Sunday, October 27
| 7:30 AM - 12:00 PM | Registration |
| 8:00 AM - 8:50 AM | Morning Coffee |
| 8:50 AM - 8:55 AM | Welcome Remarks |
| 8:55 AM - 9:40 AM |
Regenerative Engineering: The New Field Keynote Speaker - Cato Laurencin, University of Connecticut |
| 9:40 AM - 12:10 PM | Session 1 - Regenerative Engineering Session Chair: Ed Botchwey, Georgia Institute of Technology |
| 9:40 AM - 10:10 AM |
Manipulating Immune Cells for Tissue (Re)Generation Invited Speaker: Erika Moore, University of Florida |
| 10:10 AM - 10:40 AM |
Enabling Regenerative Medicine Invited Speaker: Guillermo Ameer, Northwestern University |
| 10:40 AM - 11:10 AM | Coffee Break |
| 11:10 AM - 11:25 AM | Effects of Synthetic Nanoparticle Antibodies (SNAbs) on Immunomodulation of Traumatic Bone Injuries Clinton Smith, Georgia Institute of Technology |
| 11:25 AM - 11:40 AM | A Novel Fibrous Collagen Scaffold for Patterning Vascular Development and Regenerating the Myocardium Alicia Minor, Brown University |
| 11:40 AM - 11:55 AM | Regenerative Engineering of the Nail: The Development of a Novel Nano-Based Matrix Aundrya Montgomery, UConn Health |
| 11:55 AM - 12:10 PM | Diffusion-Based Modeling and Drug Delivery of Gasotransmitters from Electrospun Scaffolds Kenyatta Washington, UConn Health |
| 12:10 PM - 1:40 PM | Lunch |
| 1:40 PM - 2:25 PM |
Translating Our Discoveries to Propel Science Forward: Why Academia, Government, and Industry must Partner to Succeed Keynote Speaker - Cherie Butts, Biogen |
| 2:25 PM - 3:55 PM | Session 2 - Health and Medical Applications 1 Session Chair: Manu Platt, Georgia Institute of Technology |
| 2:25 PM - 2:55 PM | Invited Speaker: Valerie Odero-Marah, Clark Atlanta University |
| 2:55 PM - 3:25 PM | Invited Speaker: Stefan France, Georgia Institute of Technology |
| 3:25 PM - 3:40 PM | Molecular Components and Trafficking of ARRDC1-Mediated Microvesicles(ARMMs) Joseph Beyene, Harvard University |
| 3:40 PM - 3:55 PM | Development of a Lift-Off Intradermal Cancer Vaccine Release System Using Electrostatic Assembly Samantha Fletcher, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| 3:55 PM - 4:25 PM | Coffee Break |
| 4:25 PM - 5:55 PM | Session 3 - Health and Medical Applications 2 Session Chair: Manu Platt, Georgia Institute of Technology |
| 4:25 PM - 4:55 PM | Invited Speaker: Curtis Henry, Emory University |
| 4:55 PM - 5:10 PM | Increased Hypercoagulation Markers in a Humanized Sickle Cell Mouse Model Caused By Activated Cathepsin-Mediated Fibrinogenolysis Simone Douglas, Georgia Institute of Technology |
| 5:10 PM - 5:25 PM | Engineering Modular Components of an Osteochondral Implant Howard W.T. Matthew, Wayne State University |
| 5:25 PM - 5:40 PM | A New Approach to Regenerative Cartilage Tissue Engineering Using Smart-Sensitive Nutraceutical Hydrogels Juana Mendenhall, Morehouse College |
| 5:40 PM - 5:55 PM | Engineering Nano-Delivery for Diagnosis and Restoration of Disrupted Brain Endothelium Post Blast-Induced Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Edidiong Inyang, University of Texas Arlington |
Monday, October 28
| 7:30 AM - 12:00 PM | Registration |
| 8:00 AM - 8:30 AM | Morning Coffee |
| 8:30 AM - 9:15 AM | Keynote Speaker - Kristala Prather, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| 9:15 AM - 10:45 PM | Session 4 - Metabolic Engineering and Synthetic Biology Session Chair: Karmella Haynes, Emory University |
| 9:15 AM - 9:45 AM | Invited Speaker: Kevin Solomon, Purdue University |
| 9:45 AM - 10:15 AM | Mating Disruption: The New Standard for Insect Control Invited Speaker: Weslee Glenn, Provivi, Inc. |
| 10:15 AM - 10:30 AM | We Stress Bacteria out: Dynamic Responses of Bacteria to Fluid, Nanoparticle, and Antibiotic Stress A-Andrew Jones, Northeastern University |
