2024 Regional Symposia - Southeast

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The 2024 SFB Southeast Symposium will be hosted by the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia on September 19-20, 2024.  

Symposia programs will include shared plenary speakers from the above locations with content accessible remotely across the country. Participants will include faculty and student populations of the respective host institutions, while also featuring regional presentations, speakers, and posters. 

SE Speakers

The program provided below is subject to change as needed:

September 19, 2024 (All Times Eastern)

7:30 AM - 8:30 AM      Registration and Continental Breakfast 
8:30 AM - 8:45 AM  Welcome from Site Chairs Ankur Singh and Ed Botchwey
8:45 AM - 10:00 AM 

Session I: Nanomaterials

8:45 AM - 9:10 AM Invited Speaker: Evan Scott, University of Virginia - Engineering BioNanomaterials for Therapeutic Modulation of Inflammation

Session Chair: Ankur Singh

9:10 AM - 9:22 AM Ingestible Molecular Probes for Breath-Based Detection of Gastrointestinal Disease
9:22 AM - 9:34 AM Engineering protein self-assemblies through sequence-level tuning of thermal hysteresis
9:34 AM - 9:46 AM Hysteretic phase separation dynamics as new variable for highly stable protein nanoparticle design
9:46 AM - 9:58 AM Neonatal Fibrin Based Nanoparticles for Wound Healing
10:00 AM - 10:15 AM  Coffee Break 
10:15 AM - 11:30 AM 

Session II: Biomaterial-Tissue Interaction

10:15 AM - 10:40 AM Invited Speaker: Andrés J. García, Georgia Institute of Technology

Session Chair: Tatiana Segura 

10:40 AM - 10:52 AM Using Additive Manufacturing to Engineer Synthetic Tissues with Functional Gradients at Various Length Scales
10:52 AM - 11:04 AM Comparative proteomics analysis of wounds treated with microporous annealed particle scaffolds
11:04 AM - 11:16 AM Effects of Heparin Hydrogel Sulfation Level on TSG-6 Release and Tissue Response After Supraspinatus Muscle Injury
11:16 AM - 11:28 AM Aligned, 3D, and electrically conductive multicompartment collagen-glycosaminoglycan scaffolds for musculotendinous tissue engineering in volumetric muscle loss
11:30 AM - 12:45 PM 

Plenary Session I:

Shana Kelley, Northwestern University

Joel Collier, Duke University (2024 Clemson Award for Basic Research Recipient) - Supramolecular Immunomodulators for Inflammatory Disease
12:45 PM - 1:45 PM Lunch and Poster Session 
1:45 PM - 3:00 PM 

Session III: Immune Engineering 1

1:45 PM - 2:10 PM Invited Speaker: Jennifer Elisseeff, Johns Hopkins University 

Session Chairs: John Wilson and Leslie Chan 

2:10 PM - 2:22 PM PEG-4MAL Synthetic Immune Tissues for In Vitro Recapitulation of Adaptive Immune Response to E. Coli Bacterial Lysate
2:22 PM - 2:34 PM RIG-I Activating Nanoparticles for Treatment of Glioblastoma
2:34 PM - 2:46 PM Improved transplant survival of human stem cell derived beta-cells overexpressing PD-L1 in a human HLA mouse model of autoimmune diabetes.
2:46 PM - 2:58 PM STING Activating Polymer Drug Conjugates for Cancer Immunotherapy
3:00 PM - 4:15 PM 

Session IV: Drug Delivery 1 

3:00 PM- 3:25 PM Invited Speaker: Thomas Werfel, University of Mississippi - Glycopolymeric nanoparticles enrich less immunogenic protein corona and improve tumor delivery compared to PEGylated nanoparticles

