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  • Abstracts from speakers and poster sessions, including the joint meeting abstracts, available 30 days prior to the meeting (You can edit your own abstract from My Account page as well)

    NOTE: Abstract authors/submitters may choose to not have their abstract available online and in the secure mobile app until a week before the meeting.

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  • Scholarship Information
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Protein Replacement through Nucleic Acid Therapies (L3)

Scientific Organizers: Pad Chivukula, Jean Bennett and Paloma Giangrande


April 7—10, 2019

Steamboat Grand, Steamboat Springs, Colorado, USA


Sponsored by Moderna, Novo Nordisk A/S and Sarepta Therapeutics


IT’S NOT TOO LATE TO SUBMIT YOUR ABSTRACT. Abstracts received can no longer be considered for oral short talks. Abstracts for poster display opportunities will be accepted until 6 weeks before meeting start date midnight MST.
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Keystone Symposia is committed to maintaining a positive and respectful environment at its meetings. To this end, please review and comply with our policies.

DEADLINES:
*All deadlines end at 11:59 PM US Mountain Standard Time
Scholarship Deadline: Jan 8, 2019 [details]
Discounted Abstract Deadline: Jan 8, 2019 [details]
Abstract Deadline: Feb 5, 2019 [details]
Discounted Registration Deadline: Feb 5, 2019 [details]

If you have missed a deadline due to the US government shutdown, please contact our office.

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Submit an Abstract Register Yourself Deadlines and Fees

Rates and Deadlines listed below are for the 2019-L3 "Protein Replacement through Nucleic Acid Therapies" conference only.

*All deadlines end at 11:59 PM US Mountain Standard Time

Deadline Date Cost
Discounted Abstract Deadline
More details		 Before and On January 8, 2019 100.00 USD*
- 50.00 USD discount
Abstract Deadline
More details		 After January 8, 2019 until February 25, 2019 100.00 USD*
* 50.00 USD of Abstract fee deducted from your registration fee when you register for this meeting
Scholarship
More details		 January 8, 2019 n/a
Discounted NON-STUDENT Registration
More details		 Before and On February 5, 2019 795.00 USD
(includes 200.00 discount)
Regular NON-STUDENT Registration
More details		 After February 5, 2019 995.00 USD
Discounted STUDENT Registration
More details		 Before and On February 5, 2019 570.00 USD
(includes 200.00 discount)
Regular STUDENT Registration
More details		 After February 5, 2019 770.00 USD

* Changes in payment type that result in a refund are subject to a processing fee.
* Currency exchange gains/losses are the responsibility of the registrant and the Keystone Symposia will accept no liability for money loss through bank charges, transfers or currency fluctuations.




Discounted Abstract Deadline: January 8, 2019

*All deadlines end at 11:59 PM US Mountain Standard Time

Abstract Submission Fee: 100.00 USD*
Submission by this date receives 50.00 USD discount.
*50.00 USD will be applied to Registration Fee when you register

Abstract Details: It is best to submit your abstract early. Abstract and registration spaces are limited and may fill prior to the abstract or discounted registration deadlines. Submitting an abstract does not constitute or guarantee registration.

Submitting your abstract early allows us to:
  • submit your abstract to organizers to be considered for a short talk
  • accept your abstract online
  • include your abstract on our website and in our secure mobile app
  • reserve your space at the meeting for a poster presentation.**
**Submitting an abstract does not constitute or guarantee registration.
(The Abstract Deadline: is February 5, 2019)

Global Health Travel Award Deadline:

*All deadlines end at 11:59 PM US Mountain Standard Time


Global Health Travel Award Details: You MUST complete your Global Health Travel Award appplication by the Global Health Travel Award Deadline and complete the other required steps (verify your contact information and submit a recommendation letter) to be considered for a travel award.


Click here to learn more about Global Health Travel Awards.

Scholarship Deadline: January 8, 2019

*All deadlines end at 11:59 PM US Mountain Standard Time


Scholarship Details: You MUST submit your abstract by the Scholarship Deadline and complete the other required steps (submit a scholarship application and submit a mentor letter) to be considered for a scholarship.

Click here to learn more about Scholarships.

Abstract Deadline: February 5, 2019

*All deadlines end at 11:59 PM US Mountain Standard Time


Abstract Submission Fee: 100.00 USD*
*50.00 USD will be applied to Registration Fee when you register

Details: It is best to submit your abstract early. Abstract and registration spaces are limited and may fill prior to the abstract or discounted registration deadline. Submitting an abstract does not constitute or guarantee registration.

