Immunoengineering and Immunomodulation in Tissue Engineering I

Track Chair(s)

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  Chelsea Magin, PhD

  Assistant Professor
  University of Colorado, Denver | Anschutz
  Aurora, Colorado, United States
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  Cathal John Kearney

Session Chair(s)

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  Brian Aguado

  Assistant Professor
  Bioengineering
  University of California San Diego
  La Jolla, California, United States
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  Joscelyn Mejias, PhD

  Assistant Professor
  Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, United States

Presentations:

• 8:30 AM - 8:45 AM PDT

  Capturing the role of macrophages in vascularized disease models of inflammation
  

  Presenting Author: Lauren Pruett, PhD – Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Co-Author: Laura Bahlmann – Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Co-Author: Ryan C. Ogi – Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Co-Author: Bryan Bryson – MIT

  Co-Author: Steve S. Palmer – Celmatix

  Co-Author: John Leong – Tufts University

  Co-Author: Michal Tal – MIT

  Co-Author: Douglas Lauffenburger – MIT

  Primary Investigator: Linda Griffith – Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• 8:45 AM - 9:00 AM PDT

  Immunological Profiling of Macrophage Phenotype Response to Cranial Dural Reconstruction Graft Materials
  

  Presenting Author: Zoe Turner, MA – University of Maryland

  Co-Author: Abigail S. Aplin – University of Florida

  Primary Investigator: Lakiesha N. Williams – University of Florida

  Last Author: Erika Moore, PhD – University of Maryland
• 9:00 AM - 9:15 AM PDT

  An Injectable Biomaterial Modulates Immune Cell Recruitment and Attenuates Donor-Specific Antibodies in a Murine Skin Transplant Model
  

  Presenting Author: Holly Lewis, MD, PhD – Duke University School of Engineering
• 9:15 AM - 9:30 AM PDT

  Localized Immunosuppression in Nerve Allografts via Tissue Nano-Transfection of FasL to Improve Graft Survival and Regeneration
  

  Presenting Author: Sara Kheirkhah – The Ohio State University

  Co-Author: Ana Isabel Salazar Puerta – The Ohio State University

  Co-Author: Jon Stranan – The Ohio State University

  Co-Author: Hallie Harris – The Ohio State University

  Co-Author: Megumi E. Fukuda – The Ohio State University

  Co-Author: Carlos Alejandro Vasquez – The Ohio State University

  Primary Investigator: Daniel Gallego-Perez – The Ohio State University

  Co-Author: Amy M. Moore – The Ohio State University
• 9:30 AM - 9:45 AM PDT

  Intratumoral Hypoxia and ECM Remodeling Drives Tumor Immune Evasion in Patient-derived Tumor-immune Tunable Tissue Engineered Models of High-grade Serous Carcinoma
  

  Presenting Author: Simona Plesselova, PhD – Sanford Research

  Last Author: Pilar de la Puente, PhD – Sanford Research/USD

  Primary Investigator: Pilar de la Puente, PhD – Sanford Research/USD
• 9:45 AM - 10:00 AM PDT

  Polymer Scaffold Based Prediction of Survival and Recurrence Following Neoadjuvant Chemoimmunotherapy and Resection in Triple Negative Breast Cancer
  

  Presenting Author: Guillermo Escalona, MS – University of Michigan

  Co-Author: Rebecca S. Pereles, MS – University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

  Co-Author: Chae Young Kim – University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

  Co-Author: Grace J. Desai – University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

  Co-Author: Caroline Zini – University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

  Co-Author: Brian C. Ross – University of Michigan

  Co-Author: Jackson Glass – University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

  Primary Investigator: Lonnie D. Shea – University of Michigan