Exhibitor Descriptions
3233 15th Street South
Fargo, ND 58104
Telephone: 701-297-9256
Fax: 701-280-1642
E-mail: peratt@aldevron.com
Website: www.aldevron.com
Booth Number: 315
Aldevron provides non-GMP and GMP plasmid and protein manufacturing services. We offer a unique GMP-source service specially designed to produce plasmid DNA for clinical-grade virus (e.g. AAV) production. This is a cost-effective alternative to full-scale GMP production. Aldevron’s GIA(tm) service allows clients to test the most advanced gene-delivery technologies including electroporation and to generate antibodies to any protein.
555 East Wells Street, Suite 1100
Milwaukee, WI 53202
Telephone: 414-278-1341
Fax: 414-276-3349
E-mail: info@asgt.org
Website: www.asgt.org
Booth Number 426-428
Stop by the ASGT membership Booth to pick-up your Abstracts-on-Disc and a membership pin, find out where the 2009 Annual Meeting will be held and other Society information. Available at the Booth for purchase are fashionable ASGT logo polo shirts!
15499 East 590th Road
Inola, OK 74036
Telephone: 918-543-2222
Fax: 918-543-3334
E-mail: kcoffey@artisonweb.com
Website: www.artisonweb.com
Booth Number 519
The Artison Sonitron was the first purpose build ultrasound-mediated gene delivery system. The system is non-invasive, non immunogenic and highly versatile. It has been shown to delivery DNA, siRNA and proteins in vitro, in vivo and in ovo. Artison designs, develops, and manufactures medical ultrasound devices under various names as well as Custom ultrasound devices in the range from 40kHz to 8MHz.
975 W. Walnut Street, Room 130
Indianapolis, IN 46202
Telephone: 317-274-4519
Fax: 317-274-2293
E-mail: lrubin@iupui.edu
Website: www.aabmonline.org
Booth Number: 215
The Association of Academic Biologics Manufacturers (AABM) is a network of non-profit academic based biologics manufacturers. The Association is a national resource that brings together clinical investigators and Facilities producing cell, protein and vector products. To become a registered Facility you must have, or plan to build a cGLP or cGMP compliant manufacturing facility located on and operated by a recognized academic organization.
6678 Route 17
Redfield, NY 13437
Telephone: 315-387-3414
Fax: 315-387-3415
E-mail: tlee@biospherix.com
Website: www.BioSpherix.com
Booth Number: 411
Advanced new GMP-like incubation concept for conventional bag, plate, flask, multi-well, plate, and petri dish cultures. Flexible system integrates multiple independent high performance incubators that open into gloved clean hood with sterile replicating atmospheres in workspace for uninterrupted conditions during handling. GMP cell culture facility.
84 October Hill Road
Holliston, MA 01746
Telephone: 508-893-8999
Fax: 508-429-5732
E-mail: support.btx@harvardapparatus.com
Website: www.btxonline.com
Booth Number: 528
BTX has the widest range of electroporation and electrofusion products for InVitro and InVivo applications. Among our newest innovations is the OneDrop MicroPorator which allows for highly efficient transfection of difficult cell lines. BTX also features the ECIS system which monitors real time cell migration, cell invasion and signal transduction.
602 Hillside Ave.
Antioch, IL 60002
Telephone: 847-395-7277
Fax: 847-395-0808
E-mail: cellgenixUSA@aol.com
Website: cellgenix.com
Booth Number: 520
CellGenix manufactures high quality cGMP produced cytokines and cell culture medium for ex-vivo dendritic, stem, NK, and T cell expansion and maturation protocols. We also offer research grade cytokines and distribute AFC’s GMP culture and cryopreservation bags made from clear, inert, gas permeable FEP plastic used in these same protocols.
3180 William Pitt Way
Pittsburgh, PA 15238
Telephone: 412-423-2284
Fax: 412-423-2260
E-mail: don.taylor@cellumen.com
Website: www.cellumen.com
Booth Number: 220
Cellumen is the cellular systems biology company dedicated to helping organizations create greater numbers of efficacious, safe, and patient-targeted drugs. Cellumen’s products and services facilitate every stage of bringing a drug to market—from drug discovery to drug development to clinical trials – by producing better results more quickly and less expensively.
Room 302, Abramson Pediatric Research Center
3516 Civic Center Blvd.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Telephone: 267-426-5256
Fax: 215-590-3660
Booth Number: 311
The Center for Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia is dedicated to the understanding, development, and application of gene and cell therapies. The center established a first-class cGMP vector manufacturing suite, and is awarded a major NIH vector manufacturing contract to further the clinical promise of AAV-based gene transfer.
