Technical Program
*Please note this schedule is subject to change. Check back frequently for updates.
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*Please note this schedule is subject to change. Check back frequently for updates.
Thursday, September 27th
| 7:00 AM - 12:00 PM | REGISTRATION |
| 7:30 AM - 8:00 AM | MORNING COFFEE |
| 8:00 AM - 8:15 AM | WELCOME REMARKS: Rebecca Carrier, Professor, Northeastern University; Stelios Andreadis, Professor, State University of New York at Buffalo |
| 8:15 AM - 9:00 AM | KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Discovery, Engineering and Preclinical/Clinical Development of Human Enzyme Therapeutics, George Georgiou, University of Texas at Austin |
| 9:00 AM- 12:00 PM | SESSION 1: IMMUNOENGINEERING |
| Chairs: Sidi Bencherif, Northeastern University & Adnan Memic, King Abdulaziz University | |
| 9:00 AM- 9:30 AM | INVITED SPEAKER: Transport barriers in the immunological tumor microenvironment: From challenges to therapeutic opportunities, Susan N. Thomas, Georgia Institute of Technology |
| 9:30 AM - 9:45 AM | Toll-Like Receptor-Based Adjuvants: Their Combinatorial Effects on Dendritic Cell Migration and Particulate Vaccine Delivery Through Lymphatics, Alexandra Atalis, Georgia Institute of Technology |
| 9:45 AM - 10:00 AM | Universal Chimeric Antigen Receptors (CARs) for Multiplexed and Logic Control of T Cell Responses, Jang Hwan Cho, Boston University |
| 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM | COFFEE BREAK |
| 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM | INVITED SPEAKER: Lessons from translation and regenerative immunotherapy, Jennifer Elisseeff, Johns Hopkins University |
| 11:00 AM - 11:15 AM | Glyco-Adjuvant Vaccine for Enhanced Cellular and Humoral Immunity, D. Scott Wilson, University of Chicago |
| 11:15 AM - 11:30 AM | Sustained IRF5 and TRAF6 Signaling Drives Synergistic Immune Responses to Dual Presentation of TLR4 and TLR9 Adjuvants on Pathogen-like Particles in Dendritic Cells, Pallab Pradhan, Georgia Institute of Technology |
| 11:30 AM - 11:45 AM | Host-Dependent Effects of Antibiotics in C. Difficile Infection, Jemila Kester, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| 11:45 AM - 12:00 PM | Layer-By-Layer Nanoparticles for Interleukin-12 Delivery in Cancer Therapy, Antonio E. Barberio, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM | LUNCH |
| 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM | SESSION 2: BIG DATA TECHNOLOGIES IN TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE/BIOLOGICAL IMAGING AND DIAGNOSTICS |
| 1:30 PM - 2:00 PM | INVITED SPEAKER: Deep Phenotyping Enabled by Microfluidics and Imaging Informatics, Hang Lu, Georgia Institute of Technology |
| 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM | INVITED SPEAKER: Biomolecular Engineering for Non-Invasive Imaging and Control of Cellular Function, Mikhail G. Shapiro, California Institute of Technology |
| 2:30PM - 2:45 PM | Using Click Chemistry to Develop Multifunctional Theranostic Layer-By-Layer Nanoparticles, Natalie Boehnke, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| 2:45 PM - 3:00 PM | Understanding the Serological Imprinting to Influenza, Jiwon Lee, The University of Texas at Austin |
| 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM | COFFEE BREAK |
| 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM | SESSION 3: STEM CELL/REGENERATIVE ENGINEERING |
| Chair: George Pins, Worchester Polytechnic Institute | |
| 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM | INVITED SPEAKER: Engineered human myocardium with local release of growth factors improves vascularization and cardiac function in inured rat hearts, Kareen L. K. Coulombe, Brown University |
| 4:00 PM - 4:15 PM | Understanding Regeneration-Permissive Cues in Lower Vertebrate Retina to Develop Therapeutics for Retinal Degeneration, Joydip Kundu, Northeastern University |
| 4:15 PM - 4:30 PM | NANOG Reverses the Hallmarks of Aging in Skeletal Muscle Progenitors, Aref Shahini, State University of New York at Buffalo |
| 4:30 PM - 4:45 PM | Mass-Spectrometry of Single Mammalian Cells Quantifies Proteome Heterogeneity during Cell Differentiation, Nikolai Slavov, Northeastern University |
| 4:45 PM - 5:00 PM | Hepatic Organoids Derived from Human Pluripotent Stem Cells, Ogechi Ogoke, State University of New York at Buffalo |
