Preliminary Program

Wednesday | Thursday | Friday

Wednesday, February 27

5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Registration

Thursday, February 28

7:00 am - 5:00 pm
Registration

8:00 am - 12:30 pm
Session I: Gene Delivery
Moderator
Antonios Mikos, Ph.D.

8:00 am - 8:15 am
Introduction
Antonios Mikos, Ph.D.
Rice University

8:15 am - 9:00 am
Functional and Biospecific Polymers for Therapeutic Gene Delivery
Sung Wan Kim, Ph.D.
University of Utah

9:00 am - 9:45 am
Biocompatible Hydrogel-Based Injectable Microspheres: A Delivery System for Protein, Peptide and Small Molecule Drugs
Chun Yu, Ph.D.
Infimed Therapeutics, Inc.

9:45 am - 10:15 am
Break

10:15 am - 11:00 am
Lipid Mediated Delivery of DNA
Leaf Huang, Ph.D.
University of Pittsburgh

11:00 am - 11:45 pm
Design and Synthesis of Non-Viral Gene Delivery Systems
David Putnam, Ph.D.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

11:45 pm - 12:30 pm
Targeting Drugs Using Polymeric Conjugate Carriers
Michael J. Leibowitz, M.D., Ph.D.
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
Complimentary to all registrants

1:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Session II: Macromolecular Drug Delivery
Moderator
Patrick J. Sinko, R.Ph., Ph.D.

1:30 pm - 2:15 pm
ReGel and HySolv Biodegradable Block Copolymers as Delivery Systems and Solubilizing Agents for Proteins and Water Soluble Drugs
Gaylen M. Zentner, Ph.D.
MacroMed, Inc.

2:15 pm - 3:00 pm
Drug Delivery of Macro and Polar Molecules
Steven Dinh, Sc.D.
Emisphere Technologies, Inc.

3:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Break

3:30 pm - 4:15 pm
Injectable, In Situ Crosslinkable, Biodegradable Gels for Peptide and Gene Delivery
Antonios Mikos, Ph.D.
Rice University

4:15 pm - 5:00 pm
Transdermal Delivery of Peptides and High Molecular Weight Proteins Via Passive Delivery Methodologies
Robert Diluccio, Ph.D.
Vector Medical Technologies, Inc.

5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Reception/Exhibit and Poster Session

Friday, March 1

8:00 am - 3:00 pm
Registration

8:00 am - 8:30 am
Exhibit and Poster Session

8:30 am - 11:45 pm
Session III: Novel (Smart) Biomaterials
Moderator
Joachim Kohn, Ph.D.

8:30 am - 8:45 am
Reconvening Opening Remarks
Joachim Kohn, Ph.D.
Rutgers University

8:45 am - 9:30 am
Using a Library of Polymers for the Design of Delayed and Pulsitized Peptide Release Systems
Joachim Kohn, Ph.D.
Rutgers University

9:30 am - 10:15 am
Polymers that Enhance Intracellular Trafficking of Drugs
Allan S. Hoffman, Sc.D.
University of Washington

10:15 am - 11:00 am
Break/Exhibit and Poster Session

11:00 am - 11:45 pm
Designing Degradable Polymers: From Polyaspirin to Polymeric Micelles
Kathryn Uhrich, Ph.D.
Rutgers University

11:45 am - 12:45 pm
Lunch
Complimentary to all registrants

12:45 pm - 4:30 pm
Session IV: Toxicology and Stability of Novel Classes of Pharmaceutical Agents

12:45 pm - 2:00 pm
Concurrent Breakout Sessions

A: Gene Delivery
Key Leaders
Leaf Huang, Ph.D.
Patrick J. Sinko, R.Ph., Ph.D.

B: Peptides and Proteins
Key Leaders
Patrick J. Sinko, Ph.D.
Robert Diluccio, Ph.D.

C: Polymeric Carriers
Key Leaders
Joachim Kohn, Ph.D.
Allan S. Hoffman, Sc.D.

2:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Break

2:30 pm - 3:45 pm
Concurrent Breakout Sessions Repeated

3:45 pm - 4:30 pm
Closing Remarks
The Future of Polymeric Biomaterials in Drug Delivery
Joseph R. Robinson, Ph.D.
University of Wisconsin-Madison

4:30 pm
Adjournment

AAPS Workshop on Critical Issues in the Design and Applications of Polymeric Biomaterials in Drug Delivery, Co-Sponsored with The New Jersey Center for Biomaterials
February 28-March 1, 2002, Crystal Gateway Marriott, Arlington, VA