Invited Speakers: Prof. P. Gruss, Max Planck Institute, Germany
Prof. C. Bordignon, Scientific Institute S. Raffaele, Italy
Dr. D. Francis, VaxGen Inc., USA
Prof. D. Cohen, Genset, France
Prof. K. Rajewsky,University of Cologne, Germany
Prof. B. Seed, Harvard Medical School, USA
Prof. L. Hayflick, University of California, USA
Program:
1. Vaccines and immunologicals
2. New cell lines / technologies for stable and transient production of proteins
3. Novel therapeutic and prophylactic approaches based on cells and nucleic acids
4. Integration of biology and technology. Process Development and product conditioning
5. Cell physiology, cell genetics, vectors for efficient product formation in animal cells
6. Cell characterization, validation, safety, adventitious agents
7. Animal or patient derived cells and tissues for therapeutic applications
8. Cells and products of cells in biosensor development and nanotechnology
9. DNA sequencing, genome analysis and animal cells
10. Career dilemmas for biotechnologists: entrepreneurship, academia or big pharma?
Registration :
Prof. Dr. Florian Wurm (Meeting Chairman)
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Dept. Chimie, Centre de Biotechnologie UNIL-EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland
Tel. +41 21 693 6141
Fax +41 21 693 6140
e-mail: Florian.Wurm@epfl.ch
Deadline for Abstracts: 12/15/98
Email for Requests and Registration: Florian.Wurm@epfl.ch