3333 Burnet Avenue MLC 7013
Cincinnati, OH 45229
Telephone: 513-636-3468
E-mail: Lilith.reeves@cchmc.org
Booth Number: 216
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center Translational Core Laboratories provide viral vector production, patient monitoring, and small animal safety studies in support of early phase gene transfer trials. The labs are located in a 12,000 sq. ft. newly constructed translational research facility.
900 Chelmsford Street
Tower 2, 4th Floor
Lowell, MA 01851
Telephone: 978-442-2200
Fax: 978-442-2476
E-mail: claswebmail@corning.com
Website: www.corning.com/lifesciences
Booth Number: 506
Corning Incorporated, a diversified technology company, manufactures high quality, high performance research products for life sciences. Corning will exhibit reliable and fully-tested cell culture products for scale up. Stop by and see our new products including the HYPERFlaskTM CellCulture Vessel, CellSTACK® Culture Chambers, Cell-Cube Culture System with Delta V, Baffled Erlenmeyer Flasks and 1L and 3L Disposable Spinner Flasks. Stop by our Booth and ask us about our innovative ULA, CellBIND and Ultra Web surfaces.
Gewerbestrasse 8
Cham, Zug 6330
Switzerland
Telephone: +41 41 747 2550
Fax: +41 41 743 2536
E-mail: service@elchrom.com
Website: www.elchrom.com
Booth Number: 327
Elchrom Scientific sets new quality standards in DNA/RNA electrophoresis, purification and genetic testing services. Elchrom’s patented technology drastically enhances quality and reproducibility of results for a number of applications like: Microsatellites, LAM-PCR, SSCP, Allele specific PCR, AFLP, DNA Recovery, short fragments analysis(oligos, siRNA) etc. GenoMouse services offer mouse genetic background testing.
Vollmersbachstrasse 66
Idar-Oberstein 55743
Germany
Telephone: +49 6781 98550
Fax: +49 6781 9855237
E-mail: eufets@fresenius-biotech.com
Website: www.eufets.com
Booth Number: 321
EUFETS AG is a contract manufacturing organization specialized in services for cell and gene therapy. These include the production of retroviral vectors, gene modified cells, preparation of stem cell products and other human cells. EUFETS also offers preclinical GLP services.
1401 Rockville Pike
Suite 200N, HFM-41
Rockville, MD 20852-1448
Telephone: 301-827-7958
Fax: 301-827-3079
E-mail: holly.wieland@fda.hhs.gov
Booth Number: 212
The United States Food and Drug Administration Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) is pleased to be exhibiting at ASGT this year. CBER is one of six centers within FDA, and is responsible for the regulation of biologically-derived products, including blood intended for transfusion, blood components and derivatives, vaccines, allergenic extracts, human tissue, and cell and gene therapy products. CBER is located in Booth 212.
675 West Kendall Street
Cambridge, MA 02142
Telephone: 800-868-8208
Fax: 617-768-9765
E-mail: pharmaceuticals@genzyme.com
Website: www.genzymepharmaceuticals.com
Booth Number: 527
Genzyme Pharmaceuticals, a business unit of Genzyme Corporation, provides value-added products and services in the delivery of gene therapy agents through custom manufacturing, technologies and strategic relationships focused in the lipid, peptide, amino acid derivative and lipd-based drug delivery markets.
11494 Sorrento Valley Road
San Diego, CA 92121
Telephone: 858-410-3122
Fax: 858-597-0415
E-mail: mfons@inovio.com
Website: www.inovio.com
Booth Number: 420
Inovio Biomedical Corporation develops multiple DNA-based immunotherapies using electroporation. Its MedPulser System delivers drugs or genes to treat cancer and infectious diseases. Inovio Biomedical’s partners include Merck, Wyeth, Vical, Tripep, University of Southampton, Moffitt Cancer Center, and the U.S. Army, with five DNA-based immunotherapies in Phase I clinical studies.
1450 South Rolling Road, Suite 4.028
Baltimore, MD 21227
Telephone: 443-543-5314
Fax: 443-543-5332
E-mail: jessica.boehmer@lentigen.com
Website: www.lentigen.com
Booth Number: 205
Lentigen Corporation has developed a proprietary lentiviral vector gene delivery technology for a wide variety of applications in biotechnology and medicine. We provide turnkey solutions for RNAi research, custom cell line development, protein production, vaccine manufacturing and gene therapy.
