4D: Immunomodulatory Biomaterials

Timeslot: Thursday, April 20, 2023 - 1:30pm to 3:30pm
Room: Coral 1-2

About

This session will focus on engineered biomaterials to modulate and regulate immune functions in the settings of autoimmune diseases, allergies, transplantation, cancer immunotherapies, etc. Specifically, the session will cover topics ranging from biomaterials for drug delivery of immunomodulators and imaging agents, antigen delivery, scaffolds for immunomodulation, microbiome modulation, cell-based therapies, etc. Cutting-edge immunoengineering platforms will be included.

 

Moderators:

  • Ula Van Mentzer
  • Loise Raberg 

 

  • 1:30 PM 157. Harnessing Nanoscale Architecture to Program Multi-faceted Cancer Immunity. Michelle Teplensky, PhD, Boston University, Northwestern University.

  • 1:45 PM 158. Immune-Modulating Therapy via the Delivery of Butyrate Using Polymeric Micelles. Shijie Cao, PhD, Ruyi Wang, PhD, Mohamed E. H. Bashir, PhD, Lauren A. Hesser, Cathryn R. Nagler, PhD, Jeffrey, A. Hubbell, PhD, University of Chicago.

  • 2:00 PM 159. Microneedle-mediated Delivery of Immunomodulators Restores Immune Privilege in Hair Follicles and Reverses Alopecia Areata. Núria Puigmal, PhD, Nour Younis, MD, Diane Cruz, Andrea Daccache, Anis Saad, Triana Huerta, Ahmad Halawi, Christa Deban, Dongliang Zhang, Prof. Jamil R. Azzi, Prof. Natalie Artzi, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Wyss Institute at Harvard.

  • 2:15 PM 160. Induction of Antigen Specific Immunity with a Biologic Scaffold Assisted Therapeutic Cancer Vaccine. Matthew Wolf, PhD, Sanjay Pal, PhD, Brenna Hill, PhD, National Cancer Institute.

  • 2:30 PM 161. Microribbon Hydrogels with Tunable Compositions Enhances Bone Regeneration through Immunomodulation. Ni Su, PhD, Cassandra Villicana, Fan Yang, Stanford University.

  • 2:45 PM 162. Immunomodulatory Biomaterials Designs for Long-term Delivery of Cell Therapeutics. Boram Kim, Sudip Mukherjee, Lauren Cheng, PhD, Amanda Nash, Samantha Fleury, Michael Doerfert, Peter Rios, Jose Oberholzer, PhD, David Zhang, PhD, Omid Veiseh, PhD, Rice University, CellTrans, Inc..

  • 3:00 PM 163. Engineering Injectable Nanoparticle-Based Hydrogels for Immune Niche Modulation and Improved Immunotherapy. Emily Meany, Santiago Correa, PhD, Eric Appel, PhD, Stanford University.

  • 3:15 PM 164. An Infusible Extracellular Matrix Material for the Mitigation of Severe Systemic Inflammation in an Aged Mouse Model. Maria Karkanitsa, Raymond M. Wang, PhD, Anne Lyons, Ryan Middleton, PhD, Mark Hepokoski, MD PhD, Karen L. Christman, PhD, University of California San Diego. ,