Novel Strategies in Cancer Detection, Diagnosis, and Prognosis I

Session Chair(s)

• 

  Jude Phillip, PhD (he/him/his)

  Assistant Professor
  Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University
  Baltimore, Maryland, United States
• ML

  Maureen Lynch, PhD

  Assistant Professor
  University of Colorado Boulder
  Boulder, Colorado, United States

Track Chair(s)

• EP

  Erica Pratt, PhD (she/her/hers)

  Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
  Boston University
  Boston, Massachusetts, United States
• MO

  Madeleine Oudin

  Tufts University

Presentations:

• 1:15 PM – 1:30 PM EST

  Enhanced photoacoustic imaging and photothermal therapy of triple-negative breast cancer with biomimetic nanoshells
  

  Invited Speaker: Emily S. Day, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Delaware

  Co-Author: Sara B. Aboeleneen, n/a (she/her/hers) – University of Delaware

  Co-Author: Kejian Li, MS (she/her/hers) – University of Delaware

  Co-Author: Grace Azevedo (she/her/hers) – University of Delaware

  Co-Author: Avery Wolverton (she/her/hers) – University of Delaware

  Co-Author: Mackenzie A. Scully (she/her/hers) – University of Delaware
• 1:30 PM – 1:45 PM EST

  A Novel Fluorescence Imaging Approach to Aid Surgical Resection of Solid Tumors using Food Drug and Cosmetic Coloring Agents in Liposomal Nanoparticles
  

  Presenting Author: Helen Salinas (she/her/hers) – University of Southern California

  Primary Investigator: Cristina Zavaleta, PhD – University of Southern California
• 1:45 PM – 2:00 PM EST

  A novel platform for in vivo CRISPR activation screening to identify oncogenic drivers and resistance mediators
  

  Presenting Author: Fredrik I. Thege, PhD (he/him/his) – UT MD Anderson Cancer Center

  Co-Author: Amber Hoskins – MD Anderson Cancer Center

  Co-Author: Ashwath Seetharaman (he/him/his) – MD Anderson Cancer Center

  Co-Author: Sonja Woermann, MD/PhD – Technical University of Munich

  Last Author: Anirban Maitra, MBBS – UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
• 2:00 PM – 2:15 PM EST

  Engineering an adipose tissue model for studying ovarian cancer metastasis
  

  Presenting Author: Amrita Bhagia, MA (she/her/hers) – Sanford Research / University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine

  Co-Author: Brisa Peña, PhD – University of Colorado Denver

  Primary Investigator: Pilar de la Puente, PhD (she/her/hers) – Sanford Research / University of South Dakota School of Medicine

  Co-Author: Oduduabasi Isaiah

  Co-Author: Aloysius Klingelhutz, PhD – University of Iowa
• 2:15 PM – 2:30 PM EST

  Investigating Tumor Microenvironment Drivers of Drug-Resistant Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
  

  Presenting Author: Ninette Irakoze (she/her/hers) – University of Massachusetts Amherst

  Co-Author: Narine Berberian – University of Massachusetts Amherst

  Co-Author: Scott M. Leighow, PhD – Penn State University

  Co-Author: Cole B. Haag (he/him/his) – University of Massachusetts Amherst

  Co-Author: Nathan R. Richbourg, PhD (he/him/his) – Tufts University

  Co-Author: Michael J. Lee, PhD – UMass Chan Medical School

  Co-Author: Justin R. Pritchard – Penn State University

  Primary Investigator: Shelly Peyton – University of Massachusetts Amherst
• 2:30 PM – 2:45 PM EST

  Utilizing amino acid selectivity in tumor cells as potential cancer treatment
  

  Presenting Author: Alfred Akinlalu, MSc (he/him/his) – University of Denver

  Presenting Author: Dali Sun (he/him/his) – University of Denver