GeneExpression Systems & Appasani Research Conferences (ARCEI.ORG)
Jointly Presents

First International
Non-coding & MicroRNAs-2009 West Coast Summit
On
‘Small RNAs in Development & Disease to Therapeutics’

December 7 - 8, 2009
Venue: Embassy Suites at the San Francisco Airport
150 Anza Blvd, Burlingame, CA, 94010, USA

AGENDA/SPEAKERS
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Monday, December 7, 2009

8:00 A.M Registration Open
8:30 – 8:45 A.M: Continental breakfast
9.00 AM – 5.00 PM Scientific Sessions

Tuesday December 8, 2009

8:00 A.M Registration Open
8:30 – 8:45 AM: Continental breakfast
9.00 AM – 4:30 PM Scientific Sessions

Scientific Committee:

	Krishnarao Appasani, PhD., MBA (Chair) Founder & Chief Executive Officer GeneExpression Systems, Inc. Waltham, MA, USA
	Chang-Zheng Chen, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Microbiology & Immunology Stanford University School of Medicine Stanford, CA
	Andrei Goga, M.D., Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Medicine University of California at San Francisco San Francisco, CA
	Julia Lange, Ph.D Marketing Manager Febit biomed GmbH Heidelberg, Germany

Keynote Speaker:

	Deepak Srivastava, M.D. Wilma and Adeline Pirag Distinguished Professor in Pediatrics & Director of the Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease University of California, San Francisco San Francisco, CA, USA Title: MicroRNAs in cardiac diseases

Other Speakers:

	Mark A. Kay, MD., PhD. Dennis Farrey Family Professor & Director, Program in Human Gene Therapy Stanford University School of Medicine Stanford, CA, USA Title: TBA
	Fen-Biao Gao, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Neurology University of California at San Francisco & Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease San Francisco, CA, USA Title: microRNAs in sensory organs of fly
	Feng Guo, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Biological Chemistry UCLA School of Medicine Los Angeles, CA, USA Title: Heme is require for efficient microRNA processing in human cells
	Barbara Gould, PhD. Field Application Specialist Exiqon, Inc. Woburn, MA Title: Highly sensitive and specific LNA™-enhanced real-time PCR for high throughput microRNA expression profiling in Clinical Formalin Fixed Tissue Samples and Human Blood Serum and Plasma Samples
	Chang-Zheng Chen, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Immunology Stanford University School of Medicine Stanford, CA, USA Title: MicroRNAs in blood cancer
	Don Ganem, MD. Professor of Microbiology and Medicine & Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute University of California San Francisco San Francisco, CA, USA Title: Small noncoding RNAs in the biology of KSHV
	Jiang Qian, PhD. Wilmer Institute Johns Hopkins University Medical School Baltimore, MD 21287 Title: Analysis of microRNA regulatory network topology
	Andrei Goga, M.D., Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Medicine University of California at San Francisco San Francisco, CA, USA Title: miRNA regulation of oncogenes and tumor suppressors
	Michael T. McManus, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Microbiology University of California at San Francisco & UCSF Diabetes Center San Francisco, CA, USA Title: TBA
	Hideo Baba M.D., Ph.D. F.A.C.S. Professor of Surgery Kumamoto University Graduate School of Medical Sciences Kumamoto, Japan Title: MicroRNA in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma
	Collin Melton University of California San Francisco, CA, USA Title: microRNAs in stem cells
	Na Xu, PhD. Postdoc in Professor Ken Kosik’s lab University of California at Santa Barbara & Neurosciences Institute Santa Barbara, CA, USA Title: MicroRNA regulates transcription factors and represses pluripotency in human embryonic stem cells
	Ben Haley, PhD. Post doctoral Fellow from Dr. Mike Levine‘s Lab Ctr for Integrative Genomics University of California at Berkeley Berkeley, CA, USA Title: non-coding RNAs in Fly development
	Mitsuo Kato, PhD. Research Fellow Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope Duarte, CA, USA Title: MicroRNA Cascade in Response to Transforming Growth Factor-b and Mouse Models of Diabetic Nephropathy.
	Jun-An Chen, PhD. Postdoctoral Fellow in Dr. Hynek Wichtele's lab Columbia University New York,  NY 10032, USA Title: Repertoire of MicroRNAs and Transcriptional Factors to Pattern Ventral Spinal Cord
	Julia Lange, Ph.D Marketing Manager Febit biomed GmbH Heidelberg, Germany Title: miRNA biomarker profiling from blood – A promising approach for non-invasive diagnostic testing
	Andrew Yoo, PhD. Post doctoral Fellow from Dr. Gerald Crabtree‘s Lab Stanford University School of Medicine Stanford, CA, USA Title: TBA

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Key Sessions:
The most-up-to-date developments will be addressed in the following topics:

Who should attend (Target Audience):
Biotech Executives (CEOs/Presidents, CSO)
R&D Professionals (scientists, professors)
Venture Capital Firms

Exhibitors are welcome to reserve their booth space early!

Please contact if you are interested in speaking in the scientific or Technology workshops of this meeting.

GeneExpression Systems, Inc.
P.O. Box 540170
Waltham, MA 02454 USA
Tel: (781) 891-8181
Fax: (781) 891-8234
E-mail: Genexpsys@expressgenes.com
www.expressgenes.com

Poster Abstract Submission by November 27, 2009