International Course Electroporation for Medicine: Basic Knowledge, Applications and Technologies
May 30th – June 1st, 2015
Bucharest, Romania
Organizers
- Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy
- Romanian Society of Pure and Applied Biophysics
- Părintele Galeriu Association, Bucharest
Co-organizer
- European Program COST Action TD 1104
This course disseminates the latest knowledge and technological innovations on electroporation and its therapeutic and treatment applications: electrochemotherapy, gene electrotransfer, tumor ablation etc.
The course is open to medical doctors in oncology, dermatology, radiodiagnostic, surgical specialities and other professionals from the clinics, but also to medical students,PhD students and researchers in human and veterinary medicine, biology, biotechnology, biophysics-biochemistry.
During three half-days, the course is organized in lectures and tutorials giving the concepts as molecular mechanisms and technological development of electroporation, but focuses mainly on clinical applications.
This course is the main scientific event entirely dedicated to electrochemotherapy held in Romania, and gathers top scientists-clinicians and researchers.
Notes for Romanian attendees
- Colegiul Medicilor din România acordă medicilor participanţi 12 credite EMC.
- O sesiune dedicată electrochimioterapiei va avea loc în cadrul Congresului Universităţii de Medicină şi Farmacie Carol Davila, ediţia a3-a, la Palatul Parlamentului, în Sala Drepturilor Omului, sâmbătă 30 mai 2015 începând cu ora 11:30.
Scientific committee
Lluis M. Mir, CNRS, Univ. Paris Sud, Institut Gustave Roussy, FR
Eugenia Kovacs, UMF Carol Davila, Bucharest, RO
Mihaela G. Moisescu, UMF Carol Davila, Bucharest, RO
Mihai Radu, Horia Hulubei Res. Inst., Magurele, RO
Tudor Savopol, UMF Carol Davila, Bucharest, RO
Local organizing committee
Mihaela G. Moisescu, UMF Carol Davila,Bucharest, ROa
Mihai Radu, Horia Hulubei Res. Inst., Magurele, RO
Tudor Savopol, UMF Carol Davila,Bucharest, RO
Eugenia Kovacs, UMF Carol Davila, Bucharest, RO
Support Team
Violeta L. Calin, Bogdan M. Matei, Ioana R. Rusu, Biophysics and Cell Biotechnology Dept., UMF Carol Davila, Bucharest, RO
Venue (download transport map here)
The course will be held in the Amphitheater G.E. Palade (Amfiteatrul Mare) of the Faculty of Medicine, 8 Eroii Sanitari Blv. , sector 5, Bucharest
Program (download PDF version here)
Saturday, May 30th, 2015 – Basics and Technology
12:30 – 14:30 Registration
14:30 – 14:45 Opening
14:45 – 15:00 Introduction to COST Action TD1104
Damijan Miklavčič
Dept.of Biomedical Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
15:00 – 16:00 Lecture 1
Basics of cell electroporation in vitro and in vivo: the electrochemotherapy concept and the bases of its antitumor efficacy
Lluis M. Mir
CNRS Laboratoire de Vectorologie et Thérapeutiques Anticancéreuses, Univ. Paris Sud, Institut Gustave Roussy, Villejuif-Paris, France
16:00 – 17:00 Lecture 2
Nucleic acids electrotransfer: differences in protocols due to the in vitro and in vivo constrains
Franck André
CNRS Laboratoire de Vectorologie et Thérapeutiques Anticancéreuses, Univ. Paris Sud, Institut Gustave Roussy, Villejuif-Paris, France
17:00 – 17:30 Coffee break
17:30 – 18:30 Lecture 3
Engineering aspects of cell electroporation in vitro and in vivo
Damijan Miklavčič
Dept.of Biomedical Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
18:30 – 19:30 Tutorials
19:30 – 20:30 Buffet dinner
Sunday, May 31th, 2015 – Electrochemotherapy – from cutaneous to deep seated tumors
09:00 – 10:00 Lecture 4
Electrochemotherapy of cutaneous tumors, principles and applications
Gregor Šerša
Institute of Oncology, Ljubljana, Slovenia
10:00 – 10:30 Lecture 5
Electrochemotherapy of head and neck and mucosal tumors
Caroline C. Plaschke
Dept. of Head and Neck Surgery, Rigshospitalet, Dept. of Oncology, Herlev Hospital, Copenhagen University Hospital, Denmark
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 – 11:30 Lecture 6
Electrochemotherapy in locally advanced pancreatic cancer
Francesco Izzo
Division of Surgical Oncology, Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Unit, National Cancer Institute of Naples, Italy
11:30 – 12:00 Lecture 7
Endoscopic and laparoscopic delivery of electroporation
Declan Soden
Cork Cancer Research Centre, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
12:00 – 12:30 Lecture 8
Electrochemotherapy in treatment of liver tumors
Gregor Šerša
Dept. of Experimental Oncology, Institute of Oncology, Ljubljana, Slovenia
12:30 – 14:00 Tutorials
14:00 – 15:00 Buffet lunch
Bucharest sightseeing
Monday, June 1st, 2015 – Perspectives of electroporation-based therapies
9:00 – 10:00 Lecture 9
Percutaneous and intraoperative irreversible electroporation in clinical use – preliminary experience with main focus on liver
Peter Voigt
Dept. of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
10:00 – 11:00 Lecture 10
Clinical applications of electroporation: perspectives and challenges for electrochemotherapy and electrogenetransfer in human medicine
Mattia Ronchetti
Oncology Clinical R&D, IGEA S.p.A, Carpi, Italy
11:00 – 12:00 Tutorials
12:00 – 12:30 Coffee break
12:30 – 13:30 Round table
How my patient may access an ECT treatment?
Lluis M. Mir, Damijan Miklavčič, Gregor Šerša, Mattia Ronchetti
13:30 – 13:45 Closing
13:45 – 15:00 Buffet lunch
Registration
Registration period April 20th, 2015 – May 23rd, 2015 CLOSED !
No registration fee, but registration is mandatory!
Grants
A limited number of COST grants for travel and accommodation are available upon request for participants (300 euro for travel and 360 euro for accomodation for attendees outside Romania, and 50 euro travel and 200 euro accomodation for Romanian attendees – not from Bucharest).
Write a grant request email accompanied by max 2 pages long CV to mgmoisescu@umf.ro.
The grant approval will be received within three days. The grants will be offered on a first-come, first-served basis.
Contact
Mihaela G. Moisescu – mgmoisescu@umf.ro
Mihai Radu – mradu@nipne.ro
Phone/Fax: +40 21 312 59 55
Sponsors
Carl Zeiss Instruments s.r.l.
Dexter
Hotels Epoque and TH Central offer preferential price/room/night to course participants. In both hotels breakfast is included and wireless connection free of charge is available in every room.
For booking contact Mihaela G. Moisescu – mgmoisescu@umf.ro
