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  • Thursday, Oct 23rd
    7:45 AM - 9:45 AM PDT
    W03--Cell-Specific Roles of CFTR in the Airways: Insights into Expression and Function
    Location: 433-434
    Chair: Martina Gentzsch, PhD – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Chair: John J. Brewington, MD, MS – Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
    APPTTPTAC/CFTR
  • Thursday, Oct 23rd
    10:15 AM - 12:15 PM PDT
    W07--Agnostic Avenues: Alternatives to CF Gene Therapy
    Location: 435
    Chair: Matthew Long, PhD – The Ohio State University
    Chair: Martin D. Burke – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    APPTTPTAC/CFTR
  • Thursday, Oct 23rd
    10:15 AM - 12:15 PM PDT
    W11--Topical Advancements in CFTR Biology
    Location: 420-422
    Chair: Carlos M. Farinha – Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisboa
    Chair: Kathryn E. Oliver, PhD, MS, CPTS – Emory University School of Medicine
    PTAC/CFTR
  • Thursday, Oct 23rd
    12:30 PM - 2:00 PM PDT
    LL05--Which Cell Types Are the Ideal Therapeutic Targets?
    Location: 331-332
    Chair: Viral Shah, MD, PhD – Harvard Medical School
    Chair: Kenichi Okuda – Marsico Lung Institute/Cystic Fibrosis Research Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
    Speaker: John F. Engelhardt, PhD – University of Alabama at Birmingham
    Speaker: David A. Stoltz, MD, PhD – University of Iowa
    Speaker: Juan Ianowski, PhD – University of Saskatchewan
    PTAC/CFTR
  • Thursday, Oct 23rd
    12:30 PM - 2:00 PM PDT
    RT02.10- Measurements of CFTR Function
    Location: Elliott Bay (Level 4)
    Facilitator: Hermann Bihler – CFFT Lab, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Lexington, MA, USA
    Facilitator: Kevin Coote – CFFT Lab, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Lexington, MA, USA
    PTAC/CFTR
  • Thursday, Oct 23rd
    2:30 PM - 4:30 PM PDT
    S05--Along the CFTR Spectrum: CF Off/On Modulators, CRMS/CF-SPID, COPD & CF Carriers
    Location: 423-425
    Chair: Rebecca Darrah, MS, PhD – Case Western Reserve University
    Chair: Philip Farrell, MD, PhD – Departments of Pediatrics and Population Health Sciences, UUniversity of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
    APPTTPTAC/CFTRCLIN
  • Thursday, Oct 23rd
    2:30 PM - 4:30 PM PDT
    S09--CF Therapeutics When There is No Protein Made
    Location: Flex A (Level 2)
    Chair: Neeraj Sharma, DVM, PHD – Department of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
    Chair: John D. Lueck, Ph.D. – University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
    PTAC/CFTR
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    7:45 AM - 9:45 AM PDT
    W17--Extrapulmonary Manifestations & Mechanisms
    Location: 427-429
    Chair: Katherine Kutney, MD – Case Western Reserve University
    Chair: Agnieszka Swiatecka-Urban, MD – University of Virginia
    EPPPTAC/CFTR
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    9:00 AM - 9:50 AM PDT
    RFPT06--New Advances in Stem Cell Biology
    Location: Theater C Exhibit Hall in the Exhibit Hall
    Chair: Shingo Suzuki – University of Alabama at Birmingham
    Chair: Finn Hawkins, MB BCh – Boston University/Boston Medical Center
    PTAC/CFTRAPPTT
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    10:15 AM - 12:15 PM PDT
    W29--Don’t STOP Believing: Solutions to Readthrough of PTCs
    Location: Terrace Suite (Level 4)
    Chair: Margarida D. Amaral, PhD – FCUL-Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisboa
    Chair: Kari Thrasher, PhD – University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
    PTAC/CFTR
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    2:30 PM - 4:30 PM PDT
    S16--The Promise of Nucleic Acid-Based Therapies in CF: Progress & Prospects
    Location: 420-422
    Chair: Deepika Polineni, MD, MPH – Washington University in St. Louis
    Chair: Patrick T. Harrison – Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
    PTAC/CFTR
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    2:30 PM - 4:30 PM PDT
    S20--Modulator Effects on Different Organ Systems
    Location: Terrace Suite (Level 4)
    Chair: Daniel Zeve, MD, PhD – Boston Children's Hospital
    Chair: Kimberly Watts, MD, MS – Advocate Children's Hospital
    EPPPTAC/CFTR
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    2:30 PM - 4:30 PM PDT
    S22--Cell Biology Meets Gene Therapy: Challenges of Restoring CFTR Expression in the Lung
    Location: Ballroom 2 (Level 5)
    Chair: Amy P. Wong, PhD – University of Toronto & The Hospital for Sick Children
    Chair: Juan Ianowski, PhD – University of Saskatchewan
    APPTTPTAC/CFTR
  • Saturday, Oct 25th
    7:45 AM - 9:45 AM PDT
    W30--Gene Editing: Delivery of Gene Editors
    Location: Signature Room (Level 5)
    Chair: Greg Newby – Johns Hopkins University
    Chair: Sriram Vaidyanathan – Nationwide Children's Hospital
    PTAC/CFTR
  • Saturday, Oct 25th
    10:15 AM - 12:15 PM PDT
    S30--Mechanistic Insight Into CFTR Function & Modulation
    Location: 423-425
    Chair: David N. Sheppard – School of Physiology, Pharmacology and Neuroscience, University of Bristol
    Chair: Christine E. Bear, PhD – The Hospital for Sick Children
    PTAC/CFTR
  • Saturday, Oct 25th
    10:15 AM - 12:15 PM PDT
    S32--Gene Delivery: Targeted Nonviral Delivery to Airway Epithelial Cells
    Location: 427-429
    Chair: Alexandra Piotrowski-Daspit, PhD – University of Michigan
    Chair: Stephen L. Hart – Department of Genetics and Genomic Medicine, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health,London, UK
    PTAC/CFTR
  • Saturday, Oct 25th
    12:30 PM - 2:00 PM PDT
    RT2.8- Cell & Animal Models for Gene Therapy Applications
    Location: Elliott Bay (Level 4)
    Facilitator: Nael A. McCarty – Emory University
    PTAC/CFTR