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RNAi, siRNA and miRNA
28 June - 29 June 2010
RNAi, siRNA and miRNA

What is this event about?

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This is SAE Media Group's fifth conference on the subject of RNAi, siRNA and miRNA.  It will build on the success of the past four years, and brings together the leading experts in industry and academia to explore the cutting edge of new therapeutics being researched and brought to the marketplace.

Taking place in London, UK, this conference will look at a wide range of issues within the RNAi arena.  It will combine a study of the latest successes in the research and development phase with presentations covering the key themes of delivery, target identification  and IP issues.

Questions examined during the conference will include: What are the best delivery methods for siRNA and RNA-based therapeutics?  How do you carry out gene silencing?  What is the best method to use an siRNA library for target identification?  How is cell stress related to decreased RNAi?  What are the patent issues for oligonucleotides?  How do miRNAs regulate gene expression?

 

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 Why should you attend this event?

Delegates at this conference will learn about

  • The latest successes and failures for new targets and drugs
  • Intellectual Property issues for RNA-based therapeutics
  • Delivery technologies for siRNA and oligoneucleotides
  • Nanomedicinal appraoches
  • Development challenges for RNA-based therapeutics
  • Immunology of nucleic acids
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 RNAi 3

How you will benefit from attending this conference

Hear from some of the most important and influential experts working in RNAi

Learn about the challenges faced by the industry in bringing RNAi therapeutics to the marketplace

Study the latest targets and compounds being researched

Network with people you need to know in the RNAi world

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Conference agenda

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8:30

Registration and coffee

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9:00

Welcome and introductions

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9:10

The basics of protecting biotech inventions

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9:50

Protecting RNAi technologies and the current RNAi patent landscape

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10:30

Morning coffee

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10:50

Asserting patent rights, defences, opposing patent rights, counter-attacks and licensing

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11:30

General discussion: Patenting opportunities for RNAi and predictions for the future

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12:00

Close of workshop

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8:30

Registration and coffee

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9:00

Chairman's Opening Remarks

Michael Keller

Michael Keller, Senior Fellow, siRNA Project Leader, Technical Research and Development (TRD), Novartis

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9:10

OPENING KEYNOTE: Nanomedicinal siRNA delivery technologies and pulmonary siRNA delivery systems

Michael Keller

Michael Keller, Senior Fellow, siRNA Project Leader, Technical Research and Development (TRD), Novartis

  • Development of nano- and micro-particle technology for siRNA delivery 
  • Nanotechnology based siRNA formulation in the clinics 
  • Active and passive targeting strategies for siRNA delivery
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    9:40

    KEYNOTE PRESENTATION: The promise and challenges of therapeutic siRNA for the treatment of respiratory disease

    Ken Clark

    Ken Clark, Director, Respiratory siRNA DPU, GlaxoSmithKline

  • Respiratory disease is an attractive opportunity for siRNA therapeutics, as molecules can be delivered locally by the inhaled or intranasal route - achieving high concentrations in the target tissue and avoiding the challenges associated with systemic delivery
  • Nevertheless, the airways are adept at responding to and preventing the entry of oligonucleotides - many groups are addressing the challenge of turning the promise of therapeutic siRNA in respiratory disease into a clinical reality
  • This presentation will review progress with respiratory siRNA therapeutics, discuss the challenges of development and consider how GSK is addressing them
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    Unique challenges associated with large-scale manufacturing of difference RNA sequences

    Marc Lemaitre

    Marc Lemaitre, Chef Executive Officer, Girindus America

  • Review of the differences between DNA and RNA synthesis and of the impact of modifications into RNA sequences
  • Specifics of annealing on manufacturing and QC of siRNA
  • Keys to a successful manufacturing of Large-Scale siRNA
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    10:40

    Morning Coffee

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    11:10

    Targeting of junction oncogenes by siRNA

    Claude Paul Malvy

    Claude Paul Malvy, Director, IFSBM, Université Paris-Sud

  • Oncogenes present in cancers with chromosomal translocations
  • Examples: Ewing sarcoma and papillary thyroid carcinoma
  • Animal and human models
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    11:40

    Gene silencing with reduced off-target effects and high potency using UNA-modified siRNA

