T Cell Biology for Cancer

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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  Caymen Novak, PhD

  Assistant Professor
  University of Michigan-Dearborn
  Wixom, Michigan, United States
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  Lance Kam

  Professor
  Columbia University
  New York, New York, United States

Presentations:

• 1:15 PM - 1:45 PM PDT

  Mechano-immunoengineering for cancer therapy
  

  Invited Speaker: Song Li, Ph.D. – UCLA
• 1:45 PM - 2:00 PM PDT

  PD-1 nanoclustering as a mechanism potentiating EV-mediated suppression of T-cells
  

  Presenting Author: Seung-Hyun B. Ko, BS in Biological Engineering – University of Pennsylvania

  Co-Author: Xiaowei Xu – University of Pennsylvania, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

  Co-Author: Wei Guo – University of Pennsylvania, Department of Biology

  Co-Author: Su Chin Heo, PhD – University of Pennsylvania

  Co-Author: Jina Ko – University of Pennsylvania, Departments of Bioengineering and Clinical Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

  Last Author: Ravi Radhakrishnan – University of Pennsylvania, Department of Bioengineering

  Primary Investigator: Ravi Radhakrishnan – University of Pennsylvania, Department of Bioengineering
• 2:00 PM - 2:15 PM PDT

  Rewiring Cancer Cell Mechano-stemness into “Kill Me” Signal for Immunotherapy
  

  Presenting Author: Yunjia Qu – UCSD

  Co-Author: Linshan Zhu, PhD – USC

  Co-Author: Chi Woo Yoon – USC

  Co-Author: Yuxuan Wang – USC

  Co-Author: Jiaxin (Katie) Cui – University of Southern California

  Co-Author: Tianze Paul Guo – USC

  Co-Author: phuong ho – USC

  Co-Author: Longwei Liu – USC

  Primary Investigator: Yingxiao Wang – USC
• 2:15 PM - 2:30 PM PDT

  A high-throughput engineered tumor model for mechanobiology-informed clinical applications
  

  Presenting Author: Ahmadreza Kashefi – U of I

  Co-Author: Darbaz Adnan – RUSH University

  Co-Author: Natalia Ospina Munoz – U of I

  Co-Author: Seamus Mellican – U of I

  Co-Author: Katie T. Ly, n/a – U of I

  Co-Author: Sophia Grace Santiago – U of I

  Co-Author: Hahnseul Hong – U of I

  Co-Author: Bumsoo Han – U of I

  Co-Author: Faraz Bishehsari – UTHealth

  Last Author: M. Taher A. Saif – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  Primary Investigator: M. Taher A. Saif – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  Co-Author: Bashar Emon – U of I
• 2:30 PM - 2:45 PM PDT

  T cell mechanomemory for cellular immunotherapy
  

  Presenting Author: Anna-Liisa Sepp – Columbia University

  Primary Investigator: Lance C. Kam – Columbia University