breakfast conference - "genetic engineering and innovation"
@ The Miami-Dade Beacon Council - 80 SW 8th Street, suite 2400 - Miami, FL 33130
speakers
Professor Nicolas Levy, MD, PhD, Head of the Medical Genetics Department, Timone Children's Hospital - Marseille, France
Professor of Human and Medical Genetics, Nicolas Levy also heads the Aix Marseille University-Inserm research unit "Physiopathology and Therapy of Genetics Diseases". Nicolas Lévy has systematically anchored his clinical and research activities in a translational research perspective with therapeutic impacts in rare and yet untreated diseases.
In several groups of disorders mainly affecting peripheral or central nerve systems, muscles, systemic aging or heart, the research orientations are mainly based on tools and models, some of them being recently developed within the headed structures and include Genetics, Genomics & transcriptomics, Bioinformatics, Cell (including iPS reprogrammation and diferenciation) & Developmental Biology, Systems Biology, Imaging, Animal facilities, towards preclinical explorations from in vitro and in vivo models and further development of clinical trials. The vast and long standing experience in translational research, as well as the extremely close links between the Medical Genetics department and the research unit, make evident the permanent connexions between patients, clinical and biological explorations, basic and clinical research towards the development of therapeutic proofs of principle with a permanent ambition in translating results into early phases of therapeutic trials and further drug development.
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Professor of Human and Medical Genetics, Nicolas Levy also heads the Aix Marseille University-Inserm research unit "Physiopathology and Therapy of Genetics Diseases". Nicolas Lévy has systematically anchored his clinical and research activities in a translational research perspective with therapeutic impacts in rare and yet untreated diseases.
In several groups of disorders mainly affecting peripheral or central nerve systems, muscles, systemic aging or heart, the research orientations are mainly based on tools and models, some of them being recently developed within the headed structures and include Genetics, Genomics & transcriptomics, Bioinformatics, Cell (including iPS reprogrammation and diferenciation) & Developmental Biology, Systems Biology, Imaging, Animal facilities, towards preclinical explorations from in vitro and in vivo models and further development of clinical trials. The vast and long standing experience in translational research, as well as the extremely close links between the Medical Genetics department and the research unit, make evident the permanent connexions between patients, clinical and biological explorations, basic and clinical research towards the development of therapeutic proofs of principle with a permanent ambition in translating results into early phases of therapeutic trials and further drug development.
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Professor Didier Blaise, Unit Transplantation and Cell Therapy, Department of Onco - Hematology , Institut Paoli-Calmettes , Marseille, France
Dr. Didier Blaise works in the Unit Transplantation and Cell Therapy, Department of Onco - Hematology , Institut Paoli-Calmettes , Marseille, France. His research interests include Transplant surgery, Stem cell transplantation transplantation. He published and authored many articles related to transplantation.
Research Interest: Transplant surgery, Stem cell transplantation transplantation.
Dr. Didier Blaise works in the Unit Transplantation and Cell Therapy, Department of Onco - Hematology , Institut Paoli-Calmettes , Marseille, France. His research interests include Transplant surgery, Stem cell transplantation transplantation. He published and authored many articles related to transplantation.
Research Interest: Transplant surgery, Stem cell transplantation transplantation.
Professor Frederic Collart, MD, PhD, Cardiac Surgery Department, Timone Children's Hospital - Marseille, France
Professor Stephan Zuchner, Chair Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics
Neurology co-Director John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, Miami, USA.
Stephan Zuchner is a trained neurologist and molecular geneticist with research interests in identifying genetic variation associated with disease. His lab has identified several genes for Mendelian neurodegenerative disorders and also evaluated risk factors for complex genetic conditions, including Alzheimer disease, Parkinson disease, and obsessive-compulsive disorder. His lab is amongst the pioneering groups that have promoted genome sequencing methods for disease gene identification in humans, mice, and drosophilia. He is currently pursuing large-scale exome and genome analysis in multiple neurodegenerative disorders and develops innovative new software tools that allow real time shared analysis of large amounts of genomic data. .
