September 2024

Technical Program

Technical Program (this program is subject to change) Confex Program Day 1 - Nov 12 Start Time End Time 8:00 AM 9:00 AM Registration 9:00 AM 9:10 AM Morning Welcome Conference Chairs: Kirsten Benjamin - Pivot Bio Tae Seok Moon - J. Craig Venter Institute Nikhil Nair - Tufts University 9:10 AM 10:00...

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Meet Process Engineer Sabit Burak

September 12, 2024

Denieka Bean

September 17, 2024

Meet Sabit, a risk consultant at AWN Consulting, and learn about his path to becoming a process engineering and about his day-to-day work in the field.

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Xizhen Lian

Xizhen Lian is an Assistant Research Scientist at Johns Hopkins University. He received a PhD in chemistry from Texas A&M University studying the enzyme encapsulation and delivery by metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) and the biomedical applications. He conducted postdoctoral training at UT Southwestern Medical Center under the advice of Prof. Daniel Siegwart on lipid nanoparticle (LNP) engineering for in vivo mRNA delivery and gene editing, with a specific focus on bone marrow and hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs). At JHU, he bridges the effort of Whiting School of Engineering and School...Read more

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Jessica Schwaber

Jessica Schwaber is a Partner and Head of Business Development at weCANdev, a consulting firm specializing in advancing cell and gene therapies from the lab to the clinic and beyond. With extensive wet lab offerings and deep expertise in CRISPR gene editing of iPSCs & T-cells, the weCANdev team has over 50 years of combined experience and has supported more than 10 clinical-stage or marketed products. WeCANdev employs a lean, systematic, and risk-based approach grounded in Quality by Design (QbD) & DoE, regulatory knowledge, and Lean Six Sigma principles, ensuring efficient...Read more

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CRISPR Conference Speaker David Schaffer on the Advancement of CRISPR-based Therapeutics

September 12, 2024

Denieka Bean

September 19, 2024

David discusses the work he’ll be sharing at the conference, trends in the CRISPR field, and how CRISPR can advance some of the grand challenges facing engineering and society today.