Saturday
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
3:30 pm - 3:45 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Staff / Welcome and Introduction from the Chairs
3:45 pm - 4:30 pm
Keynote Session: Advances in Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering
Discussion Leader: Monica Ohnsorg (University of Colorado Boulder, United States)
3:45 pm - 4:20 pm
Sarah Heilshorn (Stanford University, United States)
"Dynamic Polymer Networks: Injectable and Printable Biomaterials"
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
Models and Simulations in Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering
Discussion Leader: Ya Guan (Duke University, United States)
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm
Meenakshi Suku (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland)
"Engineering Innate Immunology in a Humanized, Functional, in Vitro Model of Healthy Myocardium"
7:45 pm - 7:55 pm
Discussion
7:55 pm - 8:10 pm
Ana Mora-Boza (Georgia Institute of Technology, United States)
"Photopatterned Synthetic Hydrogels for Perfusable gut-on-a-chip Systems"
8:10 pm - 8:20 pm
Discussion
8:20 pm - 8:35 pm
Naveed Tavakol (Columbia University, United States)
"Bioengineered iPSC-Derived Models of Human Bone Marrow for Studies of Injury and Disease"
8:35 pm - 8:45 pm
Discussion
8:45 pm - 9:00 pm
Nate Richbourg (University of Massachusetts Amherst, United States)
"Modular Hydrogel Design to Mimic Healthy and Diseased Microenvironments"
9:00 pm - 9:10 pm
Discussion
9:10 pm - 9:25 pm
Lauren Pruett (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States)
"Engineering Synthetic Hydrogels for Modeling Vascularized Endometriosus Lesions in Microfluidic Devices"
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Sunday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Therapeutic Biomaterials
Discussion Leader: Ben Swanson (University of Michigan, United States)
9:00 am - 9:15 am
Junzhe Lou (Harvard University, United States)
"Surface-Specific Functionalization of Granular Hydrogels to Regulate T Cell Activation and Phenotype"
9:15 am - 9:25 am
Discussion
9:25 am - 9:40 am
Michael Saunders (University of Michigan, United States)
"Allergen-Encapsulating Polymeric Nanoparticles to Treat Food Allergy"
9:40 am - 9:50 am
Discussion
9:50 am - 10:05 am
Clarissa Tomasina (Maastricht University, The Netherlands)
"Designing Materials for Bone: From Osteoporosis Treatment to Mechanotrasduction"
10:05 am - 10:15 am
Discussion
10:15 am - 10:30 am
Ben Ou (Stanford University, United States)
"Saponin Nanoparticle Adjuvants Incorporating Toll-Like Receptor Agonists Improve Vaccine Immunomodulation"
10:30 am - 10:40 am
Discussion
10:40 am - 10:55 am
Kelsey Swingle (University of Pennsylvania, United States)
"Ionizable Lipid-Like Materials Deliver mRNA to the Placenta to Treat Pre-Eclampsia During Pregnancy"
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: Career Opportunities in Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering Beyond Academia
Discussion Leader: Leslee Nguyen (Stanford University, United States)
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Panel Discussion
Career Opportunities in Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering Beyond Academia
Valeria Caprettini (Nature Biomedical Engineering, United Kingdom)
Anthony Yu (Syntis Bio, United States)
Nadia Harhen (SandboxAQ, 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