Neurology co-Director John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, Miami, USA.
Stephan Zuchner is a trained neurologist and molecular geneticist with research interests in identifying genetic variation associated with disease. His lab has identified several genes for Mendelian neurodegenerative disorders and also evaluated risk factors for complex genetic conditions, including Alzheimer disease, Parkinson disease, and obsessive-compulsive disorder. His lab is amongst the pioneering groups that have promoted genome sequencing methods for disease gene identification in humans, mice, and drosophilia. He is currently pursuing large-scale exome and genome analysis in multiple neurodegenerative disorders and develops innovative new software tools that allow real time shared analysis of large amounts of genomic data. .
Professor Dereck Dykxhoorn, Associate Professor Microbiology and Immunology, Miami, USA.
Co-Director, Center for Molecular Genetics, John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics
Research Associate Professor, Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics
Derek M. Dykxhoorn, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics, and the Department of Microbiology and Immunology. He is also Co-Director of the Center for Human Molecular Genetics at the John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics. He is a molecular biologist interested in the mechanisms that regulate pathogenesis. His current research focuses on the impact that genetic and epigenetic variations have on the transmission, infection and replication of HIV-1. In particular, his research has focused on the application of functional genomic approaches (RNA interference) to understand disease processes, including the use of large-scale, full genome screening platforms for the identification of host factors, HIV-dependency factors (HDFs), required for HIV infection and replication and the development of novel siRNA delivery approaches that can be used for therapeutic intervention for HIV infected individuals or formulated into a microbicide to prevent viral transmission across mucosal surfaces.
Co-Director, Center for Molecular Genetics, John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics
Research Associate Professor, Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics
Derek M. Dykxhoorn, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics, and the Department of Microbiology and Immunology. He is also Co-Director of the Center for Human Molecular Genetics at the John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics. He is a molecular biologist interested in the mechanisms that regulate pathogenesis. His current research focuses on the impact that genetic and epigenetic variations have on the transmission, infection and replication of HIV-1. In particular, his research has focused on the application of functional genomic approaches (RNA interference) to understand disease processes, including the use of large-scale, full genome screening platforms for the identification of host factors, HIV-dependency factors (HDFs), required for HIV infection and replication and the development of novel siRNA delivery approaches that can be used for therapeutic intervention for HIV infected individuals or formulated into a microbicide to prevent viral transmission across mucosal surfaces.
moderator
Matthew Pinzur, Chair of the Miami-Dade Beacon Council Life Sciences & Healthcare Committee.
Vice President, Strategic Communication, Jackson Health System
Matthew Pinzur is the vice president for strategic communication at Jackson Health System, helping direct the system’s patient-experience strategy and overseeing the staff that manages Jackson’s public face through media relations, marketing, advertising, community outreach, branding, and digital media. Jackson is among the nation’s largest and most respected public hospital systems, with more than 2,000 beds and global leadership in specialty care.
He directs the Communications & Outreach team, which steers Jackson’s public image through marketing, community outreach, employee communications, and media relations. The team has implemented a massive expansion of Jackson’s image-building program to align with the system’s strategic vision for growth.
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Vice President, Strategic Communication, Jackson Health System
Matthew Pinzur is the vice president for strategic communication at Jackson Health System, helping direct the system’s patient-experience strategy and overseeing the staff that manages Jackson’s public face through media relations, marketing, advertising, community outreach, branding, and digital media. Jackson is among the nation’s largest and most respected public hospital systems, with more than 2,000 beds and global leadership in specialty care.
He directs the Communications & Outreach team, which steers Jackson’s public image through marketing, community outreach, employee communications, and media relations. The team has implemented a massive expansion of Jackson’s image-building program to align with the system’s strategic vision for growth.
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The Miami-Dade Beacon Council
80 SW 8th Street suite 2400 Miami, FL 33130 |
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