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INTERNATIONAL
LIPOSOME SOCIETY 2005 ANNUAL MEETING:
'LIPOSOME
ADVANCES: PROGRESS IN DRUG AND VACCINE DELIVERY'
December 12-16, 2005
School of Pharmacy, University of London, London
The first International Liposome Society
Annual Meeting will focus on recent progress and trends in the use
of liposomes and other lipid-based systems in drug and vaccine delivery
and targeting.
Meeting
Announcement
Registration/Payment
Form
Please
print and send to the contact information listed on the form.
Register before November 12, 2005 to take advantage
of the discounted early registration fees.
Corporate
Opportunities: Sponsorship, Marketing and Exhibiting
The
ILS
2005 Corporate Opportunities Package details the sponsorship,
marketing, and exhibiting opportunities available in conjunction
with the first official ILS Annual Meeting. Please contact Ashka
Wirk at the ILS Head Office to explore these opportunities
further.
Call
for Abstracts
You
are invited to submit one page abstracts for poster presentation
at the ILS 2005 Annual Meeting to the Conference Chair, Dr.
Gregory Gregoriadis. A number of abstracts will
be selected for oral presentation. If sending abstracts by email,
please also send a hard copy by regular mail. Deadline for submissions
is November 12, 2005 .
Program
Format
Scientific Symposia
Poster Session
Exhibits
Reception
Program
Topics
Liposome technology
Interaction of liposomes with the biological
milieu
Long-circulating, targeted and fusogenic
liposomes
Liposomes in antimicrobial, cancer, gene
and anti-sense therapy, and diagnostic imaging
Liposome-based conventional and genetic
vaccines
Liposomes in topical, transdermal and
dermal therapy
Preclinical studies and clinical trials
Regulatory issues, patents, licensed
products and industrial experience
Speakers
and Presentation Titles
G.
Gregoriadis (UK): Entrapped in liposomes: Breaking the
barrier
Y.
Barenholz (Israel): From nanotechnology to nanomedicine:
The liposome experience
G.
Jensen (USA): Performance and evaluation of conventional
liposomes: Lessons from the development of VesCan®
A.
Janoff (Canada): Capturing synergistic anticancer drug
interactions by maintaining fixed drug ratios
in vivo
J.
Backer (USA): Targeting angiogenesis with VEGF-driven
liposomes
A.
Gabizon (Israel): Pros and cons of the liposome platfrom
in cancer drug targeting
R.
Schiffelers (USA): Liposomal corticosteroids in cancer
therapy
G.
Bendas (Germany: Liposomal targeting of tumor vasculature:
Options, problems, promises
V.P.
Torchilin (USA): Liposomes and micelles modified withthe
nucleosome-specific monoclonal 2C5
antibody for tumor therapy
and
imaging
G.
Cevc (Germany): Ion distribution near lipid bilayer
and its role in drug delivery
T.M.
Allen (Canada): Improving therapeutic outcome for liposomal
drugs: Targeting, pharmacokinetics, drug
release and bioavailability
J.
Szebeni (USA): Animal
models of liposome-induced and complement-mediated hypersensitivity
reactions
S.M.
Moghimi (UK): The molecular basis of complement activation
by PEGylated stealth liposomes
I.A.J.M.
Bakker-Woudenberg
(The Netherlands):
Targeted drug delivery to shorten treatment duration
in mycobacterial infections
J. Kamps (The
Netherlands):
Cell uptake and processing of immunoliposomes targeted
to adhesion factors expressed by activated endothelial cells in
vitro and mice for inflammation
P.R.
Cullis (Canada): Immunostimolatory and gene silencing
properties of liposomal formulations of oligonucleotides
V.
Weissig (USA): Liposomes
and liposome-like vesicles for drug and DNA delivery to mitochondria
G.
Storm (The
Netherlands):Liposomes
for intracellular grug delivery
I.