140 Huguenot Street, 3rd Floor
New Rochelle, NY 10801
Phone: 914-740-2100
Fax: 914-740-2101
E-mail: info@liebertpub.com
Website: www.liebertpub.com
Booth Number: 414
Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishes authoritative peer-reviewed journals in new and promising areas of science and biomedical research including Human Gene Therapy, the official Journal of ESGCT – impact factor 4.514. A complete list of the firm’s 60 journals, books, and news magazines is available at www.liebertpub.com.
3471 River Hills Drive
Cincinnati, OH 45244
Phone: 513-271-3700
Fax: 513-271-3762
E-mail: daniel.shelly@meridianlifescience.com
Website: www.meridianlifescience.com
Booth Number: 427
Meridian Life Science®, Inc. is a premier provider of contract R&D, process development, and clinical cGMP biomanufacturing for viral-vectored gene therapies, vaccines, viral challenge materials, virus-like particles, and recombinant proteins. Meridian manufactures and distributes bulk antigens, antibodies, proteins, and critical immunoassay reagents for researchers and diagnostic, and biopharmaceutical companies.
290 Concord Road
Billerica, MA 01821
Phone: 800-645-5476
Fax: 800-645-5439
Website: www.millipore.com
Booth Number: 328
Millipore is a Life Science leader providing cutting-edge technologies, tools, and services for bioscience research and biopharmaceutical manufacturing. Our expert team of scientists understands the complexity of Life Science research and can support our customers in their most difficult challenges in cell biology, stem cells, immunodetection, and cell signaling.
8 Faneuil Hall, 3rd Floor
Boston, MA 02109
Telephone: 617-821-6687
Fax: 617-973-6469
E-mail: Hampton@mousespecifics.com
Website: www.MouseSpecifics.com
Booth Number: 313
Mouse Specifics, Inc. is a leader in the development of novel phenotyping instruments for describing the effects of genes and drugs in mouse models. Our instruments enable rapid identification of gene function and drug benefit in conscious rodents. We focus on high-throughput characterization of conscious laboratory animals, yet our mission underscores refinement, replacement, and reduction of animal use in research.
975 West Walnut Street
Room 130
Indianapolis, IN 46202
Telephone: 317-274-4519
Fax: 317-274-2293
E-mail: lrubin@iupui.edu
Booth Number: 213
The National Gene Vector Biorepository (NGVB)at Indiana University, is a resource for academic investigators conducting gene therapy research. Gene therapy reagents will be made available to academic investigators for preclinical investigation. The web-based Pharmacology/Toxicology database will continue, allowing investigators to view the design of studies already on file with the FDA.
75 Varick Street, Floor 9
New York, NY 10013
Telephone: 212 -726-9636
E-mail: a.wessel@natureny.com
Website: www.nature.com
Booth Number: 412
Nature Publishing Group brings leading scientific and medical research to your desktop. The NPG portfolio combines the continued excellence of Nature, as well as academic and research titles, and publishes the official journal of the American Society for Gene Therapy, Molecular Therapy. Visit Booth number 412 for free sample copies.
4701 Innovation Dr.
Lincoln, NE 68521
Telephone: 402-472-6530
Fax: 402-472-6532
E-mail: hodgson@natx.com
Website: www.natx.com
Booth Number: 312
Nature Technology Corporation (NTC) is a discovery-based bioengineering technology company, providing industry solutions for design, research, process development and manufacturing of biologics, including gene-therapeutics and vaccines.
360 Merrimack Street
Building 9, Floor 2
Lawrence, MA 01843
Telephone: 978-327-5340
Fax: 978-327-5341
E-mail: ddemers@nexcelom.com
Website: www.nexcelom.com
Booth Number: 522
Cellometer® - imaging-based automatic cell counting system to replace manual hemacytometer. Without extra reagent, cells such as PBMC, CD4, Hela, MCF7, and HEK293 are pipetted into disposable counting chambers for cell counting and trypan blue viability determination. Also cell morphology observation and heterogeneous population analysis.
6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 8124
Bethesda, MD 20892-7940
Telephone: 301-435-0468
Fax: 301-480-7971
E-mail: skarlats@mail.nih.gov
Website: http://www.gtrp.org
Booth Number: 516
The NHLBI Gene Therapy Resource Program was initiated in 2007 as part of the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) continuing efforts to facilitate clinical gene transfer research. The program provides the following services:
- Preclinical vector production at University of Pennsylvania
- Clinical grade adeno-associated vector production at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
- Clinical grade lentivirus vector production at Indiana University
- Pharmacology/toxicology testing at Lovelace Biomedical and Environmental Research Institute
- Clinical Trial funding for heart, lung, and blood diseases
For additional information visit us at Booth # 516.
