Showing posts with label Antibody engineering event. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Antibody engineering event. Show all posts

Wednesday, August 27, 2014

Highlights from the 2014 Antibody Engineering Agenda

Today, we're giving you highlights from the 2014 Antibody Engineering & Therapeutics Agenda-at-a-Glance:

Sunday Agenda - December 7, 2014
  • • Workshop #1 - The Nuts and Bolts of Antibody Development: Accelerating Antibody Drugs to the Clinic
  • • Workshop #2 - Advances in Precision Targeting

Monday Agenda - December 8, 2014
  • • Keynote Speakers:
    • o James Wells, Ph.D., Professor, Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, UCSF
    • o Ian Tomlinson, Ph.D., SVP, WWBD and Biopharmaceuticals R&D, GlaxoSmithKline, United Kingdom
    • o Douglas A. Lauffenburger, Ph.D. , Professor of Bioengineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    • o Ira Pastan, M.D., Co-Chief Laboratory of Molecular Biology, National Cancer Institute
    • o Anthony Rees, DPhil, Principal, Rees Consulting AB and Emeritus Professor, University of Bath
  • • Sessions topics:
    • o Immunocytokine Engineering
    • o The High-hanging Fruit: Targeting Difficult Antigens
  • • Day 1 Training Course: Introduction to Antibody Engineering
  • • Opening of Exhibit & Poster Hall
  • • Evening Mardi Gras-themed Networking Cocktail and Food Reception
Tuesday Agenda - December 8, 2014
  • • Session topics:
    • o High Quality Research Antibodies against the Proteome
    • o Why is Choosing Targets for Bispecific Antibodies so Difficult
    • o Antibody-based Therapeutics for Diabesity
    • o Preclinical and Clinical Case Studies: Emerging Targets, New Approaches
  • • Day 2 of Training Course: Introduction to Antibody Engineering
    • o Evening International Food Festival-themed Networking Cocktail and Food Reception

Wednesday Agenda - December 10, 2014
  • • Session topics:
    • o Antibody Effector Functions
    • o New Targets and Applications in Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors
    • o Engineering Antibody Developability Expression, Solubility and Polyreactivity
    • o Emerging Clinical Data with Therapeutic Antibodies and ADCs
  • • Special Session of The Antibody Society: Antibodies to Watch in 2015

Thursday Agenda - December 11, 2014
  • • Session topics:
    • o Antibody Repertoires: Next Generation Sequencing, Data Analysis, Storage and Sharing
    • o The Best of Both Worlds: Antibodies with Enhanced or Multiple Functionalities
    • o Antibody Therapeutics for Non-Cancer Indications

Take an in-depth look at this year's highlights by downloading the 2014 agenda. Would you like to join us this December in Huntington Beach? As a reader of this blog, when you register to join us and mention code XP14172BLOG, you'll save 20% off the standard rate!


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