Speakers PEACe 2007

Partial list of speakers

KeyNote
Jorge Kalil Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brasil
"*Towards a vaccine to prevent rheumatic fever*"
Invited Speakers
Alan Dickson Manchester, UK
"Characterisation of molecular mechanisms that determine stability/instability of recombinant gene expression in NS0 myeloma cell lines"
Boro Dropulic Baltimore, USA
"Efficient Generation of Protein Expressing Cell Lines using Lentiviral Vectors"
Carlos Augusto Pereira Instituto Butantan, Laboratório de Imunologia Viral, Brasil
"Synthesis of viruses and viral proteins by insect cells"
Beate Stern UniTargetingResearch AS, Bergen, Norway
"UTRtech as a means to improve mRNA translatability and the productivity of mammalian cells"
Jackie Sheng Amgen, USA
"The use of expression vector engineering for improved genomic stability and enhanced protein production"
Ineke Braakman Utrecht University, The Netherlands
"Role of Calnexin & calreticulin, Ero1 & PDI, and Novel ER proteins in protein folding in the ER; ER expansion during B cell differentiation; Effects of ER stress on the proteome of mammalian cells "
John G. Aunins Merck, USA
"Development of adenovirus-vectored HIV-1 Vaccine Candidates"
Jude Samulski University of North Carolina , USA
"Gene Therapy and Muscular Dystrophy: Results from Phase I clinical trial, where do we go from here"
Kim Stutzman-Engwall Pfizer Global Research & Development, USA
"Engineering a CHO Cell Line to Express a High Value Drug Target - Cholesteryl Ester Transfer Protein (CETP)"
Linda Hendersho St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, USA
"Building an Antibody Factory: A Job for the Unfolded Protein Response "
Manon Cox Protein Sciences Corporation, USA
"A recombinant hemagglutinin protein vaccine for influenza produced in insect cells "
Matt Coffey Oncolytics Biotech Inc., Canada
"Large Scale Production Process for the Oncolytic Agent REOLYSIN® “Human Reovirus "
Mike Betenbaugh Johns Hopkins University , USA
"Glycosylation Processing Limitations in Animal Cell Cultures"
Nicolas Mermod EPFL, Switzeland
"High-level transgene integration and expression in mammalian cells using MAR elements"
Nigel Jenkins National Institute for Bioprocessing Research & Training, Ireland
"Post-Translational Modifications of Amino Acid Residues in Recombinant Proteins: Significance for Biopharmaceuticals"
Octavio Ramirez UNAM, Mexico
"Integrated process monitoring and development for the production of synthetic viral structures: from cell culture to purified metallic nanoparticles"
Raj Haldankar Amgen, USA
"Transient Recombinant Antibody Expression in HEK 293EBNA cells at greater than 100 mg/L"
Randal Kaufman University of Michigan, USA
"Protein Folding in the Endoplasmic Reticulum and the Unfolded Protein Response."
Ron Taticek Genentech, USA
"Quality by Design & its Impact on Cell Culture Process Development"
Rod Keck Genentech , USA
Roy Jefferis Birmingham University, UK
"The influence of glycosylation on antibody function: challenges and opportunities"
Trevor N. Collingwood Sangamo BioSciences, USA
"Rapid Targeted Gene Knockout and Site-Specific Gene Integration using Zinc Finger Nucleases"
Wang Shu The Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, Singapore
"Baculoviral Vectors for Gene Transfer into Embryonic Stem Cells"