Targeted delivery using aptamers
Presenter: Donald H. Burke/David Porciani, University of Missouri, USA Date: July 25, 2019 Description: Currently, effective cell-targeted delivery tools for oligonucleotide therapeutics are limited. Aptamers that internalize into target cells have been shown to deliver a wide variety of nucleic acid therapeutics, from siRNAs ...
An Overview of Chemical Modifications to CRISPR RNA
Presenter: Keith Gagnon, Southern Illinois University, USA Date: March 21, 2019 Description: CRISPR-based genome editing has emerged as an exciting technology for biomedical and therapeutic applications. Since 2015, a number of studies have explored the effects of chemically modifying the guide RNA components of ...
Pitfalls and problems of miRNA expression analysis
Presenter: Michela Denti PhD, University of Trento, Italy Prof. Denti has an unavoidable commitment that came up on short notice and has arranged for Simone Detassis from her lab to give the webinar in her place. Date: February 12, 2019 Description: microRNAs are intensively ...
Guidelines for Experiments using Antisense Oligonucleotides and Double-Stranded RNAs
Presenter: David Corey PhD, University of Texas, USA Date: 6 December 2018 Description: After decades of research and development, synthetic nucleic acids are beginning to enjoy significant success in the clinic. Approved drugs have increased interest in the field and many basic research studies ...
Oligonucleotide Therapeutics: Technology Evolution for Clinically Relevant Tissue Delivery
Presenter: Anastasia Khvorova, PhD, RNA Therapeutics Institute, University of Massachusetts Medical School Date: 10 September 2018 Description: A decade of progress in oligonucleotide chemistry and formulation development has resulted in several compounds, both siRNAs and antisense, demonstrating robust clinical activity. Based on sequence, these ...
Basics of intellectual property and patenting
Presenter: Laurence Gainey, PhD, HGF Intellectual Property Specialists Date: May 24th 2018 Description: This webinar will be a short, basic introduction to the process of patenting as it applies to biotherapeutics, including some territorial differences. It will cover the core requirements for a patent ...
Design of Exon Skipping Oligonucleotides
Presenter: Annemieke Aartsma-Rus, PhD, Leiden University Medical Center Date: 20 February 2018 Description: Antisense-mediated splicing modulation utilizes antisense oligonucleotides (ASOs) to manipulate the splicing by sterically blocking the binding of splicing factors to pre-mRNA transcripts. While in industry often oligo walks are used to ...
