| 6:30 AM Onwards | REGISTRATION |
| 8:00 to 8:45 AM | BREAKFAST AND TEA at Scudder Auditorium |
| 8:45 to 9:10 AM |
SAGES: Development and Translation of a Novel CRISPR Genome Editing Therapy to Induce Fetal Hemoglobin for Sickle Cell Disease Jonathan Yen St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN |
| 9:10 to 9:35 AM |
Configuring Chimeric Antigen Receptors for safety and efficacy Sunil Martin BRIC-Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, Kerala, India |
| 9:35 to 10:00 AM |
Robust Manufacturing of NK cells towards development of Allogeneic Therapies Priyadarshini Chatterjee Aurigene Oncology Ltd., Bangalore |
| 10:00 to 10:25 AM (IST) 12:30 to 12:55 AM (EDT) |
What No T Cell Has Treated Before: Advances in CAR Design and Delivery to Patients Bruce L. Levine University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA |
| 8:45 to 9:10 AM |
Sickle Cell Anaemia: Kal, Aaj, aur Kal (Past, Present and Future) Giriraj Chandak Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology Hyderabad, India |
| 9:10 to 9:35 AM |
Population based screening of Genetic Disease: A tip for prevention of hemoglobinopathies Chinmayee Panda Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, India |
| 9:35 to 10:00 AM |
Genetic screening of pheochromocytoma 'susceptibility genes': CMC experience Rekha Pai Christian Medical College Vellore, India |
| 10:00 to 10:25 AM |
Personal Genomes are Moving the needle for Precision Medicine Vinod Scaria Karkinos Healthcare Private Limited, Bengaluru, India |
| 10:25 to 10:45 AM | TEA BREAK |
| 10:45 to 11:10 AM |
Current status, challenges and opportunities with CAR-T cell therapy in India Vikram Mathews Christian Medical College Vellore, India |
| 11:10 to 11:35 AM |
Gene Therapy for Sickle Cell Disease: State of the Field and Beyond Punam Malik Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, USA |
| 11:35 AM to 12:00 PM |
Cellular model for haematological diseases Shaji R Velayudhan Centre for Stem Cell Research, Christian Medical College Vellore, India |
| 12:00 to 12:25 PM |
Pancreatic Islet Cell Transplantation for the treatment of Diabetes Balamurugan N Appakalai University of Louisville/Norton Healthcare, Louisville, USA |
| 10:45 to 11:10 AM |
Human 3D organoids as a preclinical platform for intervention testing Arvind Ramanathan BRIC-Institute for Stem Cell Science and Regenerative Medicine, Bengaluru, India |
| 11:10 to 11:35 AM |
Harnessing the potential of human liver organoid developed from cells isolated from healthy individuals and patients to develop therapeutics and precision medicines against non-alcoholic fatty liver disease Ruchi Tandon Translational Health Science and Technology Institute, Faridabad, India |
| 11:35 AM to 12:00 PM |
Stem cell derived organoid models to study eye diseases and to validate newer drugs Indumathi Mariappan L V Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI), Hyderabad, India |
| 12:00 to 12:25 PM |
Guiding Next-Generation Therapies with Stem Cells Maneesha S. Inamdar BRIC-Institute for Stem Cell Science and Regenerative Medicine, Bengaluru, India |
| 12:25 to 12:55 PM |
Scientific Talk by Dr. Rajesh S. Gokhale, Secretary, Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Govt. of India at Hall A |
| 1:00 to 1:45 PM |
Inauguration and address by the Hon'ble Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh, Minister of State for Science & Technology (I/C), Government of India, New Delhi, India at Hall A |
| 1:45 to 2:45 PM | LUNCH at Scudder Lawn |
| 2:45 to 4:00 PM | POSTER SESSION AND QUIZ COMPETITION |
| 4:00 to 4:25 PM |
Modeling Vascular Pathophysiology in ACDC Disease Using Gene-Edited Human Aortic Endothelial Cells and Patient-Derived iPSC-based systems Jyothi Prasanna S Manipal Institute of Regenerative Medicine, Bengaluru, India |
| 4:25 to 4:50 PM (IST) 11:55 AM to 12:20 PM (BST) |
Articular cartilage repair and regeneration – are we there yet? Ilyas Khan Swansea University Medical School, Wales, United Kingdom |
| 4:50 to 5:15 PM |
Potential of Wharton's Jelly Mesenchymal Stem Cell-Derived Small Extracellular Vesicles in Managing Metabolic Syndrome in an Animal Model Yogeswaran Lokanathan Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
