Technical Program
Monday, October 7th
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Monday, October 7th
| 7:30 AM - 12:00 PM | Registration |
| 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM | Coffee and Light Breakfast |
| 9:00 AM - 9:05 AM | Opening Remarks - Organizers |
| 9:05 AM - 10:00 AM | Keynote Speaker: Engineering Intracellular Therapies for Infectous Disease Patrick Stayton, University of Washington |
| 10:00 AM - 10:20 AM | Coffee Break |
| 10:20 AM - 12:35 PM | Session 1: Gene Delivery and Engineering Chair: Adrian Oliver, Duke University |
| 10:20 AM - 11:05 AM | Invited Speaker: Biologics Delivery for Cancer and Inflammatory Diseases Craig Duvall, Vanderbilt University |
| 11:05 AM - 11:50 AM | Invited Speaker: Enhanced Wound Healing Via Collagen-Driven Drug and Gene Delivery Millicent Sullivan, University of Delaware |
| 11:50 AM - 12:35 PM | Invited Speaker: Genome Editing for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Charlie Gersbach, Duke University |
| 12:35 PM - 1:30 PM | Lunch |
| 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM | Keynote Speaker Melody Swartz, University of Chicago |
| 2:30 PM - 5:00 PM | Session 2: Immune Engineering Chair: Lucas Shores, Duke University |
| 2:30 PM - 3:15 PM | Invited Speaker: Microfluidics for Spatially Resolved Analysis of Immunity in Intact Tissues Rebecca Pompano, University of Virginia |
| 3:15 PM - 3:35 PM | Coffee Break |
| 3:35 PM - 4:20 PM | Invited Speaker: Engineered Nanomaterials for Cancer Immunotherapy James Moon, University of Michigan |
| 4:20 PM - 5:05 PM | Invited Speaker: Immune Potentiators & Inflammasome Activation - Improving Vaccine Responses Via Mechanistic Alteration of Immune Cells Aaron Esser-Kahn, University of Chicago |
| 5:05 PM - 5:25 PM | Genetically Encoded Stealth Nanoparticles of a Zwitterionic Polypeptide-paclitaxel Conjugate Have a Wider Therapeutic Window Than Abraxane in Multiple Tumor Models Samagya Banskota, Duke University |
| 5:25 PM - 5:45 PM | Engineering Mucosal Biologics Based on Muco-Trapping Antibodies Samuel Lai, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill |
| 5:45 PM - 7:00 PM |
Poster Session and Reception (link to poster presenters) |
Tuesday, October 8th
| 7:30 AM - 12:00 PM | Registration |
| 8:00 AM - 8:30 AM | Morning Coffee |
| 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM | Keynote Speaker: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Applications of Nanotechnology: Translating Cutting-Edge Technologies from the Lab to the Clinic Jennifer West, Duke University |
| 9:30 AM - 10:00 AM | Coffee Break |
| 10:00 AM - 12:15 PM | Session 3: Cellular Engineering: Delivery, Modeling, and Tissue Engineering Chair: Joshua Hammer, Duke University |
| 10:00 AM - 10:45 AM | Invited Speaker: Engineering Bioactive Material Platforms for Islet Transplantation for Treatment of Type 1 Diabetes Cherie Stabler, University of Florida |
| 10:45 AM - 11:30 AM | Invited Speaker: Targeting interstitial fluid flow and its effects in glioblastoma Jenny Munson, Virginia Tech |
| 11:30 AM - 12:15 PM | Invited Speaker: Injection of Hyaluronic Acid Particle Hydrogels after Ischemic Stroke Causes Phenotypic Changes in Astrocytes Tatiana Segura, Duke University |
| 12:15 PM - 1:15 PM | Lunch |
| 1:15 PM - 5:25 PM | Session 4: Technologies for Cancer and Infectious Disease Chair: Faaiz Enam, Duke University |
| 1:15 PM - 2:00 PM | Invited Speaker: Engineering Smart Nanotechnologies for Immuno-Oncology John Wilson, Vanderbilt University |
| 2:00 PM - 2:45 PM | Invited Speaker: Protein Nanoclusters As Broadly Protecting Influenza Vaccines Julie Champion, Georgia Institute of Technology |
| 2:45 PM - 3:00 PM | New Platforms for Antibacterial Research Joel Freundlich, Rutgers University |
| 3:00 PM - 3:15 PM | Mucus-Penetrating Molecular Assemblies for Sublingual Peptide Immunization Sean Kelly, Duke University |
| 3:15 PM - 3:35 PM | Coffee Break |
| 3:35 PM - 4:20 PM | Invited Speaker: The Design of Nanoscale Therapeutics and Nanostructured Materials Ravi Kane, Georgia Institute of Technology |
| 4:20 PM - 5:05 PM | Invited Speaker Efie Kokkoli, Johns Hopkins University |
| 5:05 PM - 5:25 PM | Intrinsically Adhesive Polymer Wound Dressing with Antimicrobial Properties John Daristotle, University of Maryland, College Park |
| 5:25 PM - 5:30 PM | Closing remarks |
