Immunoengineering V: Immune Mechanobiology

Session Chair(s)

• 

  Edikan Ogunnaike, PhD (she/her/hers)

  Assistant Professor
  Coutler BME - Emory University
  Decatur, Georgia, United States
• 

  David Gau, PhD (he/him/his)

  Assistant Professor
  University of Pittsburgh
  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Track Chair(s)

• 

  Michelle Teplensky, PhD (she/her/hers)

  Assistant Professor
  Boston University
  Boston, Massachusetts, United States
• JW

  John Wilson

  Associate Professor
  Vanderbilt University
  Nashville, Tennessee, United States
• LW

  Liz Wayne

  University of Washington

Presentations:

• 4:30 PM – 4:45 PM EST

  Enhanced and Sustained T Cell Activation, Proliferation, and Cytotoxicity in Response to Fluid Shear Stress
  

  Presenting Author: Nicole S. Sarna, BS, MS (she/her/hers) – Rice University

  Co-Author: Shanay Desai – Vanderbilt University

  Co-Author: Benjamin Kaufman (he/him/his) – Rice University

  Co-Author: Natalie M. Curry (she/her/hers) – Rice University

  Co-Author: Anne M. Hanna (she/her/hers) – Vanderbilt University

  Primary Investigator: Michael R. King, PhD (he/him/his) – Rice University
• 4:45 PM – 5:00 PM EST

  Engineered, clinically-relevant production of helper (CD4+) T cells from pluripotent stem cells using an artificial thymic niche
  

  Presenting Author: Ross Jones, PhD (he/him/his) – University of British Columbia

  Co-Author: Kevin Salim (he/him/his) – BC Children's Hospital Research Institute

  Co-Author: John Edgar, PhD – University of British Columbia

  Co-Author: Laura Stankiewicz – University of British Columbia

  Co-Author: Lauren Durland – University of British Columbia

  Co-Author: Jana Gillies – BC Children's Hospital Research Institute

  Co-Author: Lorna Leon – BC Children's Hospital Research Institute

  Co-Author: Ali Murtaza – University of British Columbia

  Co-Author: Thristan Taberna – University of British Columbia

  Co-Author: Carla Zimmerman (she/her/hers) – University of British Columbia

  Co-Author: Frank Hsu – University of British Columbia

  Co-Author: Yale Michaels, PhD – CancerCare Manitoba

  Co-Author: Fabio Rossi, M.D., Ph.D. – University of British Columbia

  Co-Author: Megan Levings, PhD – BC Children's Hospital Research Institute

  Last Author: Peter Zandstra, PhD – University of British Columbia
• 5:00 PM – 5:15 PM EST

  Differential Effects of Fluid Shear Stress on Macrophage Functionality and Polarization
  

  Presenting Author: Natalie M. Curry (she/her/hers) – Rice University

  Primary Investigator: Michael R. King, PhD (he/him/his) – Rice Universty

  Co-Author: Nicole S. Sarna, BS, MS (she/her/hers) – Rice University

  Co-Author: Abby Fabiano
• 5:15 PM – 5:30 PM EST

  Investigating the effect of interstitial fluid flow on nanoparticle transport across lymphatic endothelial cells and their junction integrity
  

  Presenting Author: Aisha Abdulkarimu, BS (she/her/hers) – University of Maryland, College Park

  Co-Author: Shreyas Kanwar – University of Maryland, College Park

  Co-Author: Jacob McCright – University of Maryland, College Park

  Co-Author: Matthew Ensign (he/him/his) – University of Maryland, College Park

  Primary Investigator: Katharina Maisel, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Maryland
• 5:30 PM – 5:45 PM EST

  Macrophage clusters extend multiple pseudopods to disrupt cell junctions between cohesive targets
  

  Presenting Author: Lawrence J. Dooling, PhD (he/him/his) – Univ Houston / University of Pennsylvania

  Co-Author: Alişya Anlaş, PhD – University of Pennsylvania

  Co-Author: Michael Tobin – University of Pennsylvania

  Co-Author: Tristan Marchena – University of Pennsylvania

  Primary Investigator: Dennis Discher, PhD – Biophysical Eng'g Labs, University of Pennsylvania

  Co-Author: Maximilian Wang

  Co-Author: Nicholas Ontko – University of Pennsylvania

  Co-Author: Jason Andrechak
• 5:45 PM – 6:00 PM EST

  Microfluidic Precision Engineered Artificial Antigen Presenting Cells for Cellular Immunotherapy
  

  Presenting Author: Hsiu-Ping Yi – UC Irvine

  Co-Author: Sudhanshu Agrawal, SCYM (ASCP) (he/him/his) – UC Irvine

  Co-Author: Anshu Agrawal, PhD (she/her/hers) – UC Irvine

  Primary Investigator: Abraham Lee – UC Irvine