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  • Thursday, Oct 12th
    8:00 AM – 9:30 AM PDT
    Bioinformatics
    Location: 346 (Center, Level 3)
    Track Chair: Jiahe Li
    Moderator: Ivana Parker, Ph.D. – University of Florida
    Moderator: Douglas Brubaker – Center for Global Health and Diseases, Department of Pathology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine & Blood Heart Lung Immunology Research Center, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
    Technologies for Emerging Infectious Diseases
  • Thursday, Oct 12th
    8:00 AM – 8:15 AM PDT
    Elucidating humoral profiles associated with Schistosomiasis pathogenesis using interpretable machine learning
    Location: 346 (Center, Level 3)
    Co-Author: Trirupa Chakraborty – University of Pittsburgh
    Co-Author: Anuskha Saha – Georgia Institute of Technology
    Last Author: Aniruddh Sarkar – Georgia Institute of Technology
    Presenting Author: Jishnu Das, PhD – University of Pittsburgh
    Technologies for Emerging Infectious Diseases
  • Thursday, Oct 12th
    8:15 AM – 8:30 AM PDT
    Engineering multiplexed breath biomarkers for rapid respiratory pathogen identification
    Location: 346 (Center, Level 3)
    Presenting Author: Khoi N. Le (he/him/his) – Georgia Institute of Technology
    Primary Investigator: Leslie Chan – Georgia Institute of Technology
    Technologies for Emerging Infectious Diseases
  • Thursday, Oct 12th
    8:30 AM – 8:45 AM PDT
    Dissecting Metabolic landscape of Alveolar Macrophages
    Location: 346 (Center, Level 3)
    Presenting Author: Sunayana Malla (she/her/hers) – University of Nebraska Lincoln
    Primary Investigator: Rajib Saha, Researcher – University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    Technologies for Emerging Infectious Diseases
  • Thursday, Oct 12th
    8:45 AM – 9:00 AM PDT
    Quantitative Analysis of Solution-Free Blood Cell Staining by the Hydrogel Stamping Methods
    Location: 346 (Center, Level 3)
    Presenting Author: Chae Yun Bae, PhD – Noul Co., Ltd.
    Co-Author: Eunmi Hwang – Noul Co., Ltd.
    Co-Author: Suk Kyung Baek – Noul Co., Ltd.
    Last Author: Jangwook Jung – Department of Biological Engineering, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
    Technologies for Emerging Infectious Diseases
  • Thursday, Oct 12th
    9:00 AM – 9:15 AM PDT
    In vivo pharmacokinetics and safety in mice of ultra-long-acting injectable, biodegradable, and removable in-situ forming implant with dolutegravir for HIV prevention
    Location: 346 (Center, Level 3)
    Presenting Author: Thy Le, Bachelor (she/her/hers) – Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University
    Co-Author: Isabella Young – Division of Pharmacoengineering and Molecular Pharmaceutics/UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy at UNC Chapel Hill
    Co-Author: Roopali Shrivastava – Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University
    Primary Investigator: S. Rahima Benhabbour – UNC/NCSU Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering
    Technologies for Emerging Infectious Diseases
  • Thursday, Oct 12th
    9:15 AM – 9:30 AM PDT
    Towards using host targeted interventions against malaria
    Location: 324 (Center, Level 3)
    Keynote Speaker: Alexis Kaushansky, Ph.D. – University of Washington/ Seattle Children's Research Institute
    Co-Author: Ling Wei – Seattle Children's
    Co-Author: Elizabeth Glennon – Seattle Children's Research Institute
    Co-Author: Joseph Smith – Seattle Children's Research Institute
    Co-Author: Selasi Dankwa – Seattle Children's Research Institute
    Co-Author: Wanlapa Roobsoong – Mahidol University
    Co-Author: Jetsumon Prachumsri – Mahidol University
    Technologies for Emerging Infectious Diseases
  • Thursday, Oct 12th
    12:30 PM – 2:00 PM PDT
    Diagnostic tools
    Location: 323 (Center, Level 3)
    Track Chair: Jiahe Li
    Track Chair: Ana M. Porras, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Florida
    Moderator: Sangmoo Jeong
    Moderator: Tatiana Z. Cuellar-Gaviria, PhD (she/her/hers) – The Ohio State University
    Technologies for Emerging Infectious Diseases
  • Thursday, Oct 12th
    12:30 PM – 12:45 PM PDT