| 5:00 PM - 5:15 PM | Functional Conduits of Human Kidney Engineered from Pluripotent Stem Cells, Samira Musah, Harvard University |
| 5:15 PM - 6:00 PM | KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Todd McDevitt, University of California, San Francisco |
| 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM | Reception & Poster Session |
Friday, September 28
| 7:00 AM - 12:00 PM | REGISTRATION |
| 7:30 AM - 8:00 AM | MORNING COFFEE |
| 8:00 AM - 8:45 AM | KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Synthetic Biology: Life Redesigned, James J. Collins, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| 8:45 AM - 11:45 AM | SESSION 4: BIOPHARMACEUTICALS AND DRUG DELIVERY (I) |
| Chairs: Efie Kokkoli, Johns Hopkins University & Ambika Bajpayee, Northeastern University | |
| 8:45 AM - 9:00 AM | The intestinal mucosal barrier as a therapeutic target for necrotizing enterocolitis, Rebecca Carrier, Northeastern University |
| 9:00 AM - 9:15 AM | Targeted, Rationally Designed Nanoparticle Therapeutics for Pediatric Medulloblastoma, Joelle Straehla, Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center |
| 9:15 AM - 9:30 AM | Bioorthogonal Refillable Drug Depots for Localized Tumor Treatment, Mary Regan, North Carolina State University |
| 9:30 AM - 9:45 AM | Hydrogel Effects Rapid Biofilm Debridement with Ex-Situ Contact-Kill to Eliminate Multidrug Resistant Bacteria In Vivo, Chun Kiat Yeo, Nanyang Technological University |
| 9:45 AM - 10:00 AM | Controlled Release in Nanotherapeutics- the State of Translation, Subbu Venkatraman, Nanyang Technological University |
| 10:00 AM - 10:15 AM | Charge-Based Interactions of Peg-Grafted Cationic Dendrimers and Tissue As a Function of Peg Molecular Weight and Grafting Density: A Screening Study, Brett C. Geiger, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| 10:15 AM - 10:45 AM | COFFEE BREAK |
| 10:45 AM - 11:00 AM | Targeted Thrombolytic Delivery Using Platelet Bio-Mimicry, Apoorva Sarode, Harvard University |
| 11:00 AM - 11:15 AM | Non-Cationic RNA-Polymer Complexes for RNA Delivery, Ziwen Jiang, University of Massachusetts Amherst |
| 11:15 AM - 11:30 AM | Angiotensin-II Targeted Nanoparticles for Cell Specific Inhibition of the Rho Kinase Pathway Potentially Prevent of Pulmonary Fibrosis, Md Nurunnabi, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School |
| 11:30 AM - 11:45 AM | Vascular-Targeted Particle Efficacy in the Presence of Rigid Red Blood Cells in Blood Flow, Lauro Ojeda, University of Michigan |
| 11:45 AM - 1:00 PM | LUNCH ON YOUR OWN - NETWORKING LUNCH |
| 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM | SESSION 5: BIOPHARMACEUTICALS AND DRUG DELIVERY (II) |
| Chairs: Efie Kokkoli, Johns Hopkins University & Ambika Bajpayee, Northeastern University | |
| 1:00 PM - 1:30 PM | INVITED SPEAKER: Nanoparticle formulations for RNA Therapy and Gene Editing, Daniel G. Anderson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| 1:30 PM - 1:45 PM | Enhancing the Chemical Versatility of Yeast Display: Toward the Discovery of New Classes of Enzyme Inhibitors, James A. Van Deventer, Tufts University |
| 1:45 PM - 2:00 PM | Modification of Biomaterials Surfaces with Small Molecules to Modulate Host Immune Responses, Maria Jarvis, Rice University |
| 2:00 PM - 2:15 PM | Hyaluronic-Acid Mediated Topical Delivery of Combination Chemotherapy for Squamous or Basal Cell Carcinomas, Vinu Krishnan, Harvard University |
| 2:15 PM - 2:30 PM | Treating Diabetes with a Cup of Coffee, Daniel Bojar, ETH Zurich |
| 2:30 PM - 2:45 PM | Designing Ionic Solvents for Transdermal Delivery, Eden E. L. Tanner, Harvard University |
| 2:45 PM - 3:15 PM | COFFEE BREAK |
| 3:15 PM - 5:00 PM | SESSION 6: BIOMANUFACTURING & REGULATORY ISSUES |
| Chair: Qiaobing Xu, Tufts University | |
| 3:15 PM - 3:30 PM | Engineering Living Functional Materials with Synthetic Biology, Chao Zhong, ShanghaiTech University |
| 3:30 PM - 3:45 PM | Functionalized Microcarriers for Enhanced CAR T Cell Manufacturing, Nate Dwarshuis, Georgia Institute of Technology |
| 3:45 PM - 4:30 PM | KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Engineering Enhanced Adoptive T Cell Therapies, Darrell Irvine, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| 4:30 PM - 4:45 PM | CLOSING REMARKS |
