Description
Technology is changing the world and bioelectronic medicine is at the forefront of this technological revolution. The pharmaceutical industry's history is based on therapies that target molecular mechanisms, yet these therapies are expensive, difficult to administer, often toxic, and may be accompanied by lethal side effects. Bioelectronic medicine — the convergence of molecular medicine; neuroscience and biology; and electronics and computing to develop cures — may change the future of therapies for a wide variety of diseases. This groundbreaking discipline is aimed at interfacing electronics with nerves to specifically target the biological processes underlying disease. Bioelectronic medicine is now at the epicenter of where healthcare, technology, and science converge. A unique moment exists to characterize the challenges and opportunities facing the future of this scientific domain.The Key Symposium 2016: Bioelectronic Medicine — Technology Targeting Molecular Mechanisms, will convene thought leaders who have the potential to explore, define, and create this new field. Session topics include:Defining Circuits, Cell Biology and Cancer, Molecular Sensing, Clinical Updates, Brain Interfaces, Processing the Future, and Funding the Field. By harnessing the power of technology spanning disciplines from microfluidics to computer processing to molecular technology, we step closer to the promise of bioelectronic medicine — to naturally reproduce a drug's therapeutic reaction by mobilizing the body's natural reflexes to develop effective, safe and economical alternatives to pills and injectables.
Call for Poster Abstracts
The deadline for abstract submission is Friday, July 29, 2016. For complete abstract instructions, please send an e-mail to BioelectronicMedicine@nyas.org with "Abstract Information" in the subject line. There is no need to type a message; instructions will be forwarded automatically. Please call 212.298.8648 with any questions.Dinner Boat Cruise
There will be a complimentary dinner boat cruise around New York City for symposium attendees on Thursday, September 22, 2016, departing at 6:00 PM. To attend the dinner boat cruise, this social event option must be selected during the registration process.The final day to register and select this option is September 6, 2016.
Registration Pricing
For details on registration and pricing, please visit www.nyas.org/BioelectronicMedicine. Early-bird discount ends 8/22/2016.Symposium Agenda
Wednesday, September 21, 2016
5:00 PM Registration and Poster Set-Up
5:30 PM Welcome Remarks
Representative, Journal of Internal Medicine
Kevin J. Tracey, MD, The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research
Representative, The New York Academy of Sciences
5:45 PM Networking Reception and Poster Session
8:00 PM End of Symposium Day 1
Thursday, September 22, 2016
7:45 AM Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:30 AM Welcome Remarks
Representative, Journal of Internal Medicine
Kevin J. Tracey, MD, The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research
Representative, The New York Academy of Sciences
Session I: Defining Circuits
8:45 AM Mapping Reflexes in Immunity
Kevin J. Tracey, MD, The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research
9:15 AM Somatosensory Neurons in Bacterial Detection and Host Defense
Isaac Chiu, PhD, Harvard Medical School
9:45 AM Optical Tools for Analyzing and Repairing Complex Biological Systems
Ed Boyden, PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
10:15 AM Networking Coffee Break
Session II: Clinical Updates
10:45 AM Restoring the Balance of the Autonomic Nervous System in Rheumatoid Arthritis: From Preclinical Models to Patients
Paul Peter Tak, MD, PhD, Glaxo Smith Kline
11:15 AM The Cholinergic Anti-inflammatory Pathway in the Gut: From Bench to Bedside
Guy Boeckxstaens, PhD, University of Leuven
11:45 AM Vagus Nerve Stimulation in Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Bruno L. Bonaz, MD, PhD, Grenoble Faculty of Medicine and Hospital; Grenoble Institute of Neuroscience
12:15 PM Networking Lunch
Session III: Brain Interfaces
1:30 PM Cracking the Neural Code, Treating Paralysis, and the Future of Bioelectronic Medicine
Chad Bouton, The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research
2:00 PM Sequencing the Connectome
Anthony Zador, MD, PhD, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Session IV: Molecular Sensing
2:30 PM Towards Paper-Based Point of Care Affinity Proteomics
Helene Svahn, PhD, Royal Institute of Technology
3:00 PM Networking Coffee Break
3:30 PM Interrogating Neural Function with Optoelectronic and Magnetic Materials
Polina Anikeeva, PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
4:00 PM Real-time Biosensors for Continuously Measuring Specific Biomolecules in Vivo
Tom Soh, PhD, Stanford University
4:30 PM Organic Bioelectronics in Neuroscience and Infection
Agneta Richter-Dahlfors, PhD, Karolinska Institutet
5:00 PM Closing Remarks
5:10 PM End of Symposium Day 2
6:00 PM Dinner Boat Cruise Around New York City
Advance Registration Required
Friday, September 23, 2016
8:00 AM Continental Breakfast
Session V: Cell Biology & Cancer
8:30 AM Title to Be Determined
Tak W. Mak, MSc, PhD, Ontario Cancer Institute, Princess Margaret Hospital
9:00 AM Title to Be Determined
William Doyle, SB, MBA, Novocure
9:30 AM Title to Be Determined
Jeffrey Friedman, MD, PhD, The Rockefeller University
10:00 AM Networking Coffee Break
Session VI: Processing the Future
10:30 AM Organic Bioelectronics and Electronic Plants
Magnus Berggren, MSc, PhD, Linkoping University
11:00 AM Symmetries and Abstraction of Information from Vagal Nerve Recordings
Patrick Lincoln, PhD, SRI International
11:30 AM Title to Be Determined
Peder Olofsson, MD, PhD, Karolinska Institutet
12:00 PM Networking Lunch
Session VII: Funding the Field
1:00 PM National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke and NIH Initiatives for Funding Research in Bioelectronic Medicine
Nick Langhals, PhD, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, U.S. National Institutes of Health
1:30 PM Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Biologicial Technologies Office (BTO) Electrical Prescriptions (ElectRX) Program
Douglas J. Weber, PhD, U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Administration
2:00 PM Title to Be Determined
Gene Civillico, PhD, U.S. National Institutes of Health
2:30 PM Closing Remarks
2:45 PM Symposium Ends