6705 Rockledge Drive, Suite 750
Bethesda, MD 20892
Telephone: 301-451-2091
Fax: 301-496-9839
E-mail: bralyl@od.nih.gov
Website: http://www4.od.nih.gov/oba
Booth Number: 319
The NIH Office of Biotechnology Activities promotes science, safety, and ethics in biotechnology through knowledge advancement, public understanding enhancement, and sound public policy development. Its mission is accomplished through analysis, deliberation, and communication of scientific, medical, ethical, legal, and social issues.
6002 Executive Blvd., Room 2141
Bethesda, MD 20892
Telephone: 301-594-4660
Fax: 301-4021501
E-mail: nih-raid@mail.nih.gov
Website: http://nihroadmap.nih.gov/raid/
Booth Number: 511
The NIH-RAID pilot program makes available, at no cost, certain critical resources needed for the development of new therapeutic agents. Available services include: production, bulk supply, GMP manufacturing, formulation, development of an assay suitable for pharmacokinetic testing, and animal toxicology. NIH-RAID is not a grant program; successful projects gain access to government contract resources.
12111 Parklawn Drive
Rockville, MD 20852
Telephone: 301-984-5928
Fax: 301-984-2515
E-mail: info@omniabio.com
Website: www.omniabio.com
Booth Number: 219
Omnia provides clinical GMP contract manufacturing and Process Development services for biologic products such as gene and cell therapies, and vaccines. Omnia’s other services include GMP Cell and Virus Banking, Formulation, Aseptic Fill/Finish and Assay Development. Omnia’s GMP facility is BSL-3 compliant, capable of meeting the most demanding requirements.
Parc Scientifique De Luminy
Batiment Inmed BP13
Marseille 13273 France
Telephone: +33 491 828 172
Fax: +33 491 828 170
E-mail: cbodin@ozbiosciences.com
Website: www.ozbiosciences.com
Booth Number: 521
OZ Biosciences is a product development company that creates, develops and commercializes delivery systems of bioactive materials. These laboratory reagents, intended for the worldwide scientific community, allow researchers to study more effectively the functions of genes, proteins or other molecules delivered. Our vocation is to design innovative, efficient and adapted tools specialized in the transport of biomolecules.
345 Scarborough Road
Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510
Telephone: 914-945-6188
Fax: 914-945-6580
E-mail: ralf.seip@philips.com
Website: www.research.philips.com/TIPS
Booth Number: 515
Philips Research has developed the Therapy Imaging Probe System (TIPS) device. TIPS is a turnkey solution for all pre-clinical research needs using therapeutic ultrasound for non-invasive gene therapy/transfection, site-targeted drug delivery, ultrasound-mediated immunotherapy, and HIFU ablation.
4100 Regent Street, Suite M-2
Columbus, OH 43219
Telephone: 614-436-6499
Fax: 614-436-6489
E-mail: adel@phylogenyinc.com
Website: www.phylogenyinc.com
Booth Number: 222
Phylogeny assists in accelerating the discovery of new therapeutics for human medicine by enabling scientists to achieve excellence in functional genomic research. Specifically, the company utilizes basic principles from the disciplines of developmental biology, organismal biology, functional morphology, anatomy, and physiology to understand the biological relevance of gene expression patterns.
Meisenstrabe 96
Bielefeld, North Rhine-Wes 33607
Germany
Telephone: +49 521 299 735 0
Fax: +49 521 299 735 5
E-mail: info@plasmidfactory.com
Booth Number: 326
PlasmidFactory is Europe’s leading contract manufacturer of plasmid-DNA: From research scale up to industrial scale,in research- and GMP-Quality,for applications in research and development, for production of viral vectors, antibodies and recombinant proteins,for veterinary and human DNA vaccine and clinical cell- and gene therapy studies.
1251 Avenue of the Americas, 34th Floor
New York, NY 10020
Telephone: 508-315-9629
E-mail: jfwilliamson@polyplus-transfection.com
Booth Number: 416
Polyplus-transfection is a Life Science company dedicated to research and development of in vivo and in vitro delivery reagents. Polyplus provides state-of-the-art high quality products including cGMP grade for nucleic acid delivery in the clinic. Our portfolio includes reagents for DNA, siRNA and oligonucleotides delivery. We also provide high quality reagents for virus production for clinical trials.
87 Great Valley Parkway
Malvern, PA 19355
Telephone: 610-640-0800
Fax: 610-640-0808
E-mail: cflynn@puresyn.com
Website: www.puresyn.com
Booth Number: 512
Puresyn, Inc., a Separations and Purification Technology Company, developing, manufacturing and marketing state-of-the-art products and contract manufacturing services for nucleic acids and other biological molecules utilizing our proprietary polymer technology, PolyFlo® for production and purification of gene delivery products including plasmids and recombinant viruses at scales and customized specifications.
