Innovations in Immunomodulatory Biomaterials: Enhancing Regeneration, Targeting Diseases, and Reprogramming Immune Responses

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)

• 

  Grace Bushnell, PhD (she/her/hers)

  K99 Postdoctoral Research Fellow
  University of Michigan
  Plymouth, Michigan, United States
• 

  Gregory Hudalla, PhD (he/him/his)

  Associate Professor
  University of Florida
  Gainesville, Florida, United States

Presentations:

• 8:00 AM – 8:15 AM PDT

  Self-assembled hyaluronic acid nanoparticles: implications as a topical nanomedicine for the treatment of psoriasis
  

  Presenting Author: Wang Hee Lee, PhD (he/him/his) – Ajou University

  Co-Author: Yeyoung Yang – Ajou University

  Co-Author: Juhwan Yoon – Ajou University

  Co-Author: Hongseo Choi – Ajou University

  Co-Author: Myeongwoo Jung – College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea

  Co-Author: Eun Kyung Lee – College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea

  Primary Investigator: Wook Kim – Ajou University
• 8:15 AM – 8:30 AM PDT

  Polymeric Nanocarriers Delay the Onset of Type 1 Diabetes in Mice
  

  Presenting Author: Natalie R. Klug, BS (she/her/hers) – Northwestern University

  Co-Author: Jacqueline A. Burke, PhD (she/her/hers) – N/A

  Co-Author: Simseok A. Yuk (he/him/his) – Northwestern University

  Co-Author: Yuan Qian – Northwestern University

  Co-Author: Yu-Gang Liu (he/him/his) – Northwestern University

  Primary Investigator: Evan A. Scott (he/him/his) – Northwestern University
• 8:30 AM – 8:45 AM PDT

  Microribbon Hydrogels with Tunable Compositions Enhances Bone Regeneration through Immunomodulation
  

  Presenting Author: Ni Su – Stanford University

  Co-Author: Cassandra Villicana – Stanford University

  Last Author: Fan Yang, PhD (she/her/hers) – Stanford University
• 8:45 AM – 9:00 AM PDT

  ROS-responsive, On-Demand Delivery of STING Pathway Inhibitors to Treat Ulcerative Colitis and Reprogram the Immune Microenvironment in the Colon
  

  Presenting Author: Lucinda Pastora – Vanderbilt University

  Co-Author: Plamen Christov – Vanderbilt University

  Co-Author: Jeremy Goettel – Vanderbilt University Medical Center

  Primary Investigator: John Wilson – Vanderbilt University
• 9:00 AM – 9:15 AM PDT

  PEGylation of Indoleamine 2,3-Dioxygenase for Systemic Immune Regulation
  

  Presenting Author: Jennifer A. Simonovich, MS (she/her/hers) – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Alexander Kwiatkowski, PhD – Vanderbilt University

  Co-Author: Sabrina Macias – University of Texas Southwestern

  Co-Author: Arun Wanchoo – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Dorina Avram – Moffitt Cancer Center

  Primary Investigator: Benjamin G. Keselowsky – University of Florida
• 9:15 AM – 9:30 AM PDT

  Biomaterial immunological niches as sensors for progressive experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis progression and treatment efficacy
  

  Presenting Author: Laila M. Rad, MSE (she/her/hers) – University of Michigan

  Co-Author: Joseph Decker, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Michigan

  Co-Author: Kate V. Griffin – University of Michigan

  Co-Author: David N. Irani – University of Michigan

  Co-Author: Aaron H. Morris, PhD – University of Michigan

  Primary Investigator: Lonnie D. Shea, PhD – University of Michigan