Sunday
2:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Staff / Welcome and Introduction from the Chairs
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm
Perspectives on Nanomedicine Translation
7:40 pm - 7:50 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:50 pm - 8:25 pm
"Design of Lipid Nanoparticles for Gene Therapy Applications"
8:25 pm - 8:40 pm
Discussion
8:40 pm - 9:15 pm
"RNA Vaccines for Pancreatic Cancer"
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Nucleic Acid Therapeutics
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:40 am
"Supercharging Immunotherapy Through Nanotechnology: Chemical Structure Matters"
9:40 am - 9:50 am
Discussion
9:50 am - 10:20 am
"Lipid Nanoparticles Enabled mRNA Therapeutics"
10:20 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:30 am
"Breaking Barriers: Advancing siRNA Delivery with Peptide-Based Nanocarriers for Precision Cancer Treatment"
11:30 am - 11:40 am
Discussion
11:40 am - 12:10 pm
"Pulmonary Delivery of CRISPR/Cas9 for the Treatment of KRAS Mutated Lung Cancers"
12:10 pm - 12:20 pm
Discussion
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm
General Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Free Time
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Tools for Discovery in Cancer Biology and Therapeutic Targets
6:00 pm - 6:10 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
6:10 pm - 6:45 pm
"Design and Translation of Nanomaterials for Cancer Early Detection and Treatment"
6:45 pm - 6:55 pm
Discussion
6:55 pm - 7:30 pm
"Nano Platform Technology for Next-Generation Cancer Immunotherapy: Towards Clinical Implementation"
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Discussion
7:40 pm - 7:55 pm
"Integrating DESI-MSI and Nanocarriers to Target Metabolic Vulnerabilities in Renal Cell Carcinoma"
7:55 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Group Photo
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Overcoming Biological Barriers to Cancer Nanomedicines
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:45 am
"The Active Transport and Retention Principle for Nanoparticle Tumour Delivery"
9:45 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:05 am
"Poly (Beta Aminoester) Nanoformulations for Controlling Navigation of RNA Therapeutics through Biological Barriers"
11:05 am - 11:20 am
Discussion
11:20 am - 11:55 am
"Polypeptide-Based Nanomedicine: Unlocking Tropism and Biological Barrier Penetration for Advanced Cancer Therapy"
11:55 am - 12:10 pm
Discussion
12:10 pm - 12:25 pm
"Peptide Amphiphiles Hitchhike on Endogenous Biomolecules for Enhanced Cancer Imaging and Therapy"
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Free Time
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Artificial Intelligence Approaches in Nanomedicine and Nanodiagnostics
6:00 pm - 6:10 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
6:10 pm - 6:45 pm
"Brain-Targeted Drug Delivery Systems and Synthetic Biology Medications"
6:45 pm - 6:55 pm
Discussion
6:55 pm - 7:30 pm
"Machine Learning for Nanoparticle Design"
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Discussion
7:40 pm - 7:55 pm
"Molecular Dynamics Simulations as a Design Tool for Lipid and Polymer based Drug Delivery systems"
7:55 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Cancer Immunotherapy and Microbiome Engineering
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:45 am
"It’s Still the Delivery: Spatiotemporal Control of Cancer Chemoimmunotherapy"
9:45 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:05 am
"Metabolic Modulation of Glioblastoma Stem Cells by Diet and Brain Accumulating Combinatory Nanotherapeutics for Addressing Invasion and Recurrence"
11:05 am - 11:20 am
Discussion
11:20 am - 11:55 am
"Enhancing Cancer Vaccines: From the Bench to the Clinic"
11:55 am - 12:10 pm
Discussion
12:10 pm - 12:25 pm
"An Antibody-Toxin Conjugate Targeting CD47 Linked to the Bacterial Toxin Listeriolysin O for Cancer Immunotherapy"
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Free Time
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Nanoparticle Biomimicry and Biointerfacing
6:00 pm - 6:10 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
6:10 pm - 6:45 pm
"Nano-Mechanobiology in Drug Delivery"
6:45 pm - 6:55 pm
Discussion
6:55 pm - 7:30 pm
"Bioinspired Long-Acting Drug Delivery"
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Discussion
7:40 pm - 7:55 pm
"Engineering Biomimetic Materials to Empower Multifunctional Therapeutic Small Extracellular Vesicles for Cancer Treatment"
7:55 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Business Meeting
Nominations for the Next Vice Chair(s); Complete the GRC Evaluation Forms; Election of the Next Vice Chair(s)
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Cancer Diagnostics and Contrast Agents
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:40 am
"Quantitative Non-Invasive Tracking of Nanoparticles Using a New Imaging Modality"
9:40 am - 9:50 am
Discussion
9:50 am - 10:20 am
"Pushing Past Limits: Synthetic Biomarkers for Multi-Cancer Early Detection"
10:20 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:30 am
"Optically and Acoustically Responsive Nanoparticles for Cancer Therapy"
11:30 am - 11:40 am
Discussion
11:40 am - 12:10 pm
"Microstructured Pliable Polymeric Films for Chemoimmunotherapy in CNS Tumors"
12:10 pm - 12:20 pm
Discussion
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm
General Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Free Time
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Selected Talks from Poster Abstracts
6:00 pm - 6:15 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
6:15 pm - 6:20 pm
Discussion
6:20 pm - 6:35 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
6:35 pm - 6:40 pm
Discussion
6:40 pm - 6:55 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
6:55 pm - 7:00 pm
Discussion
7:00 pm - 7:15 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
7:15 pm - 7:20 pm
Discussion
7:20 pm - 7:35 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
7:35 pm - 7:40 pm
Discussion
7:40 pm - 7:55 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
7:55 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure