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SUMMARY:NHSA Satellite Event - BSGCT 2026
DESCRIPTION:For the attention of Early Career Researchers\, \nOn 9 March at 1:00 pm\, BSGCT will be holding an online webinar discussing an upcoming in person event in collaboration with the Northern Health Science Alliance. \n \nWe are delighted to welcome two excellent speakers\, Dr Zoe Hewitt and Helen Cole\, who are organising the satellite event taking place on the morning of 15th April\, ahead of the BSGCT 2026 Annual Conference in Newcastle. The satellite event will be interactive with attendees from all scientific\, clinical\, and commercial fields. More details will be announced soon\, including a webinar highlighting what to expect at this event.  \nIf you are considering attending the in person event\, an expression of interest can be made here: \n\n\n\n\nNHSA registrations\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n	Your Full Name\n		*\n	\n	\n	\n	\n\n\n	Email \n		*\n	\n	\n	\n	\n\n\n	\nSubmit\n\n\n\n\n\n	\n			\n			\n				If you are human\, leave this field blank.			\n			\n		\n		\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFollowing the webinar\, more information and a formal registration link will be available. \nWe encourage all ECRs to attend the online webinar to learn more about what the satellite event has to offer\, what you can expect on the day\, and how you can get involved. This will also be an opportunity to ask questions and take part in the discussion. \nThe webinar will be held online and will not be broadcast on YouTube. To secure your place\, please register using the link below: \nREGISTER HERE TO JOIN US AND RECEIVE THE LINK \nWe look forward to seeing you there! \n 
URL:https://bsgct.org/event/nhsa-satellite-event-bsgct-2026/
CATEGORIES:Online Seminars
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SUMMARY:Strategies for AAV capsid engineering
DESCRIPTION:AAV is a promising delivery vehicle for gene therapies with potential to be engineered for improved targeting\, higher potency and lower immunogenicity. However\, challenges also remain to improve their manufacturing and stability to achieve lower costs and ease of formulation and delivery.  Protein engineering provides a viable route to creating platform vectors ready-made for low cost manufacture and high dose formulation. Several protein engineering strategies will be presented for achieving this goal including guidance by bioinformatics\, physical structure calculations\, molecular dynamics simulations\, machine learning\, and generative-AI. New vector designs achieve improved stability\, transduction efficiency\, manufacturing production yield. \nSPEAKER \nProf Paul Dalby is Co-Director of the EPSRC Future Targeted Healthcare Manufacturing Hub\, and Deputy Head of the Department of Biochemical Engineering at UCL.  Paul’s research focuses on technologies to improve the design and formulation of therapeutic proteins and gene therapy vectors\, to improve their manufacture\, stability\, delivery and function.  He has pioneered smart directed evolution approaches that accelerate evolution in the lab. Recent work has used molecular dynamics simulations and computational protein design tools to guide stability and function modifying mutations into proteins and viral vectors. \nThe joining link will be sent to you upon registration. \n\n\n\n\nBSGCT PPE Talk –  Strategies for AAV capsid engineering\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nYour details\n\n\n\n	Title\n		\n	\n	\n	\n	\n\n\n	Name\n		*\n	\n	\n	First\n	\n\n\n	Last Name\n		*\n	\n	\n	Last\n	\n\n\n	Email\n		*\n	\n	\n	\n	\n\n\n	Organisation\n		*\n	\n	\n	\n	\n\n\n	Position / role\n		*\n	\n	\n	\n	\n\n\n	BSGCT Membership Status\n		*\n	\n						\n					 Member\n					\n					 Non-member\n\n	\n	\n\n\n\n	\n\nSubmit\n\n\n\n		\n			\n			\n			\n				If you are human\, leave this field blank.			\n			\n		\n		\n\n\n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://bsgct.org/event/strategies-for-aav-capsid-engineering/
CATEGORIES:Online Seminars,Patient and Public Engagement,Seminars
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