Biomaterials for Immunoengineering

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Session Chair(s)

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  Laura Bahlmann, PhD, Biomedical Engineering (she/her/hers)

  Postdoctoral Fellow
  Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  Belmont, Massachusetts, United States
• 

  Marjan Rafat, PhD

  Assistant Professor
  Vanderbilt University
  Nashville, Tennessee, 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
• 

  Huiliang Wang, PhD

  Assistant Professor
  University of Texas at Austin, United States
• 

  Rosalyn Abbott, PhD (she/her/hers)

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

Presentations:

• 2:00 PM – 2:15 PM EST

  Cargo-less immunomodulatory nanoparticles prevent inflammatory bone loss in periodontitis
  

  Presenting Author: Joseph Decker, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Michigan

  Co-Author: Kelsey Martin – University of Michigan

  Co-Author: Muhammad Saleh – University of Michigan

  Co-Author: Ann Decker – University of Michigan
• 2:15 PM – 2:30 PM EST

  Engineering PBAE Nanoparticles for Immunological Reprogramming of Meningioma and Glioblastoma Cancer Cells
  

  Presenting Author: Joanna Yang (she/her/hers) – Johns Hopkins University

  Co-Author: Divyaansh Raj – Johns Hopkins

  Co-Author: Aanya Shahani (she/her/hers) – Johns Hopkins

  Co-Author: Hasan Slika – Johns Hopkins

  Co-Author: Kathryn Luly, BS (she/her/hers) – Johns Hopkins

  Last Author: Jordan J. Green, PhD (he/him/his) – Johns Hopkins University

  Co-Author: Betty Tyler – Johns Hopkins

  Co-Author: Stephany Y. Tzeng, PhD – Johns Hopkins University
• 2:30 PM – 2:45 PM EST

  Functionalization of a self-assembling peptide with a TLR7 agonist promotes robust humoral and cellular immune responses
  

  Co-Author: Erin Euliano – Rice University

  Co-Author: Brett Pogostin – Rice University

  Co-Author: Anushka Agrawal (she/her/hers) – Rice University

  Co-Author: Marina Yu – Rice University

  Co-Author: Tsvetelina Baryakova, BS Chemical Engineering – Rice University

  Co-Author: Tyler Graf (he/him/his) – Rice University

  Co-Author: Jeffrey D. Hartgerink, PhD (he/him/his) – Rice University

  Presenting Author: Kevin J. McHugh, PhD – Rice University
• 2:45 PM – 3:00 PM EST

  Supramolecular Nanofiber Vaccines for Alzheimer’s Disease
  

  Presenting Author: Anirban Das, PhD (he/him/his) – Washington University in St. Louis

  Co-Author: Elise M. Brown, BSE (she/her/hers) – Washington University in St. Louis

  Co-Author: Darcy R. Harris, BA (she/her/hers) – Washington University in St. Louis

  Co-Author: Meredith Jackrel – Washington University in St. Louis

  Primary Investigator: Jai Rudra, Ph. D – Washington University in St. Louis
• 3:00 PM – 3:15 PM EST

  Therapeutic Activity of Internalized Synthetic Nanogels on Murine Macrophages
  

  Presenting Author: Mojtaba Ghanbari Mehrabani, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Oklahoma

  Co-Author: Rana Ajeeb – University of Oklahoma

  Co-Author: Daniel Basto Moreno – Universidad de Antioquia

  Co-Author: Daniel Saliba – University of Oklahoma

  Primary Investigator: John R. Clegg, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Oklahoma, Norman
• 3:15 PM – 3:30 PM EST

  Biomaterial-facilitated Modulation and Spatial-temporal Control of Neutrophil Extracellular Trap Formation In Vivo
  

  Presenting Author: Tania L. Lopez Silva, PhD (she/her/hers) – National Cancer Institute, NIH

  Co-Author: Caleb F. Anderson, PhD (he/him/his) – National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health

  Primary Investigator: Joel P. Schneider, PhD – Chemical Biology Laboratory, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Center for Cancer Research