Antibacterial and Antifungal Biomaterials

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Session Chair(s)

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  Amber Doiron, MS, PhD (she/they)

  Assistant Professor in Electrical and Biomedical Engineering
  University of Vermont
  BURLINGTON, Vermont, United States
• GH

  Geelsu Hwang, PhD (he/him/his)

  Associate Professor
  University of Pennsylvania, United States

Track Chair(s)

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  Josephine Allen, PhD (she/her/hers)

  Professor
  University of Florida, Florida, United States
• 

  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:

• 8:30 AM – 8:45 AM EST

  Antibiofilm efficacy of dual stimuli-responsive silver-loaded nanoparticles against Staphylococcus biofilms
  

  Presenting Author: Zhaowei Jiang, MS (she/her/hers) – Brown University

  Co-Author: Yingying Wang, PhD (she/her/hers) – Brown University

  Primary Investigator: Anita Shukla, PhD (she/her/hers) – Brown University
• 8:45 AM – 9:00 AM EST

  Covalently Immobilized Lysozyme and Nitric Oxide Releasing Biomaterial Surface for Synergistic Broad Spectrum Antimicrobial Applications
  

  Presenting Author: Patrick Maffe (he/him/his) – University of Georgia

  Co-Author: Sarah Wilson, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Georgia

  Primary Investigator: Hitesh Handa – University of Georgia
• 9:00 AM – 9:15 AM EST

  Melanin Zinc Complex as a Biocompatible Agent for Clearing Bacteremia
  

  Co-Author: Tahmineh Rahmani – University of New Hampshire

  Presenting Author: Seth Edwards, PhD – University of New Hampshire

  Primary Investigator: Kyung Jae Jeong – University Of New Hampshire

  Primary Investigator: Young Jo Kim, PhD – University of New Hampshire
• 9:15 AM – 9:30 AM EST

  Modified Amino Acids and their Unique Properties for Peptide Design
  

  Presenting Author: Alexa Sowers (she/her/hers) – West Virginia University

  Last Author: Bingyun Li, PhD (he/him/his) – West Virginia University School of Medicine
• 9:30 AM – 9:45 AM EST

  Polymer-driven neutralization of candidalysin induced cytotoxicity
  

  Presenting Author: Camila C. Carvalho, BS (she/her/hers) – Brown University

  Co-Author: Veronica LaMastro, PhD (they/them/theirs) – University of Southern California

  Co-Author: Vera C. Fonseca, MA (she/her/hers) – Brown university

  Co-Author: Eric M. Darling, Ph.D. (he/him/his) – Brown University

  Primary Investigator: Anita Shukla, PhD (she/her/hers) – Brown University
• 9:45 AM – 10:00 AM EST

  Use of Self-Assembling Antimicrobial Peptides Against Pathogenic Candida Biofilms
  

  Presenting Author: Αlexandra Griffith – New Jersey Institute of Technology

  Co-Author: Rebecca Gabrilska – Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

  Co-Author: Joseph Dodd-o (he/him/his) – New Jersey Institute of Technology

  Co-Author: Josuel Morel (he/him/his) – New Jersey Institute of Technology

  Co-Author: Abhishek Roy, BS – New Jersey Institute of Technology

  Co-Author: Gelavizh Gharati (she/her/hers) – New Jersey Institute of Technology

  Co-Author: Kendra Rumbaugh – Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

  Last Author: Vivek Kumar, PhD – New Jersey Institute of Technology