GPEN 2024 - Schedule

Day 1: Sunday, July 14th

Venue: University of Copenhagen Department of Pharmacy

TimeEventLocation
16:00 OnwardsConference Registration Atrium/Pavilion Area
18:00 – 18:10Welcoming Remarks – Professor Kenneth Audus (University of Kansas) (GPEN Chair)A4 Auditorium
18:10 – 18:20Opening Remarks – Professor Jukka Rantanen (UCPH Department of Pharmacy – Head of Department)A4 Auditorium
18:20 – 18:30 Conference Practical Information – Professor Camilla Foged (UCPH Department of Pharmacy) A4 Auditorium
18:30 – 19:30Keynote Lecture – Professor Jens Juul Holst (University of Copenhagen) – “The Amazing Impact of Obesity and Diabetes Treatment with Incretins”A4 Auditorium
19:30 – 23:00Welcome Reception Atrium/Pavilion Area

Day 2: Monday, July 15th

Venues: University of Copenhagen Department of Pharmacy & Flakfortet

TimeEventLocation
8:45 – 9:45Presentation Session 1 – Borchardt Travel Fellows Session

Chairs: Alba Arbiol Enguita, University of Helsinki and Amin Ariaee, University of South Australia

Eric Ebert – University of Kansas “Optimizing the Delivery of Antibody Therapeutics using Blood-Brain Barrier Modulators”
Lidia Habtemikael – Uppsala University “In vivo Exposure of 3D-printed Emulsion Gel Tablets vs Innovator Products in a Juvenile Pig Model”
Ethan Kreutzer – Monash University “Effect of lipopolysaccharide on abundance of microglial transporters: a quantitative targeted absolute proteomics approach”

A4 Auditorium
9:45 – 10:15Coffee Break Atrium/Pavilion Area
10:15 – 12:15
Presentation Session 2

Chairs: Iori Azuma, University of Tokyo and Archi Bansal, University of Queensland

Wanzhen Lu – National University of Singapore “A VP4 synonymous mutation acquired during enterovirus 71 disseminated infection reduces viral replication and modulates tissue tropism”
Casey Patrick – University of Colorado “Excipient-excipient interactions can accelerate the aggregation of therapeutic proteins”
Sebastian Schlüter – University of Marburg “In-vitro photoselective gene transfection of hepatocellular carcinoma cells with hypericin lipopolyplexes”
Da Hye Yang – University of Connecticut “Mechanisms and Extent of Enhanced Oral Absorption by Colloidal Drug Particles”
Simon Su – University of Otago “Overcoming efflux-mediated multidrug resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa”
Janika Jäntti – University of Eastern Finland “Anti-evaporative liposomal formulations for dry eye treatment”

A4 Auditorium
12:15 – 13:00Lunch Atrium/Pavilion Area
13:00 – 14:00 Poster Session 1 – Coffee Break Atrium/Pavilion Area
14:00 – 16:00Presentation Session 3

Chairs: Achim Biesel, Saarland University and Christine Blaze, University of Maryland

Mira El Sayed – Uppsala University “Optimizing Amorphous Multidrug Formulation Design through Excipient Selection: Insights from Supersaturation and Solution Chemistry”
Jason Grunberger – University of Utah “Immunotoxicity of Silica Nanoparticles as a Function of Physicochemical Properties”
Limin Dai – University of Queensland “Development of recombinant and synthetic, multicomponent tumor-targeted gene delivery platforms”
Léa Thiberville – Université Paris-Saclay “Design and development of formulations by nanoencapsulation of antidotes, against intoxications by chemical warfare agent”
Shaida Panbachi – University of Basel “Deep eutectic solvents as novel and alternative enabling formulations”
Ewout Buijs – Leiden University “Poly-N-Ethylglycine based lipopolymers: From synthesis to applications in nucleic acid drug delivery systems”

A4 Auditorium
16:00 – 17:00 UCPH Department of Pharmacy to Nyhavn 71
17:00 – 23:00 Dinner/Networking Event (Flakfortet)

Day 3: Tuesday, July 16th

Venues: University of Copenhagen Department of Pharmacy and University of Copenhagen Festsalen (Frue Plads)

TimeEvent
08:45 – 09:45Presentation Session 4 A

Chairs: Andrew Burkholder-Wenger, University of Manitoba and Simone Carneiro, LM Munich

Cindy Schelker – University of Geneva “Liposomal co-loading of two anticancer drugs: manage the disparities”
Fadilah Asril – Nagoya City University “Development of Gold Nanostars Coated with Mesoporous Silica for Laser-Triggered Chemo-Photothermal Therapy”
Manveer Sandhu – Aston University “Polymeric Micelles Increase Carbamazepine Solubility and Permeability”

A4 Auditorium
08:45 – 09:45Presentation Session 4 B

Chairs: Yipan Chen, Shandong University and Fabiana Coelho Inouye, University of Sao Paulo

