Symposium in honor of Prof. Karl-Heinz Krause, Department of Pathology and Immunology

24.06.2024 14:00 – 18:00

SCIENCE, TRANSLATION, SPIN-OFF AND START-UPS

14:00 INTRODUCTION by Prof. Oliver Hartley
Director, Department of Pathology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva

14:10 – 15:25 IMMUNOLOGY

14:10 | Marco Alessandrini (Antion Biosciences, Geneva)
"MicroRNA, from HIV therapy to CAR T cells – the Antion story"

14:35 | Roberto Speck (Zurich University Hospitals)
"Humanized mice: a versatile tool for medical research and for biotechnology"

15:00 |Renier Myburgh (ATLyphe, Zurich)
"Advanced T cell-linked immunotherapy for precision hematology"

15:25 – 15:45: BREAK

15:45 – 17:00 CELLS AND GENE THERAPY

15:45 | Bilal Fares (École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne)
"Charting New Horizons for Parkinson’s Cell Therapies"

16:10 | Olivier Preynat-Seauve (Geneva University Hospitals)
"A novel activation pathway for adipose-derived stromal cells: from research to a new cell therapy against ischemic wounds"

15:35 | Maude Rolland (Fondation pour Recherches Médicales, Geneva)
"The Vectopia project: can we create efficient lentivector-producing stable cell lines?"

17:00 THANK YOU AND GOODBYE
by Prof. Karl-Heinz Krause