3050 Spruce Street
St. Louis, MO 63103
Telephone: 314-286-7911
E-mail: delphine.caraguel@sial.com
Website: www.safcpharma.com
Booth Number: 325
SAFC PharmaTM provides leading-edge CMO services for viral based therapeutics and vaccines at its Carlsbad, California facility. Comprehensive services include process and analytical development, clinical-grade banking and bulk drug manufacturing with semi- and fully-automated final fill/finish capacity to 10,000 vials/day. One of 10 SAFC global CMO sites for biologic and chemistry applications.
Website: www.visitsandiego.com
Booth Number: 425
Already a natural beauty, San Diego is quickly becoming one of the nation’s most exciting and sought-after destinations with a near-perfect climate, miles of pristine beaches, world-class visitor attractions and an award-winning convention center. You’ll find there is always something new and exciting to discover here each time you visit.
2575 W. Bellfort, Suite 2001
Houston, TX 77054
Telephone: 713-528-4363
Fax: 713-528-6232
Website: www.seqWright.com
Booth Number: 513
SeqWright, Inc. is one of America’s largest suppliers of custom Genomics and Molecular Biology services. In addition to providing standard research-level services such as Sequencing, Microarray, Subcloning and Mutagenesis, and qPCR, SeqWright provides GLP/cGMP level services in conformance with applicable FDA regulations and is a CLIA inspected and compliant facility.
18617 Broadwick Street
Rancho Dominquez, CA 90220-6435
Telephone: 310-605-4440
Fax: 310-605-4540
E-mail: wtamashiro@spectrumlabs.com
Website: www.spectrumlabs.com
Booth Number: 214
Spectrum Laboratories manufactures products for bioprocess separations and cell culture. Filtration products include the largest selection of disposable Hollow Fiber Filters and a complete range of TFF systems for laboratory, pilot and full scale bioprocessing. Cell culture products include bioreactors and filters for bioreactor perfusion and cell culture harvest applications.
University of Pennsylvania – Gene Therapy Program
125 S 31st Street, Suite 2000
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Telephone: 215-573-0633
Fax: 215-898-6588
E-mail: vector@mail.med.upenn.edu
Website: www.med.upenn.edu/gtp/vector_core.shtml
Booth Number: 514
Penn Vector Core is a state-of-the-art vector production facility for investigators both within and external to the University of Pennsylvania. The main objective of the Core is to make various types of high quality viral vectors for gene transfer/Vaccine studies at the preclinical and basic research level.
940 Fourth Avenue, Suite 350
Huntington, WV 25701
Telephone: 304-529-0803
Fax: 888-550-8220
E-mail: info@vandaliaresearch.com
Website: www.vandaliaresearch.com
Booth Number: 422
Vandalia Research, Inc. provides large-scale DNA production services with its Triathlon system, a proprietary PCR-based platform. Because PCR is an in vitro process, there are no contaminates that may be associated with a cell-based system. Constructs from 50bp to 4.2kb may be produced from oligo, PCR product, plasmid, or genetic template.
6 Yongchang Zhong Road
BDA
Beijing 100176
China
Telephone: +86 139 1029 4684
Website: www.agtc.com.cn
Booth Number: 526
Vector Gene Technology Co. Ltd. (VGTC) is a leading gene therapy vector contract manufacturing service provider in China. Located in Beijing, VGTC offers contract production of both research and clinical grade adenoviral, AAV and plasmid vectors for reseach institutes and pharmaceutical companies worldwide.
1500 Highland Ave.
Madison, WI 53705
Telephone: 608-263-8940
E-mail: keach@waisman.wisc.edu
Website: www.GMPbiomanufacturing.org
Booth Number: 525
The Waisman Clinical Biomanufacturing Facility (WCBF) is a dedicated manufacturing facility that provides cGMP manufacturing services for producing biotherapeutics for early-stage human clinical trials. Services that are provided by the WCBF range from process development to clinical production and product fill and finish, all with full quality system support.
350 Main Street
Malden, MA 02148
Telephone: 781-388-8200
Fax: 781-388-8210
E-mail: custserv@wiley.com
Website: www.Wiley-Blackwell.com
Booth Number: 211
Wiley-Blackwell offers high quality journals and books in gene therapy, tissue engineering, cellular and molecular medicine and genetics. Visit our Booth to find out more about these and our gene therapy clinical trials database. Wiley-Blackwell is the Scientific, Technical, Medical, and Scholarly business of John Wiley and Sons.
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