Session Chair: Marian Ackun-Farmmer 

3:25 PM - 3:37 PM Controlled release of rhBMP2 from porous tissue engineering graft promote bone regeneration in a rat spinal fusion model
3:37 PM - 3:49 PM Enhanced Delivery and Gene-silencing in Brain Border-Associated Macrophages using Lipid-siRNA Conjugates
3:49 PM - 4:01 PM Microfluidic Assembly of Mitochondria-Loaded Microparticles for On-Demand Delivery
4:01 PM - 4:12 PM Supramolecular Peptide Hydrogel for Delivery of Locally Sustained Enzyme Therapeutics
4:15 PM - 5:30 PM 

Plenary Session II:

Sarah Stabenfeldt, Arizona State University

Danielle Benoit, University of Oregon
5:30 PM - 6:45 PM 

Session V: Tissue Engineering 1

5:30 PM - 5:55 PM Invited Speaker: Cherie Stabler, Univeristy of Florida 

Session Chair: Lauren Priddy 

5:55 PM - 6:07 PM A 3D bioprinted perfusable model of neuroblastoma to study the impact of tumor microenvironment on therapy response
6:07 PM - 6:19 PM Sialic-acid Modified Adult Fibrinogen to Promote Neonatal-like Wound Healing in Adults
6:19 PM - 6:31 PM Anisotropic granular fiber hydrogels for skeletal muscle tissue engineering
6:31 PM - 6:43 PM Application of Tissue Penetrating Hyaluronic Acid Hydrogel Augments The Chondrocyte Microenvironment Reducing Catabolic Activity
7:00 PM - 9:30 PM  Dinner Reception 

September 20, 2024 (All Times Eastern)

8:15 AM - 8:45 AM    Registration and Continental Breakfast 
8:45 AM - 10:00 AM 

Session VI: Engineering Cells and Their Microenvironments 

Session Chair: Ana Maria Porras 

8:45 AM - 8:57 AM Guest-host interlinked microporous annealed particle hydrogels as an injectable microenvironment for islet transplantation
8:57 AM - 9:09 AM Biomaterials-based human lung with integrated mucosal and humoral immune responses
9:09 AM - 9:21 AM Matrix stiffness influences response to chemo and targeted therapy in brain metastatic breast cancer cells
9:21 AM - 9:33 AM Quantitative Effects of Extracellular Matrix Composition on Breast Cancer Phenotype
9:33 AM - 9:45 AM Epigenetic modulation of malignant B cells by T cells in lymphoid cancers
9:45 AM - 9:57 AM Effect of 3D Viscoelasticity on Endothelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition in Atherosclerosis
10:00 AM - 10:15 AM Coffee Break 
10:15 AM - 11:30 AM 

Session VII: Immune Engineering 2 

10:15 AM - 10:40 AM Invited Speaker: Marian Ackun-Farmmer, University of Maryland/Georgia Institute of Technology

Session Chair: Susan Thomas 

10:40 AM - 10:52 AM Albumin hitchhiking nanobody-STING agonist conjugates to improve immunotherapy
10:52 AM - 11:04 AM Controlling Naïve T Cell Fate with miRNAs using Cationic Polymer-Functionalized Nanowires
11:04 AM - 11:16 AM Macromolecular Polymeric STING Agonists for Cancer Immunotherapy Applications
11:16 AM - 11:28 AM PEGylation of Indoleamine 2,3-Dioxygenase for Systemic Immune Regulation
11:30 AM - 12:45 PM 

Plenary Session III:

Elazer Edelman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2024 Founders Award Recipient)

Cynthia Reinhart-King, Rice University
12:45 PM - 1:45 PM  Lunch and Poster Session 
1:45 PM - 3:00 PM 

Session VIII: BioInterfaces 

1:45 PM - 2:10 PM Invited Speaker: Juhi Samal, University of Alabama at Birmingham

Session Chair: Ed Botchwey 

2:10 PM - 2:22 PM Copper coated nanotextured stainless steel for antibacterial application
2:22 PM - 2:34 PM The Impact of Porous Scaffold Geometry on Host Responses In Vivo
2:34 PM - 2:46 PM Engineering Nitric Oxide-releasing Antimicrobial Dental Coating for Targeted Gingival Therapy
2:46 PM - 2:58 PM Shape-shifting protein nanostructures driven by molecular juxtaposition of opposing phase-separation grammars
3:00 PM - 4:15 PM 

