RNA and oligonucleotide therapies at ESGCT 2026

Oct 27–30, 2026 Hamburg, Germany ~2.5k attendees Website

25 organizations at ESGCT 2026 present work in RNA and oligonucleotide therapies: 14 universities and research institutes, 6 suppliers and service providers, 4 drug developers and 1 agency, society or charity. Between them they bring 124 presentations to the program. Most represented: University College London, CIMA University of Navarra and Tigem. As of Oct 16, 2026.

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OrganizationESGCT 2026 Attendance
Universities & institutes
London university with a large gene and cell therapy programme spanning AAV and lentiviral gene therapy, haemophilia and CAR-T trials.
Chair
Tue Oct 27
9:30am–11:00am
CLINICAL TRIALS AND COMMERCIALISATION WORKSHOP 1
with SR-Tiget
Manufacturing, CMC and accessClinical trials and translation
Workshop
Tue Oct 27
9:55am–10:45am
VLPs for in vivo CAR-T cells
EDUCATION SESSION 1b - Therapeutic strategies expanding the horizons of GT
Vectors and delivery (AAV, lentiviral, LNP)Cell therapies and CAR-T
Chair
Tue Oct 27
11:15am–1:00pm
CLINICAL TRIALS AND COMMERCIALISATION WORKSHOP 2
with SR-Tiget
Manufacturing, CMC and access
Chair
Wed Oct 28
8:30am–10:30am
SESSION 3b: Hematopoietic & PID
with Broad Institute
Rare and inherited disease
Talk
Wed Oct 28
9:30am–10:30am
Patient-specific gene editing approaches rescue B cell development in X-linked agammaglobulinemia
SESSION 3b: Hematopoietic & PID
Gene and epigenome editingRare and inherited disease
Chair
Wed Oct 28
11:00am–12:30pm
SESSION 4c: Immunotherapy and CAR T cells II
with IDIBAPS
Cell therapies and CAR-T
Poster
Wed Oct 28
1:30pm–3:30pm
BREAKING FREE FROM VIRUSES: TOWARD A SCALABLE NON-VIRAL PLATFORM FOR HSC GENE THERAPY
Non viral delivery
Poster
Wed Oct 28
1:30pm–3:30pm
Combinatorial CRISPR-activation Gene Therapy to Treat Intractable Epilepsy
CNS & sensory
Poster
Wed Oct 28
1:30pm–3:30pm
Developing a 3D in vitro model of skeletal muscle involvement in late-onset Pompe disease for CRISPR-based therapy testing
Cardiovascular & Muscular diseases
Poster
Wed Oct 28
1:30pm–3:30pm
Development of in vitro transcribed mRNA therapeutics for cystic fibrosis combined with CFTR modulators.
Non viral delivery
Poster
Wed Oct 28
1:30pm–3:30pm
Improving the gene therapy vector and applying lipidomics to monitor the efficacy of therapy for CLN3 disease.
AAVs / non integrative vectors
Poster
Wed Oct 28
1:30pm–3:30pm
Restoration of cilia motility via mRNA therapy in Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia
Non viral delivery
Poster
Wed Oct 28
1:30pm–3:30pm
The Development of a PEG-bPEI Nanogel-based Delivery System for Nucleic Acids
Non viral delivery
Chair
Wed Oct 28
6:00pm–7:00pm
SESSION 6: Gene editing
with CIEMAT
Gene and epigenome editing
Chair
Thu Oct 29
8:30am–10:30am
SESSION 7c: Accessibility of GT
with SR-Tiget
Manufacturing, CMC and access
Talk
Thu Oct 29
8:30am–10:30am
SESSION 7d: Skin, pulmonary and skeletal diseases
SESSION 7d: Skin, pulmonary and skeletal diseases
Rare and inherited disease
Talk
Thu Oct 29
12:30pm–1:00pm
Prime Time for patients with metabolic diseases
SESSION 8: Presidential Symposium
Gene and epigenome editingRare and inherited disease
Poster
Thu Oct 29
2:00pm–4:00pm
A two-in-one AAV donor strategy for manufacturing IMiD-switchable anti-B7H3 CAR T cells
Immunotherapy and CAR T cells
Poster
Thu Oct 29
2:00pm–4:00pm
Cleavage-competent sgRNA contaminants and enhanced off-target detection revealed by DNA repair inhibition in genome-edited HSPCs
Gene Editing
Poster
Thu Oct 29
2:00pm–4:00pm
Cryo-EM analysis of viral vector heterogeneity
Manufacturing
Poster
Thu Oct 29
2:00pm–4:00pm
Mutation, exon or gene; Trade-offs between correction and cell function for different scales of non-viral HDRT ex vivo correction of XLA.
