GE: Going Viral - Strategies for Processing of Viral Vectors

Outline of Going Viral Event:

9:15 Coffee

9:45 Overview of the current industry challenges and opportunities

                Mats Lundgren, Customer Applications Director, GE Healthcare Life Sciences

10:00 Upstream Process Development for Viral Vectors: Case Study Adeno Virus

                Asa Hagner-McWhirter, Senior Scientist, GE Healthcare Life Sciences

10:45 Downstream Process Development for Viral Vectors: Case Study Adeno Virus

                Mats Lundgren, Customer Applications Director, GE Healthcare Life Sciences

11:30 Viral Vector Analysis Using Biacore

                John Sinfield, Field Application Specialist, GE Healthcare Life Sciences

12:00 Lunch and Networking

13:00 Supporting Development of AAV Processes

                John Liddell, Chief Technologist, Centre for Process Innovation

13:45 How fiber-based chromatography accelerates viral vector purification

                Susana Brito dos Santos, R & D Scientist, Puridify, Part of GE Healthcare

14:15 Coffee and networking

14:30 Challenges and Strategies for LentiVirus Processing

                Vanja Misic, Scientist, Canadian Centre for Regenerative Medicine

15:15 Lentivirus Presentation from GSK: Speaker TBC

16:00 Close