2025 CMaT Annual Summit
August 6-8, 2025
University of Wisconsin – Madison
Discovery Building
330 N. Orchard Street, Madison, WI
REGISTRATION:
To register for the summit, please email: Victoria.nail-taylor@gatech.edu
HOTEL ACCOMODATIONS:
Doubletree by Hilton Madison Downtown
525 West Johnson Street
Madison, WI 53703
Hotel is now sold out!
Please contact Victoria Nail-Taylor for hotel recommendations.
TRAINEES ONLY:
Poster Session:
The poster competition session for the CMaT Summit is scheduled for: Wednesday, August 6, 2025
Set-up:
1:30 – 2:00 pm
Poster competition:
5:30 pm-7:30 pm
Poster Title and other requested information are due: July 23, 2025!
Detailed information will be emailed to all registered trainees. For more information, please contact: Maria Pinto (maria.pinto@ibb.gatech.edu).
ANNUAL SUMMIT AGENDA
Wednesday, August 6th
Sessions will be held at the UW- Madison Discovery Building, 330 N. Orchard Street, Madison, WI
1:30 pm | Registration, Welcome Snacks and Poster Set-Up Location: Discovery Atrium Participants: all CMaT |
2:00-2:45 pm | Welcome and State of the Center Address Location: Discovery H.F. DeLuca Forum - Rm. 1255 Participants: all CMaT |
2:45 -3:45 pm | Keynote Speakers: Austin and Kim Schuetz Location: Discovery H.F. DeLuca Forum - Rm. 1255 Participants: all CMaT |
3:45-4:00 pm | Break |
4:00-5:00 pm | Research Presentations: Immune Cells Location: Discovery H.F. DeLuca Forum - Rm. 1255 Participants: all CMaT |
5:00-5:30 pm | Icebreaking Event Location: Discovery H.F. DeLuca Forum - Rm. 1255 Participants: all CMaT |
5:30-7:30 pm | Poster Session and Reception / Dinner (provided) Location: Discovery Atrium Posters with odd numbers will be judged from 6:00 - 6:45 pm Posters with even numbers will be judged from 6:45 - 7:30 pm |
7:30 pm | Trainee Activity / Industry Location: Lucky's 1313 (1313 Regent Street) Participants: CMaT Trainees (including summer participants)/Industry |
Thursday, August 7th
Sessions will be held at the UW- Madison Discovery Building, 330 N. Orchard Street, Madison, WI
8:30-9:00 am | Breakfast (provided) Location: Discovery Atrium Participants: all CMaT |
9:00-10:00 am | Research Presentations: MSCs Location: Discovery H.F. DeLuca Forum - Rm. 1255 Participants: all CMaT |
10:00-11:00 am | Research Presentations: iPSCs Location: Discovery H.F. DeLuca Forum - Rm. 1255 Participants: all CMaT |
11:00-11:30 am | Break |
11:30-12:30 pm | Industry Panel Location: Discovery H.F. DeLuca Forum - Rm. 1255 Participants: all CMaT |
12:30-1:45 pm | Lunch (provided) fro Grant Brainstorming Location: Discovery Atrium Participants: all CMaT |
1:45-2:45 pm | Three Minute Thesis Location: Discovery H.F. DeLuca Forum - Rm. 1255 Participants: all CMaT |
2:45-3:15 pm | Photo/Break |
3:15-4:15 pm
| EWD Training: Anne Lynn Gillian-Daniel Location: Discovery H.F. DeLuca Forum - Rm. 1255 Participants: all CMaT except IAB members |
Industry SWOT Location: Discovery Orchard View - Rm. 3280 Participants: Industry Advisory Board Members only (other advisory board members can join CMaT training or enjoy a break) | |
4:15-5:15 pm | Breakout 1: Reflection on Progress and Challenges in Cell Manufacturing
Room: Discovery Room 1130 https://tinyurl.com/2m37rcd9 Room: Discovery H.F. DeLuca Forum - Rm. 1255 https://tinyurl.com/2cduxk2a Room: Discovery Room 1260 Participants: all CMaT except CMaT Trainees |
4:15 pm | SLC Tour Location: WiCell Research Institute (504 S. Rosa Rd, #101) Participants: CMaT Trainees |
5:15 pm | Dinner on your own |
Friday, August 9th
Sessions will be held at the UW- Madison Discovery Building, 330 N. Orchard Street, Madison, WI
8:30 – 8:50 am | Breakfast (provided) Location: Discovery Mesozoic Garden East Participants: all CMaT |