Ricarda Nagel – Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich “The Colder, the Better? Sustainability in Frozen Storage of Protein Drug Substance”
Jiwei Chen – Shandong University “Degradation of GPCRs by Endolysosomal Trafficking Targeting Chimeras Strategy”
Amy Neusaenger – University of Wisconsin “Effect of polymer structure on the
degree of salt formation in lumefantrine amorphous solid dispersion”

A3 Auditorium
09:45 – 10:15 Coffee Break Atrium/Pavilion Area
10:15 – 12:15Presentation Session 5 A

Chairs: Namrata Dhakal, National University of Singapore and Helen Erickson, University of Nebraska

Douglas Nelson – University of Minnesota “Influence of gut microbiota on intestinal drug transporters, enzymes and other endogenous factors affecting oral drug bioavailability”
Alessia Filippini – University of Montreal “Exploring the relationship between Bottlebrush Polymers Structure and Polyplex Formation for mRNA Delivery: insights from in vitro and in vivo studies”
Ayobami Diyaolu – Washington State University “Characterization of an open-state GABAA receptor using in-silico site-directed mutagenesis and molecular dynamics simulations”
Yaqiao Li – University of California, San Francisco “Transcriptomic Profiling Across Ages,
APOE Genotypes and Sexes in Mouse
Models of Alzheimer’s Disease at a Single
Cell Resolution”
Maribel Espinoza Ballesteros – University of Kansas “Near UV Photo-degradation of IgG1 HM-Fc CH2 domain mediated by Iron(III)-containing Histidine buffer”
Yara Sheeni – Hebrew University of Jerusalem “Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic Evaluation of RTA 901: a Potential NADPH Oxidase Inhibitor”

A4 Auditorium
10:15 – 12:15Presentation Session 5 B

Chairs: Jin Sil Kang, Chungnam National University and Tuomas Kilpeläinen, University of Eastern Finland

Thordur Hendrickson-Rebizant – University of Manitoba “Examination and identification of potential drug biomarker candidates for glioblastoma”
Charlotte Eckermann – Saarland University “Enhancing viability of Lactobacilli in mucoadhesive polymer films”
Eimear O’Mahony – University of Washington “Development of a microphysiological model of the human intestine for predicting FG”
Michelle Cousineau – Purdue University “Hydrogen Bonding Between Drug and Polymer as a Failure Mechanism for Amorphous Solid Dispersion Release”
YeJi Choi – Chungnam National University “The optimization and evaluation of liposomal nanoparticles for synergistic effect of erlotinib and doxorubicin”
Ryutaro Tamura – University of Tokyo “Intestinal Atp8b1 function provides a choline source to the liver through lysophosphatidylcholine absorption”

A3 Auditorium
12:15 – 13:00Lunch
13:00 – 14:30Poster Session 2 and Coffee Break Atrium/Pavilion Area
14:30 – 16:10Presentation Session 6 A

Chairs: Swetha Kodamasimham, University of Michigan and Jeffery Wei Heng Koh, National University of Singapore

Andrea Cottingham – University of Maryland “Itaconate-based nanoparticles modulate macrophage polarization to treat obesity”
Nina Erwin – University of Florida “On demand cargo loading of extracellular vesicles for precision therapeutic delivery”
Kimberly Adams – University at Buffalo “Physiologically-Based Pharmacokinetic Modeling of Extended-Release MK-2048 Formulations for HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis in Non-Human Primates”
Neha Kumari – University of Nebraska “ROS-responsive polymeric chloroquine nanogel as oral maintenance therapy for Inflammatory Bowel Disease”
Guoyun Kao – University of Southern California “A novel nicotinamide riboside-based probe for targeting CD38”

A4 Auditorium
14:30 – 16:10Presentation Session 6 B

Chairs: Lisa Schöne, University of Marburg and Priscila Yamamoto, University of Florida

Young Seok Cho – University of Michigan “Reprogramming tumor microenvironment via systemic delivery of TLR3 agonist/Mn2+ coordination nanomedicine”
Hirata Tsuyoshi – Kyoto University “Increase of antigen-selective cell adhesion by cell surface modification with VHH with controlled orientation”
Daniel Kolpek – University of Kentucky “Analyzing the Effect of Nanoparticle Size on Modulation of Circulating Innate Immune
Cells Following Spinal Cord Injury”
Sirikool Thamnium – Chulalongkorn University “Design and Characterization of an Injectable Methacrylated hyaluronic acid – Gelatin Hydrogel for Cell Transplantation”
Hesham Abdelsamad – University of Iowa “Exploring formulations of biosimilar products in the US market?”
A3 Auditorium
18:00 – 23:00Gala Dinner

Day 4: Wednesday, July 17th

Venues: University of Copenhagen Department of Pharmacy

See Short Course Schedule

TimeEvent
8:45 – 10:05Short Courses Part 1 (Various Topics)
10:05 – 10:40 Coffee Break
10:40 – 12:15Short Courses Part 2 (Various Topics)
12:15 – 14:45Closing Remarks/Awards
12:45 – 14:00Lunch