AAV5 Vector and Uses Thereof

This invention provides for novel vectors and viral particles which comprise adeno-associated virus serotype 5 (AAV5). AAV5 is a single-stranded DNA virus of either plus or minus polarity which, like other AAV serotypes (e.g., AAV4, AAV2) requires a helper virus for replication. AAV5 offers several advantages which make it attractive for use in gene therapy: 1. increased production (10-50 fold greater than AAV2);   More...

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Third Annual Philip S. Chen, Jr., Ph.D. Distinguished Lecture on Innovation and Technology Transfer

The Office of the Director, NIH, invites you to the third annual Philip S. Chen, Jr., Ph.D. Distinguished Lecture on Innovation and Technology Transfer on Thursday, September 18, 2008, at 11:00 AM in the Lipsett Amphitheater, Building 10, NIH campus in Bethesda, Maryland.

Dr. Robert S. Balaban will present “Innovation in the Imaging Sciences at the National Institutes of Health.” Dr. Balaban is the Director, Division of Intramural Research and Chief of the Laboratory of Cardiac Energetics in the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute. Please join us for this lecture from a leading NIH inventor in the imaging sciences in this series that honors Dr. Phil Chen’s many contributions to the NIH.

For more information, please contact Craig Woodside at 301-496-0472 or woodsidec@od.nih.gov. For sign interpretation or accommodation for disabilities, please contact Dolores Evans at 301-594-7700 or evansdo@od.nih.gov.



Career Opportunities at OTT

The NIH Office of Technology Transfer is seeking qualified individuals to fill several key Technology Licensing Specialist vacancies. Links to the detailed notices, posted at USAJOBS, may be found on our Career Opportunities webpage.

    


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