Session IX: Drug Delivery 2 

3:00 PM - 3:25 PM Invited Speaker: Jarrod Call, University of Georgia 

Session Chair: Juhi Samal 

3:25 PM - 3:37 PM Sustained Release of siRNA from Antioxidant Polymer Microparticles for the Treatment of Osteoarthritis
3:37 PM - 3:49 PM Mucosa-targeted Inflammatory Bowel Disease Therapeutics for Localized Intestinal Immunosuppression
3:49 PM - 4:01 PM Emulsion-Induced Polymersomes Taming Tetrodotoxin for Prolonged Duration Local Anesthesia
4:01 PM - 4:12 PM Albumin-binding nanobody-antigen fusions enhance antigen presentation and improve vaccine responses through pharmacokinetic modulation
4:15 PM - 5:30 PM 

Session X: Tissue Engineering 2 

4:15 PM - 4:40 PM Invited Speaker: Daniel Abebayehu, University of Virginia

Session Chair: Jay Patel 

4:40 PM - 4:52 PM Guiding Early Cell Mechanoresponse and Precise Matrix Deposition for Anisotropic Meniscus Tissue Engineering
4:52 PM - 5:04 PM Engineering Synthetic Human Immune Organoids to Recapitulate Humoral Immune Response
5:04 PM - 5:16 PM The Impact of Provisional Matrix Remodeling on Cartilage Repair Microenvironments
5:16 PM - 5:28 PM Benefit of Lymphangiogenic Hydrogels on Lymphatic Function and Regeneration for Vascularized Lymph Node Transplant
5:30 PM - 6:45 PM 

Session XI: "POSTAR" Award Rapid Fire Talks 

Session Chair: Simone A. Douglas-Green 

Location/Parking 

Georgia Tech

Marcus Nanotechnology Building

Meeting Rooms 1116-1118

345 Ferst Drive NW

Atlanta, GA 30332

 

Dinner Location (Sept. 19):
Georgia Tech

Parker H. Petit Biotechnology Building (IBB) - next door to Marcus Nanotech Building, see map

Nerem Atrium
315 Ferst Drive NW
Atlanta, GA 30332

Visitor Parking:
Area 5 Visitor Parking Deck (W23) - $2.00/hour, $15.00 all-day max, debit and credit accepted
Walking map from parking to Marcus Nanotech Bldg

Hotel Information

• GT Hotel & Conference Center
• Renaissance Atlanta Midtown
• Georgian Terrace
• Hilton Garden Inn Atlanta Midtown
• Homewood Suites by Hilton Atlanta Midtown

Sponsorship

For anyone looking to support our exciting work and to help ensure a bright future for biomaterials and all who study them please consider sponsoring SFB's 2024 Regional Symposia nationally, as a company, or as a regional institution!

Thank you to our sponsors!

NATIONAL SPONSORS

BMR

Elsevier

TESco

DIAMOND SPONSORS

GATechCenter for Immunoengineering

PLATINUM SPONSORS

UVA     UVA BME

Duke     Duke BME

Vanderbilt     Vanderbilt COE

GOLD SPONSORS

Georgia Tech BME

SILVER SPONSOR

UF BME

BRONZE SPONSORS

MSU     MSU BME

Regional Symposia Co-Chairs:

Edward A. Botchwey, PhD, Georgia Institute of Technology 
Ankur Singh, PhD, Georgia Institute of Technology 

Program Committee:
Daniel Abebayehu, PhD, University of Virginia
Simone Douglas-Green, PhD, Georgia Institute of Technology
Cheryl Gomillion, PhD, University of Georgia
Ana Maria Porras, PhD, University of Florida
Lauren B. Priddy, PhD, Mississippi State University
Tatiana Segura, PhD, Duke University
Susan N. Thomas, PhD, Georgia Institute of Technology
John Wilson, PhD, Vanderbilt University

 

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