18th Annual Botulinum Research Center Symposium

The 18th annual symposium organized by the Botulinum Research Center at the Institute of Advanced Sciences, Dartmouth, MA

Program:
Wednesday, August 14, 2024, 7 PM (Eastern Standard Time, US)

• 1 to 4 PM -  Arrival and check-in at hotels of general delegates
• 4:00 PM - Registration and welcome, Wamsutta Club, 427 County Street, New Bedford, MA
• 6:00 PM - Social, entertainment, and dinner
  • Magic by Timothy Su
  • Music by John Bogdan

Thursday, August 15, 2024, (Eastern Standard Time, US)

• 8:00 AM - Registration and continental breakfast
• 9:00 AM - Introduction by Bal Ram Singh, Botulinum Research Center

Session I - Session Chair - Dirk Dressler, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Germany

• 9:30 AM - Inaugural Symposium Speech by Frederic Meunier, Queensland Brain Institute and School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia campus, QLD, 4072, Australia
  • Botulinum neurotoxin type A hijacks polysialogangliside-Synaptotamin1-SV2 surface nanocluster to sneak in synaptic vesicles
• 10:15 AM - Q & A
• 10:30 AM - Coffee/tea break

Session II - Session Chair - Karen Bunting, IPSEN Bioinnovations Ltd, UK

• 11:00 AM - Evaluating combination treatment strategies for BoNT/A poisoning by Patrick McNutt, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA
• 11:30 AM - Evaluation of the mass spectroscopy assay for botulinum toxins by Eric Johnson, Professor (Retired), Madison, WI, USA
• 12:00 PM - Intermission
• 12:15 PM - Lunch Banquet

Session III - Session Chair - Klaus Fink, MERZ Germany

• 1:00 PM - Lifetime Achievement Award Speech by James Marks, Professor Emeritus, Department of Anesthesiology, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
  • Lessons learned and friendships made engineering botulinum antibodies
• 2:00 PM - Group photo
• 2:15 PM - Break, social, free mingling, and meetings
• 3:00 PM - Whaling Museum and area walking tour
• 6:00 PM - Informal dinner at Wamsutta Club
  • Sharing of online experiences
• 7:00 PM - Dinner speech by Gary Borodic, Harvard Medical School, USA
  • Botulinum therapy for macular disease

Friday, August 16, 2024, (Eastern Standard Time, US)

• 7:30 AM - BRC Board of Advisors meeting
• 8:00 AM - Breakfast

Session IV - Session Chair - Dr. Michael Adler, US Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense

• 8:30 AM - Dr. B.R. DasGupta Memorial Lecture by Joe Barbieri, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, USA
  • Intracellular trafficking of botulinum neurotoxin light chain/A1 to cleave SNAP-25
• 9:15 AM - Q & A
• 9:30 AM - A novel platform for therapeutic utility of clostridial proteins by Raj Kumar, Botulinum Research Center, Institute of Advanced Sciences, Dartmouth, MA, USA
• 10:00 AM - Coffee/tea break

Session V - Session Chair - Shuowai Cai, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, USA

• 10:15 AM - Immunogenicity of botulinum toxin drugs: What do we know? by Dirk Dressler, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Germany
• 10:45 AM - Growing product development with government funding by John Bogdan, Valaria Technical Consultants, LLC, Westminster, MD, USA
• 11:15 AM - From novel to known: Exploring the landscape of botulinum toxin homologs by Travis Wentz, Wake Forest Institute of Regenerative Medicine, Salem, NC, USA
• 11:45 AM - BoNT/DC blocks melanin production by Birgitte Sondergaard, Abbvie/Allergan, USA
• 12:15 PM - Lunch

Session VI - Session Chair - John Bogdan, Valaria Technical Consultants, LLC, Westminster, MD, USA

• 1:15 PM - Panel discussion: Medical Avenues of BoNT Therapeutics
  • Karen Bunting, IPSEN Bioinnovations Ltd, UK
  • Klaus Fink, MERZ, Germany
  • Birgitte Sondergaard, Abbvie/Allergan, USA
  • Frederic Meunier, University of Queensland
• 2:15 PM - Symposium conclusion, lunch, networking, and departure

Venue: Wamsutta Club, New Bedford, MA & Zoom Meeting Room (hybrid)

Event Announcement & Registration:

2024 BRC - Registration Page

• Please use the link above to register for this event. Only registered attendees will receive the virtual meeting link (for those not in person). This will allow the meeting coordinators to know how many attendees are expected and to plan accordingly. Thank you.

Hotel Information:

The Fairfield Inn is within walking distance from the Wamsutta Club. Transportation will be provided from the Residence Inn and Best Western. Please let us know if you will be requiring transportation to and from the event.

• Best Western - New Bedford/Dartmouth, MA
  • Phone Number: (508) 717-0424
• Residence Inn - New Bedford/Dartmouth, MA > Website Link to Book
  • Phone Number: (508) 984-5858
• Fairfield Inn & Suites - New Bedford, MA > Website Link to Book
  • Phone Number: (774) 634-2000

**Please email Keri@inads.org with any questions or issues**

Start Date: 14-08-2024

End Date: 16-08-2024

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VENUE	:	Wamsutta Club (www.wamsuttaclub.org) 427 County Street, New Bedford, MA 02740. Attire : Semi-casual business wear is recommended for the Symposium 2015. We suggest you dress comfortably and have a jacket or sweater available in case you find New England weather turn a bit cold.
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