Agenda

AI in Medicine: Transforming the Landscape of Tissue-Based DIagnostics
Keynote Speaker: Behzad Najafinam, MD

Day 1

1. Nanotechnology.

08:00

Arrival/Breakfast

08:00

09:00 – 9:40

Keynote Lecture

09:40 – 10:00

Blood-brain barrier delivery for lysosomal storage disorders with IgG-lysosomal enzyme fusion proteins.

09:40 – 10:00

10:20 – 10:40

Lysosomal therapies and drug delivery strategies: Liposomes and nanoparticles.

10:40 - 11:00

Muscle-directed precision RNA delivery platforms: Centryin-Based Nano delivery in Pompe disease


10:40 - 11:00

11:00 – 11:30

Q&A

11:30 – 11:50

Coffee break

11:30 – 11:50

2. Organoids and Lab-Grown Models.

11:50 – 12:10

Modeling neuronopathic storage disorders with patient-derived culture systems.

11:50 – 12:10

12:10 – 12:30

Evaluation of microglia from GBA1 iPSC Cell lines.

12:30 – 12:50

Engineered heart tissue and organoids for inherited cardiac diseases (Fabry disease).

12:30 – 12:50

12:50 – 01:10

Generation of a brain organoid platform to study neuronopathic Gaucher disease and therapeutic strategies.

1:10 - 1:40

Q&A

1:10 - 1:40

1:40 - 2:50

Lunch

2:20 - 2:50

Selected poster presentations.

2:20 - 2:50

3. Theranostics in Lysosomal Disorders.

02:50 – 03:10

Exploring fluorescent techniques to analyze the morphology, positioning, and function of the lysosome.

02:50 – 03:10

03:10 – 03:30

Mitochondrial and lysosomal dynamics by fluorescent microscopy.

03:30 – 03:50

Targeting mechanisms using GAGs for bone-directed therapies.

03:30 – 03:50

03:50 – 04:10

The next generation of gene-editing modalities is emerging as a new drug development field in LDs—the application of prime editing as a therapeutic strategy in Rare Diseases.

04:10 – 04:30

Evaluating osteonecrosis using AI-based technology.

04:10 – 04:30

04:30 – 05:00

Q&A – closing remark

06:00 – 08:30

Dinner

06:00 – 08:30

Day 2

4. The Expanded Applications of AI in Lysosomal Disorders.

08:00

Arrival/Breakfast

08:00

09:00 – 9:20

Opportunities and challenges for deep learning in cell research: Creating virtual cells.

09:20 – 09:40

An AI-based approach to identify lysosomal cystine export regulating mTORC signaling

09:20 – 09:40

09:40 - 10:00

Open-Labeled Clinical Trial Using a Second-Generation Artificial-Intelligence-Based Therapeutic Regimen in Patients with Gaucher Disease Treated with Enzyme Replacement Therapy.

10:00 - 10:20

Assessment of bone involvement using the applications of Machine Learning.

10:00 - 10:20

10:20 - 10:50

Q&A

10:50 - 11:00

Coffee break

10:50 - 11:00

5. Current issues in Gene Therapies for Lysosomal Disorders.

11:00 – 11:20

Lentivirus and AAV vectors to develop Gene therapy in MPS IV.

11:00 – 11:20

11:20 – 11:40

AAV-mediated gene therapy for Sialidosis.

11:40 – 12:00

Developing a gene transfer therapy for neuronopathic disorders (MPS3c).

11:40 – 12:00

12:00 – 12:20

Patient preferences for Gene Therapy or Future of the funding and reimbursement of Gene Therapy for adult-onset LDs

12:00 - 12:20

Q&A

12:00 - 12:20

12:30

Lunch

01:30 - 05:00

GD & Bone clinic

By invitation only

01:30 - 05:00