The 2024 Boston Regional Meeting is this Spring’s best local opportunity for networking and hearing the latest developments from academia, CROs, industry, and FDA. Presenters will share progress on research activity directed toward cell and gene therapies, oligonucleotide therapeutics, small molecules, as well as safety pharmacology applications including ototoxicity and cardiotoxicity.

The Regional Meeting encourages Young Investigator participation and provides opportunities for meaningful interactions between academic and industry scientists.

The registration fee includes continental breakfast with coffee and tea service and lunch.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Agenda

8:00 am - 9:00 am Student/Young Investigator/Academic Networking

8:00 am - 9:00 am Coffee/Continental Breakfast & Badge Pickup

9:00 am - 9:10 am Welcome & Introduction by Vicencia Toledo Sales

9:15 am - 10:15 am Heart-on-a-Chip for Modeling Disease and Toxicity by Kevin Shani, Harvard

10:15 am - 10:45 am Ototoxic Treatments in Cochlear Cultures by Carolanne Coyat, CILcare

10:45 am - 11:00 am Break, Vendors, Networking

11:00 am - 11:30 am Neural and Cardiac Biomarker Applications for Pre-Clinical Testing by Hayden Dillow, CBSET

11:30 am - 11:50 am Using Neuro Spheroids for Drug Safety Prediction by David Gallegos, Takeda

11:50 am - 12:10 pm Building Functional 3D Spheroid Models from Human iPSC-Derived Cell Types by Rebecca Fiene, FCDI

12:10 pm - 1:00 pm Lunch (Lunch, Posters, Vendors, Networking)

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Ventricular assist devices and the pig cardiogenic shock model by Steven Keller, Johns Hopkins

2:00 pm - 2:30 pm Evaluating the Cardiovascular Effects of Lipid Nanonpartcicle Encapsulating mRNA Therapeutics in Cynomolgus Monkeys Using Telemetry and Star-Oddi Logger

  by John Wickwire, Moderna

2:30 pm - 2:45 pm Break, Vendors, Networking

2:45 pm - 3:15 pm Translational animal models for intra-cochlear therapies by Sebastien Diot, CILcare

3:15 pm - 3:45 pm Cell Therapies and safety pharmacology by Lauren Broom, bit.bio

3:45 pm - 5:15 pm Networking (Posters, Vendors, Networking)

Attendee Information:

Badge Pickup

Please bring a photo ID with you to the meeting. Security will check you into the event and provide a badge for you to enter the facility. Badge pickup starts at 8:00 AM; Vendors can enter as early as 7:00 AM. Anyone who plans to attend the meeting MUST be on our registration list. The onsite contact on May 1 is Vicencia Toledo Sales.

Poster Information

If you submitted to present a poster, please keep in mind the venue only has metal poster stands available, the presenter is responsible for bringing their poster board with them to the meeting. The poster must be attached to a firm material such as foam/cardboard to be able to be displayed on the metal stands.

Parking/Transportation

• Attendees can park their cars at the 55 Franklin St. garage.

• The parking ticket needs to be validated at our security desk before you leave.  

• If you plan to arrive at the conference by subway, the closet T station is Central Sq. on the Red Line, about a 10 min walk from the conference. You can also to take the buses #1, 47 or 70.

Hotel

If you need a hotel, here are two recommendations.

• Le Meridien Boston Cambridge (4 min walk from conference).

• Hyatt Regency Boston (15 min walk from conference).

Organizers

Donald Hodges, Vicencia Toledo Sales, Earl Gordon, Alan Bass, Alysia Anne Chaves, Andrew Sonderfan, Raafat Fares, Rami Tzafriri, Tracy Deats, Fong Kwok Mung, Ravi Vaidyanathan

Thank you to our Host!

Thank you for the support of our Tabletop Vendors!