Nano / Micro Technologies for Drug Delivery

Session Chair(s)

• 

  Yupeng Chen, PhD (he/him/his)

  Associate Professor
  University of Connecticut, United States
• 

  Marissa Wechsler, PhD (she/her/hers)

  Assistant Professor
  University of Texas at San Antonio
  San Antonio, Texas, United States

Track Chair(s)

• 

  Ian Wong, PhD (he/him/his)

  Associate Professor of Engineering
  Brown University, United States
• LW

  Leo Wan, PhD

  Professor
  Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute `, United States

Presentations:

• 3:45 PM – 4:00 PM EST

  RNA-Lipid Nanoparticle Directed Immune Modulation
  

  Invited Speaker: Theresa M. Raimondo, PhD – Brown University
• 4:00 PM – 4:15 PM EST

  Microparticulate-based immunotherapy of Rheumatoid Arthritis
  

  Invited Speaker: Jamal Lewis, PhD – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Allen Tu, PhD – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Rian Harriman – University of California, Davis
• 4:15 PM – 4:30 PM EST

  Control of TRAIL Avidity on the Surface of Nanoscale Liposomes via Lipid Phase Separation
  

  Presenting Author: Zhenjiang Zhang, PhD (he/him/his) – Rice University

  Primary Investigator: Michael R. King, PhD (he/him/his) – Rice University
• 4:30 PM – 4:45 PM EST

  Functionalized Engineered Extracellular Vesicles for targeted delivery to Intervertebral Disc Cells
  

  Presenting Author: Mia Kordowski (she/her/hers) – The Ohio State University

  Co-Author: Justin Richards, BS (he/him/his) – The Ohio State University

  Co-Author: Khady Diop (she/her/hers) – The Ohio State University

  Co-Author: Ana Salazar-Puerta, PhD (she/her/hers) – The Ohio State University

  Co-Author: Nina Tang, PhD (she/her/hers) – Washington University

  Co-Author: María Rincon-Benavides – The Ohio State University

  Co-Author: Yuzhang Liu, MS – The Ohio State University

  Co-Author: Elizabeth Yu – The Ohio State University

  Co-Author: Devina Purmessur – The Ohio State University

  Primary Investigator: Natalia Higuita-Castro, Dr. (she/her/hers) – The Ohio State University
• 4:45 PM – 5:00 PM EST

  N-cadherin targeted melanin nanoparticles reverse the endothelial-mesenchymal transition in vascular endothelial cells to potentially slow the progression of atherosclerosis and cancer
  

  Presenting Author: Congzhou Wang, PhD (he/him/his) – South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
• 5:00 PM – 5:15 PM EST

  Simvastatin-Loaded Polymeric Nanoparticles: Targeting Inflammatory Macrophages for Local Adipose Tissue Browning in Obesity Treatment
  

  Presenting Author: Alireza Hassani Najafabadi, PhD – Terasaki Institute

  Co-Author: Neda Mohaghegh – Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation

  Co-Author: Ali Khademhosseini, PhD – Terasaki Institute

  Co-Author: Ryan M. Pearson, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Maryland Baltimore

  Co-Author: Vadim Jucaud, PhD (he/him/his) – Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation

  Co-Author: Claire Buttles – 3Indiana University Bloomington, Department of Biology