Saturday
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
3:00 pm - 3:15 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Staff / Welcome and Introduction from the Chairs
3:15 pm - 4:00 pm
Keynote Session: Immunoengineering with Plant Virus-Based Therapeutics
Discussion Leader: Asheley Chapman (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States)
3:15 pm - 3:20 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
3:20 pm - 3:50 pm
Nicole Steinmetz (University of California, San Diego, United States)
"Immunoengineering Gone Viral: Plant Virus Therapeutics"
3:50 pm - 4:00 pm
Discussion
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Poster Session
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Immunotherapy Delivery Vehicles and Discovery Platforms
Discussion Leader: Laura Bahlmann (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States)
5:30 pm - 5:35 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
5:35 pm - 5:50 pm
Gabrielle Rabadam (University of California, San Francisco and University of California, Berkeley, United States)
"Deconstructing the Network of Coordinated Immune Imbalance in Juvenile Autoimmunity"
5:50 pm - 5:55 pm
Discussion
5:55 pm - 6:10 pm
Tina Tylek (Drexel University, United States)
"Biomaterial-Enabled Macrophage Cell Therapy via Dexamethasone-Loaded Microparticles"
6:10 pm - 6:20 pm
Discussion
6:20 pm - 6:35 pm
Austeja Staneviciute (Northwestern University, United States)
"Immunomodulatory Combination Nanotherapy for Simultaneous Inflammation Management and Parasitemia Prevention in Chronic Chagas Disease"
6:35 pm - 6:45 pm
Discussion
6:45 pm - 7:00 pm
Meenakshi Suku (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland)
"Engineering Innate Immunology in a Humanized, Functional, In Vitro Model of Healthy Myocardium"
7:00 pm - 7:10 pm
Discussion
7:10 pm - 7:25 pm
Xinh-Xinh Nguyen (National Institutes of Health, United States)
"3D Biofabricated Immunocompetent Skin Tissue Model of Atopic Dermatitis for Testing the Efficacy of Immunomodulatory Mesenchymal Stromal Cell Therapies"
7:25 pm - 7:30 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Sunday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Immunotherapeutic Cells, Proteins and Vaccines
Discussion Leader: Liana Kramer (Georgia Institute of Technology, United States)
9:00 am - 9:05 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:05 am - 9:20 am
David Mai (University of Pennsylvania, United States)
"Harnessing RNA Binding Proteins to Mediate Transgene Modulation in Human T Cells"
9:20 am - 9:25 am
Discussion
9:25 am - 9:40 am
Yi Wang (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland)
"Metabolically Reinvigorated Exhausted NK Cells for Cancer Immunotherapy"
9:40 am - 9:50 am
Discussion
9:50 am - 10:05 am
Arman Izadi (Lund University, Sweden)
"Hinge-Engineering to Increase Fc-Mediated Effector Functions of Opsonic Monoclonal Antibodies"
10:05 am - 10:15 am
Discussion
10:15 am - 10:30 am
Jorge Gomez Medellin (The University of Chicago, United States)
"Mannosylated Allergens as a Rapid, Safe and Effective Desensitizing Immunotherapy to Induce Antigen-Specific Tolerance and Treat Allergic Airway Inflammation"
10:30 am - 10:40 am
Discussion
10:40 am - 10:55 am
Emily Meany (Stanford Bioengineering, United States)
"Injectable Polymer-Nanoparticle Hydrogels Recruit Key Immune Cells to Local Niche and Improve mRNA Vaccine Response"
10:55 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: Building a Successful Laboratory or Startup
Discussion Leader: Claire Hilburger (University of California, Berkeley, United States)
1:30 pm - 1:35 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
1:35 pm - 2:30 pm
Panel Discussion
Strategies for Starting an Academic Lab and Launching a Startup Company
Christopher Jewell (University of Maryland, College Park, United States)
Evan Scott (Northwestern University, United States)
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Evaluation Period
Complete the GRS Evaluation Forms; Election of Future Chair(s)
3:00 pm
Seminar Concludes