Tumor Microenvironment and Immunity

Track Chair(s)

• 

  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)

• 

  Keyue Shen, PhD

  Associate Professor
  University of Southern California, California, United States
• CR

  Claire Robertson, PhD

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

Presentations:

• 3:45 PM - 4:15 PM PDT

  Extracellular matrix regulates anti-tumor immunity
  

  Invited Speaker: Claire Robertson, PhD – Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
• 4:15 PM - 4:30 PM PDT

  The role of cancer-associated fibroblasts-remodeled collagen matrix on monocyte recruitment in 3D collagen matrices
  

  Presenting Author: Angela Wong Lau, MS – University of Pittsburgh

  Primary Investigator: Ioannis Zervantonakis – University of Pittsburgh
• 4:30 PM - 4:45 PM PDT

  Harnessing Engineered Probiotics to Regulate Desmoplasia and Improve Immunotherapy by Targeting Pin1
  

  Presenting Author: Xicheng Yang – University of Wisconsin-Madison
• 4:45 PM - 5:00 PM PDT

  Spatial Cues from Tumor ECM Patterns Regulate CD8⁺ T Cell Motility and Deformation
  

  Presenting Author: Zeyu Wen – Texas A&M University

  Co-Author: Yijia Fan – Texas A&M University

  Co-Author: Alvis Chiu – Texas A&M University

  Primary Investigator: Feng Zhao – Texas A&M University

  Last Author: Jason George – TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY
• 5:00 PM - 5:15 PM PDT

  Collagen III downregulates surface presentation of class II major histocompatibility complexes through transforming growth factor β signaling in relapsed neuroblastoma
  

  Presenting Author: Vic Zamloot, PhD – Children's Hospital Los Angeles

  Last Author: JinSeok Park, PhD – University of Southern California/Children's Hospital Los Angeles

  Primary Investigator: JinSeok Park, PhD – University of Southern California/Children's Hospital Los Angeles

  Co-Author: Yuanzhong Pan, PhD – Children's Hospital Los Angeles

  Co-Author: Edward Trope – University of Southern California/Children's Hospital Los Angeles

  Co-Author: Sarah Richman, MD, PhD – University of Southern California/Children's Hospital Los Angeles