Submitting your abstract by the Abstract Deadline allows us to:

  • submit your abstract to organizers to be considered for a short talk
  • include your abstract on our website and in our secure mobile app
  • reserve your space at the meeting for a poster presentation.**
**Submitting an abstract does not constitute or guarantee registration.
Abstracts submitted after the Abstract Deadline will NOT be considered for a short talk.

(Discounted Abstract Deadline: is January 8, 2019)

Discounted Registration Deadline: February 5, 2019

*All deadlines end at 11:59 PM US Mountain Standard Time


Registration Fee: 795.00 USD* (includes 200.00 USD discount)
Student Registration Fee: 570.00 USD* (must complete student verification form)

*Includes 50.00 USD of your abstract submission fee

After the Discounted Registration Deadline:


Registration Fee: 995.00 USD*
Student Registration Fee: 770.00 USD* (must complete student verification form)

*Includes 50.00 USD of your abstract submission fee

Registration spaces are limited and may fill prior to discounted registration deadline.

Please be advised that some meeting participants have received calls and emails from a number of different housing services, including "Exhibitors Housing Services," “Expo Housing Services,” "Global Housing," etc. THESE COMPANIES ARE NOT AFFILIATED WITH KEYSTONE SYMPOSIA and are not authorized by Keystone Symposia to contact you. These companies may tell you that the meeting is filling, without any actual knowledge to that effect, and pressure you into giving them your credit card number to make a lodging reservation with them.

We highly recommend that you not make a reservation with these companies or any other housing service! These companies' representations to participants have been misleading. Please report any calls or correspondence you might have received to Keystone Symposia and book only through lodging links in your Keystone Symposia account, an established travel agency or directly with the hotel(s) listed on our website.
No registration fees are used to fund entertainment or alcohol at this conference

Conference Program    Print  |   View meeting in 12 hr (am/pm) time


The meeting will begin on Sunday, April 7 with registration from 16:00 to 20:00 and a welcome mixer from 18:00 to 20:00. Conference events conclude on Wednesday, April 10 with a closing plenary session from 17:00 to 19:00, followed by a social hour and entertainment. We recommend return travel on Thursday, April 11 in order to fully experience the meeting.

SUNDAY, APRIL 7

16:00—20:00
Arrival and Registration

Korbel Foyer
18:00—20:00
Welcome Mixer
No registration fees are used to fund alcohol served at this function.

Korbel Foyer

MONDAY, APRIL 8

07:00—08:00
Breakfast

Spring Creek/Burgess Creek
08:00—09:00
Welcome and Keynote Address
Registered attendees can view abstracts starting on 03/07/2019

Korbel Grand Ballroom
Pieter Cullis, University of British Columbia, Canada
Effective Non-Viral Vectors for Delivery of mRNA In Vivo

09:00—11:15
Design and Delivery
Registered attendees can view abstracts starting on 03/07/2019

Korbel Grand Ballroom
Paul Burke, Burke Bioventures LLC, USA
LNP Delivery

Coffee Break

Stephen L. Hart, University College London, UK
Nucleic Acid Delivery to the Lung

Christian Plank, Technical University Munich, Germany
mRNA Transcript-Activated Matrix for Bone Regeneration

Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts

11:15—17:00
On Own for Lunch

11:15—13:00
Poster Setup

Spring Creek/Burgess Creek
13:00—22:00
Poster Viewing

Spring Creek/Burgess Creek
14:30—16:30
Workshop 1: Pathway to FDA Approval

Korbel Grand Ballroom
Short Talks Chosen from Abstracts

16:30—17:00
Coffee Available

Korbel Foyer
17:00—19:00
Protein Replacement with mRNA
Registered attendees can view abstracts starting on 03/07/2019

Korbel Grand Ballroom
Pad Chivukula, Arcturus Therapeutics, Inc., USA
Protein Replacement with mRNA

Jeffrey R. Holt, Boston Children's Hospital, USA
Gene Therapy for Genetic Hearing Loss

Keiji Itaka, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Japan
mRNA Medicine for Introducing Therapeutic Transcription Factors

19:00—20:00
Social Hour with Lite Bites
No registration fees are used to fund alcohol served at this function.

