2017 Paper of the Year Award Winner: Richard Finkel, MD

April 15th, 2017|Categories: Paper of the Year Award|

Richard Finkel, MD Nemours Children’s Hospital Talk Title: Treatment of Infantile-onset Spinal Muscular Atrophy with Nusinersen: a Phase 2, Open-label, Dose-escalation Study Biography: Richard S. Finkel, MD is Professor of Neurology at the University of Central Florida School of Medicine, and Chief, Division of Neurology ...

2017 Gewirtz Memorial Scholarship Winner: Karyn Schmidt, PhD

March 15th, 2017|Categories: Dr. Alan M. Gewirtz Memorial Scholarship|

Karyn Schmidt, PhDDana-Farber Cancer InstituteTalk Title: Inhibiting the Androgen Receptor Interaction with the Long Non-Coding RNA SLNCR using 2’-FANA-Modified Oligonucleotides Decreases Melanoma Invasion and Proliferation.Biography: Karyn Schmidt received her PhD in Biochemistry from the University of Rochester in 2013, where she studied in the laboratory of J. ...

2017 OTS Young Investigator Award Winner Keith Gagnon, Ph.D.

February 15th, 2017|Categories: Young Investigator Award|

Keith Gagnon, PhD. Southern Illinois University Talk Title: A ‘Guided’ Tour of an Early Career in RNA and Nucleic Acid Therapeutics Biography: Dr. Keith T. Gagnon earned his Ph.D. from NC State University under the direction of Dr. E. Stuart Maxwell. His thesis investigated the ...

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