Gursel (USA): Immunotherapeutic applications of liposomal
CpG ODN
J.
Wilschut (The
Netherlands): Delivery of DNA and siRNA to cells
mediated by fusion-active virosomes
J.
Rejman (Italy): Gene transfer by means
of lipo- and polyplexes
K.Kostarelos
(UK): Engineering nanoparticle-in-liposome therapeutics:
From gene therapy to radiotherapy
A.
Miller (UK): Cationic liposome-mediated DNA versus siRNA
delivery: Where are we?
M.
Keller (UK): Lipidi in vivo delivery of siRNA for therapeutic
applications: A challenge of formulation
D.
Scherman (France): Title
to be announced
G.
Lopez-Berestein (USA): Development
of liposomal siRNA for solid tumours
D.
Hoekstra (The
Netherlands): Lipoplex-mediated gene delivery:
The first steps
L.
Leserman (France): Liposome-dendritic cell interactions
in vivo: How much do we know?
C.R.
Alving (USA): Antibodies to liposomal lipids: Effects
on HIV
B.
Frisch (France): Liposome-based systems for anti-tumour
vaccination: Influence of lipopeptide adjuvants
C.
Nicolau (USA): A liposome-based therapeutic vaccine
against Alzheimer's disease: Why liposomes?
R.
Zurbriggen (Switzerland): Immunostimulating reconstituted
influenza virosomes: A human approved carrier system for
the specific induction of cellular and/or humoural immune response
P.
Laing (UK): Liposome-based DNA/protein vaccines: The
co-delivery approach
M.
Adamina (Switzerland):
Antigen-loaded virosomes in melanoma immuno-therapy
Y.
Perrie (UK): Liposomal TB vaccines: Can we improve
on BCG?
H.
Bueno da Costa (Brasil): Enhanced liposomal vaccine
formulation and performance: Simple physicochemical and immunological
approaches
A.
Wagner (Austria): GMP-production of liposomal vaccines
and therapeutics
A.T.
Florence (UK): Further studies on tethers,
coralled microparticles and manipulated vesicles
A.
Fahr (Germany): Transfer of lipophilic drugs between
liopsomal membranes and biological interfaces:
Consequences for drug delivery
M.
Brandl (Norway): Vesicular phospholipid gels
I.F.
Uchegbu (UK): Nanoparticle engineering for pharmaceuticals
C.
Ladaviere (France): Physicochemical and interfacial
investigation of lipid/polymer particle assemblies
J.
Bouwstra (The Netherlands): Elastic vesicles as a tool
for dermal and transdermal delivery
P.
Frederik (The
Netherlands): Liposome dynamics resolved by cryo-electron
micoscopy probing into drug and gene targeting
B.
Papahadjopoulos- Sternberg (USA): Seeing mono-
and bilayer-stabilized nanostructures suitable for drug and gene
delivery
O.
Rozenberg (Russia): Liposomal forms of lung surfactant:
Surfactant therapy of acute and chronic lung diseases
Accommodation
All
hotels shown below are within walking distance of the School of
Pharmacy, University of London. Please reserve rooms directly with
the hotels.
Holiday
Inn Bloomsbury Hotel
Tel:
++44 08704 009 222
Fax:
++44 (0)20 7713 5954
Rates:
£99
rates for single; £99
for double; Prices
include breakfast
To
reserve a room at the rates shown, please mention to the operator
that you are participating in a conference at the University of
London. If necessary, please ask them to contact Professor Gregoriadis.
Imperial
London Hotels Ltd.
Tel:
++44 (0)20 7278 7871
Fax:
++44 (0)20 7837 4653
E-mail:
info@imperialhotels.co.uk
Rates:
£40 to £73
for single; £52
to £98
for double; Prices include breakfast
Crescent
Hotel
Tel:
++44 (0)20 7387 1515
Fax:
++44 (0) 20 7383 2054
Rates:
£44
to £71
for single; £84
for double; Prices include breakfast
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