2006 SESSION TOPICS

ContributorsPicturesPress abstracts
Start-up projects
 
A novel way to modify therapeutic Proteins
P. Botti
, Dept.of Structural Biology and Bioinformatics, Faculty of Medicine, CMU/UniGe
Iontophoresis: dontrolled drug delivery For improving therapeutic Efficacy
Y. Kalia
, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, UniGe
Innovation in pulmonary diseases
J.P Derouette
, Epithelys, Geneva
High-precision implantable intra-arterial Drug Delivery Device (IntraArt)
N. Stergiopoulos
, EPFL
Treatment of hyperpigmentation and chronic inflammation by interfering with cell surface presentation of kit-ligand
B. Wehrle-Haller
, Dept. of Cellular Physiology and Metabolism, CMU/UniGe
 
Start-up companies
 

Innovative applications of biopolymer nanoparticles
C. Laue
, Medipol, Lausanne
To be announced
L. Hermitte , Anteis, Geneva
Cationic emulsions: a new paradigm in ocular delivery
F. Lallemand
, Novagali Pharma, France
The GARD (Gastroesophageal Anti-Reflux Device) a new stent to prevent recurrence of chronic reflux esophagitis
N. Godin , Biomedix, Geneva
MelCure
R. Lahav
, Melcure, Geneva
Innovation in skin repair and therapy
N. Fasel
, Belskin, UniL
Metabolic regulations through Micronutrition & Nutrigenomics?
G.D Parisot
, Bioresearch & Partners, Monthey
Development of innovative therapeutical strategies to heart failure
G. Tarone
, Target Heart Biotec, Italy
SpiderBiotech, a multimeric peptide start-up Company
A. Giuliani
, Spiderbiotech, Italy
Pharmacological approaches in HMGB1 related pathologies
S. Fumero
, Creabilis Therapeutics, Italy
Detection of cancer by a blood test: measuring circulating hRERTRNA in plasma
Ph. Anker
, OncoXL, Geneva
Mintaka
R. Offord
, Mintaka, Geneva
SCF technology from discovery to GMP production
H. Pellikaan
, FeyeCon, The Netherlands

 
Licensing out
 
Gene therapy for the treatment of diabetes
B. Gauthier
, Dept. of Cell Physiology and Metabolism, CMU/UniGe
Connexin-targeted therapy of diabetes
P. Meda
, Dept. of Cell Physiology and Metabolism, CMU/UniGe
Transparent thermosensitive hydrogels
O. Jordan
, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, UniGe
Implants for tumor treatment by hyperthermia
H. Hofmann
, EPFL
Cholesterol-producing yeast
H. Riezman
, Dept. of Biochemistry, UniGe
3d-cardiac tissue engineering for the cell therapy of heart failure
M. Jaconi
, Dept. of Pathology and Immunology, CMU/ UniGe
Innovative pharmaceutical technologies developed by the Debio group
E. Vuaridel
, Debiopharm, Lausanne Switzerland
The battle against MRSA: find your enemy rapidly
J. Schrenzel
, Clinical Microbiology Laboratory and Genomic Research Laboratory, UniGe
Novel Functionalized Poly(lactides) for Drug Delivery
M. Möller
, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, UniGe
Metal anticancer drug design and target identification
P. Dyson
, EPFL
Enzyme-activated photodynamic therapy
N. Lange
, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, UniGe
Sensing with Pores: Universal Enzyme Assays and Beyond
S. Matile
, School of Chemistry, UniGe
EAdock: high accuracy docking for drug design applications
O. Michielin
, Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, UniL
“BEACLE” and “BioLeaders”, two Japanese biotech startups looking for european partners
W. Schlegel
, Fondation pour Recherches Médicales, Geneva
 
 

CMU: Centre Médical Universitaire, UniGe, EPFL: Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale Lausanne,
HUG: Hôpitaux universitaires de Genève, UniGe: Université de Genève, UniL: Université de Lausanne