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SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM 17th ESCDD 2024

preliminary program 

TUESDAY 9 APRIL 2024

18.00-19.30    Registration
19.00-22.00    Buffet dinner and welcoming reception

WEDNESDAY 10 APRIL 2024

08.00-09.00    Registration
09.00-09.10    Opening of the Symposium

Opening Lecture

09.10-10.00   Maria José Alonso
Impact of Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology in the development of new Vaccines and Precision Advanced Therapies

Novel Concepts, Materials and Techniques

10.00-10.30  Wenxin Wang
Non-Viral Gene Editing Therapy For RDEB: Guanidyl-Rich Highly Branched Poly(Βeta Amino Ester)s Mediated Crispr RNP Delivery

10.30-11.00    COFFEE

11.00-11.30   Holger Frey
Isomerization of Poly(Ethylene Glycol) to rPEGS Opens Up New Perspectives for Pharmaceutical Applications and Therapeutic Nanocarriers

Nucleic Acid Delivery

11.30-12.00    Hélder Santos
Empowering Nanomedicines for Drug- and Gene-Targeted Delivery to the Infarcted Myocardium

12.00-12.30   Philip Santangelo
To be announced

12.30-14.00    LUNCH

Novel Concepts, Materials and Techniques

14:00 - 14:30 Gianni Ciofani
Combining Drug Delivery and Piezoelectric Stimulation for an Efficient Cancer Treatment

14:30 - 15:00  Karen Peynshaert
Photodisruption of the Inner Limiting Membrane Enhances Retinal Delivery of Gene Carriers

15:00 - 15:30 David Fernandez Rivas
The Novel Approach to Deliver Drugs with the Needle-Free Bubble Gun

15:30 - 16:00  TEA

Targeted Drug Delivery

16:00 - 16:30 Zhiyuan Zhong
Nanomedicines and Nanovaccines Targeting Acute Myeloid Leukemia

16:30 - 17:00  Horacio Cabral
Nanocarriers for Targeted Delivery of Biologics Toward Next Generation Therapies

18:00 - 19:30  DINNER          

19:30 - 21:30  POSTER SESSION

THURSDAY 11 APRIL 2024 

09:00 - 09:10 Presentation of the POSTER AWARDS

Crossing Biological Barriers

09:10 - 09:40  Gregor Fuhrmann
Biogenic Strategies to Bacterial Infections and Inflammatory Dispositions

09:40 - 10:10 Ekkehard Leberer
Breaking Barriers In Drug Delivery

10:10 - 10:40  Jeroen de Vrij
Developing Extracellular Vesicles as Next Generation Gene Therapy Vector for Treatment of Glioblastoma

10:40 - 11:10   COFFEE        

Translational Drug Delivery

11.10-12.30  Company presentations
Ardena, etherna, GSK and Polymun

12:30 - 14:00 LUNCH

13:15 - 13:45 Presentation Wyatt-Waters           

Uptake Mechanism

14:00 - 14:30   Arwyn Jones
Deep Diving into Endocytic Pathways to Unravel the Delivery Efficiency of Nanomedicines

14:30 - 15:00  Anna Salvati
Nanomedicine Modifications in Biological Fluids, Interaction with Cell Receptors and Mechanism of Uptake

15:00 - 15:30 TEA

15:30 - 16:00 Ruben Postel
Unprecedented Potency and Durability Improvement by Targeted Endosomal Escape In Vitro and In Vivo: An Update on Sapreme’s Unique Endosomal Escape Enhancer

16:00 - 16:20 Junho Byun
Advanced Therapeutic Avenues for Fibrosis and Obesity with Targeted Nanomedicines

16:20 - 16:30 Photo session

16:45 - 17:00 Travel to Club Zand - Castricum

18:30 - 22:00  SYMPOSIUM BANQUET  

FRIDAY 12 APRIL 2024

Nucleic Acid Delivery

09:00 - 09:30  Roy van der Meel
A Nature-Inspired Nanodelivery Platform for Gene Silencingi Hematopoietic Stem and Progenitor Cells

09:30 - 10:00 Avi Schroeder
Brain-Targeted Nanoparticles for Treating Parkinson’s Disease: From monoclonal antibodies to synthetic cells

10:00 - 10:30  Olivier de Jong
Aptamer-Based Loading and Release Strategies for Extracellular Vesicle-Mediated CRISPR/CAS9 Delivery

10:30 - 11:00  COFFEE

Targeted Drug Delivery

11:00 - 11:30  Feng Qian
Exploiting Albumin Accumulation and Metabolism for Targeted Therapeutics in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma

11:30 - 12:00  Bram Slütter
Platforms for Induction of Antigen Specific Tolerance in Cardiovascular Disease

12:00 - 12:15  Closing of the Symposium

12:30 - 14.00  LUNCH