Protein engineering and nanotechnology applications in cellular and molecular bioengineering

Track Chair(s)

• OV

  Omid Veiseh

  Assistant Professor
  Rice University Department of Bioengineering, United States

Moderator(s)

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  Kevin McHugh, PhD (he/him/his)

  Assistant Professor of Bioengineering & Chemistry
  Rice University
  Houston, Texas, United States
• EP

  Elizabeth Proctor (she/her/hers)

  Penn State University, United States

Presentations:

• 8:00 AM – 8:15 AM PDT

  Nanoparticles delivered to primary human airway epithelial cells allows for targeted systemic lung delivery
  

  Presenting Author: Erin Kavanagh, BS (she/her/hers) – Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

  Co-Author: Stephany Tzeng, PhD – Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

  Co-Author: Alice Eastman, BA – Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

  Co-Author: Anya Joynt, PhD – UMass Chan Medical School

  Co-Author: Greg Newby, PhD – Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

  Co-Author: Neeraj Sharma, DVM, PhD – Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

  Co-Author: Garry Cutting, MD – Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

  Primary Investigator: Jordan Green, PhD – Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
• 8:15 AM – 8:30 AM PDT

  High-Throughput Barcoded Nanoparticles Predict Cationic Degradable Lipid-Like Materials for Pulmonary mRNA Delivery
  

  Presenting Author: Lulu Xue, PhD – University of Pennsylvania

  Co-Author: Alex Hamilton (he/him/his) – University of Pennsylvania

  Co-Author: Ningqiang Gong – University of Pennsylvania

  Co-Author: Xuexiang Han, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Pennsylvania

  Co-Author: Christian G. Figueroa-Espada, n/a (he/him/his) – University of Pennsylvania

  Co-Author: Junchao Xu, n/a (he/him/his) – University of Pennsylvania

  Last Author: Michael J. Mitchell – University of Pennsylvania
• 8:30 AM – 8:45 AM PDT

  Engineering Peptide Hydrogels to Extend the Release of Protein and Small-Molecule Drugs through Dynamic Covalent Bonding
  

  Co-Author: Brett Pogostin – Rice University

  Co-Author: Michael Swierczynski – Rice University

  Co-Author: Christopher Pennington – Rice University

  Co-Author: Samuel Wu – Rice University

  Co-Author: Anushka Agrawal – Rice University

  Co-Author: Carson Cole – Rice University

  Co-Author: Erin Seeley – University of Texas at Austin

  Co-Author: Zachary Ball – Rice University

  Co-Author: Jeffrey Hartgerink – Rice University

  Presenting Author: Kevin J. McHugh, PhD (he/him/his) – Rice University
• 8:45 AM – 9:00 AM PDT

  A Heterotetramer of Galectin-1 and Galectin-3 Mitigates Localized Sterile Inflammation
  

  Presenting Author: Megan E. Sanders (she/her/hers) – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Bethsymarie Soto-Morales, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Jennifer Simonovich, MS (she/her/hers) – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Renjie Liu – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Benjamin Keselowsky – University of Florida

  Primary Investigator: Gregory Hudalla – University of Florida
• 9:00 AM – 9:15 AM PDT

  Leveraging gut commensals to create a “clickable” drug delivery platform for oral corticosteroids
  

  Presenting Author: Tsvetelina Baryakova (she/her/hers) – Rice University

  Last Author: Laura Segatori – Rice University

  Primary Investigator: Kevin J. McHugh, PhD (he/him/his) – Rice University
• 9:15 AM – 9:30 AM PDT

  Reversible, covalent DNA condensation approach via chemical linkers for enhanced gene delivery
  

  Presenting Author: Huiliang Wang, PhD – Department of Biomedical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin

  Co-Author: Wenliang Wang – Department of Biomedical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin

  Co-Author: Aaron Tasset – Department of Biomedical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin