Portus Congress Center
8:30 – 9:00
Registration (at the registration desk)
Session 1
Chairs: Ivana Petrović Koshmak (Sartorius BIA Separations) and Urh Černigoj (Sartorius BIA Separations, Slovenia)
9:00 – 9:35
Orthogonal chromatography analytics to allow for faster process development and better in-process control
Aleš Štrancar, Sartorius BIA Separations
9:35 – 10:00
Gene therapy for retinal disorders – achievements and remaining challenges
Stylianos Michalakis, LMU Hospital Online
10:00 – 10:25
Key points of process development and characterization of AAV gene therapy products
Ella Chan, Skyline
10:25 – 10:55
Coffee Break
Session 2
Chairs: Manfred Reiter (Nuvonis, Austria) and Maja Leskovec (Sartorius BIA Separations, Slovenia)
10:55 – 11:20
Vesicles and vehicles; EVs on the road to clinics
Jens Gruber, Curexsys
11:20 – 11:45
Separation and functional characterization of stem cell-derived exosomes from scalable manufacturing processes
Klaus Graumann, Phoenestra
11:45 – 12:10
Mechanistic modeling for the purification of a replicant-competent enveloped virus on a monolithic ion-exchange chromatography
Adrian Schimek, ViraTherapeutics
12:10 – 1:10
Lunch (provided by the organizer)
Session 3
Chairs: Beata Halassy (University of Zagreb, Croatia) and Sebastijan Peljhan (Sartorius BIA Separations, Slovenia)
1:10 – 1:45
The CCX cell line, a novel avian substrate for efficient virus production and seamless (CIM based) virus purification
Manfred Reiter, Nuvonis
1:45 – 2:10
delNS: Harnessing interferon induction and antigen expression for enhanced immunotherapy against cancer
Thomas Muster, BlueSky Immunotherapies Online
2:10 – 2:35
Efficient purification of lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus using monolithic chromatography
Binod Prasad, Abalos Therapeutics
2:35 – 3:00
Process development for an oncolytic rhabdovirus
Michaela Smolle, ViraTherapeutics
3:00 – 3:30
Coffee Break
Young Researcher's Corner
Chairs: Manuela Bartolini (University of Bologna, Italy) and Djuro Josić (University of Pula, Croatia)
3:30 – 3:45
YRC: High-throughput sequencing approaches for in-depth analysis of AAV-based gene therapies
Mojca Janc, National Institute of Biology
3:45 – 4:00
YRC: Production and purification of Staphylococcus epidermidis phage COP-80B for preclinical evaluation of its safety and efficacy for the treatment of orthopedic-related chronic infections
Vida Štilec, COBIK
4:00 – 4:30
Closing remarks & wrap-up