1:30 p.m. 

Registration and Welcome Snacks 

Location: Hyatt Place Meeting Room

Participants: all CMaT

2:00-2:30 p.m.

Welcome and State of the Center Address

Location: Hyatt Place Meeting Room

Participants: all CMaT

2:30 -3:30 p.m.

Keynote Speaker: Marianne Hamilton Lopez, Duke University 

Location: Hyatt Place Meeting Room

Participants: all CMaT

3:30-3:45 p.m.

Break

3:45-5:45 p.m.

Research Presentations

Location: Hyatt Place Meeting Room

Participants: all CMaT

5:45-6:30 p.m.

Break

6:30-7:30 p.m.

Dinner  

Location: Hyatt Place Meeting Room

Participants: all CMaT

7:30 p.m.  

Trainee Activity

Location: Hyatt Place - HyBar 

Participants: CMaT Trainees (including summer participants) 

8:30-9:00 a.m.

Breakfast (provided) and Poster Set-Up 

Location: Sanford Hall Atrium 

Participants: all CMaT

9:00-10:00 a.m.

Research Presentations 

Location: Sanford Hall Auditorium – Room 0213

Participants: all CMaT

10:00-10:50 a.m.

Industry Panel

Location: Sanford Hall Auditorium – Room 0213

Participants: all CMaT

10:50-11:00 a.m.

Overview of Breakouts and Instructions

Location:  Sanford Hall Auditorium – Room 0213

Participants:  all CMaT

11:00 -11:15 a.m.

Break

11:15-12:00 p.m.  

Breakout #1

Location: Sanford Hall

Room 0212: MSC Testbed

Breakout 1 - Testbed 1 (MSCs)

Room 0213:  Immune Cell Testbed

Breakout 1 - Testbed 2 (Immune Cells)

Room 0219: EWD/DI Pillar

Room 0112:  iPSC Testbed

Breakout 1 - Testbed 3 (iPSC)

Participants: all CMaT

12:00-1:00 p.m.

Lunch (provided)

Location: Sanford Hall Atrium

Participants: all CMaT

1:00-2:00 p.m.

Perfect Pitch

Location: Sanford Hall Auditorium – Room 0213

Participants: all CMaT

2:00-2:15 p.m.

Photo 

2:15-3:45 p.m.

Poster Session

Location: Sanford Hall Atrium

Participants: all CMaT

3:45-4:45 p.m.

Breakout #2

Location: TBA – see posted QR code for breakout rooms

Participants: CMaT PIs and Advisory Board members (trainees optional)

3:45-4:45 p.m.

ArunaBio Tour 

Location: ArunaBio (via van or car)

Participants: Trainees

4:45-5:30 p.m.

Breakout Report Back

Location: Sanford Hall Auditorium – Room 0213

Participants: all CMaT

5:30 p.m.

Dinner in small groups on your own 

8:00-9:00 a.m.

Breakfast (provided) 

Location: Sanford Hall Atrium 

Participants: all CMaT

8:30 – 9:00 a.m. 

Trainee Focus Group 

Location: Room 0112

Participants: CMaT Trainee

9:00-9:10 a.m.

Awards 

Location: Sanford Hall Auditorium – Room 0213

Participants: all CMaT 

9:10-10:30 a.m. 

Required Training

Location: Sanford Hall Auditorium – Room 0213

Participants: Trainees & PIs 

Industry Advisory Board Meeting 

Location: Sanford Hall 

0212 - IPAB

Participants: Industry Advisory Board Members only

(other advisory board members can join CMaT training or enjoy a break)

10:30-10:45 a.m.

Break

10:45-11:30 a.m.

Breakout #3

Location: Sanford Hall 

0212: MSC Testbed

0213:  Immune Cell Testbed

0219: EWD/DI Pillar

0112:  iPSC Testbed

Participants: all CMaT

11:30-12:00 p.m.

Industry Advisory Board Report Back to Leadership

Location: Sanford Hall Auditorium – Room 0213

Participants: IPAB Chair & CMaT Leadership

SLC Meeting for Trainees 

Location: 0112

Participants: Trainees (summer trainees optional)

12:00 p.m.

Lunch (provided)

Location: Sanford Hall Atrium 

Participants: all CMaT

Time

Project Title

Presenter

Institution

Wednesday, August 7, 2024

 3:45-4:45 pm

3:45-3:55 p.m.

Sample-to-Analysis Platform for In-Situ Mass Spec Monitoring of Cell Therapies: Case Study of Metabolic Characterization of T-Cells Transfected with miRNA-Coated Nanowires

Gianna Slusher (Federov Lab)

GT

3:55-4:05  p.m.

Automated Multi-omics for Feedback Control and Integration Efforts

Nathan Damen (Balakirsky Lab)

GT

4:05-4:15 p.m.

Nonviral Multiplexed CRISPR Editing for Manufacturing Allogeneic CAR-T Cells

Apoorva Ramamurthy (Saha Lab)

UW

4:15-4:25 p.m.

Engineering the multicellular niche for stem cell derived T cell generation

Madeline Smerchansky

(Saha Lab)

UW

20 min Q&A

4:45-5:45 pm

4:45-4:55 p.m.

A Comparison of Centralized and Point-of-Care Supply Chain Network Designs for Autologous Cell Therapy

Zhaowei Li (White Lab)

GT

4:55-5:05 p.m.

Lessons Learned in Extracellular Vesicle Manufacturing

Morgane Golan (Stice Lab)

UGA

5:05-5:15 p.m.

Adult human physiologic like media promote maturation of hPSCs-derived cardiomyocytes in vitro

Andy Xiaotian Zhang (Palecek Lab)

UW

5:15-5:25 p.m.

Identification of epigenetic markers of cardiomyocyte differentiation

Charlie Xiangyu Zhang (De La Fuente Lab)

UGA

20 min Q&A

Thursday, August 8, 2024

 9:00-10:00 am

9:00-9:10 a.m.

High throughput screening of mesenchymal stromal cell morphological response to inflammatory signals for bioreactor-based manufacturing of extracellular vesicles that modulate microglia

Andrew Larey (Marklein Lab)

UGA

9:10-9:20 a.m.

Magnetoelastic sentinels for monitoring cell growth with real-time feedback

Will Skinner (Ong Lab)

U Oregon

9:20-9:30 a.m.

Optimizing MSC expansion in bioreactors: Heparan sulfate-collagen multilayers for serum-free microcarrier culture

Carolina Rivera (Domenech Lab)

UPRM

9:30-9:40 a.m.

Facilitate Improvements in MSCs Manufacturing

Jojo Ying Xiang (Edison Lab)

UGA

20 min Q&A