*Please note this schedule is subject to change. Check back frequently for updates. Last updated: 5.27.19
| 1:00 PM - 6:00 PM |
Registration |
| 2:55 PM - 3:00 PM |
Introductory Remarks |
| 3:00 PM - 3:45 PM |
Keynote Speaker - Jeffrey Hubbell, University of Chicago |
| 3:45 PM - 5:45 PM |
Session 1: Immunoengineering |
| 3:45 PM - 4:15 PM |
Invited Speaker - Janet Zoldan, UT Austin |
| 4:15 PM - 4:45 PM |
Engineering anti-Tumor Immunity for Cancer Immunotherapy
Invited Speaker: Jonathan Schneck, Johns Hopkins University |
| 4:45 PM - 5:00 PM |
Engineering Immunomodulatory Cytokine Mimetics for Targeted Disease Therapy
Jamie B. Spangler, Johns Hopkins University |
| 5:00 PM - 5:15 PM |
Biomaterial Immune Niches for Generating Strong and Persistent Humoral Immune Responses
Luo Gu, Johns Hopkins University |
| 5:15 PM - 5:30 PM |
Local Delivery of Immuno-Modulating Agents By Drug-Based Supramolecular Hydrogels to Elicit Tumor Regression
Feihu Wang, Johns Hopkins University |
| 5:30 PM - 5:45 PM |
A Pumpless Fluidic Device for Culture of Primary Human Lymphatic Endothelial Cells Under High Shear Flow
Parinaz Fathi, University of Illinois |
| 7:30 AM - 12:00 PM |
Registration |
| 8:00 AM - 8:30 AM |
Morning Coffee |
| 8:30 AM - 9:15 AM |
Engineering human tissues
Keynote Speaker - Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic, Columbia University |
| 9:15 AM - 11:30 AM |
Session 2: Cell engineering |
| 9:15 AM - 9:45 AM |
Invited Speaker - Sharon Gerecht, Johns Hopkins University |
| 9:45 AM - 10:15 AM |
Invited Speaker - Claudia Fischbach, Cornell University |
| 10:15 AM - 10:45 AM |
Coffee Break |
| 10:45 AM - 11:00 AM |
Delivering Therapeutic Drugs to Rejuvenate Progenitor Cells and Control Thrombosis
Donny Hanjaya-Putra, University of Notre Dame |
| 11:00 AM - 11:15 AM |
Decellularization of Fetal Porcine Epidermal and Amniotic Membranes for the Development of Regenerative Bioinks
Carolina Muñoz Camargo, Universidad de los Andes |
| 11:15 AM - 11:30 AM |
Formulation, Characterization and Evaluation of a Photocrosslinkable Bioink for Skin Bioprinting Based on Decellularized SIS
Julian Andres Serna, Universidad de los Andes |
| 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM |
Lunch |
| 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM |
Session 3: Translational medicine (I) |
| 1:00 PM - 1:30 PM |
Invited Speaker - Adam Feinberg, Carnegie Mellon University |
| 1:30 PM - 2:00 PM |
Single-Cell Microchip Technologies for Monitoring Cancer Immunotherapy
Invited Speaker - Rong Fan, Yale University |
| 2:00 PM - 2:15 PM |
Emerging Catheter Biomaterials for Translational Medicine
Samuel Lum, Rochester Institute of Technology |
| 2:15 PM - 4:45 PM |
Session 4: Biomolecular Engineering (I) |
| 2:15 PM - 2:45 PM |
DNA Nanotechnology, a Promising Tool to Target Cancer
Invited Speaker - Efie Kokkoli, Johns Hopkins University |
| 2:45 PM - 3:00 PM |
Designing Mucin-Based Hydrogels
Gregg Duncan, University of Maryland |
| 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM |
Coffee Break |
| 3:30 PM - 3:45 PM |
Additive Phase Considerations in Exposure Modeling for Biocompatibility Assessment of Medical Device Polymers
Vaishnavi Chandrasekar, FDA |
| 3:45 PM - 4:00 PM |
Selection and Development of DNA Aptamers Against FokI Nuclease Domain for Genome Editing Applications
Maui Nishio, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd |
| 4:00 PM - 4:15 PM |
Physiochemical Characterization, Antioxidative, Anticancer Cells Proliferation and Food Pathogens Antibacterial Activity of Chitosan Nanoparticles Loaded with Cyperus Articulatus Rhizome Essential Oils
Confidence U. Onyebuchi, Cyprus International University |
| 4:15 PM - 4:30 PM |
Multifunctional Magnetoliposomes As Drug Delivery Vehicles for the Treatment of Parkinson's Disease
Juan C Cruz, Universidad de los Andes |
| 4:30 PM - 4:45 PM |
Immobilization of BUF2 on Pegylated Magnetite Nanoparticles for the Development of Antimicrobial Topical Treatments
Laura Natalia Muñoz, Universidad de los Andes |
| 7:30 AM - 12:00 PM |
Registration |
| 8:00 AM - 8:30 AM |
Morning Coffee |
| 8:30 AM - 9:15 AM |
DNA Damage & Repair Is Modulated By Extracellular Matrix, Contractility, and Motility -- Affecting Cell Cycle in Development and Genome Variation in Cancer
Keynote Speaker - Dennis Discher, University of Pennsylvania |
| 9:15 AM - 12:15 PM |
Session 5: Mechanobiology |
| 9:15 AM - 9:45 AM |
Invited Speaker - Celeste Nelson, Princeton University |
