{"614564":{"#nid":"614564","#data":{"type":"event","title":"ImmunoEngineering Research Days","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EPresentations will be made by Georgia Tech and Emory faculty with the purpose of learning what we are working on with a view towards developing ideas and faculty teams for submission of multi-investigator research proposals.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThese research days are open to Georgia Tech and Emory faculty doing research in ImmunoEngineering. \u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:julia.babensee@bme.gatech.edu?subject=RSVP%20for%20ImmunoEngineering%20Research%20Days%20-%20December%207\u0022\u003ERSVP Required\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cstrong\u003EPresenting Faculty:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nCostas Arvanitis, Ph.D.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nSteven Bosinger, Ph.D.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nMadhav Dhodapkar, M.D.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nTobey MacDonald, M.D.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nJason Fangusare, M.D.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nM.G. Finn, Ph.D.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nJyothi Rengarajan, Ph.D.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nShuichi Takayama, Ph.D.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nRabin Tirouranziam, Ph.D.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nLunch provided.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cem\u003ESponsored by Georgia Tech\u0026#39;s \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/immunoengineering.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ECenter for ImmunoEngineering\u003C\/a\u003E and the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/petitinstitute.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EParker H. 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To treat a particular disease via the immune system, it can be challenging to discover what the optimally protective immune response may be and then reliably achieve it. In part the challenge arises from the fact that the overall phenotype of an immune response includes contributions from many different cell subsets, including T cells, B cells, and antigen presenting cells, all of which interact complexly to generate an integrated response. We have been developing supramolecular materials, primarily comprised of peptides and proteins, which serve as modular platforms for discovering and eliciting clinically important immune responses by engaging and modulating this cellular diversity. In this seminar, several different self-assembling components will be described, including synthetic fibrillizing peptides, expressed proteins that can be induced to self-assemble after purification, and coiled coil nanofibers displaying immune epitopes. This class of materials has surprising self-adjuvanting properties, which we have recently exploited towards several clinical goals. In one example, we are developing novel treatments for chronic inflammation by creating biomaterials that can raise therapeutic levels of TNF-neutralizing antibodies. In this system, the strength and phenotype of the immune response can be modulated and optimized by systematically varying the epitope composition, a task that is greatly facilitated by the materials\u0026rsquo; non-covalent construction.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThis presentation can be seen via videoconference using BlueJeans:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/bluejeans.com\/979003372\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/bluejeans.com\/979003372\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"\u0022Supramolecular Immunotherapies\u0022 - Joel Collier, Ph.D. - Duke University"}],"uid":"27349","created_gmt":"2017-07-21 15:55:22","changed_gmt":"2018-05-01 15:18:42","author":"Floyd Wood","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2018-05-15T11:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2018-05-16T00:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2018-05-16T00:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2018-05-15 15:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2018-05-16 04:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2018-05-16 04:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/immunoengineering.gatech.edu","title":"Immunoengineering Center"},{"url":"https:\/\/bme.duke.edu\/faculty\/joel-collier","title":"Collier profile"}],"groups":[{"id":"1292","name":"Parker H. 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Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells targeting CD19 on B cells leukemias and lymphomas have induced durable complete responses in patients who are relapsed or refractory to all other available treatments.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThis synthetic biology technology has now undergone global multi-center clinical trials and recently received FDA approval (Kymriah\u003Csup\u003ETM\u003C\/sup\u003E, Novartis) in relapsed\/refractory acute lymphoid leukemia in children and young adults.\u0026nbsp;CAR T cells targeting new targets in hematologic malignancies and in solid tumors are underway and provide demonstration that it is possible to design immunity at will for therapeutic application.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"\u0022Chimeric Antigen Receptor T Cells: Clinical Development, FDA Approval, and What\u2019s Coming Next\u0022 - Bruce Levine, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania"}],"uid":"27561","created_gmt":"2017-10-11 18:02:18","changed_gmt":"2017-10-12 18:44:17","author":"Angela Ayers","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2017-12-08T11:00:00-05:00","event_time_end":"2017-12-08T12:00:00-05:00","event_time_end_last":"2017-12-08T12:00:00-05:00","gmt_time_start":"2017-12-08 16:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2017-12-08 17:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2017-12-08 17:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1292","name":"Parker H. 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The incidence and severity of primary blast injuries have increased because of the increasing use and effectiveness of explosive weapons in military operations and terrorist attacks. In Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom, blast from munitions and IDEs were responsible for 80% of ocular injuries [1,2].\u0026nbsp; Studies have shown that the majority of blast injuries to the eye are caused by high-velocity fragments and by blunt force trauma from being hit by large propelled objects or from being thrown by the blast wave [1,2]. Current protective eye equipment, which includes spectacles and goggles, made from transparent ballistic materials, are designed to protect mainly against high velocity projectiles.\u0026nbsp; The blast wave is also thought to contribute significantly to blast injuries to the eye. However, the mechanisms and risk factors of primary blast injuries to the eye remain poorly understood. Also poorly understood is the effectiveness the current eye armor in mitigating primary blast injuries.\u0026nbsp; This is because primary blast injuries to the eye rarely occur in isolation and are difficult to separate from injuries caused by blunt force trauma and penetrating fragments.\u0026nbsp; Moreover, experiments in animal models are limited because the dynamics of the blast wave are strongly influenced by facial structures, which are inherently different in animal models than in humans\u003Cbr \/\u003EIn this presentation, she will describe their efforts to develop a computational approach to investigate the biomechanics of primary blast injury to the eye. They have developed a fluid-structure interaction method that solves for the development of the blast wave, deformation of the soft tissues of the eye, and the energy transfer between the fluid and solid mediums.\u0026nbsp; They applied the model to evaluate the blast pressure loading to the face of a representative 21 year-old male from different blast angles and locations. Results showed that the blast wave focused on the eye, generating the highest pressure loading on the face, because of reflections from surrounding facial features. The blast loading on the eye was asymmetrical, which caused large shear stresses on the sclera where it attaches to the extra-orbital tissues. Blast wave propagation through the eye resulted in the highest tensile stresses at the macula and optic nerve head.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; They next evaluated the effectiveness of spectacles and goggles in mitigating the pressure loading on the eye. Their results corroborated free field blast experimental measurements showing that the goggles were more effective than spectacles in reducing the peak blast pressure loading on the eye. However, the goggles trapped the blast wave in a small region in the front of the eye and produced a sustained higher pressure loading after the passing of the blast wave.\u0026nbsp; These findings identify vulnerable locations in the eye to direct experimental studies of blast injuries and guide the design of new eye amor.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E1.Weichel ED, Colyer MH, Ludlow SE, Bower KS, Eiseman AS. Ophthalmology 2008;115:2235-2245. \u003Cbr \/\u003E2.Mader TH, Carroll RD, Clifton SS, George RK, Ritchey P, Neville P. Ophthalmology 2006;113:97-104.\u003Cbr \/\u003E3.Ritenour AE, Toney WB. Primary blast injury: Update on diagnosis and treatment. Crit. Care. 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