Cellular Targeting of Nanoparticles for Cancer Therapy, Diagnostics and Imaging

June 22 - 23, 2019

Chairs Emily B. Harrison and Assaf Zinger

Mount Snow

89 Grand Summit Way

West Dover, VT, United States

Venue and Travel Information

Conference Description

The second Gordon Research Seminar on Cancer Nanotechnology will bring together graduate students, post-docs, and other scientists with comparable levels of experience and education to present and exchange new data and cutting edge ideas.

Nanotechnology holds great promise for cancer therapy, diagnostics, and imaging, but directing nanoparticles to target cells within the body presents a complex challenge. The 2019 GRS will examine interactions of nanoparticles with the cancer cells and the tumor microenvironment, while exploring new strategies for cell-targeting in the context of cancer. By bringing together individuals spanning diverse disciplines from cancer biology to chemical engineering we will gain new insights for harnessing nanotechnology in the fight against cancer.

Related Meeting

This GRS will be held in conjunction with the "Cancer Nanotechnology" Gordon Research Conference (GRC). Those interested in attending both meetings must submit an application for the GRC in addition to an application for the GRS. Refer to the associated GRC program page for more information.

Conference Program

Saturday
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm	Arrival and Check-in
3:30 pm - 3:45 pm	Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome from the GRS Chair
3:45 pm - 4:30 pm	New Horizons for Cancer Nanotechnology Discussion Leader: Shiran Ferber (Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School / IMES, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA)
3:45 pm - 4:20 pm	Dennis Discher (University of Pennsylvania, USA) "Where Are We Going and Where Have I Been: From Genomics and Immunotherapy Back to Polymers and Biophysics"
4:20 pm - 4:30 pm	Discussion
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm	Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm	Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm	Beyond EPR: New Ideas for Cancer Nanomedicine Discussion Leader: Abdullah Syed (University of Toronto, Canada)
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm	Hanan Abumanhal (Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Israel) "Modulating the pH: Liposomal Bicarbonate Enhance Doxorubicin Activity in Breast Cancer"
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm	Discussion
8:00 pm - 8:20 pm	Mengying Hu (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA) "Fetching an Endogenous Fibrosis Resolution Mechanism: Gene Therapy for Liver Metastasis"
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm	Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:50 pm	Rashmi Mohanty (University of Texas at Austin, USA) "Peptide Coatings to Improve Nanoparticle Diffusivity in Tumor Extracellular Matrix"
8:50 pm - 9:00 pm	Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:20 pm	Shrey Sindhwani (University of Toronto, Canada) "How Do Nanoparticles Enter Solid Tumours?"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm	Discussion
Sunday
7:30 am - 8:30 am	Breakfast
9:00 am - 11:00 am	Boosting Cancer Immunotherapy with Nanotechnology Discussion Leader: Zvi Yaari (Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, USA)
9:00 am - 9:20 am	Xiao Huang (University of California, San Francisco, USA) "DNA-Scaffolded Biomaterials Enable Modular and Tunable Control of Cell-Based Cancer Immunotherapies"
9:20 am - 9:30 am	Discussion
9:30 am - 9:50 am	Lior Levy (Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Israel) "iNano-Ghosts: A Cell-Free Nanometric System for Off-the-Shelf Cancer Immunotherapy"
9:50 am - 10:00 am	Discussion
10:00 am - 10:20 am	Kaiyuan Ni (University of Chicago, USA) "Nanoscale Metal-Organic Frameworks Potentiate Checkpoint Blockade Immunotherapy upon Low-Dose X-Ray Irradiation"
10:20 am - 10:30 am	Discussion
10:30 am - 10:50 am	Jorieke Weiden (Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, The Netherlands) "Polyisocyanopeptide Polymers as Versatile Tools for Efficient T Cell Expansion and Delivery"
10:50 am - 11:00 am	Discussion
11:00 am - 12:30 pm	Poster Session Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm	Lunch
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm	Mentorship Component: Careers in Cancer Nanotechnology Established investigators will speak on future directions in cancer nanotechnology, transitioning to independence, publishing strategies, and how to advance in academia and industry. Discussion Leaders: Chintan Kapadia (University of Delaware, USA) and Mijin Kim (Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, USA)
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm	Panel Discussion Creating Your Path: Advice for Early Career Scientists Ennio Tasciotti (Houston Methodist Research Institute, USA) Ronit Satchi-Fainaro (Tel Aviv University, Israel) Darrell Irvine (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA) Dennis Discher (University of Pennsylvania, USA)
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm	Evaluation Period Fill in GRS Evaluation Forms
3:00 pm	Seminar Concludes

Contributors

Research reported in this publication was supported by the National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number R13CA243178. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.

Conference Links

Conference History Cancer Nanotechnology

Similar Conferences

Registration Fees Additional Fee Info

Similar Gordon Research Conferences and Seminars

Cancer Nanotechnology

June 11 - 16, 2023

Contact Us

MyGRC Account
Check your application status, complete your registration, update your poster, change your rooming preference, make a bus reservation, print an invitation letter, print a receipt (which includes verification that you are presenting a poster) or print an invoice by logging into your account.

GRC Venues
Everything you need to know, to plan your trip.

FAQs
Instant answers to common questions.

Tell us how we can help

Call us and leave a detailed message at: 401-783-4011

*This voicemail is only checked once daily. Due to high volume of requests during the conference season, responses may be delayed.

You have no notifications