Biomaterials for Immunoengineering I

Track Chair(s)

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  Janeta Zoldan

  Associate Professor
  The University of Texas at Austin, United States
• 

  MK Sewell-Loftin

  Assistant Professor
  University of Alabama Birmingham, Alabama, United States
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  Ryan Stowers

  Assistant Professor
  UC Santa Barbara, United States
• 

  Ester Kwon, PhD

  Associate Professor
  University of California, San Diego, California, United States

Session Chair(s)

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  John Hickey

  Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering
  Duke University, United States
• KA

  Kolade Adebowale

  UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering, United States

Presentations:

• 3:45 PM - 4:00 PM PDT

  Lymph node therapeutics stop Type 1 Diabetes by promoting Rapamycin-dependent long-lived Treg populations
  

  Presenting Author: Sean T. Carey – Fischell Department of Bioengineering/University of Maryland

  Co-Author: Senta Kapnick, PhD – Robert E. Fischell Institute for Biomedical Devices/University of Maryland; Veterans Affairs MD Healthcare System/Department of Veterans Affairs

  Co-Author: Ryan McIlvaine – Fischell Department of Bioengineering/University of Maryland

  Co-Author: Robert Oakes – University of Delaware

  Co-Author: Shrey Shah, PhD – Fischell Department of Bioengineering/University of Maryland

  Last Author: Christopher Jewell – Robert E. Fischell Institute for Biomedical Devices/University of Maryland; Veterans Affairs MD Healthcare System/Department of Veterans Affairs
• 4:00 PM - 4:15 PM PDT

  SCI Recovery Reinvented: Targeting Inflammation through Fused Enzyme Indoleamine-2,3-Dioxygenase and Galectin3 with Pro-Regenerative Hydrogel Delivery
  

  Presenting Author: Gopal Agarwal, PhD, MSPharm, B.Pharm – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Arun Wanchoo – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Prodip Bose – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Gregory Hudalla – University of Florida

  Last Author: Benjamin G. Keselowsky – University of Florida

  Primary Investigator: Christine E. Schmidt, PhD – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Allison Campbell – University of Florida
• 4:15 PM - 4:30 PM PDT

  Development of avidity-controlled biotherapeutic delivery systems for the treatment of acute kidney injury
  

  Presenting Author: Arielle M. D'Elia, M.S. – Drexel University

  Co-Author: Kenneth M. Kim, MS – Drexel University College of Medicine

  Co-Author: Carl Russell III, III – Purdue University Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering

  Co-Author: Akari Seiner, MS – Drexel University

  Co-Author: Alexander R. Osidach – Drexel University

  Co-Author: Winni Gao – Drexel University

  Co-Author: Danielle Soranno – Indiana University

  Primary Investigator: Christopher B. Rodell – School of Biomedical Engineering, Drexel University

  Co-Author: Abigail L. McSweeny – Drexel University
• 4:30 PM - 4:45 PM PDT

  Neonatal Cardiac Extracellular Matrix as a Biomaterial for Immunomodulation
  

  Presenting Author: Keely Nugnes – Tufts University

  Last Author: Lauren Black – Tufts University

  Primary Investigator: Lauren Black – Tufts University

  Co-Author: Ying Luo – Tufts University
• 4:45 PM - 5:00 PM PDT

  Engineering the Immune Interface: High-throughput discovery of surface microtopographies that direct macrophage polarization in vitro and in vivo.
  

  Presenting Author: Sudip Chakraborty – Mayo Clinic

  Primary Investigator: Suman Bose, Ph.D. – Department of Immunology at the Mayo Clinic
• 5:00 PM - 5:15 PM PDT

  Bispecific Targeting of CD44 and Sialic Acid via NK Cell Surface Engineering for Enhanced Killing of Heterogeneous Solid Tumors
  

  Presenting Author: Jaewon Park, BS – Dongguk University, Seoul, Republic of Korea

  Last Author: Kyobum Kim – Dongguk University

  Primary Investigator: Kyobum Kim – Dongguk University