| 5:15 to 5:40 PM |
MSCs in the clinic – Current status & future prospects Pawan K Gupta Stempeutics Research, Bangalore, India |
| 4:00 to 4:25 PM |
Deciphering the "omics" for Alkaptonuria Sumita Danda Christian Medical College Vellore, India |
| 4:25 to 4:50 PM |
Population Genomes to Precision Medicine – Impact on Public Health in India Sridhar Sivasubbu Karkinos Healthcare Pvt Ltd, Mumbai, India |
| 4:50 to 5:15 PM |
Genetics of Insulin Secretion: Insights from massive parallel sequencing Aaron Chapla Christian Medical College Vellore, India |
| 5:15 to 5:40 PM |
Mission program in pediatric rare genetic disorders Ashwin Dalal Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics Hyderabad, India |
| 5:40 to 6:15 PM | TEA BREAK AND INDUSTRY EXHIBITION |
| 6:15 to 7:00 PM (IST) 7:45 to 8:30 AM (CDT) |
Gene Therapy for Hemoglobinopathies: Recent Developments and Ongoing Challenges Mitchell Weiss St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, USA |
| 7:00 PM onwards | CULTURAL PROGRAM AND DINNER at Eden Garden |
| 8:00 AM to 11:00 AM | REGISTRATION |
| 8:00 to 9:00 AM | BREAKFAST at Scudder Lawn |
| 9:00 to 9:20 AM |
From Discovery to Cure: Bridging the gap between Innovation and Application Prathap Naidu Thermo Fisher Scientific |
| 9:20 to 9:40 AM |
Driving CAR T Cell Innovation with Agilent's Integrated Analytical Platforms Vadiraja Bhat Agilent Technologies India Pvt Ltd. |
| 9:40 to 10:00 AM |
Cytokine Profiling in Cell & Gene Therapy: Bridging Mechanistic Insight and Translational Impact Anisha Polley Sikder Krishgen Biosystems PVT. Ltd., Mumbai, India |
| 10:00 to 10:10 AM |
Turning Biology for Therapy: MSc's, T cells and 3D Cell Culture Priti Warke HiMedia Laboratories |
| 10:10 to 10:30 AM |
Allogenic Off-the-shelf Natural Killer (NK) Cell therapy for Cancers Renjitha Gopurappilly NKure Therapeutics Pvt Ltd (CCAMP), Miltenyi Biotec |
| 10:30 to 10:40 AM |
Facilitating manufacturing of GMP grade reagents for Cell and Gene therapy in India Kodo Lifescience Pvt Ltd |
| 9:00 to 9:25 AM |
Looking beyond matched sibling donor transplants for hematological malignancies Biju George Christian Medical College Vellore, India |
| 9:25 to 9:50 AM |
Lentiviral gene therapy for haemophilia A- an update of the clinical trial Aby Abraham Christian Medical College Vellore, India |
| 9:50 to 10:15 AM |
Toward Safer Therapies: Development of DNA Break-Free Genome Editing for Various Genetic Disorders Mohankumar K.M. Centre For Stem Cell Research, Christian Medical College Vellore, India |
| 10:15 to 10:40 AM |
Gene-Edited Allogeneic CAR-T Cells for B-Cell Malignancies Thiyagaraj Mayuranathan Centre For Stem Cell Research, Christian Medical College Vellore, India |
| 10:40 to 11:25 AM | TEA BREAK AND POSTER EXHIBITION |
| 11:25 to 11:50 AM |
Gut–Lung Crosstalk: Harnessing Immunomodulation for Asthma Therapy Kiran Kumar MN JSS Academy of Higher Education & Research, Mysuru, India |
| 11:50 AM to 12:15 PM |
From HIV Biology to lentiviral vectors: Insights into the mechanisms of antiviral actions Ajit Chande Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhopal, India |
| 12:15 to 12:40 PM |
Targeting the Uroseptic Infection with Mesenchymal Stromal Cells and Peptides: Pilot Signals and a Path to Translation Aruna Rakha Arora Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India |
| 11:25 to 11:50 AM |
Newer molecular approach in infectious disease diagnosis Balaji Veeraraghavan Christian Medical College Vellore, India |
| 11:50 AM to 12:15 PM |
Neglected Tropical Diseases: Improving Diagnostics for Helminth Elimination and Control Programs Sitara Swarna Rao Ajjampur Christian Medical College Vellore, India |
| 12:15 to 12:40 PM |
Uncovering the burden of Riboflavin transporter deficiency among Indians: metabolic insights and emerging strategies for gene therapy B. Ashokkumar Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, India |
| 12:40 to 1:10 PM | LUNCH BREAK at Scudder Lawn |
| 1:10 to 1:35 PM |
Development of Precision Genome and Transcriptome Engineering Technologies Tan Meng How Nanyang Technological University, Singapore |
| 1:35 to 2:00 PM |
