Preliminary Programme

7th May

Welcome Reception

From 7.00 pm,
"Beer and Brezel" at Brauhaus, Bielefeld

Social Programme:

Champagne Reception

Historisches Museum, Bielefeld

A guided tour (half an hour) is offered. Please specify on the registration form.

Conference Dinner

Restaurant "Casino", Bielefeld

9th May

Topic: IP and Patent Situation

9.30 Welcome, Coffee and Tea

10.00
Stacey Farmer, Martin Grund
Grund IP Group, München
Maximizing the Scope of Protection of Your Patent Portfolio :
Case Study - Minicircle Patents

11.00 Coffee Break

11.15 Panel Diskussion
Minicircle-DNA - A Milestone in Gene Therapy and Vaccination?

12.15 Martin Schleef, PlasmidFactory GmbH & Co. KG, Bielefeld:
Closing Remarks - Conclusions and Perspectives

12.30 Farewell Lunch

End of conference: 2.00 pm

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8th May

Topic: Technology and Application

- Current developments in upscaling
- Comparison of various systems
- Size relevance for gene transfer
- Drug delivery and targeting
- First results of in-vitro studies
- Future clinical applications

9.00 Registration, Coffee and Tee

9.45 Welcome Note and Introduction
Uwe Lück, IHK Ostwestfalen zu Bielefeld
Martin Schleef, PlasmidFactory GmbH & Co. KG

10.00
Peter Mayrhofer,
Mayrhofer & Jechlinger OEG, Wien and
Marco Schmeer,
PlasmidFactory GmbH & Co. KG, Bielefeld
Large scale production of minicircle DNA becomes reality

10.30
Eberhard Neumann,
Universität Bielefeld:
Fundamentals of Minicircle-DNA transfer by membrane electorporation

11.00 Coffee Break

11.15
Jürgen Bode,
Helmholtz Zentrum für Infektionsforschung, Braunschweig
Replicating nonviral minicircles: Novel Tools for the predictable transgenesis of dividing cells

11.45
Daniel Scherman, Université Paris:
Triple Helix Affinity Chromatography Purification of Plasmid DNA

12.15 Lunch Break

13.30
Christiane Juhls,
MOLOGEN AG, Berlin:
Minimalistic Linear Gene Expression Constructs: MIDGE Vectors

14.00
Jürgen Mairhofer,
Universität für Bodenkultur Wien:
Antibiotic-free Selection System for the Manufacturing of Minimized Plasmids

14.30
Wolfgang Walther, Max-Delbrück-Centrum für Molekulare Medizin, Berlin:
Minicircle technology for improved nonviral gene transfer

15.00 Coffe Break

15.30
Frank Jacobs, Center for Melecular & Vascular Biology, Leuven
Direct Comparison of Hepatocyte-specific Expression cassettes Following Adenoviral and Non-viral Hydrodynamic Gene Transfer

16.00
Manfred Gossen,
Max-Delbrück-Centrum für Molekulare Medizin, Berlin:
Functional autonomy of transgenic transcription units

16.30 Summary and Outlook

16.45 End of Scientific Programme