    Portable highly multiplexed probe-melt PCR platform for rapid identification and antimicrobial resistance genotyping
    Location: 323 (Center, Level 3)
    Presenting Author: Amelia Traylor, MS (she/her/hers) – Johns Hopkins University
    Co-Author: Fan-En Chen – Johns Hopkins University
    Co-Author: Alexander Trick – Johns Hopkins University
    Primary Investigator: Tza-Huei Wang – Johns Hopkins University
    Technologies for Emerging Infectious Diseases
  • Thursday, Oct 12th
    12:45 PM – 1:00 PM PDT
    Concentrating viral particles from sewage: simplified methods for environmental surveillance of pathogens
    Location: 323 (Center, Level 3)
    Presenting Author: Mohammad Dehghan Banadaki (he/him/his) – University of kentucky
    Co-Author: Soroosh Torabi, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Kentucky
    Co-Author: Alexus Rockward – University of Kentucky
    Co-Author: William Strike – University of Kentucky
    Co-Author: Ann Noble – University of Kentucky
    Co-Author: James Keck – University of Kentucky
    Primary Investigator: Scott Berry – University of Kentucky
    Technologies for Emerging Infectious Diseases
  • Thursday, Oct 12th
    1:00 PM – 1:15 PM PDT
    A Simple, At-Home-Compatible Preparation Method for Detection of Pathogen DNA from Vaginal Swab Samples
    Location: 323 (Center, Level 3)
    Presenting Author: Erin K. Heiniger, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Washington, Seattle
    Co-Author: Kevin Jiang (he/him/his) – University of Washington, Seattle
    Co-Author: Steven Bennett – University of Washington, Seattle
    Co-Author: Sujatha Kumar – University of Washington, Seattle
    Primary Investigator: Paul Yager – University of Washington
    Technologies for Emerging Infectious Diseases
  • Thursday, Oct 12th
    1:15 PM – 1:30 PM PDT
    Development of an Integrated Sample Amplification Control for Point-of-Care Pathogen Testing
    Location: 323 (Center, Level 3)
    Presenting Author: Navaporn Sritong (she/her/hers) – Purdue University
    Presenting Author: Riley J. Brown – Purdue University
    Co-Author: Karin F. K. Ejendal – Purdue University
    Primary Investigator: Jacqueline C. Linnes, PhD (she/her/hers) – Purdue University
    Technologies for Emerging Infectious Diseases
  • Thursday, Oct 12th
    1:30 PM – 1:45 PM PDT
    Toward A Simple Method for Simultaneous Extraction and Specific Capture to enhance Pooled Approaches for Screening Low Prevalence Pathogens
    Location: 323 (Center, Level 3)
    Presenting Author: Dalton J. Nelson, BA, BE (he/him/his) – Vanderbilt University
    Co-Author: Timothy Williams – Vanderbilt University Medical Center
    Co-Author: Madeline E. Spradley – Vanderbilt University Medical Center
    Co-Author: Jonathan E. Schmitz – Vanderbilt University Medical Center
    Primary Investigator: Frederick Haselton, PhD – Vanderbilt University
    Technologies for Emerging Infectious Diseases
  • Thursday, Oct 12th
    1:45 PM – 2:00 PM PDT
    Lyophilized Loop-mediated Isothermal Amplification Reagents for Endpoint Detection of Kaposi's Sarcoma Herpesvirus
    Location: 323 (Center, Level 3)
    Presenting Author: Brooke Filanoski (she/her/hers) – Cornell University
    Primary Investigator: David Erickson – Cornell University
    Technologies for Emerging Infectious Diseases
  • Thursday, Oct 12th
    3:00 PM – 4:30 PM PDT
    Engineering models
    Location: 324 (Center, Level 3)
    Track Chair: Jiahe Li
    Track Chair: Ana M. Porras, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Florida
    Moderator: Gregg Duncan – University of Maryland
    Moderator: Rebecca Byler – Yale University
    Moderator: shengjie zhai – University of Nevada Las Vegas
    Technologies for Emerging Infectious Diseases
  • Thursday, Oct 12th
    3:00 PM – 3:15 PM PDT
    Fully Automated Immuno-microplaque Assay for Live-attenuated Quadrivalent Dengue Vaccine Characterization
    Location: 324 (Center, Level 3)
    Presenting Author: Yi Wang, PhD (she/her/hers) – Merck & Co., Inc.
    Co-Author: Carl Hofmann – Merck & Co., Inc.
    Co-Author: Michelle Ngo – Merck & Co., Inc.
    Co-Author: Anjali Joshi – Merck & Co., Inc.
    Co-Author: John W. Loughney – Merck & Co., Inc.