Use of precision editing, PROTACs to investigate mechanism of neurodevelopmental disorders Pradeepa Madapura Queen Mary University of London, London, UK |
| 2:00 to 2:25 PM |
DYRK1A, a Down Syndrome-linked gene, regulates mTOR signaling Manish Jaiswal Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Hyderabad, India |
| 1:10 to 1:35 PM |
Large-molecule discovery platform supporting fundamental and translational research Minhaj Sirajuddin BRIC-Institute for Stem Cell Science and Regenerative Medicine, Bengaluru, India |
| 1:35 to 2:00 PM |
Cadherin-dependent junction formation in driving metabolic reprogramming of cell clusters Sunil Laxman BRIC-Institute for Stem Cell Science and Regenerative Medicine, Bengaluru, India |
| 2:00 to 2:25 PM |
tRNA-Derived Small RNAs: Molecular Tuners of Stem Cell State Dasaradhi Palakodeti BRIC-Institute for Stem Cell Science and Regenerative Medicine, Bengaluru, India |
| 2:25 to 2:40 PM |
Adaptive Quasi-Quiescence Induced Glioblastoma Survival on Emulsion Copolymer Matrix Surface Subhasish Sahoo CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad, India |
| 2:40 to 2:55 PM |
Titers Up, Prices Down: Lentiviral Gene Therapy for Globinopathies at a Discount Karthik C Centre For Stem Cell Research, Christian Medical College Vellore, India |
| 2:55 to 3:10 PM |
Targeted base editing enables safe and efficient knockout of ELANE for the treatment of ELANE-associated severe congenital neutropenia Lokesh Panigrahi Centre For Stem Cell Research, Christian Medical College Vellore, India |
| 3:10 to 3:25 PM |
Engineering Non-Viral Gene Delivery Vectors: Balancing Transfection Efficiency and Cytotoxicity for Cell-Specific Targeting Venkatesh Ravula Institute for Stem Cell Science and Regenerative Medicine (BRIC-inStem), Bangalore, Karnataka, India |
| 3:25 to 3:40 PM |
Engineering biomimetic bone marrow niche with gene modified Mesenchymal Stromal Cells for ex vivo culture of human Hematopoietic Stem and Progenitor cells Sevanthy Suresh Centre For Stem Cell Research, Christian Medical College Vellore, India |
| 2:25 to 2:50 PM |
Diabetes In the Young in South Asia, the Pathogenesis, Differentials and the Road to Type 5 Diabetes Nihal Thomas Christian Medical College and Centre for Stem Cell Research, Vellore, India |
| 2:50 to 3:15 PM |
Metabolic Orchestration of Cellular Reprogramming: Towards Harnessing Epigenetic and Mitochondrial Networks for Next-Generation Cell and Gene Therapies Ullas Kothur-Seetharam Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics, Hyderabad, India |
| 3:15 to 3:40 PM |
Boosting anti-cancer vaccine by "FORTY" fying immunity to achieve tumor free survival Jayanta Bhattacharyya Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, India |
| 3:40 to 4:00 PM | TEA BREAK AND COMPANY EXHIBITION |
| 4:00 to 4:25 PM (IST) 11:30 to 11:55 AM (BST) |
CAR T-cell immunotherapy of NKG2D-expressing solid tumours John Maher King's College, London, UK |
| 4:25 to 4:50 PM (IST) 5:55 to 6:20 AM (CDT) |
Gene therapy for sickle cell disease – current state and future directions Akshay Sharma St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, USA |
| 4:50 to 5:15 PM (IST) 4:20 to 4:45 AM (PDT) |
A Lentiviral-Based Gene Modified Hematopoietic Stem Cells Approach for HIV-1 Cure Lead to Partial Protection of Uninfected Cells but also Leads to Ongoing Lentiviral RNA Expression, a Risk for Potential Persistent Inflammation Timothy Henrich University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA |
| 4:00 to 4:25 PM |
Glucocorticoid receptor: a potent target for drug sensitization, immuno-modulation in nano-therapeutic strategy for cancer Rajkumar Banerjee CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad, India |
| 4:25 to 4:50 PM |
Gene edited hematopoietic stem cells for the gene therapy for beta-hemoglobinopathies Saravanabhavan Thangavel Centre For Stem Cell Research, Christian Medical College Vellore, India |
| 4:50 to 5:15 PM |
AAV9-WWOX gene therapy, a promising treatment for children with WOREE syndrome Srinivasarao Repudi BRIC-Institute for Stem Cell Science and Regenerative Medicine, Bengaluru, India |
| 5:15 to 6:00 PM | RESULT ANNOUNCEMENT AND CLOSING REMARKS (Hall A) |
| 7:00 PM onwards | DINNER at CSCR Roof Top |