Exploring Biomaterials for Advanced Drug Delivery: From Design to Therapeutic Applications

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)

• CD

  Craig Duvall

  Professor
  Vanderbilt University, United States
• 

  Simone Douglas-Green, PhD (she/her/hers)

  Postdoctoral Associate
  Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States

Presentations:

• 8:00 AM – 8:15 AM PDT

  Trehalose-based coacervates for local bioactive protein delivery to the central nervous system
  

  Presenting Author: Laboni F. Hassan (she/her/hers) – Boston University

  Co-Author: Riya Sen – Boston University

  Primary Investigator: Timothy O'Shea – Boston University
• 8:30 AM – 8:45 AM PDT

  A guanidinium-rich lipopeptide-based nanoparticle enables efficient gene editing in skeletal muscles
  

  Presenting Author: Min Zhu, PhD Candidate (he/him/his) – University of Wisconsin-Madison

  Co-Author: Xiuxiu Wang – University of Wisconsin-Madison

  Co-Author: Ruosen Xie – University of Wisconsin-Madison

  Co-Author: Yuyuan Wang – University of Wisconsin-Madison

  Co-Author: Xianghui Xu – University of Wisconsin-Madison

  Co-Author: Jacobus Burger – University of Wisconsin-Madison

  Primary Investigator: Shaoqin Gong – University of Wisconsin-Madison
• 8:45 AM – 9:00 AM PDT

  Delivery of TGFβ3 from magnetically responsive coaxial fibers reduces astrocyte reactivity in vitro
  

  Presenting Author: Payton O'Connor (she/her/hers) – Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

  Co-Author: Jessica Funnell, PhD – Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

  Co-Author: Jasper Fougere – Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

  Co-Author: Diana Zahn – Technische Universität Ilmenau

  Co-Author: Silvio Dutz – Technische Universität Ilmenau

  Primary Investigator: Ryan Gilbert – Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
• 9:00 AM – 9:15 AM PDT

  Drinkable and tough hydrogel niches for oral protein and microbial therapeutics
  

  Presenting Author: Gary W. Liu, PhD – Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Co-Author: Matthew Pickett – Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Co-Author: Johannes Kuosmanen – MIT

  Co-Author: Keiko Ishida – Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Co-Author: Wiam Madani – Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Co-Author: Georgia White – Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Co-Author: Joshua Jenkins – MIT

  Co-Author: Vivian Feig – Massachusetts Institute of Tehcnology (MIT)

  Co-Author: Miguel Jimenez – Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Co-Author: Aaron Lopes – Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Co-Author: Joshua Morimoto – MIT

  Co-Author: Nina Fitzgerald – MIT

  Co-Author: Jaime Cheah – Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard

  Co-Author: Christian Soule – Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard

  Co-Author: Niora Fabian – MIT

  Co-Author: Alison Hayward – Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Co-Author: Robert Langer – MIT

  Last Author: Giovanni Traverso – Massachusetts Institute of Technology