The Inflammation Research Association is pleased to sponsor a symposium entitled:

EMERGING THERAPEUTIC PLATFORMS FOR THE TREATMENT OF AUTOIMMUNE AND INFLAMMATORY DISEASES

The symposium organizers, Maud Deruaz, Heidi Feldser and Joel Tocker have assembled a diverse set of speakers representing academic and biotech/pharma organizations from the local New England Bio-ecosystem that will include topics covering basic and applied science.

REGISTRATION FEES:
 $125 Current IRA Member, $175 Non-Member. Both include 2025 IRA Membership

Click HERE for meeting agenda

WHEN & WHERE:
Monday, November 4, 2024, 8:00 AM – 5:30 PM
GSK Waltham site
1000 Winter Street
Waltham, MA 02451

CONFIRMED KEYNOTE SPEAKER:

Vinidhra Mani
Flagship Pioneering and ProFound Therapeutics
Title
– “Innovating bioplatforms to create first-in-class medicines”

ADDITIONAL CONFIRMED SPEAKERS:

David Ciccone
Nimbus Therapeutics
Title – “HPGD Inhibition is a Potent Mechanism to Dampen the Autoimmune Response and Restore Intestinal Integrity in Inflammatory Bowel Disease”

Gabriela Dower
Mediar Therapeutics
Title – “Anti-WISP1 (MTX-463) as a Novel Potential Therapy for Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis”

Chloe Jones
GSK
Title – “Leveraging Encoded Technologies for Novel Binder Discovery”

Ivan Mascanfroni
Seismic Therapeutic
Title – “The promise of machine learning: using Seismic’s IMPACT platform to design IgG cleaving enzymes for chronic treatment of autoimmune diseases”

Zaida Ramirez Ortiz
University of Massachusetts

Title – “Exploring the Role of Scarf1 in the Pathogenesis of Autoimmunity”

Jay Rothstein
Lifordi
Title – “Targeted  delivery of small molecules and nucleic acids to immune cells using ADCs”

Caroline Sokol
Harvard Medical School
Title – “A neuroimmune rheostat driving itch and allergic disease”

Nan Zheng
Nocion Therapeutics
Title – “Championing a Novel Approach to Atopic Dermatitis Therapy Through Silencing Nociceptors with Charged Sodium Channel Blockers (CSCBs)”

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