Oxford Global’s Free Webinars on Cell & Gene Therapy and Stem Cell

Webinar: Advances in Gene Editing Technologies

Tuesday 6th September | 2pm GMT

Hosted by Richard Morgan, Vice President, Immunotherapy at Bluebird Bio:  

 • Introduction to the major gene editing platforms 
 • Potential target genes for editing 
 • Cellular engineering technologies 
 • Combining gene editing and immunotherapy 
 • Scale up and commercial issues

Register today, for free: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/2672748214231672067

Benefits to Attending:  
 • Hear more about the latest updates in gene editing technologies 
 • Learn more about enhancing immunotherapy through the use of gene editing  
 • Discussions of accelerating processes with accuracy and efficiency 

Webinar: Advances in the Characterisation of Stem Cells and the Non-IPSC Approach for Diabetes

Thursday, 8th September 2016 | 2pm GMT

Speaker 1: Nagy Habib, Professor of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Imperial College of London: The non-IPSC approach for diabetes

In this session, we will explore: 
 • Mechanism of RNA activation with Oligonucleotides 
 • Conversion of CD34+ into glucose sensitive insulin producing cells 
 • RNA liver activation effect on Type 2 Diabetes

Speaker 2: Davide Danovi, Director HipSci Cell Phenotyping, Kings’s College London: Using High Content Analysis to Characterise Stem Cells  
 • The human induced pluripotent stem cells initiative, a resource for the scientific community 
 • Characterisation of large panels of stem cells using high content image analysis 
 • Collaborative phenotype screening strategies for academia and industry

Register today, for free: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/8738552655680973571  

Benefits to Attending:

 • Advance your knowledge the non-IPSC approach for diabetes 
 • Discuss the challenges associated with using high content analysis to characterise stem cells
 •  Hear about RNA liver activation 
 • Gain an overview about the derivation, manipulation and characterisation of iPSCs