Modulating T cell phenotypes with Biomaterials

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Session Chair(s)

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  Chia-Wen Chang, PhD

  IGB Fellow
  University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
  Champaign, Illinois, United States
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  Zhongkui Hong, PhD (he/him/his)

  Associate Professor
  Texas Tech University
  Lubbock, Texas, United States

Track Chair(s)

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  Josephine Allen, PhD (she/her/hers)

  Professor
  University of Florida, Florida, United States
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  Hai-Quan Mao, PhD (he/him/his)

  Professor
  Johns Hopkins University, Maryland, United States
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  Huiliang Wang, PhD

  Assistant Professor
  University of Texas at Austin, United States
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  Rosalyn Abbott, PhD (she/her/hers)

  Associate Professor
  Department of Biomedical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, United States

Presentations:

• 1:15 PM – 1:30 PM EST

  Branched endosomal disruptor (BEND) lipids mediate mRNA and CRISPR-Cas9 ribonucleoprotein complex gene editing and CAR T cell engineering.
  

  Presenting Author: Marshall S. Padilla, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Pennsylvania

  Co-Author: Kaitlin Mrksich (she/her/hers) – University of Pennsylvania

  Co-Author: Yiming Wang, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Pennsylvania

  Co-Author: Rebecca Haley – University of Pennsylvania

  Co-Author: James Wilson – University of Pennsylvania

  Co-Author: Ravi Radhakrishnan, Phd – University of Pennsylvania, Department of Bioengineering

  Primary Investigator: Michael J. Mitchell (he/him/his) – Mitchell Lab, University of Pennsylvania
• 1:30 PM – 1:45 PM EST

  Gamma Delta T Cells Modulate the Foreign Body Response to Synthetic Biomaterial Implants
  

  Presenting Author: Anna Ruta, PhD – Johns Hopkins University

  Co-Author: Kavita Krishnan – Johns Hopkins University

  Co-Author: Joscelyn Mejias, PhD (she/her/hers) – Johns Hopkins University

  Co-Author: JiWon Woo, MSE – Johns Hopkins University

  Co-Author: Elise F. Gray-Gaillard, MSc (she/her/hers) – Johns Hopkins University

  Co-Author: Helen H. Nguyen, BS – University of Maryland School of Medicine

  Co-Author: Connor Amelung – Duke University

  Co-Author: Sharon Gerecht, PhD – Duke University

  Co-Author: Drew Pardoll, MD PhD – Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

  Co-Author: Locke Davenport Huyer, PhD (he/him/his) – Dalhousie University

  Last Author: Jennifer H. Elisseeff, PhD – Translational Tissue Engineering Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
• 1:45 PM – 2:00 PM EST

  Modulating T cell phenotype and expansion via alternating co-stimulatory molecule ratio on a functional hydrogel
  

  Presenting Author: Sujin Kim, BS (she/her/hers) – Johns Hopkins University

  Co-Author: Manav Jain – Johns Hopkins University

  Primary Investigator: Jonathan P. Schneck, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – Johns Hopkins University
• 2:00 PM – 2:15 PM EST

  Programming Antitumor Gamma Delta T Cells via a Phosphoantigen Nanoparticle Delivery Vehicle
  

  Presenting Author: Sabrina Chen (she/her/hers) – Johns Hopkins University

  Last Author: Scott Wilson, PhD (he/him/his) – Johns Hopkins University

  Co-Author: Arthur Li (he/him/his) – Johns Hopkins University
• 2:15 PM – 2:30 PM EST

  T cells spatially regulate B cell receptor signaling in lymphomas through H3K9me3 modifications
  

  Presenting Author: Lucy Britto (she/her/hers) – Coulter Department of Engineering at Emory University and Georgia Tech

  Presenting Author: Ankur Singh – Georgia Insitute of Technology

  Co-Author: Deepali Balasubramani, DB – Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Emory University and Georgia Tech

  Co-Author: Sona J. Desai (she/her/hers) – Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Emory University and Georgia Tech

  Co-Author: Phunterion Phillips – Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Emory University and Georgia Tech

  Co-Author: Ethel Cesarman – Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine

  Co-Author: Jean Koff, MD, MSc (she/her/hers) – Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University
• 2:30 PM – 2:45 PM EST

  Using nanoparticles as artificial antigen presenting cells to activate human CD4 T cells for immunotherapy
  

  Presenting Author: Si-Sim Kang, MA (she/her/hers) – Johns Hopkins University

  Co-Author: Ariel Isser – Regeneron

  Co-Author: Maya Zhang, MSE (she/her/hers) – Georgia Institute of Technology

  Primary Investigator: Jonathan P. Schneck, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – Johns Hopkins University

  Co-Author: Lindsor Zhang

  Co-Author: Daniela Trejo-Zambrano

  Co-Author: Carson Stephenson

  Co-Author: Shuyi Li

  Co-Author: Jamie Spangler, PhD – The Johns Hopkins University