, USA)
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Nicole Steinmetz (University of California, San Diego, USA)
Overcoming Barriers to Oral Drug Delivery
Discussion Leaders
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Omid Veiseh (Rice University, USA)
Speakers
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Maria Jose Alonso (University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain)
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Giovanni Traverso (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA)
The GRC Power Hour™
Organizer:
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Kristy Ainslie (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA)
