Events | GWG 2021 Conference
Day 2: Thursday July 29th, 2021
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Session One:
Cancer Treatment Using Scripted Cells
8:30 AM - 11:30 AM
8:30 - 8:35 AM
Introduction by Session Chair, Sofia Moraes
PhD Candidate, Harris Lab, Dept. of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Biophysics, University of Minnesota
8:35 - 8:50 AM
Troy Lund, MD, PhD - Stakeholder insights
Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplant Physician,
University of Minnesota
8:50 - 9:20 AM
Katy Rezvani, MD, PhD
Dept. of Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, Division of Cancer Medicine, MD Anderson Cancer Center
9:20 - 9:50 AM
Crystal Mackall, MD, PhD
Professor, Dept. of Pediatrics & Internal Medicine and Founding Director, Stanford Center for Cancer Cell Therapy, Stanford University
9:50 - 10:20 AM
Beau Webber, PhD
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota; CSO and Founder, Luminary Therapeutics
10:20 - 10:25 AM
Break
10:25 - 10:45 AM
Nathan Pearson, PhD
Founder at Root Deep Insight Inc.; Guest Faculty, Sarah Lawrence College
10:45 - 11:00 AM
William Gendron, PhD
Postdoctoral Researcher, Mayo Clinic
11:00 - 11:15 AM
Alina Zdechlik, PhD
Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Minnesota
11:15 - 11:30 AM
Break
Lunch Keynote -
Rosalind Franklin Society Award
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
11:30 - 11:40 AM
Shondra Pruett-Miller, PhD (Director, Center for Advanced Genome Engineering (CAGE), St. Jude Children's Research Hospital) and Erin Nolan (GWG Secretary) announce this year’s recipient of the Rosalind Franklin Society Award
11:40 - 12:20 PM
2021 Rosalind Franklin Society Awardee Keynote
Learn more about the Rosalind Franklin Society
12:20 - 12:30 PM
Q&A with RFS Awardee
12:30 - 12:55 PM
Break
Session Two:
Gene Therapies for Genetic Diseases
12:55 PM - 3:30 PM
12:55 - 1:00 PM
Introduction by Session Chair, Lalitha Belur, PhD
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Genetics, Cell Biology and Development, University of Minnesota
1:00 - 1:10 PM
Jason Franken, Patient narrative
Enrolled Actuary- Foster & Foster, Inc. in Naperville, IL
Father of a boy, Will, with Adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD)
1:10 - 1:40 PM
Niren Murthy, PhD
Professor, Dept. of Bioengineering, University of California at Berkeley
1:40 - 2:10 PM
Krzysztof Bankiewicz, MD, PhD
Professor, Dept. of Neurological Surgery and Director of the Brain Health and Performance Center, Ohio State University
2:10 - 2:20 PM
Break
2:20 - 2:50 PM
Shondra Pruett-Miller, PhD
Director, Center for Advanced Genome Engineering (CAGE)
Associate Director, Shared Resources for Comprehensive Cancer Center, Assistant Member, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
2:50 - 3:05 PM
Jessica Chery, PhD
Gene & Cell Therapy CMC Reviewer, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
3:05 - 3:20 PM
Shana Hardy, PhD
Gene & Cell Therapy Pre-clinical Reviewer, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
3:20 - 3:30 PM
Break
Session Three:
Biophysics of Gene Editing from Outside to Inside
3:30 PM - 5:45 PM
Theresa M. Reineke
Distinguished McKnight University Professor, Dept. of Chemistry, University of Minnesota
3:30 - 3:35 PM
Introduction by Session Chair, Ramya Kumar, PhD
Postdoctoral associate, Reineke Lab, Dept. of Chemistry, University of Minnesota
Session Three is proudly hosted by our co-sponsor, the
Institute for Engineering in Medicine at the University of Minnesota
3:35 - 4:20 PM
IEM Keynote
Theresa M. Reineke, PhD
Distinguished McKnight University Professor, Dept. of Chemistry, University of Minnesota
4:20 - 4:40 PM
Wendy Gordon, PhD
Associate Professor, Dept. of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics, University of Minnesota
4:40 - 5:00 PM
Eric Batchelor, PhD
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Integrative Biology and Physiology, University of Minnesota
5:00 - 5:20 PM
John Bischof, PhD
Distinguished McKnight University Professor; Medtronic-Bakken Endowed Chair for Engineering in Medicine, University of Minnesota
5:20 - 5:40 PM
Rolf Turk, PhD
Senior Staff Scientist, Integrated DNA Technologies
Department of Molecular Genetics
5:40 - 5:45 PM Break
Thursday Poster Session
5:45 - 6:45 PM
Lalitha Belur, UMN
Minu Bhunia, UMN
Nathan Carroll, UMN
Garrett Draper, UMN
William Hoffman, UMN
Matthew Johnson, UMN
Bibekananda Kar, Mayo Clinic
Ella Lee, UMN
Sara Osum, UMN
Amanda Rieffer, UMN
Brandon Simone, UMN
Chris Sipe, UMN
Miles Smith, UMN
Kyle Williams, UMN
Session Four:
Bio-entrepreneurship & early to mid-career researchers in genome engineering
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
7:00 - 7:15 PM
Introduction by Mary MacCarthy, Venture Program Manager, Office of Technology Commercialization, University of Minnesota
7:15 - 7:35 PM
Ramya Kumar, PhD
Postdoctoral Associate, Reineke lab, University of Minnesota
7:35 - 7:55 PM
Justin Wolter, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow of Gene Therapy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine
7:55 - 8:15 PM
Scott McComb, PhD
Adjunct Professor, Research Officer, Cancer Immunology Team, National Research Council of Canada, Human Health Therapeutics
8:15 PM - 8:30 PM
Discussion/Recap