This preliminary program is subject to change.

Protein Engineering I - Therapeutics


Description:
This session will focus on protein engineering for therapeutic applications with an emphasis on emerging topics and recent successes. Possible areas of interest include, but are not limited to, (1) advances in protein-based therapeutics, (2) proteins for cellular targeting and imaging, and (3) proteins involved in disease pathology.

Sponsor:
Bioengineering


Chair:
Michael C. Jewett
Assistant Professor
Northwestern University
Chemical and Biological Engineering
2145 Sheridan Road
Evanston, IL 60208-3120
Phone Number: (847) 467-5007
Email: m-jewett@northwestern.edu

Co-Chair:
Jin Ryoun Kim
Assistant Professor
Polytechnic Institute of New York University
Chemical and Biological Engineering
6 MetroTech Center
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Phone Number: 718-260-3719
Email: jkim@poly.edu


Papers:
47a
Design of Potent Antibody Inhibitors of Amyloid Fibrillization
Ali Reza A. Ladiwala, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Moumita Bhattacharya, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Joseph M. Perchiacca, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Peter M. Tessier, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
47b
Development of Computational Methods to Support De Novo Antibody Design
Robert J. Pantazes, The Pennsylvania State University; Costas D. Maranas, The Pennsylvania State University
47c
Computationally Driven Therapeutic Protein Deimmunization
Regina S. Salvat, Dartmouth; Andrew S. Parker, Dartmouth; Daniel C. Osipovitch, Dartmouth; Chris Bailey-Kellogg, Dartmouth; Karl E. Griswold, Dartmouth
47d
Improved Protein Switches for Cancer-Activated Enzyme Prodrug Therapy
R. Clay Wright, Johns Hopkins University; Arjun Khakhar, Johns Hopkins University; Chapman M. Wright, Johns Hopkins University; James R. Eshleman, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Marc Ostermeier, Johns Hopkins University
47e
Engineered Hepatocyte Growth Factor Mutants: New Tools for Tissue Regeneration and Vascularization
Cassie Liu, Stanford; Douglas S. Jones, Stanford University; Ping-Chuan Tsai, Stanford University; Jennifer R. Cochran, Stanford University
47f
Enzyme Prodrug Therapy Targeted to Breast Tumor Vasculature Using a Recombinant Fusion Protein
John Krais, University of Oklahoma; Vassilios I. Sikavitsas, University of Oklahoma; Carla Kurkjian, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center; Roger G. Harrison, University of Oklahoma
47h
Cell-Based Biosensors for Dynamically Imaging Immune Function in Vivo
Nichole Daringer, Northwestern University; Rachel M. Dudek, Northwestern University; Joshua N. Leonard, Northwestern University