  • UsiRNAs are siRNAs which contain one or more UNA (Unlocked Nucleic Acid; Unlocked Nucleobase Analog) monomers  
  • Learn how to design highly potent UNA-modified siRNAs (UsiRNAs) which display significantly reduced off-target effects
  • UsiRNAs typically contain strategic UNA monomers to induce strand selectivity and/or to prevent miRNA-type effects
  • UsiRNAs can be modified in the 3'-ends for increased biostability
  • Results from cell culture and in vivo experiments will be shown
  • Jesper Wengel

    Jesper Wengel, Professor, Nucleic Acide Centre, University of Southern Denmark

    Suzy Lena Wengel

    Suzy Lena Wengel, Chef Executive Officer, RiboTask

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    12:10

    Preclinical development of SYL040012, a siRNA designed for glaucoma treatment

    Victoria González

    Victoria González, Preclinical Manager, Sylentis

  • Introduction to SYL040012
  • R&D in vitro/in vivo data
  • Preclinical development, IMPD submission, clinical update
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    12:40

    Networking Lunch

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    14:00

    Design and manufacturing of siRNA nanomedicines

    Marie-Andrée Yessine

    Marie-Andrée Yessine, Scientist, OctoPlus Development

  • Formulation strategies - lipid and polymer based delivery systems
  • From concept to market: scaling-up and manufacturing
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    14:30

    KEYNOTE PRESENTATION: Transfection takes the leap: A 384-well HT Nucleofector® system for genome-wide siRNA screenings

    Herbert Müller-Hartmann

    Herbert Müller-Hartmann, Director R&D, Lonza

  • Efficient mRNA knock-down in hard-to-transfect cell types
  • 384-well format and increased speed for genome-wide screenings
  • Advanced protocols for large experiments using a single cell batch
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    15:00

    Afternoon Tea

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    15:30

    Combination of oligo configuration and chemical modification provides drug-like properties to RNAi molecules

    Dmitry Samarsky

    Dmitry Samarsky, Vice President of Technology Development, RXi Pharmaceuticals

  • RNAi compounds with improved stability, specificity, potency and distribution
  • Self-delivering RNAi molecules (sd-rxRNA)
  • Novel configurations for RNAi compounds: short duplex or single-oligo
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    16:00

    Cell stress is related to decreased RNAi in mammalian cells

    Georg Sczakiel

    Georg Sczakiel, Professor, Institute for Molecular Medicine, Lübeck University

  • Sub-cellular localisation of Argonaute-2
  • miRNA- and siRNA-induced RNA interference
  • Transfection of oligoneucleotides
  • Stress granules and P-bodies
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    16:30

    GeneICE - Gene Inactivation through Chromatin Engineering

    Mark Eccleston

    Mark Eccleston, Director of Business Development, ValiRx

  • Induced epigenetic regulation of gene expression
  • Genome-wide mapping of nuclease accessible sites for target discovery
  • Intracellular delivery - the final hurdle?
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    17:00

    Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day One

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    8:30

    Re-registration and Coffee

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    9:00

    Morning Chairman's opening remarks

    Marion Jurk

    Marion Jurk, Director, Discovery & Development, Pfizer Oligonucleotide Therapeutics Unit

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    9:10

    KEYNOTE PRESENTATION: Pharmaceutical development of a novel systemic oligonucleotide delivery formulation

    Peter Jackson

    Peter Jackson, Chief Operating Officer, Medesis Pharma

  • Buccal delivery (non-invasive)
  • Delivery to difficult tissues (e.g. muscle)
  • Non-toxic formulation (full GLP tox)
  • Stable and manufactured to GMP
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    9:40

    Dicer substrate oligonucleotides: technology and applications

    Roberto Guerciolini

    Roberto Guerciolini, Senior Vice President, Pharmaceutical Development, Dicerna Pharmaceuticals

  • Potency and specificity
  • In vivo results in normal and tumour-bearing animals
  • Delivery options
  • Therapeutic applications
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    10:10

    Patents and Oligonucleotides: the law and the reality

    Lorna Brazell

    Lorna Brazell, Partner, Bird & Bird

  • What is patentable?
  • The problems in RNA patenting - exclusions, sufficiency of disclosure and industrial application
  • What infringes?
  • How to negotiate a workable deal
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    10:40

    Morning Coffee

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    11:10

    KEYNOTE PRESENTATION: Immunology of nucleic acids

    Marion Jurk

    Marion Jurk, Director, Discovery & Development, Pfizer Oligonucleotide Therapeutics Unit

  • Immune modulatory effects of siRNAs - and avoiding them
  • Combining modulatory effects with gene knockdown
  • Additional immune modulatory activities
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    11:40

