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
Keynote Session: Pioneers of Immunoengineering
Discussion Leaders: Marco Colonna (Washington University School of Medicine, United States) and Yvonne Chen (University of California, Los Angeles, United States)
7:40 pm - 7:50 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:50 pm - 8:30 pm
Jeffrey Hubbell (University of Chicago, United States)
"Materials and Protein Engineering to Counter Inflammation and Autoimmunity"
8:30 pm - 8:40 pm
Discussion
8:40 pm - 9:20 pm
Stanley Riddell (Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, United States)
"Novel Receptors For T Cell Engineering That Overcome Cancer Heterogeneity"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Engineering the Aging Immune System
Discussion Leader: Erika Moore (University of Maryland, College Park, United States)
9:00 am - 9:30 am
Janko Nikolich (University of Arizona, United States)
"Understanding the Building Blocks of Immune Aging to Engineer Effective Immune Responses"
9:30 am - 9:40 am
Discussion
9:40 am - 10:10 am
Evan Scott (Northwestern University, United States)
"Pediatric Applications of Synthetic Nanocarriers"
10:10 am - 10:20 am
Discussion
10:20 am - 10:50 am
Coffee Break
10:50 am - 11:20 am
Maxim Artyomov (Washington University, St. Louis, United States)
"Understanding Immune Aging at a Single-Cell Resolution"
11:20 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 11:40 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
11:40 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 11:55 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
11:55 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
Poster Previews
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Free Time
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
The GRC Power Hour™
The GRC Power Hour™ is designed to address diversity and inclusion in the scientific workplace by providing a safe environment for informal and meaningful conversations amongst colleagues of all career stages. The program supports the professional growth of all members of our communities, including ethnicity, race and/or gender identity by providing an open forum for discussion and mentoring.
Organizers: Katharina Maisel (University of Maryland, United States) and Priscilla Briquez (Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Germany)
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Regenerative Immunoengineering
Discussion Leader: Priscilla Briquez (Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Germany)
6:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Andres Garcia (Georgia Institute of Technology, United States)
"Biomaterials for Immune Acceptance"
6:30 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 - 7:50 pm
Kara Spiller (Drexel University, United States)
"Bionic Macrophages for Regenerative Medicine"
7:50 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
Tissue Immunity and Models
Discussion Leader: Kara Spiller (Drexel University, United States)
9:00 am - 9:30 am
Rebecca Pompano (University of Virginia, United States)
"Organ-On-Chip Models of the Lymph Node After Vaccination"
9:30 am - 9:40 am
Discussion
9:40 am - 10:10 am
David Beebe (UW-Madison, United States)
"Engineered Small Scale Systems for Immunology: From Cell Biology to Clinical Trials on a Chip"
10:10 am - 10:20 am
Discussion
10:20 am - 10:50 am
Coffee Break
10:50 am - 11:20 am
Britta Engelhardt (University of Bern, Switzerland)
"Modeling Blood-Brain Barrier Immune Interactions In Vitro"
11:20 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 11:40 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
11:40 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 11:55 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
11:55 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
Poster Previews
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
Neuroimmunology and Immunometabolism
Discussion Leader: Kavita Dhodapkar (Emory, United States)
6:00 pm - 6:30 pm
David Hafler (Yale School of Medicine, United States)
"Mechanism for Loss of Treg Function in Human Autoimmune Disease"
6:30 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 - 7:50 pm
Greg Delgoffe (University of Pittsburgh, United States)
"Engineering Metabolic Sufficiency in Therapeutic T Cells"
7:50 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
Immunoengineered Cell Therapies For Cancer
Discussion Leader: Pedro Romero (Novigenix SA, Switzerland)
9:00 am - 9:30 am
George Coukos (Lausanne University Hospital CHUV/UNIL, Ludwig Cancer research Lausanne branch, Switzerland)
"Development of Synthetic T Cell States for Adoptive Therapy"
9:30 am - 9:40 am
Discussion
9:40 am - 10:10 am
Avery Posey, Jr. (University of Pennsylvania, United States)
"Engineering Immune Cell Recognition"
10:10 am - 10:20 am
Discussion
10:20 am - 10:50 am
Coffee Break
10:50 am - 11:20 am
Sai Reddy (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
"Engineering T Cell Specificity for Cancer Immunotherapy"
11:20 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 11:40 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
11:40 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 11:55 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
11:55 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
Poster Previews
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
Pathogen Systems Immunology and Sensing
Discussion Leader: Marco Colonna (Washington University School of Medicine, United States)
6:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Bali Pulendran (Stanford University, United States)
"Integrated Organ Immunity"
6:30 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 - 7:50 pm
Jose L Garcia Cordero (Roche Institute of Human Biology, Switzerland)
"Microtechnologies to Isolate, Capture and Interrogate Leukocytes"
7:50 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; Discuss Future Dates and Venue; Election of the Next Vice Chair(s)
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Immunoengineering Pathogens
Discussion Leader: Katharina Maisel (University of Maryland, United States)
9:00 am - 9:30 am
Bana Jabri (University of Chicago, United States)
"Regulation of Host-Microbial Interactions in Homeostasis and Disease"
9:30 am - 9:40 am
Discussion
9:40 am - 10:10 am
Noah Palm (Yale School of Medicine, United States)
"Mapping Uncharted Landscapes of Host-Microbiota Communication"
10:10 am - 10:20 am
Discussion
10:20 am - 10:50 am
Coffee Break
10:50 am - 11:05 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
11:05 am - 11:10 am
Discussion
11:10 am - 11:25 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
11:25 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 11:40 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
11:40 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 11:55 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
11:55 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
Poster Previews
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
Molecular and Systems Immunoengineering in Cancer
Discussion Leader: Jamal Lewis (University of Florida, United States)
6:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Stacey Finley (University of Southern California, United States)
"Systems Biology Modeling of the Tumor-Immune Ecosystem"
6:30 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 - 7:50 pm
Jamie Spangler (Johns Hopkins University, United States)
"Engineered Cytokine-Antibody Fusion Proteins to Advance Immunotherapy"
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure