Breaking Barriers: Biomaterials Revolutionizing Drug Delivery Strategies

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)

• 

  Jennifer Robinson, PhD (she/her/hers)

  Assistant Professor
  University of Washington
  Seattle, Washington, United States
• RD

  Richard D’Arcy

Presentations:

• 2:30 PM – 2:45 PM PDT

  Utilizing Carboxymethyl-cellulose Hydrogel-drug Delivery System Modulating Calcium Channel to Prevent Post-surgical Adhesions
  

  Presenting Author: Jiahui Chen, PhD Candidate (she/her/hers) – North Carolina State University

  Co-Author: Junlang Li – Joint department of Biomedical Engineering at UNC and NC State

  Co-Author: Yang Zhang – North Carolina State University

  Primary Investigator: Martin King – North Carolina State Univeersity
• 2:45 PM – 3:00 PM PDT

  Branched poly(l-lysine) as cartilage penetrating nanocarriers
  

  Presenting Author: Gavin P. Gonzales (he/him/his) – Duke University

  Co-Author: Jiaul Hoque – Duke University

  Co-Author: Anna Gilpin – Duke University

  Primary Investigator: Shyni Varghese – Duke University
• 3:00 PM – 3:15 PM PDT

  Injectable Co-Assembled Peptide Hydrogels for Sustained Local Delivery of Therapeutic Enzymes
  

  Presenting Author: Madeline Fuchs, MS (she/her/hers) – University of Florida

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

  Co-Author: Gianna Scibilio – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Gregory Hudalla – University of Florida

  Primary Investigator: Benjamin Keselowsky – University of Florida
• 3:15 PM – 3:30 PM PDT

  Investigating the Neuroprotective Potential of Poly(pro-curcumin) Polymers
  

  Presenting Author: Adelle Hamilton (she/her/hers) – Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

  Co-Author: Ruiwen Chen – Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

  Co-Author: Gerri Quinones – Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

  Co-Author: Marvin Bentley – Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

  Co-Author: Edmund Palermo – Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

  Primary Investigator: Ryan Gilbert – Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
• 3:30 PM – 3:45 PM PDT

  Protein Corona Impacts Targeting and Affinity of Layer-by-Layer Nanoparticles
  

  Presenting Author: Simone A. Douglas-Green, PhD (she/her/hers) – Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Co-Author: Tamara Dacoba, MSc, PhD (she/her/hers) – Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Co-Author: Bhuvna Murthy (she/her/hers) – Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Last Author: Paula Hammond – Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• 3:45 PM – 4:00 PM PDT

  pH-responsive glycopolymeric nanoparticles for targeted drug delivery to macrophages
  

  Presenting Author: Oluwaseyi Shofolawe-Bakare, MS – University of Mississippi

  Primary Investigator: Thomas A. Werfel – University of Mississippi

  Co-Author: Adam E. Smith – University of Mississippi