| 9:45 AM - 10:15 AM |
Cell-Matrix Interactions in Cancer and Fibrosis: Multiscale Chemo-Mechanical Models
Invited Speaker - Vivek Shenoy, University of Pennsylvania |
| 10:15 AM - 10:45 AM |
Coffee Break |
| 10:45 AM - 11:15 AM |
Transcriptional feedback control of motility and morphogenesis
Invited Speaker - Joel Boerckel, University of Pennsylvania |
| 11:15 AM - 11:30 AM |
Elucidating the Interplay between Matrix Remodeling and Breast Cancer Progression Using Dynamic Light Scattering Microrheology
Audrey W. Zhu, Stanford University |
| 11:30 AM - 11:45 AM |
Cancer Derived Extracellular Vesicles Generated at Physiological Stiffnesses Impact the Formation of Metastasis
Alexandra Sneider, Johns Hopkins University |
| 11:45 AM - 12:00 PM |
Confinement Induces Nuclear Volume Expansion and Blebbing By Triggering RhoA-Mediated Nuclear Influx
Emily Wisniewski, Johns Hopkins University |
| 12:00 PM - 12:15 PM |
Cell Sensing and Decision-Making in Confinement: The Role of TRPM7 in a Tug of War between Hydraulic Pressure and Cross-Sectional Area
Runchen Zhao, Johns Hopkins University |
| 12:15 PM - 1:45 PM |
Networking Lunch - Lunch on your own |
| 1:45 PM - 2:45 PM |
Session 6: Biomolecular Engineering (II) |
| 1:45 PM - 2:00 PM |
Emerin Is Required for Cell Shape, F-Actin Organization, Fibronectin Production and Stretch-Induced Polarity in Fetal Lung Fibroblasts
Qianru Jin, Johns Hopkins University |
| 2:00 PM - 2:15 PM |
Engineering Functionalized Virus like Particles for Circulating Tumor Cell Enumeration
James R Swartz, Stanford University |
| 2:15 PM - 2:30 PM |
Simultaneous Bim Expression and Mcl-1 Silencing I Combination with Dasatinib for Improved Therapy of Ph+ Leukemia
Margaret Lugin, University of California, Irvine |
| 2:30 PM - 2:45 PM |
Protein a-Inspired Supramolecular Engineering of Co-Assembling Immunofibers for Effective Purification of Monoclonal Antibodies
Yi Li, Johns Hopkins University |
| 2:45 PM - 3:15 PM |
Coffee Break |
| 3:15 PM - 5:30 PM |
Session 7: Translational Medicine (II) |
| 3:15 PM - 3:45 PM |
Translation of Nanotech-Enabled Pharmaceuticals
Invited Speaker - Justin Hanes, Johns Hopkins University |
| 3:45 PM - 4:00 PM |
Evolution of a Modular, Multi-Functional Targeted Delivery Nanoparticle
James R Swartz, Stanford University |
| 4:00 PM - 4:15 PM |
Statistical Classification of Dynamic Bacterial Growth with Sub-Inhibitory Concentrations of Nanoparticles
A-Andrew Jones, Northeastern University |
| 4:15 PM - 4:30 PM |
Supramolecular Engineering of a Reverse Bolaamphiphile for Controlled Release of paclitaxel By MMP
Rami Chakroun, Johns Hopkins University |
| 4:30 PM - 4:45 PM |
A Microfluidic Assay for the Quantification of the Metastatic Propensity of Breast Cancer Specimens
Christopher L. Yankaskas, Johns Hopkins University |
| 4:45 PM - 5:00 PM |
3D-Printed Self-Adaptive Right Ventricle-to-Pulmonary Artery Conduits with Growth Potential
Sung Hoon Kang, Johns Hopkins University |
| 5:00 PM - 5:30 PM |
Invited Speaker - Andre Palmer, Ohio State University |
| 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM |
Poster Session + Reception |
| 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM |
Registration |
| 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM |
Morning Coffee |
| 9:00 AM - 9:30 AM |
Coupling of shape and mechanotransduction in model microtissues
Invited Speaker - Alexander Dunn, Stanford University |
| 9:30 AM - 12:15 PM |
Session 8: Biomolecular Engineering (III) |
| 9:30 AM - 10:00 AM |
Invited Speaker - Erin Lavik, University of Maryland, Baltimore County |
| 10:00 AM - 10:15 AM |
Supramolecular Filaments As Inhalable Drug Carriers
Caleb Anderson, Johns Hopkins University |
| 10:15 AM - 10:45 AM |
Coffee Break |
| 10:45 AM - 11:15 AM |
Miniaturized Optical Fibers Theranostic Devices for Cancer Treatment
Invited Speaker - Rong Tong, Virginia Tech |
| 11:15 AM - 11:30 AM |
Self-Assembling Tubustecans for Supramolecular Chemotherapy
Hao Su, Johns Hopkins University |
| 11:30 AM - 11:45 AM |
ssDNA-Amphiphile Architecture Used to Control Dimensions of DNA Nanotubes, Huihui Kuang, Johns Hopkins University |
| 11:45 AM - 12:00 PM |
Graphene skin sensors for 3D live cell chemical imaging
Weinan Xu, Johns Hopkins University |
| 12:00 PM - 12:15 PM |
A Direct Podocalyxin-Dynamin-2 Interaction Promotes Pancreatic Cancer Cell Migration and Metastasis By Altering Cytoskeletal Dynamics
Bin Sheng Wong, Johns Hopkins University |
| 12:15 PM - 12:30 PM |
Closing Remarks |