    Technologies for Emerging Infectious Diseases
  • Thursday, Oct 12th
    3:15 PM – 3:30 PM PDT
    Extravasation of the Bacterium that Causes Lyme Disease in a 3D Tissue-Engineered Microvessel
    Location: 324 (Center, Level 3)
    Presenting Author: Linus Wang, BSE (he/him/his) – Johns Hopkins University
    Primary Investigator: Peter Searson – Johns Hopkins University
    Technologies for Emerging Infectious Diseases
  • Thursday, Oct 12th
    3:30 PM – 3:45 PM PDT
    Airway Microbiome Modulates Corticosteroid Delivery Induced Recovery After Inhalational Burn Injury
    Location: 324 (Center, Level 3)
    Presenting Author: Gabriela Cervantes-Gonzales, MS (she/her/hers) – The University of Texas at San Antonio
    Co-Author: Solaleh Miar, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Hartford
    Co-Author: Ronit Malka – Department of Otolaryngology, Brooke Army Medical Center
    Co-Author: Gregory Dion – Department of Otolaryngology, University of Cincinnati Medical Center
    Last Author: Teja Guda – The University of Texas at San Antonio
    Technologies for Emerging Infectious Diseases
  • Thursday, Oct 12th
    3:45 PM – 4:00 PM PDT
    Hepatitis B Virus Infection of Primary and Pluripotent Stem Cell derived Multicellular Human Hepatic Spheroids Reveals Complex Intracellular and Intercellular Interactions and Host Responses
    Location: 324 (Center, Level 3)
    Co-Author: Yaron Bram – Weill Cornell Medicine
    Co-Author: Christine Lim – Weill Cornell Medicine
    Presenting Author: Robert E. Schwartz, MD/PhD – Weill Cornell Medical College
    Technologies for Emerging Infectious Diseases
  • Thursday, Oct 12th
    4:00 PM – 4:15 PM PDT
    Pandemic-ready organ-chips: Engineering vessel-chips for service in biosafety level 3 facilities
    Location: 324 (Center, Level 3)
    Co-Author: Jason Eades – Texas A&M University
    Co-Author: Ankit Kumar – Texas A&M University
    Co-Author: Marziah Hashimi – Boston University
    Co-Author: John Connor – Boston University
    Presenting Author: Abhishek Jain, PhD – Texas A&M University
    Technologies for Emerging Infectious Diseases
  • Friday, Oct 13th
    8:00 AM – 9:30 AM PDT
    Genetic tools
    Location: 323 (Center, Level 3)
    Track Chair: Jiahe Li
    Track Chair: Ana M. Porras, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Florida
    Moderator: Himani Sharma – University of Notre Dame
    Moderator: Owen McCarty – Oregon Health and Science University
    Technologies for Emerging Infectious Diseases
  • Friday, Oct 13th
    8:00 AM – 8:15 AM PDT
    CRISPR-Cas12a-Induced DNA Supercoil Relaxation for Nonfluorescent Ratiometric DNA Detection
    Location: 323 (Center, Level 3)
    Presenting Author: Noor Mohammad (he/him/his) – NC State University
    Co-Author: Logan Talton – NC State University
    Co-Author: Selen Dalgan – NC State University
    Primary Investigator: Qingshan Wei – NC State University
    Technologies for Emerging Infectious Diseases
  • Friday, Oct 13th
    8:15 AM – 8:30 AM PDT
    Elucidating the Role of CRISPR/Cas in Single-Step Isothermal Nucleic Acid Amplification Testing Assays
    Location: 323 (Center, Level 3)
    Presenting Author: Fangchi Shao (he/him/his) – Johns Hopkins University
    Co-Author: Joon Soo Park – Johns Hopkins University
    Co-Author: Guojie Zhao – Johns Hopkins University
    Co-Author: Kuangwen Hsieh – Johns Hopkins University
    Primary Investigator: Jeff Tza-Huei Wang – Johns Hopkins University
    Technologies for Emerging Infectious Diseases
  • Friday, Oct 13th
    8:30 AM – 8:45 AM PDT
    Systems based investigations analyze the impact of SARS-CoV-2 Spike S2 subdomain N-glycans on protein stability and viral infection
    Location: 323 (Center, Level 3)
    Presenting Author: Qi Yang (he/him/his) – the state university of New York at Buffalo
    Primary Investigator: Sriram Neelamegham – University at Buffalo - SUNY
    Technologies for Emerging Infectious Diseases
  • Friday, Oct 13th
    8:45 AM – 9:00 AM PDT
    Engineering Cyborg bacteria as vaccines against antibiotic-resistant bacteria
    Location: 323 (Center, Level 3)
    Presenting Author: Shahid Khan – Department of Biomedical Engineering / UC Davis
    Co-Author: Ofelya Baghdasaryan (she/her/hers) – Department of Biomedical Engineering / UC Davis
