On behalf of the Gene Therapy Center and Department of Pediatrics at the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, we invite you to join us at Dr. Jude Samulski’s Festschrift. This celebration of Dr. Samulski will honor and recognize Dr. Samulski's tremendous accomplishments and contributions to gene therapy, AAV virology, biotechnology and the biotech industry sector.

The Festschrift will include a research symposium at the Carolina Club, featuring scientific presentations and talks from internationally recognized and highly distinguished leaders in the field, followed by an evening reception at the Carolina Inn. Please note that if you would like to attend the symposium and the reception, you must select both sessions when you register.

Speakers scheduled to speak at the symposium include: 

• Gloria Gonzalez-Aseguinolaza, PhD
• Krzysztof Bankiewicz, MD, PhD
• Hildegard Büning, PhD
• Nathalie Cartier, PhD
• Terry Flotte, MD
• Guangping Gao, PhD
• Roger Hajjar, MD
• Arnold Levine, PhD
• William Marzluff, PhD
• Douglas McCarty, PhD
• Sheila Mikhail, JD, MBA
• Joseph Rabinowitz, PhD
• Thomas Shenk, PhD
• Weidong Xiao, PhD
• Samuel M. Young, PhD