Electroporation based Technologies and Treatments — International Scientific Workshop & Postgraduate Course
The meeting
Cell membrane electroporation, its mechanisms and applications in biology, medicine and biotechnology. The basis of the phenomena, current applications and future prospects were the main topics of this international meeting.
Whether you are a postgraduate student or you just want to learn and contribute to the discussion, you were kindly invited to attend the workshop and the course on electroporation technologies and treatments. Abstract submission was strongly encouraged and was necessary if credits (15 ECTS) were sought.
Organised by the University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Electrical Engineering.
Course content
D. Miklavčič — biological cell & plasma membrane; resting & induced transmembrane voltage; static & dynamic fields in tissues.
E. Neumann — history & elementary theory of electroporation; electroporation of lipid bilayers & vesicles.
J. Teissié — electroporation of cells in suspension and in 2D tissue models; parameters governing efficiency in vitro.
L. M. Mir — electroporation of cells in tissue; methods for detecting cell electropermeabilization in vivo.
D. Miklavčič — devices for in vitro, in vivo and clinical work; electrodes.
G. Serša — experiments in vitro & in vivo; current clinical applications; future perspectives.
L. M. Mir & J. Teissié — gene transfection in vitro and in vivo; future perspectives.
J. Teissié — water sterilization and other applications; future perspectives.
V. Préat — transdermal delivery using electroporation; intradermal & topical delivery of DNA.
Short presentations of selected abstracts and a round table on electroporation-based technologies and treatments.
Faculty
Programme & schedule
Four-day programme, 19–22 November 2003. Download the full schedule (PDF)
| 8:30 | Welcome |
| 8:45 | Cells and tissues in electric fields Tadej Kotnik — Biological Cells in Electric Fields |
| 10:00 | Coffee break |
| 10:30 | Igor Lacković — Biological Tissues in Static and Dynamic Electric Fields |
| 11:15 | Presentation of Students' Abstracts |
| 12:00 | Lunch break |
| 13:30 | Electroporation, part 1 Eberhard Neumann — Membrane Electroporation: Mechanism from Kinetics and Thermodynamics |
| 15:00 | Coffee break |
| 15:30 | Electroporation, part 2 Justin Teissié — In vitro Cell Electropermeabilization |
| 17:00 | Invited lecture Bruno Gabriel — Lesson on imaging techniques |
| 8:30 | Electroporation, part 3 Lluis M. Mir — Electroporation of cells in tissues; methods for detecting cell electropermeabilisation in vivo |
| 10:00 | Coffee break |
| 10:30 | Presentation of Students' Abstracts |
| 11:15 | Invited lecture Srdjan Novaković — Current status in the field of tumour vaccines |
| 12:15 | Lunch break |
| 13:30 | Social Event: Postojnska jama |
| 8:30 | Development of devices and electrodes Damijan Miklavčič — Electrodes and corresponding electric field distribution for effective in vivo electroporation |
| 10:00 | Coffee break |
| 10:30 | Application of electroporation in electrochemotherapy of tumours Gregor Serša, Maja Čemažar and Zvonimir Rudolf |
| 11:45 | Lunch break |
| 13:30 | Electrochemotherapy of tumours (continued) Gregor Serša, Maja Čemažar and Zvonimir Rudolf |
| 15:00 | Coffee break |
| 15:30 | Application of electroporation in gene transfection Justin Teissié — In vitro electric field mediated gene transfer and expression |
| 17:00 | Invited lecture Matevž Pustišek — E-Learning: Functions, Services and Solutions |
| 8:30 | Application of electroporation in gene transfection Lluis M. Mir — DNA electrotransfer in vivo: an efficient non-viral approach for gene therapy |
| 10:00 | Coffee break |
| 10:30 | Electroporation in transdermal drug delivery Véronique Préat — Transdermal and topical drug delivery by electroporation |
| 12:00 | Lunch break |
| 13:30 | Transdermal & topical drug delivery (continued) Véronique Préat |
| 14:15 | Application of electroporation in biotechnology Justin Teissié — Biotechnological developments of electropulsation |
Registration
The tuition fee (380 EUR) included attendance to the lectures, book of abstracts and course material, lunches and social events, certificate of attendance and examination (ECTS credits). A limited number of grants for student accommodation was available on request.
Important deadlines (archived):
Registration & abstract submission: 15 September 2003, extended to 15 October 2003.
Payment of the tuition fee: 15 October 2003.
Abstracts & proceedings
Download the abstract submission form and instructions for authors. For abstract writing, the enclosed MS Word template was used.
Electronic proceedings — all abstracts and course material.
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Getting here & staying
Held at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Ljubljana. Map of Ljubljana centre
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