DZHK Conference 2017

Day 2

Thursday, January 12, 2017

Time Speaker Title
08:00 – 08.30 Nikolaus Rajewsky, Berlin Linear and circular RNAs
08.30 – 09.00 Wilhelm Krek, Zurich HIF signaling, alternative splicing and fructose metabolism in disease
09.00 – 09.30 Elizabeth McNally, Chicago Genetic profiling to identify new treatment targets for myopathy
09.30 – 10.00 Eckhard Wolf, Munich Xenotransplantation – new hope for transplantation medicine?
Coffee break
10.30 – 11.00 W-G. Forssmann, Hannover The use of human native peptide libraries for the discovery of novel drug candidates
11.00 – 11.30 Michele De Luca, Modena Combined cell and gene therapy for epidermolysis bullosa
11.30 – 12.00 Stefanie Dimmeler, Frankfurt Development of RNA therapeutics for cardiovascular disease
12.00 – 12.30 Thomas Voit, London Gene Therapy of striated muscle disorders
Lunch break and posters
14.00 – 14.30 W. Jonathan Lederer, Baltimore Subcellular Calcium Signaling in Heart: Mechanisms and Mitochondria
14.30 – 15.00 Johannes Backs, Heidelberg Moving the target for future heart failure therapy - from CaMKII to HDAC4
15.00 – 15.30 Kari Alitalo, Helsinki Translational insights into vascular growth factors
15.30 – 16.00 Garret FitzGerald, Philadelphia Systemic consequences of the molecular clock
Coffee break
16.30 – 17.00 Heribert Schunkert, Munich Genetics of coronary artery disease
17.00 – 17.30 Howard Jacob, Huntsville Precision Medicine: Better Care & Better Research
17.30 – 18.00 Michael R. Bristow, Denver Pharmacogenomic-based drug development in heart failure
18:00 – 18:30 Salim Yusuf, Hamilton The polypill and its implications
Concluding remarks Gerd Hasenfuß, Göttingen
End of meeting