Gene Editing
Poster
Thu Oct 29
2:00pm–4:00pm
Rational design AAV capsid engineering for fibroblast-directed targeting towards Collagen VI muscular dystrophy genetic therapies.
AAVs / non integrative vectors
Chair
Fri Oct 30
9:00am–10:30am
SESSION 11b: Bleeding disorders
with SR-Tiget
Rare and inherited disease
Talk
Fri Oct 30
9:10am–10:30am
Gene therapy in hemophilia
SESSION 11b: Bleeding disorders
Rare and inherited diseaseClinical trials and translation
Talk
Fri Oct 30
12:00pm–1:00pm
A human multi-organoid framework to improve preclinical assessment of AAV gene therapy in neuromuscular disease
SESSION 12a: AAVs/non integrative vectors III - Translation
Vectors and delivery (AAV, lentiviral, LNP)Rare and inherited disease
Talk
Fri Oct 30
12:15pm–1:00pm
Targeted lipid nanocomplex delivery of angiopoietin-1 mRNA slows progression of childhood kidney disease
SESSION 12d: Non-viral vectors/Nanotechnology and RNA therapeutics II
Vectors and delivery (AAV, lentiviral, LNP)RNA and oligonucleotide therapies
Universities & institutes
University of Navarra's applied medical research centre, with gene therapy programs on viral vectors for liver, rare and neurodegenerative diseases.
Chair
Tue Oct 27
9:00am–10:45am
EDUCATION SESSION 1b - Therapeutic strategies expanding the horizons of GT
Cell therapies and CAR-TGene and epigenome editing
Workshop
Tue Oct 27
11:40am–1:00pm
Side effects and protein stress response
EDUCATION SESSION 2a - What human trials are teaching us
Clinical trials and translation
Chair
Tue Oct 27
5:00pm–7:30pm
SESSION 2d: Metabolic diseases I In collaboration with JSGCT and CSGCT
with Tigem
Rare and inherited disease
Talk
Tue Oct 27
6:00pm–7:30pm
Molecular mechanism of severe hepatotoxicity following high-dose ssAAV9.CBA.SMN1 administration in neonatal mice
SESSION 2a: AAVs/Non integrative vectors I - Basic
Vectors and delivery (AAV, lentiviral, LNP)Rare and inherited disease
Chair
Wed Oct 28
8:30am–10:30am
SESSION 3a: AAVs/non integrative vectors II - Technology
with Tigem
Vectors and delivery (AAV, lentiviral, LNP)
Talk
Wed Oct 28
9:30am–10:30am
Preliminary results of a phase I trial evaluating DNX-2440 oncolytic adenovirus in recurrent glioblastoma
SESSION 3c: Oncolytic therapy & cancer gene therapy
Cancer gene and cell therapyClinical trials and translation
Talk
Wed Oct 28
12:00pm–12:30pm
An open CAR-T single-cell atlas to enable in-depth characterization and rational engineering of CAR-T products
SESSION 4c: Immunotherapy and CAR T cells II
Cell therapies and CAR-T
Poster
Wed Oct 28
1:30pm–3:30pm
Cross-species AAV capsid screening identifies non-sensory cochlear vectors for GJB2-related hearing loss gene therapy
CNS & sensory
Poster
Wed Oct 28
1:30pm–3:30pm
Distinguishing real AAV-mediated renal transduction from proximal tubule protein reabsorption: implications for the assessment of renal gene therapy
AAVs / non integrative vectors
Poster
Wed Oct 28
1:30pm–3:30pm
Framework-region charge optimization enhances the anti-tumor potency of CAR-T cells across multiple solid tumors by calibrating tonic signal
Immunotherapy and CAR T cells
Poster
Wed Oct 28
1:30pm–3:30pm