    Co-Author: Alex Vargas – UC Davis
    Co-Author: Scott Simon – UC Davis
    Primary Investigator: Cheemeng Tan – Department of Biomedical Engineering / UC Davis
    Technologies for Emerging Infectious Diseases
  • Friday, Oct 13th
    9:00 AM – 9:15 AM PDT
    Signal Enhanced HPV Protein Detection for Paper-based Dipstick Assays
    Location: 323 (Center, Level 3)
    Presenting Author: Lucy Tecle (she/her/hers) – Purdue University
    Primary Investigator: Jacqueline C. Linnes, PhD (she/her/hers) – Purdue University
    Technologies for Emerging Infectious Diseases
  • Friday, Oct 13th
    9:15 AM – 9:30 AM PDT
    Evaluation of repRNA vaccine for induction and in utero transfer of maternal antibodies in a pregnant rabbit model
    Location: 322 (Center, Level 3)
    Presenting Author: Amit P. Khandhar, PhD (he/him/his) – HDT Bio
    Co-Author: Chelsea Landon – Duke University
    Co-Author: Jacob Archer – HDT Bio (former)
    Co-Author: Kyle Krieger (he/him/his) – HDT BIO CORP
    Co-Author: Nikole Warner – HDT Bio
    Co-Author: Samantha Randall – HDT Bio
    Co-Author: Bryan Berube, PhD (he/him/his) – HDT BIO CORP
    Co-Author: Jesse Erasmus, PhD (he/him/his) – HDT BIO CORP
    Co-Author: Noah Sather – Seattle Childrens Research Institute
    Co-Author: Herman Staats – Duke University
    Technologies for Emerging Infectious Diseases
  • Friday, Oct 13th
    2:00 PM – 3:30 PM PDT
    Therapeutics
    Location: 322 (Center, Level 3)
    Moderator: Ching-An Peng, n/a – University of Idaho
    Moderator: Jiayu Liao – University of California, Riverside
    Technologies for Emerging Infectious Diseases
  • Friday, Oct 13th
    2:00 PM – 2:30 PM PDT
    Dynamic topography for long-term biofilm control
    Location: 322 (Center, Level 3)
    Keynote Speaker: Jouha Min, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Michigan
    Technologies for Emerging Infectious Diseases
  • Friday, Oct 13th
    2:30 PM – 2:45 PM PDT
    Antifungal peptide decorated liposomes exhibit enhanced antifungal activity against Candida spp
    Location: 322 (Center, Level 3)
    Presenting Author: Veronica LaMastro, B.S. (they/them/theirs) – Brown University
    Co-Author: Joanne Liu – Brown University
    Primary Investigator: Anita Shukla – Brown University
    Technologies for Emerging Infectious Diseases
  • Friday, Oct 13th
    2:45 PM – 3:00 PM PDT
    Drug Synergistic Effects of Coriandrum sativum, Piperacillin, and Tazobactam Against Biofilms of Thioredoxin-A Protein Mutant Strains of Acinetobacter baumannii
    Location: 322 (Center, Level 3)
    Primary Investigator: Angelica Diaz-Sanchez (she/her/hers) – University of Texas at San Antonio
    Co-Author: joel salinas (he/him/his) – University of Texas at San Antonio
    Presenting Author: Nehal Ibrahim Abu-Lail, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Texas at San Antonio
    Technologies for Emerging Infectious Diseases
  • Friday, Oct 13th
    3:00 PM – 3:15 PM PDT
    Quantitative Evaluation of Cationic DOTAP-DOPC-DOPE Liposomal-Ceftriaxone Biodistribution and Ototoxicity for Targeted Trans-Tympanic Delivery in an Otitis Media Chinchilla Model
    Location: 322 (Center, Level 3)
    Presenting Author: Shayan Shafiee, MS, MS – Medical college of Wisconsin
    Co-Author: Wenzhou Hong – Medical College of Wisconsin
    Co-Author: Julliette Lucas – Medical College of Wisconsin
    Co-Author: Pawjai Khampang – Medical College of Wisconsin.
    Co-Author: Christina Runge (she/her/hers) – Medical College of Wisconsin.
    Co-Author: Clive Wells, MS, CBiol, FRSB, FRMS, – Medical College of Wisconsin
    Co-Author: Ke Yan – Medical College of Wisconsin
    Co-Author: Joseph Kerschner – Medical College of Wisconsin
    Primary Investigator: Amit Joshi – Medical College of Wisconsin
    Technologies for Emerging Infectious Diseases
  • Friday, Oct 13th
    3:15 PM – 3:30 PM PDT
    Designing hyperglycosylated hemagglutinin immunogens for epitope-focused Influenza vaccines
    Location: 322 (Center, Level 3)
    Presenting Author: Dana Lamson, PhD (she/her/hers) – Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard
    Primary Investigator: Aaron Schmidt – Harvard Medical School / Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard
    Technologies for Emerging Infectious Diseases