| 8:50 – 9:00 am | Announcements and Plans for Breakout 2 Location: Discovery H.F. DeLuca Forum - Rm. 1255 Participants: all CMaT |
9:00-10:30 am | Breakout 2: Project Planning for Y9 and Beyond
Breakout 2 - Testbed 1 (MSCs) Room: Discovery Room 1130
Breakout 2 - Testbed 2 (Immune Cells) Room: Discovery H F DeLuca Form – Rm 1255
Breakout 2 - Testbed 3 (iPSCs) Room: Discovery Room 1260
Participants: CMaT PIs, trainees optional |
10:30-11:15 am | Breakout report back* Location: Discovery H.F. DeLuca Forum - Rm. 1255 Participants: all CMaT *Focus on Breakout 1 take-aways |
11:15-11:45 am | Awards Location: Discovery H.F. DeLuca Forum - Rm. 1255 Participants: all CMaT |
11:45-12:15 pm | Industry report-back Location: Discovery H.F. DeLuca Forum - Rm. 1255 Participants: all CMaT Faculty and Industry |
SLC meetings Location: Discovery 1170 Conference Room Participants: CMaT Trainees | |
12:15 pm | Lunch (provided) Location: Discovery Mesozoic Garden East Participants: all CMaT |
Retreat Ends |
Research Presentations
Time | Project Title | Presenter | Institution |
Wednesday, August 6, 2025 | |||
4:00 -4:10 | From Fresh to Frozen: Mapping T-Cell Mechanics Across Cryopreservation, Donors, and Culture Conditions | Carolina Colon | Georgia Institute of Technology |
4:10-4:20 | Autonomous, Closed System, In-Process Testing for Biomanufacturing Workflows | Norh Asmare CMaT Postdoctoral Fellow, X Lab | Georgia Institute of Technology |
4:20-4:30 | A 3D Human Neuron-on-Chip Platform to Monitor Neuronal Injury Responses
| Ruiping Tang Karumbaiah Lab | University of Georgia |
4:30-4:40 | Mapping Dynamic Evolution of Therapeutic Cell Metabolism via In Situ Microfluidic Mass Spectrometry | Gianna Slusher Fedorov Lab | Georgia Institute of Technology |
20 min Q&A | |||
Thursday, August 7, 2025 | |||
9:00-9:10 | Development of Image-Based Approaches for Assessing MSC Immune Function at Single-cell Level | Jessica Rui Mortensen Lab
| University of Georgia |
9:10-9:20 | Development of a TiO2-Based Adsorption Platform for Direct Capture of Secretome-Associated Biomarkers as a Non-Invasive Tool to Monitor MSC Culture Status.
| Jesus Jimenez-Osorio Mora Lab | University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez
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9:20-9:30
| Optimizing a Novel Bioreactor for Mesenchymal Stem Cell Expansion and Conditioning for Clinical and Therapeutic Bone Applications | Erika Bowen Gomillion Lab | University of Georgia |
9:30-9:40 | Multi-omics integration at cell type resolution uncovers gene-metabolite mechanisms underlying osteoarthritis heterogeneity
| Saurabh Sinha | Georgia Institute of Technology |
20 min Q&A | |||
10:00-10:10 | Scalable Manufacturing of Cortical Organoids on a Modified RosetteArray® Platform
| Frank Seipel Ashton Lab | University Wisconsin- Madison |
10:10-10:20 | Capturing Mechanical and Metabolic Shifts During Early Neural Differentiation | Tomisin Adebayo Kemp Lab | Georgia Institute of Technology
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10:20-10:30 | Directing Human Pluripotent Stem Cells to Endothelial Cells using ETV2-mRNA Loaded Ionizable Lipid Nanoparticles | James Rolland Palecek and Murphy Lab | University Wisconsin- Madison
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10:30-10:40 | Optimizing Synthetic PEG-4MAL Hydrogels for the Culture of Patient-Derived Enteroids | Luis Arrieta CMaT Postdoctoral Fellow | Georgia Institute of Technology
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20 min Q&A | |||
FLIGHT:
Please plan to arrive at the Dane County Regional Airport (airport code: MSN).
SHUTTLE - HOTEL:
- Complimentary Airport Shuttle (7:00 am – 10:00 pm)
- Complimentary Shuttle to Summit Location
SUMMIT LOCATION:
University of Wisconsin – Madison
Discovery Building
330 N. Orchard Street, Madison, WI