3rd Annual Gene Therapy Symposium

Annual Gene Therapy Symposium for
Heart, Lung, and Blood Diseases

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3rd Annual Gene Therapy Symposium for Heart, Lung, and Blood Diseases
Focus Topic: In Vivo Imaging
November 17-19, 2004 - Sonoma, California

Program

Wednesday, November 17, 2004 - Welcoming Reception

Thursday, November 18, 2004

NHLBI Resources and Initiatives
• Sonia I. Skarlatos, Ph.D.

Keynote Speaker
• Sanjiv S. Gambhir, M.D., Ph.D. (Stanford University)
"Imaging Gene Therapy in Mice and Men"

Session I
• Paula Cannon, Ph.D. (Childrens Hospital Los Angeles)
"Improving Lentiviral Vectors"
• Mark A. Kay, M.D., Ph.D. (Stanford University)
"Gene Therapy for Hemophilia and Human Viral Hepatitis Infection"
• R. Scott McIvor, Ph.D. (University of Minnesota)
"Bioluminescence Imaging in the Study of Sleeping Beauty-Mediated Gene Transfer and Expression In Vivo"

Student/Fellow Presentations - Link to Information

Session II
• Stanton L. Gerson , M.D. (Case Western Reserve University)
"Dynamic Patterns of Migration and Expansion of Hematopoiesis During MGMT Mediated Drug Selection"
• Geoffrey McLennan, M.D., Ph.D. (University of Iowa)
"Understanding Truth: Integrating Imaging Modalities from Phenotype to Genotype"
• Alice F. Tarantal, Ph.D. (UC Davis)
"Lentiviral Vector Gene Transfer in Fetal Monkeys: In Vivo Detection of Gene Expression with MicroPET and Optical Imaging"

Practical Strategies: MicroPET
• Simon R. Cherry, Ph.D. (UC Davis)
"In Vivo Whole-Body Imaging Using Positron Emission Tomography"

Dinner Speaker
• David Piwnica-Worms, M.D., Ph.D. (Washington University School of Medicine)
Artesa Vineyards and Winery, Napa, California

Friday, November 19, 2004

Workshop: Imaging Techniques
• Katherine W. Ferrara, Ph.D. (UC Davis)
"Ultrasonically-Enhanced Delivery of Imaging Probes, Drugs, and Genes"

Session III
• Mary Dickinson, Ph.D. (California Institute of Technology)
"Dynamic Imaging of Fluid Forces and Heart Motions in Developing Embryos"
• Michael Rosol, Ph.D. (Childrens Hospital Los Angeles)
"Dynamic Tracking of Hematopoietic Stem Cells In Vivo Using Bioluminescent Imaging"
• Helene Benveniste, M.D., Ph.D. (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
"MRI/PET of Fetal Development"

Student/Fellow Presentations - Link to Information

Session IV
• Christopher H. Contag, Ph.D. (Stanford University)
"Imaging Hematopoietic Stem Cell Fates and Function"
• Rex A. Moats, Ph.D. (Childrens Hospital Los Angeles)
"Review of Cell Tracking Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging "

Supported by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, with additional support provided by the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, and the California National Primate Research Center, Bruker Biospin MRI, Inc., CTI Molecular Imaging, Gamma Medica, and the Xenogen Corporation.