Wednesday, November 19, 2003 - Welcoming Reception
   
Thursday, November 20, 2003
 Keynote Speaker
• Jeffrey A. Whitsett, M.D. (Childrens Hospital Medical Center Cincinnati)
"Identification of Progenitor Cells During Formation of the Peripheral Lung Using Conditional/ CRE Recombinase"
Session I
• Barry J. Byrne, M.D., Ph.D. (University of Florida)
"Treatment of Glycogen Storage Disease Using AAV Vectors"
• John J. Rossi, Ph.D. (City of Hope National Medical Center)
"RNAi and Its Application in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Gene Therapy for HIV"
• Michele P. Calos, Ph.D. (Stanford University)
"Site-Specific Integration for Gene Therapy"
Student/Fellow Presentations - Link to Information
Session II
• Donald B. Kohn, M.D. (Childrens Hospital Los Angeles)
"Expression of Genes Transferred to Stem Cells"
• R. Keith Humphries, M.D., Ph.D. (The Terry Fox Laboratory)
"Moving Towards Gene Therapy for Sickle Cell Disease and Thalassemia"
• Arun Srivastava, Ph.D. (Indiana University School of Medicine)
"Obstacles to Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transduction by Recombinant Adeno-Associated Virus 2 Vectors and Strategies for their Circumvention"
• Paul B. McCray, M.D. (University of Iowa)
"Development of Pseudotyped FIV-Based Lentiviral Vectors for Efficient Gene Transfer to Airway Epithelia"
 Practical Strategies: Fetal Cell- and Gene-Based Therapies
• Alice F. Tarantal, Ph.D. (UC Davis)
"Fetal Cell- and Gene-Based Therapies: Animal Models and Translational Studies"
Dinner Speaker
• Robert D. Christensen, M.D. (University of South Florida)
Markham Winery, St. Helena, California
  
Friday, November 21, 2003
Workshop: Pulmonary Ontogeny and Morphology
• Charles G. Plopper, Ph.D. (UC Davis)
 Session III
• Diana W. Bianchi, M.D. (Tufts University)
"Pregnancy-Associated Progenitor Cells (PAPCS): A Physiologically-Acquired Novel Stem Cell Type for Gene Therapy?"
• Bruce R. Blazar, M.D. (University of Minnesota)
"Examination of Immune Competence in Mice After In Utero Transplantation (IUT) with Allogeneic Bone Marrow (BM)"
• Kenneth I. Weinberg, M.D. (Childrens Hospital Los Angeles)
"Modification of the Thymic Micro-Environment to Enhance Immune Reconstitution "
Student/Fellow Presentations - Link to Information
 Session IV
• Mervin C. Yoder, M.D. (Indiana University School of Medicine)
"Embryonic Hematopoiesis in Mice and Humans"
• Meri T. Firpo, Ph.D. (UC San Francisco)
"Human Embryonic Stem Cells Differentiation In Vitro as a Model of Human Fetal Development"
• Loren J. Field, Ph.D. (Indiana University School of Medicine)
"Myocardial Repair via Cell Transplantation"
  
|
