Brain Therapeutics & Delivery Mechanisms Symposium - Merkin Institute for Translational Research

Keynote followed by Faculty Talks, Poster sessions & Reception

Industry representatives from Eli Lilly, AskBio Therapeutics of Bayer, Abbvie, Merck, Denali Therapeutics, BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Eisai Innovation and Kernel (Empath Ventures).

Opening Keynote

Marvin Caruthers Keynote poster v5

Agenda

TIme	Speaker	Location
9:15 – 9:30am	Arrival & Registration	Schlinger Patio
9:30 – 9:40am	Prof. Viviana Gradinaru: Welcome & Opening Remarks	Noyes 153
9:45 – 10:30am	Keynote by Dr. Marvin Caruthers: "Synthesis and Biological Activity of Thiomorpholine Oligonucleotides”	Noyes 153
10:35 – 11:05am	Prof. Mary Kennedy	Noyes 153
11:10 – 11:40am	Prof. Linda Hsieh-Wilson	Noyes 153
11:45 – 12:15pm	Prof. Yuki Oka	Noyes 153
12:15 – 1:15pm	Lunch & Posters	Schlinger Courtyard
1:20 – 1:50pm	Prof. Viviana Gradinaru: "Blood-Brain Barrier: Friend and Foe. Towards targeted, noninvasive study and repair of nervous" Topics: BBB, CNS, AAV, gene therapy, neurodegeneration, systemic AAV delivery systems	Noyes 153
1:55 – 2:25pm	Prof. Michael Elowitz: “Synthetic circuits for quantitative gene therapy”	Noyes 153
2:30 – 3:00pm	Prof. Mikhail Shapiro: "Location-specific brain therapy through ultrasonic imprinting"	Noyes 153
3:00 – 3:15 pm	BREAK	Schlinger Courtyard
3:15 – 3:40pm	Caltech Startup Talks: Capsida Biotherapeutics, Nicholas Flytzanis, Co-Founder & Chief Research and Innovation Officer	Noyes 153
3:45 - 4:10pm	Caltech Startup Talks: Barrier Bio, Ajay Kshatriya, CEO, Sophie Skarlatou, Senior Scientist	Noyes 153
4:15 – 5:15pm	Corporate Needs in Neurotherapeutics – Moderator: Jay Chiang, Entrepreneur in Residence (Caltech OTTCP), Industry Panelists: Matt Townsend, VP of Discovery Neuroscience (AbbVie), Mansuo Lu Shannon, CSO (AskBio Therapeutics of Bayer), Sean Smith, ED of Neuroscience Discovery (Merck), Robert Thorne, Fellow (Denali Therapeutics)	Noyes 153
5:15 – 6:30pm	Reception & Posters	Schlinger Courtyard