Spring Creek/Burgess Creek
19:30—22:00
Poster Session 1

Spring Creek/Burgess Creek

TUESDAY, APRIL 9

07:00—08:00
Breakfast

Spring Creek/Burgess Creek
08:00—11:00
Protein Replacement with Gene Therapy
Registered attendees can view abstracts starting on 03/07/2019

Korbel Grand Ballroom
Mark A. Kay, Stanford University, USA
Novel Recombinant AAVs for Classical and Genome Editing Applications

Beverly L. Davidson, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and The University of Pennsylvania, USA
Considerations in Gene Therapy for the LSDs

Coffee Break

Federico Mingozzi, Spark Therapeutics, Inc., USA
Liver Gene Transfer as Enzyme Replacement Therapy in Lysosomal Storage Diseases

Jean Bennett, University of Pennsylvania, USA
Gene Therapy for Eye Disease

Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts

11:00—17:00
On Own for Lunch

13:00—22:00
Poster Viewing

Spring Creek/Burgess Creek
14:30—16:30
Workshop 2: Delivery Systems for mRNA

Korbel Grand Ballroom
Short Talks Chosen from Abstracts

16:30—17:00
Coffee Available

Korbel Foyer
17:00—19:00
Therapeutic Applications
Registered attendees can view abstracts starting on 03/07/2019

Korbel Grand Ballroom
Paloma Giangrande, Moderna, USA
Protein Replacement with mRNA for Inherited Metabolic Diseases

Drew Weissman, University of Pennsylvania, USA
Talk Title to be Announced

Adrian R. Krainer, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, USA
Restoring Protein Production through Splicing Modulation

Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts

19:00—20:00
Social Hour with Lite Bites
No registration fees are used to fund alcohol served at this function.

Spring Creek/Burgess Creek

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10

07:00—08:00
Breakfast

Spring Creek/Burgess Creek
08:00—11:00
Gene Correction
Registered attendees can view abstracts starting on 03/07/2019

Korbel Grand Ballroom
Erik Sontheimer, University of Massachusetts Medical School, USA
Optimizing Gene Editing Systems

Annemieke Aartsma-Rus, Leiden University Medical Center, Netherlands
Development of Antisense-Mediated Exon Skipping for Duchenne: It Takes More than an Antisense Oligonucleotide

Coffee Break

Patrick D. Hsu, The Salk Institute, USA
CRISPR Technologies for Targeting RNA

Ranjan Batra, Locana Bio, USA
Reversal of Microsatellite Diseases using RNA-Targeting Proteins

Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts

11:00—17:00
On Own for Lunch

14:30—16:30
Workshop 3: Viral Vector Design

Korbel Grand Ballroom
Short Talks Chosen from Abstracts

16:30—17:00
Coffee Available

Korbel Foyer
17:00—18:45
Current Challenges
Registered attendees can view abstracts starting on 03/07/2019

Korbel Grand Ballroom
Matthew Hirsch, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
Design of AAV Vectors

Luk H. Vandenberghe, Harvard Medical School, USA
Development of Technology to Overcome Translational Hurdles

Maria Limberis, University of Pennsylvania, USA
Using Vectors as Vaccines

Short Talk Chosen from Abstracts

18:45—19:00
Meeting Wrap-Up: Outcomes and Future Directions (Organizers)
Registered attendees can view abstracts starting on 03/07/2019

Korbel Grand Ballroom
19:00—20:00
Social Hour with Lite Bites
No registration fees are used to fund alcohol served at this function.

Spring Creek/Burgess Creek
20:00—23:00
Entertainment
Entertainment is not subsidized by conference registration fees nor any U.S. federal government grants. Funding for this expense is provided by other revenue sources.

Spring Creek/Burgess Creek

THURSDAY, APRIL 11

 
Departure


*Session Chair †Invited, not yet responded.


We gratefully acknowledge support for this conference from:


Directors' Fund

These generous unrestricted gifts allow our Directors to schedule meetings in a wide variety of important areas, many of which are in the early stages of research.

Click here to view all of the donors who support the Directors' Fund.

Keystone Symposia thanks our Sponsors for generously supporting this meeting:

Moderna Novo Nordisk A/S
Sarepta Therapeutics
 

We gratefully acknowledge additional support from these exhibitors at this conference:

TriLink BioTechnologies, Inc.
Please stop by to meet these exhibitors during the conference.

We gratefully acknowledge additional support for this conference from:

American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy (ASGCT) Arcturus Therapeutics, Inc.

We gratefully acknowledge additional in-kind support for this conference from those foregoing speaker expense reimbursements:



Moderna

We appreciate the organizations that provide Keystone Symposia with additional support, such as marketing and advertising:


Click here to view more of these organizations

Special thanks to the following for their support of Keystone Symposia initiatives to increase participation at this meeting by scientists from underrepresented backgrounds:


Click here to view more of these organizations

If your organization is interested in joining these entities in support of Keystone Symposia, please contact: Sarah Lavicka, Director of Development, Email: sarahl@keystonesymposia.org,
Phone:+1 970-262-2690

Click here for more information on Industry Support and Recognition Opportunities.

If you are interested in becoming an advertising/marketing in-kind partner, please contact:
Yvonne Psaila, Director, Marketing and Communications, Email: yvonnep@keystonesymposia.org,
Phone:+1 970-262-2676