Advances in Immune Engineering for Biomedical Applications: Manipulating Macrophage Responses, T-Cell Interactions, and Tumor Microenvironment

Track Chair(s)

• MW

  Marissa Wechsler

  Assistant Professor
  The University of Texas at San Antonio, United States
• MH

  Monica Hinds, PhD

  Professor
  Oregon Health & Science University, United States
• EM

  Erika Moore

  Assistant Professor
  University of Maryland
• BA

  Brian Aguado

  Assistant Professor
  Bioengineering
  University of California, San Diego

Moderator(s)

• 

  Marian Ackun-Farmmer, PhD (she/her/hers)

  Postdoctoral Researcher/Incoming Assistant Professor
  University of Maryland/Georgia Institute of Technology
  Hyattsville, Maryland, United States
• 

  Carolyn Schutt Ibsen, Ph.D.

  Assistant Professor
  Oregon Health & Science University

Presentations:

• 4:00 PM – 4:15 PM PDT

  T cells are Required for Long Term Macrophage Polarization and MSC Recruitment and Proliferation in Response to Titanium Implants
  

  Presenting Author: Derek Avery – Virginia Commonwealth University

  Co-Author: Lais Morandini – Virginia Commonwealth University

  Co-Author: Melissa Gabriec – Virginia Commonwealth University

  Co-Author: Luke Sheakley (he/him/his) – Virginia Commonwealth University

  Co-Author: Jonathan Boyd – Virginia Commonwealth University

  Primary Investigator: Rene Olivares-Navarrete – Virginia Commonwealth University
• 4:15 PM – 4:30 PM PDT

  Mechanical plasticity of notch1 and α4β1 integrin ligand functionalized interpenetrating network hydrogels regulates T-cell lineage specification and expansion from human hematopoietic stem cells
  

  Presenting Author: Nikko Jeffreys, SM (he/him/his) – Harvard University

  Co-Author: Suraj Shankar – Harvard University

  Co-Author: Joshua Brockman – Harvard University

  Co-Author: Wei-hung Jung – Harvard University

  Co-Author: Ella M. Serrano-Wu (she/her/hers) – Harvard College

  Co-Author: Joshua Price – Harvard University

  Co-Author: Kyle Vining – University of Pennsylvania

  Co-Author: Siyoon Kwon – Wyss Institute

  Co-Author: Hamza Ijaz – Wyss Institute

  Co-Author: Andrew Khalil – Whitehead Institute and Wyss Institute

  Co-Author: Kwasi Adu-Berchie – Wyss Institute

  Co-Author: Junzhe Lou – Harvard University

  Co-Author: Tiancheng Fang – Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School

  Co-Author: Karin Gustafsson – Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School

  Co-Author: Azeem Sharda – Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School

  Co-Author: David Scadden – Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School

  Co-Author: Lakshminarayanan Mahadevan – Harvard University

  Last Author: David Mooney – Harvard University
• 4:30 PM – 4:45 PM PDT

  High-fat Diet-induced Obesity Amplifies the Pro-Inflammatory Response to Modified Ti
  

  Presenting Author: Derek Avery – Virginia Commonwealth University

  Co-Author: Lais Morandini – Virginia Commonwealth University

  Co-Author: Melissa Gabriec – Virginia Commonwealth University

  Co-Author: Luke Sheakley (he/him/his) – Virginia Commonwealth University

  Primary Investigator: Rene Olivares-Navarrete – Virginia Commonwealth University
• 4:45 PM – 5:00 PM PDT

  Modulation of macrophage responses to implantable bioelectrodes by delivering topographical or biochemical cues for long-term in vivo performance
  

  Presenting Author: Sanghun Lee, PhD candidate (he/him/his) – Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology

  Co-Author: Junggeon Park – Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology

  Co-Author: Semin Kim – Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology

  Last Author: Sehyeon Park – Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology

  Primary Investigator: Jae Young Lee – GIST
• 5:00 PM – 5:15 PM PDT

  Reprogramming tumor microenvironment via systemic delivery of TLR3 agonist/Mn2+coordination nanomedicine
  

  Presenting Author: Young Seok Cho, PhD, PharmD (he/him/his) – University of Michigan

  Co-Author: Xingwu Zhou – University of Michigan

  Primary Investigator: James Moon – University of Michigan
• 5:15 PM – 5:30 PM PDT

  Hydrogel Matrix for In Vivo Expansion of Tumor-Specific T cells
  

  Presenting Author: Natalie K. Livingston, BS (she/her/hers) – Johns Hopkins University

  Co-Author: Hai-Quan Mao – Johns Hopkins University, Department of Biomedical Engineering; Department of Material Science and Engineering; Institute for NanoBioTechnology

  Co-Author: Jonathan Schneck – Johns Hopkins University