MPS for Modeling Immunity

Track Chair(s)

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  Priscilla Hwang, PhD

  Associate Professor
  Virginia Commonwealth University
  Richmond, Virginia, United States
• CR

  Claire Robertson, PhD

  Materials Engineer
  Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
  Livermore, California, United States

Session Chair(s)

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  Sarah Shelton, PhD

  Assistant Professor
  North Carolina State University & University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
  Cary, North Carolina, United States
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  Zhengpeng Wan

  Massachusetts Inst Technology - Cambridge, MA, United States
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  Sarah Shelton, PhD

  Assistant Professor
  North Carolina State University & University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
  Cary, North Carolina, United States
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  Zhengpeng Wan

  Massachusetts Inst Technology - Cambridge, MA, United States

Presentations:

• 2:30 PM - 2:45 PM PDT

  Microengineered glioblastoma-on-a-chip for rapid evaluation of CAR T-cells efficacy against solid tumors
  

  Presenting Author: Kalpana Ravi – Arizona State University

  Co-Author: Shannon G. Trottier – Mayo Clinic Arizona

  Co-Author: Grace C. Russell – Mayo Clinic Arizona

  Co-Author: Daniel Rho – Mayo Clinic Arizona

  Co-Author: Gloria Kim – Mayo Clinic Arizona

  Co-Author: Mehdi Nikkhah – Arizona State University

  Primary Investigator: Mehdi Nikkhah – Arizona State University
• 2:45 PM - 3:00 PM PDT

  Developing Microfluidic Models of the Pancreatic Tumor Microenvironment to Decode Opposing Cancer-Associated Fibroblast Phenotypes
  

  Presenting Author: Charles W. Blackledge, III – NC State University & UNC-Chapel Hill

  Co-Author: Ian McCabe – UNC-Chapel Hill

  Co-Author: Jen Jen Yeh – UNC-Chapel Hill

  Last Author: Sarah Shelton – North Carolina State University & University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  Primary Investigator: Sarah Shelton – North Carolina State University & University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• 3:00 PM - 3:15 PM PDT

  Behaviorome profiling of anti-tumor and pro-tumor human neutrophil subtypes in a microphysiological system
  

  Presenting Author: Shuai Shao, MS – The University of Texas at Dallas and UT Southwestern Medical Center

  Co-Author: Caroline N. Jones, PhD – The University of Texas at Dallas and UT Southwestern Medical Center

  Last Author: Caroline N. Jones, PhD – The University of Texas at Dallas and UT Southwestern Medical Center

  Primary Investigator: Caroline N. Jones, PhD – The University of Texas at Dallas and UT Southwestern Medical Center

  Co-Author: Daniel Duncko – The University of Texas at Dallas
• 3:15 PM - 3:30 PM PDT

  Modeling Immune-ECM Crosstalk and Therapeutic Response in an Aged ER+/PR+ Breast Cancer Model
  

  Presenting Author: Lauren Hawthorne – University of Notre Dame

  Last Author: Pinar Zorlutuna – University of Notre Dame

  Primary Investigator: Pinar Zorlutuna – University of Notre Dame
• 3:30 PM - 3:45 PM PDT

  CAR T-cell Resistance in Multiple Myeloma Using a Novel Human Bone Marrow Chip
  

  Presenting Author: Mikayla A. Ybarra, B.S. – Case Western Reserve University/Lerner Research Institute

  Primary Investigator: Chao Ma – Cleveland Clinic

  Co-Author: Jaehun Lee

  Co-Author: Yun-Ya Chen
• 3:45 PM - 4:00 PM PDT

  Novel microphyiological platform to generate and profile custom tumor microenvironments in a non-destructive manner
  

  Presenting Author: Rithvik Turaga, M.S. Biomedical Engineering – University of Wisconsin-Madison

  Co-Author: Seth Zima, MS – University of Wisconsin - Madison

  Last Author: Jose Ayuso – University of Wisconsin - Madison

  Primary Investigator: Jose Ayuso – University of Wisconsin - Madison