Impact of Radiotherapy on Tumor—CAR-T Cell Interaction
Immunotherapy and CAR T cells
Poster
Wed Oct 28
1:30pm–3:30pm
NKG7 and CMC1 as key mediators underlying clonal expansions in BCMA CAR-T cells
Immunotherapy and CAR T cells
Poster
Wed Oct 28
1:30pm–3:30pm
Rapid and dynamic reprogramming within the tumor microenvironment drives EDA-CAR-T dysfunction and compromised therapeutic efficacy in solid tumors
Immunotherapy and CAR T cells
Poster
Wed Oct 28
1:30pm–3:30pm
Rational design of immunomodulatory peptide display strategies for inducing anti-AAV immune tolerance
Immune responses to GT
Poster
Wed Oct 28
1:30pm–3:30pm
Rational engineering of sdAb-based CAR T cells targeting BCMA enhances antitumor efficacy and persistence in Multiple Myeloma
Immunotherapy and CAR T cells
Poster
Wed Oct 28
1:30pm–3:30pm
Retroureteral delivery of engineered AAV capsids drives robust and widespread renal epithelial transduction
AAVs / non integrative vectors
Chair
Wed Oct 28
3:30pm–5:30pm
SESSION 5: In vivo gene therapy
with Boston Children's Hospital
Vectors and delivery (AAV, lentiviral, LNP)
Talk
Thu Oct 29
9:00am–10:30am
Leveraging immune recognition for developing safer and more potent AAV-based gene therapies
SESSION 7a: Immune responses to GT
Vectors and delivery (AAV, lentiviral, LNP)
Poster
Thu Oct 29
2:00pm–4:00pm
A synergistic neurohepatic promoter enables single-AAV correction of mitochondrial function in COXPD1
CNS & sensory
Poster
Thu Oct 29
2:00pm–4:00pm
Beyond Sensitivity: Intermediate Functional Avidity Drives Superior In Vivo Antitumor Efficacy in TCR-Engineered T Cells
Immunotherapy and CAR T cells
Poster
Thu Oct 29
2:00pm–4:00pm
Generation and characterization of BCMA-targeting humanized scFv-based CAR-T cells for multiple myeloma
Immunotherapy and CAR T cells
Poster
Thu Oct 29
2:00pm–4:00pm
Inhibiting DNA-PK minimizes unwanted rAAV integration during CRISPR-Cas9 editing in vivo
Gene Editing
Poster
Thu Oct 29
2:00pm–4:00pm
Novel HER2-Specific sdAb-CAR-T Cells Exhibit Enhanced Antitumoral Efficacy in HER2-Positive Cancers
Immunotherapy and CAR T cells
Poster
Thu Oct 29
2:00pm–4:00pm
Single-cell multiomic profiling defines molecular signatures of human long-term hematopoietic stem cells for next generation gene therapy applications
Other
Cell therapies and CAR-T
Poster
Thu Oct 29
2:00pm–4:00pm
Type I interferon-driven mechanisms underlying the therapeutic synergy of CAR-T cells and Semliki Forest virus-based companion vaccines for solid tumor therapy
Immunotherapy and CAR T cells
Poster
Thu Oct 29
2:00pm–4:00pm
Uncovering key regulators of CAR-T cell senescence via immune phenotyping and integrated CRISPR screens
Immunotherapy and CAR T cells
Chair
Thu Oct 29
6:30pm–7:30pm
SESSION 10: Enabling technologies
with Hannover Medical School
Manufacturing, CMC and access
Talk
Fri Oct 30
12:45pm–1:00pm
Comparative study of viral and non-viral delivery systems for cytokine-expressing self-amplifying RNA in cancer therapy
SESSION 12d: Non-viral vectors/Nanotechnology and RNA therapeutics II
RNA and oligonucleotide therapiesCancer gene and cell therapy

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