Nanoparticle-Based Nucleic Acid Delivery Systems

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Session Chair(s)

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  Jyothi Menon, PhD (she/her/hers)

  Associate Professor
  University of Rhode Island
  Kingston, Rhode Island, United States
• 

  Tanmoy Saha, PhD (he/him/his)

  Instructor (Associate Bioengineer)
  Brigham and Women's Hoapital, Harvard Medical School
  Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
• 

  Maria Gonzalez Porras, PhD (she/her/hers)

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

Track Chair(s)

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  Meenal Datta, PhD

  Assistant Professor
  University of Notre Dame
  South Bend, Indiana, United States
• 

  Jeannine Coburn, PhD

  Associate Professor
  Worcester Polytechnic Institute
  Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

Presentations:

• 4:30 PM – 4:45 PM EST

  Antibody-siRNA conjugate therapy suppresses atrial fibrillation
  

  Presenting Author: Noor Momin, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Pennsylvania
• 4:45 PM – 5:00 PM EST

  Artificial peptides inspired by transmembrane mitochondrial protein for escorting exogenous DNA into the human mitochondria.
  

  Presenting Author: Keiji Numata (he/him/his) – Kyoto University
• 5:00 PM – 5:15 PM EST

  Co-delivery of small molecules and siRNA via Janus Based Nanopieces for Solid Tumor Treatment
  

  Presenting Author: Jin Zhai, MS (she/her/hers) – University of Connecticut

  Co-Author: Jinhyung Lee, PhD – University of Connecticut

  Co-Author: Trystin Cote (he/him/his) – University of Connecticut

  Primary Investigator: Yupeng Chen, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Connecticut
• 5:15 PM – 5:30 PM EST

  Extrahepatic gene therapy for kidney diseases via polymeric mesoscale nanoparticles
  

  Presenting Author: Ryan Williams, PhD – City College of New York

  Co-Author: Arantxa Roach – The City College of New York

  Co-Author: Anastasiia Vasylaki, MSc (she/her/hers) – The City College of New York

  Co-Author: Pratyusha Ghosh, MS – The City College of New York

  Co-Author: Adnan Arnaout – City College of New York, CUNY

  Co-Author: Melis Baltaci, BA – Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

  Co-Author: Edgar Jaimes – Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
• 5:30 PM – 5:45 PM EST

  Optimizing Polymeric Micelle Properties to Enhance Cas9-Mediated Gene Knockdown
  

  Presenting Author: Lucian Williams (he/him/his) – Clemson University

  Primary Investigator: Jessica Larsen, PhD – Clemson University Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

  Co-Author: George Barbery – Clemson University
• 5:45 PM – 6:00 PM EST

  Tailored Yeast-derived Polyplexes for Oral CRISPR Cas9/dCas9 Delivery
  

  Presenting Author: Huiyi Liang, PhD (she/her/hers) – Columbia University

  Primary Investigator: Kam Leong – Columbia University

  Co-Author: Suwan Ding, B.S., M.S. – Columbia University

  Co-Author: Veronica Farag

  Co-Author: Chai Hoon Quek

  Co-Author: Mengkun Yang

  Co-Author: Yang Xiao

  Co-Author: Yeh-Hsing Lao

  Co-Author: Satya Nayagam, MS (he/him/his) – Columbia University