    New approaches for development of nucleic acid based therapeutics: challenges and opportunities in RNA targeting

    Elena Bichenkova

    Elena Bichenkova, Senior Lecturer in Medicinal Chemistry, University of Manchester

  • RNA as a potential pharmaceutical target
  • Gene-specific approaches for silencing of disease-relevant mRNA sequences
  • Peptidyl-oligonucleotide biomimetics as a new approach for gene expression knockdown
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    12:10

    Developing a novel antisense technology-based drug

    Karl-Hermann Schlingensiepen

    Karl-Hermann Schlingensiepen, Chef Executive Officer, Antisense Pharma

  • Targeting cancer via TGF-β2
  • Novel approach - directly tackles pathogenic cause
  • Clinical and regulatory experience
  • Risk mitigation in clinical development
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    12:40

    Networking Lunch

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    13:55

    Afternoon Chairman's welcome

    Dmitry Samarsky

    Dmitry Samarsky, Vice President of Technology Development, RXi Pharmaceuticals

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    14:00

    Progress in the utility of microRNA as biomarkers

    Sterghios Moschos

    Sterghios Moschos, Principal Scientist, Pfizer

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    14:30

    Anti-miR inhibition of microRNA function in immune cells

    Aimee Jackson

    Aimee Jackson, Director of Drug Discovery, Regulus Therapeutics

  • Delivery of anti-miRs to immune cells in vivo
  • Measurement of anti-miR target engagement by expression profiling
  • Measurement of anti-miR function by phenotypic assays
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    15:00

    Afternoon Tea

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    15:30

    The role of miRNAs in the regulation of gene expression

  • Mechanism of action
  • Involvement in human diseases
  • Latest findings from the Cancer Research UK Viral Oncology Group
  • Dimitris Lagos

    Dimitris Lagos, Co-Principal Investigator, UCL Cancer Institute

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    16:00

    miR-155 regulates the immune system

    Elena Vigorito

    Elena Vigorito, Group Leader, Lymphocyte Signalling & Development, Babraham Institute

  • miR-155 was first described as miRNA with oncogenic potential - a role in the immune system has been established
  • Data showing how miR-155 regulates lymphocyte function
  • miRNAs may have an impact on gene therapies designed to block tumour progression
  • Synthetic oligonucleotides of different chemistries have proven successful for blocking miRNA expression
  • Data showing use of Peptide Nucleic Acids (PNA) to block miR-155 function in lymphocytes in vivo
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    16:30

    miR-155 keeps inflammation in check

    Maurizio Ceppi

    Maurizio Ceppi, Project Team Manager (Group Leader), R&D, Genomic Vision

  • miRNA-profiling of human dendritic cells by microarrays
  • TAB2 is a target of miR-155 in activated human dendritic cells
  • Identification of a miR-155-mediated negative feedback loop that helps to modulate the inflammatory response
  • Targeting miRNA-155 signaling may be useful for decreasing autoimmune-associated inflammation
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    17:00

    Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day Two

    Workshops

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    CPD stands for Continuing Professional Development’. It is essentially a philosophy, which maintains that in order to be effective, learning should be organised and structured. The most common definition is:

    ‘A commitment to structured skills and knowledge enhancement for Personal or Professional competence’

    CPD is a common requirement of individual membership with professional bodies and Institutes. Increasingly, employers also expect their staff to undertake regular CPD activities.

    Undertaken over a period of time, CPD ensures that educational qualifications do not become obsolete, and allows for best practice and professional standards to be upheld.

    CPD can be undertaken through a variety of learning activities including instructor led training courses, seminars and conferences, e:learning modules or structured reading.

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    There are approximately 470 institutes in the UK across all industry sectors, with a collective membership of circa 4 million professionals, and they all expect their members to undertake CPD.

    For some institutes undertaking CPD is mandatory e.g. accountancy and law, and linked to a licence to practice, for others it’s obligatory. By ensuring that their members undertake CPD, the professional bodies seek to ensure that professional standards, legislative awareness and ethical practices are maintained.

    CPD Schemes often run over the period of a year and the institutes generally provide online tools for their members to record and reflect on their CPD activities.

    TYPICAL CPD SCHEMES AND RECORDING OF CPD (CPD points and hours)

    Professional bodies and Institutes CPD schemes are either structured as ‘Input’ or ‘Output’ based.

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