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MEETINGS
Forthcoming Meetings :
2008
2009
Past BSGT Conferences/Workshops:
Forthcoming Meetings
Phacilitate Cell & Gene Therapy Forum 2009, 26-28 January, Washington, DC, United States
The Phacilitate Cell & Gene Therapy Forum provides an annual meeting place for senior level figures driving the
transition of these technologies into safe, commercially viable products. The event gives technology companies,
big pharma and biotech, the regulators and the investment community an unparalleled chance to exchange opinions
and to network in exclusive, yet informal surroundings. The program features a stimulating blend of plenary sessions
addressing key strategic challenges and breakout sessions promoting in-depth discussion of major business, regulatory
and scientific issues. This format allows you to select between issues common to both cell and gene-based therapies
and those specific to one or the other. The event runs concurrently with the Phacilitate Vaccine Forum Washington
2009.
BSGT members qualify for a 10% discount on the registration fee.
Further information: www.phacilitate.co.uk/cgtherapy
Contact: Becci Brolly team@phacilitate.co.uk Tel +44 (0)20 7839 6137
Past BSGT Conferences/Workshops
BSGT 4th Annual Conference
The 4th BSGT Annual Conference was held at the University of Warwick 19th - 21st March
2007 and was preceded by the 2nd BSGT Public Open Day
'Journeys in the Genetic Jungle'.
Further Information
BSGT - Japanese Society for Gene Therapy 2nd Workshop, October 2006
The UK Foreign Office generously sponsored a second workshop between the British
Society for Gene Therapy and the Japanese Society for Gene Therapy, which was
held in the British Embassy in Tokyo in October 2006.
Further information.
BSGT 3rd Annual Conference
The Conference was held 28-30th March 2006 at Imperial College London. The
Scientific Committee (led by the Science Chair, Dr Michael Antoniou, King's
College London) and the Local Organisers (led by Dr Richard Harbottle) put
together a superb programme which resulted, once more, in an intellectually
stimulating and highly enjoyable event. BSGT would like to thank all of the
speakers for giving clear and interesting presentations and to all the 300
delegates for their input.
Congratulations to Dr Ian Pringle who won the Lez Fairbairn Award for the best
young scientist presenting their work, Ian's presentation was on 'Complete but
not partial reduction of plasmid CpG content reduces the inflammatory response
associated with delivery of GL67/pDNA complexes to the mouse lung'. This award,
judged by an international panel, was jointly sponsored by the Cancer Research
UK Paterson Laboratory and BSGT and is a tribute to last year's science Chair
Dr Lez Fairbairn who died suddenly in 2005.
Lez was a key figure in UK gene therapy and a good friend to many of us and we
were very pleased that Lez's widow Andrea agreed to present the Fairbairn
Award, Andrea commended Ian's ability to effectively communicate his work to
both the scientists and non-scientists.
In addition congratulations are due to Dr Andrew Woods (King's College London)
who won the best overall presentation prize. Poster prizes were awarded to Mr
Michael Blundell, Institute of Child Health; Dr Karen Laurie, Institute of
Child Health; and Mr Husein Salem, University of Manchester.
A presentation was made to Professor Charles Coutelle, Imperial College London,
in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the field of gene and cell
therapy. Charles is a source of enormous inspirational input into the
development of this scientific field, from its very beginnings.
The conference this year was made possible with generous donations from a broad
range of bodies - including Cancer Research UK, the National translational
Cancer Research Network, Scientific Development & Bioethics Division of the
Department of Health, Chronic Granulomatous Disorders Research trust, Cystic
Fibrosis trust, Motor Neurone Disease Association and the Katharine Dormandy
trust. Many, many thanks to these organisations; by supporting our work they
allow us to spread knowledge, scientific quality, an eagerness for clinical
translation of promising research and a community spirit throughout gene and
cell therapy scientists in the UK.
Once more we were able to offer space at the conference to commercial and
charity exhibitors and we feel this is mutually beneficial, our increasing
number of delegates appreciate the variety of exhibitions and we foster an
environment of friendly interaction with all exhibitors welcome to attend the
social events (which BSGT does so well!).
Conference Programme
BSGT Public Awareness Day 'Journeys
in the Genetic Jungle: progress in gene and cell therapy'
This year's scientific meeting was immediately preceded by a BSGT public
awareness day on 28th March 2006. This was attended by over 140 people from a
variety of backgrounds, including 14-16 year olds from many different schools,
representatives from key gene and cell therapy interest groups and
organisations and also scientists. The programme for the event aimed to be as
interactive as possible and featured presentations from scientists; a
discussion forum; and a lab tour with scientific demonstrations. Presentations
are available via the
programme.
This is just the beginning of BSGT's public awareness campaign and we are keen
to engage further with the public, if you would like to get involved (as a
member of the public or as a scientist) please contact BSGT. Public support for
our research is central to our success and we wish to maximise the
understanding of the general public about what we realistically hope to
deliver.
BSGT 2nd Annual Conference University of Manchester 2005
BBSRC-BSGT Investigating New Technologies Underpinning Gene Delivery
London 26 June 2003
The formation of BSGT was very much catalysed by strong support form the
research councils, especially from Alf Game and Anne Hicks at the BBSRC and Ian
Viney at MRC. Working with BBSRC and Dept Health (led by Jayne Spink) the BSGT
steering committee worked to arrange this meeting at the Jolly Hotel in London,
timed to coincide with the launch of the Genetics White Paper. The meeting gave
a strong boost to the field and was a forerunner to the annual residential BSGT
conferences, now a central feature of our society.
Meeting programme
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