Design and engineering of cellular and molecular bio therapeutics

Track Chair(s)

• OV

  Omid Veiseh

  Assistant Professor
  Rice University Department of Bioengineering, United States

Moderator(s)

• 

  Sepideh Dolatshahi, PhD

  Assistant Professor
  Department of Biomedical Engineering
  University of Virgina, Charlottesville
• CJ

  Caroline Jones (she/her/hers)

  The University of Texas at Dallas
  Richardson, Texas, United States

Presentations:

• 2:30 PM – 2:45 PM PDT

  PAM-Flexible Genome Editing with an Engineered Chimeric Cas9
  

  Presenting Author: LIN ZHAO, PhD (she/her/hers) – Duke University

  Co-Author: Sabrina Koseki – Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Co-Author: Lauren Hong (she/her/hers) – Duke University

  Co-Author: Vivian Yudistyra (she/her/hers) – Duke University

  Primary Investigator: Pranam Chatterjee, PhD – Duke University
• 2:45 PM – 3:00 PM PDT

  Remote activation of CAR T cells by MR-guided focused ultrasound for treatment of brain tumors
  

  Presenting Author: Ali Zamat – Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University

  Co-Author: Chulyong Kim – Georgia Institute of Technology

  Co-Author: Zizhen Zha – Georgia Institute of Technology

  Co-Author: Chloe Thiveaud, BS (she/her/hers) – Georgia Institute of Technology

  Co-Author: Elif Kulaksizoglu – Georgia Institute of Technology

  Co-Author: Costas Arvanitis – Georgia Institute of Technology

  Primary Investigator: Gabriel Kwong – Georgia Institute of Technology
• 3:00 PM – 3:15 PM PDT

  A molecular signal recorder for mapping T cell differentiation in tumors
  

  Presenting Author: Morgan Bean, MS (she/her/hers) – Department of Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

  Co-Author: Kathleen Abadie – Department of Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

  Co-Author: Oren Barboy – Department of Systems Immunology, Weizmann Institute, Rehovot, 7610001, Israel

  Last Author: Ido Amit – Department of Systems Immunology, Weizmann Institute, Rehovot, 7610001, Israel

  Primary Investigator: Hao Yuan Kueh, PhD – Department of Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
• 3:15 PM – 3:30 PM PDT

  The Universal ON/OFF Switch for Chimeric Antigen T (CAR-T) Cells
  

  Presenting Author: Farnaz Naeemikia, PhD (she/her/hers) – The Pennsylvania state university

  Primary Investigator: Justin Pritchard – Penn State University

  Co-Author: Cheng Dong – The Pennsylvania State University
• 3:30 PM – 3:45 PM PDT

  Genetically engineered macrophages and polymeric prodrugs for therapy across cancer and pulmonary infectious disease
  

  Presenting Author: Ciana L. Lopez, BS (she/her/hers) – The University of Washington

  Co-Author: Katherine Brempelis – OncoResponse

  Co-Author: T Eoin West – Harborview Medical Center

  Co-Author: Shawn Skerrett – Harborview Medical Center

  Co-Author: Michael C. Jensen – Seattle Children's Therapeutics

  Co-Author: Courtney Crane – Research at Mozart Therapeutics

  Primary Investigator: Patrick Stayton – University of Washington
• 3:45 PM – 4:00 PM PDT

  Design of an IL-2 based immunocytokine for targeted expansion of regulatory T cells.
  

  Presenting Author: Charina Fabilane – Johns Hopkins University

  Co-Author: VanDyke Derek – Johns Hopkins University

  Primary Investigator: Jamie Spangler – Johns Hopkins University