The Immune Response to Biomaterials

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Session Chair(s)

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  Biplab Sarkar, PhD

  Assistant Research Professor
  Drexel University
  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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  Lawrence Dooling, PhD (he/him/his)

  Asst Professor / Research Associate
  Univ Houston / University of Pennsylvania
  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 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:

• 12:30 PM – 12:45 PM EST

  Acute in vivo inflammatory response towards engineered bioabsorbable Magnesium-Aluminum subcutaneous implants.
  

  Presenting Author: Mitchell Connon, MS (he/him/his) – Michigan Technological University

  Co-Author: Sreenivas Raguraman (he/him/his) – John Hopkins University

  Co-Author: Timothy P. weihs – Johns Hopkins University

  Primary Investigator: Roger Guillory, II, PhD – Medical College of Wisconsin
• 12:45 PM – 1:00 PM EST

  Age and sex alter the immune response to synthetic materials
  

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

  Co-Author: Anna Ruta, PhD – Johns Hopkins University

  Co-Author: Sean Kelly, PhD – Johns Hopkins University

  Co-Author: Kavita Krishnan – Johns Hopkins University

  Co-Author: Katlin B. Stivers, PhD (she/her/hers) – Translational Tissue Engineering Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

  Co-Author: Natalie Rutkowski, BS – Johns Hopkins University

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

  Primary Investigator: Jennifer H. Elisseeff, PhD – Translational Tissue Engineering Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
• 1:00 PM – 1:15 PM EST

  An endothelial-smooth muscle cell bilayer 3D microvessel to study human arteriole inflammation
  

  Presenting Author: Ninghao Zhu, PhD (he/him/his) – Kansas State University

  Co-Author: Lily Liang, PhD Candidate (she/her/hers) – Johns Hopkins University

  Co-Author: Nan Zhao – Johns Hopkins University

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

  Primary Investigator: Peter Searson – Johns Hopkins University
• 1:15 PM – 1:30 PM EST

  Elucidating Biomaterial-Induced Immunomodulatory Mechanisms of Tissue Remodeling
  

  Presenting Author: Jessica L. Stelzel – Johns Hopkins University, Biomedical Engineering, Translational Tissue Engineering Center

  Co-Author: Stuart J. Bauer, MSE (he/him/his) – Johns Hopkins University, Biomedical Engineering, Translational Tissue Engineering Center

  Co-Author: Yi Xin X. Ni (he/him/his) – Johns Hopkins University

  Co-Author: Zhicheng Yao – Johns Hopkins University

  Co-Author: Sashank Reddy – Johns Hopkins University

  Co-Author: Hai-Quan Mao, PhD (he/him/his) – Johns Hopkins University

  Last Author: Joshua C. Doloff, MA, PhD (he/him/his) – Johns Hopkins University, Depts. of Biomedical Engineering and Materials Science & Engineering, Translational Tissue Engineering Center (TTEC), and the Institute for NanoBioTechnology (INBT)
• 1:30 PM – 1:45 PM EST

  Injectable methylcellulose hydrogels exhibit anti-fouling properties in vitro and mitigate fibrous encapsulation in vivo: Implications for soft tissue augmentation
  

  Co-Author: Adam C. Weisel – City College of New York

  Co-Author: Beliz Kayis – The City College of New York

  Presenting Author: David J. Alpert (he/him/his) – The City College of New York/CCNY

  Co-Author: Meghan M. Halloran, BSE – The City College of New York

  Co-Author: Peter J. Taub, MD, MS, FACS, FAAP – Mount Sinai Health System

  Primary Investigator: Steven B. Nicoll, PhD – The City College of New York
• 1:45 PM – 2:00 PM EST

  Itaconate microparticles for intracellular targeting of macrophage inflammation
  

  Presenting Author: Kaitlyn E. Woodworth (she/her/hers) – Dalhousie University

  Co-Author: Zachary SCS Froom (he/him/his) – Dalhousie University

  Co-Author: Brenden P. Wheeler (he/him/his) – Dalhousie University

  Co-Author: Christian Rempe, N/A – Dalhousie University

  Co-Author: Neal I. Callaghan, PhD (he/him/his) – Dalhousie University

  Primary Investigator: Locke Davenport Huyer, PhD (he/him/his) – Dalhousie University