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Keynote speakers [vc_separator type=’small’ position=’center’ color=’#33373e’ thickness=’1′ up=” down=”]

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“Aptamers and Aptazymes from an Artificially Expanded Genetic Aplhabet”

Steven Benner, Alachua, FL, USA[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”32px” background_image=”” image_repeat=”no-repeat”][vc_column_text]

“Aptamers and SOMAmers: Biomarker Discovery, Therapeutics, and Insights”

Larry Gold, Boulder, CO, USA[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”32px” background_image=”” image_repeat=”no-repeat”][vc_column_text]

“The foundation of molecular medicine: A chemical biology approach”

Weihong Tan, Hunan, China and Gainesville, FL, USA[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”32px” background_image=”” image_repeat=”no-repeat”][vc_empty_space height=”32px” background_image=”” image_repeat=”no-repeat”][vc_empty_space height=”32px” background_image=”” image_repeat=”no-repeat”][vc_column_text]

Invited speakers [vc_separator type=’small’ position=’center’ color=’#33373e’ thickness=’1′ up=” down=”]

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“Aptamers with Switchable Affinity for Positive Cell Purification”

Maxim Berezovski, Ottawa, Canada[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”32px” background_image=”” image_repeat=”no-repeat”][vc_column_text]

“Aptamers for the selective targeting of glioblastoma cancer stem cells”

Vittorio de Francisis, Naples, Italie[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”32px” background_image=”” image_repeat=”no-repeat”][vc_column_text]

“Time-lapse imaging of in vitro selection using of High-Throughout Sequencing”

Frédéric Ducongé, Fontenay aux Roses, France[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”32px” background_image=”” image_repeat=”no-repeat”][vc_column_text]

“From Plug & Pray to Plug & Play – Aptamer-based transcriptional Riboswitches”

Sven Findeiß, Mario Mörl, Leipzig, Germany[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”32px” background_image=”” image_repeat=”no-repeat”][vc_column_text]

“Selection of DNA aptamers with two modified bases”

Bharat Gawande, Boulder, CO, USA[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”32px” background_image=”” image_repeat=”no-repeat”][vc_column_text]

“Aptamers for the treatment of multiple organ dysfunction”

Paloma Giangrande, Iowa City, IA, USA[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”32px” background_image=”” image_repeat=”no-repeat”][vc_column_text]

“Aptamers for detection of neonatal opioid exposure and detection of deadly cutting  agents in street drugs”

George W. Jackson, TX, USA[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”32px” background_image=”” image_repeat=”no-repeat”][vc_column_text]

“Magneto-dynamic Cancer Therapy by Aptamer-Functionalized Magnetic Nanoparticles in a Low Frequency Alternating Magnetic Field”

Anna S. Kichkailo-Zamay, Krasnoyarsk, Russia[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”32px” background_image=”” image_repeat=”no-repeat”][vc_column_text]

“Development of a subtype-specific diagnostic system for influenza virus H3N2 using a pair of subtype-specific aptamers targeting HA3”

Junyoung Kwon, Pohang, Korea[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”32px” background_image=”” image_repeat=”no-repeat”][vc_column_text]

“New aptamers for metal ions from catalytic DNA”

Juewen Liu, Waterloo, Canada[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”32px” background_image=”” image_repeat=”no-repeat”][vc_column_text]

“Ligand-Guided Selection (LIGS): SELEX Variant to Identify Specific Aptamers Against Cell-surface Markers”

Prabodhika Mallikaratchy, Bronx, NY, USA[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”32px” background_image=”” image_repeat=”no-repeat”][vc_column_text]

“Impairment of membranous ribonucleoprotein signaling reveals a novel strategy for non-Hodgkin lymphoma therapy”

Günter Mayer, Bonn, Germany[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”32px” background_image=”” image_repeat=”no-repeat”][vc_column_text]

“Anti-FGF2 aptamer provides novel therapy for Achondroplasia and age-related macular degeneration”

Yoshikazu Nakamura, Tokyo, Japan[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”32px” background_image=”” image_repeat=”no-repeat”][vc_column_text]

“Insights into the structure and binding properties of one of the shortex G-quadruplex-forming aptamers”

C.K. O’Sullivan, Tarragona, Spain[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”32px” background_image=”” image_repeat=”no-repeat”][vc_column_text]

“RNA Aptamers and their ligand complexes: Shape and Kd determination by native mass spectrometry”

Stefano Piccolo, Bordeaux, France[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”32px” background_image=”” image_repeat=”no-repeat”][vc_column_text]

“A modular cell-internalizing aptamer nanostructure to deliver large functional RNAs”

David Porciani, Columbia, MO, USA[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”32px” background_image=”” image_repeat=”no-repeat”][vc_column_text]

“AptaSWIFT – a novel concept to find aptamers”

Christin Rath, Freiburg, Germany[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”32px” background_image=”” image_repeat=”no-repeat”][vc_column_text]

“Capillary Ellectrophoresis-SELEX: principle and applications”

Corinne Ravelet, Grenoble, France[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”32px” background_image=”” image_repeat=”no-repeat”][vc_column_text]

“Ultrahigh-throughput functional screening of aptamers using droplet-based microfluidics”

Michael Ryckelynck, Strasbourg, France[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”32px” background_image=”” image_repeat=”no-repeat”][vc_column_text]

“Nongenetic Approach for Reprogramming Ligand-Receptor Interaction on Cell Surface Using Bispecific DNA Aptamer”

Shinsuke Sando, Tokyo, Japan[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”32px” background_image=”” image_repeat=”no-repeat”][vc_column_text]

“Targeted delivery of RNA aptamers into the skin as a therapeutic approach for chronic inflammatory skin conditions”

Nicola J. Stonehouse, Leeds, UK[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”32px” background_image=”” image_repeat=”no-repeat”][vc_column_text]

“Development of novel engineered riboswitches”

Beatrix Suess, Darmstadt, Germany[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”32px” background_image=”” image_repeat=”no-repeat”][vc_column_text]

“Precisely Controlling Blood Coagulation with Antithrombotic Aptamers and Antidotes”

Bruce Sullenger, Durham, NC, USA[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”32px” background_image=”” image_repeat=”no-repeat”][vc_column_text]

“Aptamers for Malaria Diagnosis: Structure, Application and Opening the Nano Toolbox”

Julian A. Tanner, Hong Kong SAR, China[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”32px” background_image=”” image_repeat=”no-repeat”][vc_column_text]

“Aptamers, enzymes and nanostructures from synthetic genetic polymers”

Alexander I. Taylor, Cambridge, UK[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”32px” background_image=”” image_repeat=”no-repeat”][vc_column_text]

“Sensing and selecting through a kiss”

Jean-Jacques Toulmé, Bordeaux, France[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”70px” image_repeat=”no-repeat”][/vc_column][/vc_row]