| 10:30 AM - 10:45 AM | Controlling metastasis and immune signaling in breast cancer cells with epigenetic engineering Karmella Haynes, Emory University |
| 10:45 AM - 11:15 AM | Coffee Break |
| 11:15 AM - 12:15 PM | Session 5 - DNA Synthesis, Genome Design and Editing Session Chair: Karmella Haynes, Emory University |
| 11:15 AM - 11:45 AM | High-Throughput Cell Programming with Software, Automation and Next Generation Sequencing Technologies Invited Speaker: Aimable Habimana, Ginkgo Bioworks |
| 11:45 AM - 12:00 PM | Design, Synthesis, and Characterization of DNA Origami for the Detection of Biomolecules Jaimie Marie Stewart, California Institute of Technology |
| 12:00 PM - 12:15 PM | Cancer Cells Possess Different Isotopic Enrichment Reginald Little, Stillman College |
| 12:15 PM - 1:30 PM | Lunch |
| 1:30 PM - 2:15 PM | Multiplexed Microanalytical Biosensor Systems Keynote Speaker - Anthony Guiseppi-Elie, Texas A&M University |
| 2:15 PM - 4:15 PM | Session 6 - Microbiome and Immunoengineering Session Chair: Elebeoba May, NSF |
| 2:15 PM - 2:45 PM | Multifunctional Nanoculture Systems for Studying Microbial Dynamics Invited Speaker: Tagbo H.R. Niepa, University of Pittsburgh |
| 2:45 PM - 3:15 PM | Coffee Break |
| 3:15 PM - 3:45 PM |
Invited Speaker: The PTS System and Vibrio Cholerae Biofilms: Analysis, Control, and Applications |
| 3:45 PM - 4:00 PM | Dual oxidase1/Lactoperoxidase Antimicrobial System Deplays Anti-Viral Effects in Cell-Free and Cell-Based in Vitro and Ameliorate Survival In Vivo during Influenza Demba Sarr, University of Georgia |
| 4:00 PM - 4:15 PM | Quantifying the Host-Pathogen Interface - A Multiscale Perspective on Infection, Immunomodulation, and Disease Elebeoba May, University of Houston |
| 4:15 PM - 5:15 PM | Session 7 - Mathematical and Computational Modeling Session Chair: Cranos Williams, North Carolina State University |
| 4:15 PM - 4:45 PM | Modeling and Predicting the Behaviors of Cytoskeletal Networks Invited Speaker: Julio Belmonte, North Carolina State University |
| 4:45 PM - 5:00 PM | Varying PLGA and Peg Oligomer Extension Reveals Favorable Protein/Polymer Interactions Critical to Drug Loading of PLGA-Peg Nanoparticles Christopher Nyambura, University of Washington |
| 5:00 PM - 5:15 PM | Towards Real-Time in Vitro cell Culture Monitoring: Detecting Changes in LN-18 Glial Cell Morphology Using a Supervised Machine Learning Approach Jordon Gilmore, Clemson University |
| 5:15 PM - 5:45 PM | Rapid Fire Poster Talks Session Chair: Elisa Franco, University of California, Los Angeles |
| 5:45 PM - 7:15 PM | Poster Session (link to list poster presenters) |
Tuesday, October 29
| 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM | Registration |
| 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM | Morning Coffee |
| 9:00 AM - 12:30 PM | Session 8 - Bioengineering and Our Community Session Chair: Karmella Haynes, Emory University |
| 9:00 AM - 9:15 AM | Invited Speaker: Temeika Fairley, Centers for Disease Control |
| 9:15 AM - 9:30 AM | Valorization of Some Solid Environmental Wastes for Treating Liquid Waste: The Closed Switch John Unuofin, Tshwane University of Technology |
| 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM | Panel - Funding Biotech Panel Chair: Elebeoba May, NSF |
| Panel Members: Norbert Tavares (Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative), Tony Dickherber (NIH), Elebeoba May (NSF) | |
| 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM | Coffee Break |
| 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM | Panel - Career Advancement Panel Chair: Karmella Haynes, Emory University |
| Panel Members: Erika Jefferson (BWISE), Mitsue M. Wiggs (Meyerhoff Scholars Program), Jahari Soward (ACS Georgia) | |
| 12:00 PM - 12:15 PM | Closing Remarks |