November 14-20, 2005

Ljubljana, Slovenia

Electroporation based Technologies and Treatments

International SCIENTIFIC WORKSHOP and POSTGRADUATE COURSE

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Key lectures and content of the course:

Cells and tissues in electric fields

D. Miklavčič
  • Biological cell and its plasma membrane
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  • Resting and induced transmembrane voltage
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  • Static and dynamic electric fields in biological tissues
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  • Temperature and conductivity changes in tissues
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    Physical Chemistry of Membrane Electroporation

    E. Neumann
  • Electrochemical membrane thermodynamics
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  • Electroporative transport
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    Electroporation in vitro

    J. Teissié
  • Electroporation of cells in suspension
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  • Electroporation of cells in 2D tissue model
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  • Parameters that determine the efficiency of electroporation in vitro
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    Electroporation in vivo

    L.M. Mir
  • Electroporation of cells in tissue
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  • Methods for detecting cell electropermeabilization in vivo
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    Development of devices and electrodes

    D. Miklavčič
  • Devices for in vitro and in vivo experimental work
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  • Devices for clinical purposes
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  • Electrodes for in vitro and in vivo
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    Application of electroporation in electrochemotherapy of tumors

    G. Serša
  • Experiments in vitro
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  • Experiments in vivo
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  • Current clinical applications
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  • Future perspectives
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    Application of electroporation in gene transfection

    L.M. Mir,
  • Gene transfection in vitro
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    J. Teissié
  • Gene transfection in vivo
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  • Gene expression regulation by siRNA electrotransfer
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  • Future perspectives
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    Application of electroporation in biotechnology

    J. Teissié
  • Water sterilization
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  • Other applications
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  • Future perspectives
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    Electroporation in transdermal drug delivery

    V. Préat
  • Transdermal drug delivery using electroporation
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  • Intradermal and topical delivery of DNA by means of electroporation
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    Additional topics:
  • Effects of ultra short electric pulses on cells
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    J. F. Kolb
  • Ethics in biomedical research
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    M. Zwitter
  • Tumor biology
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    M. Čemažar
  • Numerical modeling techniques in biotechnology
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    A. Maček Lebar
  • Transduction, transcription, regulation and gene expression
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    B. Conderc

    Students and participants short presentation