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  • Wednesday, Jun 19th
    3:30 PM – 3:45 PM PT
    A Bispecific CD8-dependent Immunoconjugate to Crosslink and Eliminate Antigen-specific B Cells
    Location: Salons 3-6
    Presenting Author: David W. Scott, PhD – Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences
    Immuno-engineering and Cellular Therapies
  • Wednesday, Jun 19th
    5:00 PM – 5:15 PM PT
    Engineering Stable and Lymphodepletion-resistant T Regulatory Cells for Inducing Immune Tolerance During Transplantation
    Location: Salons 3-6
    Presenting Author: Sameena Nikhat, PhD – Mayo Clinic
    Immuno-engineering and Cellular Therapies
  • Thursday, Jun 20th
    3:15 PM – 3:30 PM PT
    Tolerogenic IL-2 Containing Nanoparticles Induce CD4 and CD8 Regulatory T Cells and TGF-β Producing Regulatory NK Cells That Provide Essential Support for the Tregs Which Suppress Immune-mediated Disorders
    Location: Salon 7
    Presenting Author: David A. Horwitz, MD – General Nanotherapeutics, LLC
    Immuno-engineering and Cellular Therapies
  • Thursday, Jun 20th
    3:45 PM – 4:00 PM PT
    IL-10 Producing Tolerogenic Dendritic Cells Modulate B Cell Responses in vitro and in vivo
    Location: Salon 7
    Presenting Author: Silvia Gregori, PhD – San Raffaele Telethon institute for Gene Therapy
    Immuno-engineering and Cellular Therapies
  • Thursday, Jun 20th
    4:00 PM – 4:15 PM PT
    Precision Therapy for Lupus: Targeting Follicular Helper T Cells Using Chimeric Antigen Receptor Natural Killer Cells
    Location: Salon 7
    Presenting Author: Nora Lakes – Cincinnati Children's Hospital
    Immuno-engineering and Cellular Therapies
  • Thursday, Jun 20th
    4:15 PM – 4:30 PM PT
    CAR T Cell Therapy Targeting CD84 Alone or in Combination with CD19 for the Treatment of B Cell Malignancies
    Location: Salons 3-6
    Presenting Author: Ane Altuna Mongelos – Fundació de Recerca Clínic Barcelona-Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (FRCB-IDIBAPS)
    Immuno-engineering and Cellular Therapies
  • Thursday, Jun 20th
    4:15 PM – 4:30 PM PT
    T-cell Receptor Precision Editing of Regulatory T-cells for Celiac Disease
    Location: Salon 7
    Presenting Author: Raphael Porret – Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne
    Immuno-engineering and Cellular Therapies
  • Thursday, Jun 20th
    4:30 PM – 4:45 PM PT
    Regeneration of a Sustained Antiviral Response in Transplant Recipients by Tacrolimus Resistant Antiviral T-cell Products
    Location: Salon 7
    Presenting Author: Niklas Wiese – Berlin Center for Advanced Therapies, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin
    Immuno-engineering and Cellular Therapies
  • Thursday, Jun 20th
    5:00 PM – 5:15 PM PT
    Gene-edited Allogeneic Regulatory T Cells as 'Off-the-shelf' Immunomodulatory Therapy for Transplantation
    Location: Salon 7
    Presenting Author: Dimitrios L. Wagner, MD, PhD – Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
    Immuno-engineering and Cellular Therapies