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  • Tuesday, Jul 15th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT
    Tech Session I: Skin and Mucosal Delivery I
    Location: 119 B
    Chair: Ryan Donnelly, PhD (he/him/his) – Queen's University Belfast
    Co-Chair: Jiamin Wu, PhD (he/him/his) – The Johns Hopkins University
    Skin and Mucosal Delivery
  • Tuesday, Jul 15th
    10:04 AM - 10:29 AM EDT
    Engineering synthetic mucus biomaterials for local therapeutic delivery
    Location: 119 B
    Invited Speaker: Gregg Duncan, PhD – University of Maryland
    Skin and Mucosal Delivery
  • Tuesday, Jul 15th
    10:29 AM - 10:54 AM EDT
    3D-Printed Acyclovir Nanocrystals: An Advanced Approach to Herpes Simplex Treatment
    Location: 119 B
    Invited Speaker - Exceptional Abstract: Alejandro J. Paredes, PhD (he/him/his) – Queen's University Belfast
    Skin and Mucosal Delivery
  • Tuesday, Jul 15th
    10:54 AM - 11:05 AM EDT
    Nasal Delivery Redefines Immunity: Fighting Melanoma Brain Metastases with a Cancer Nanovaccine
    Location: 119 B
    Oral Abstract Speaker: Bárbara carreira, PhD – iMed.ULisboa - University of Lisbon
    Skin and Mucosal Delivery
  • Tuesday, Jul 15th
    11:05 AM - 11:16 AM EDT
    Rapid In Situ Forming PEG Hydrogels for Mucosal Drug Delivery
    Location: 119 B
    Oral Abstract Speaker: Taj kumari Yeruva, PhD – University of Maryland
    Skin and Mucosal Delivery
  • Tuesday, Jul 15th
    11:16 AM - 11:27 AM EDT
    Thermostabilization of a Model Viral-Vectored Oral Thin Film Vaccine using DoE Approach
    Location: 119 B
    Oral Abstract Speaker: Annika Yardy – McMaster University
    Skin and Mucosal Delivery
  • Tuesday, Jul 15th
    11:27 AM - 11:38 AM EDT
    Combination of liposomes and ultrasound for noninvasive rapid transdermal cosmeceutical delivery
    Location: 119 B
    Oral Abstract Speaker: Jingru Li, PhD (she/her/hers) – Shanghai Jiao Tong University
    Skin and Mucosal Delivery
  • Tuesday, Jul 15th
    11:38 AM - 11:49 AM EDT
    Development and assessment of mucus penetrating lipoparticles for mRNA vaccine delivery
    Location: 119 B
    Oral Abstract Speaker: Hiba Hassoun, PharmD, PhD – LBTI / CNRS / Lyon-France
    Skin and Mucosal Delivery
  • Tuesday, Jul 15th
    11:49 AM - 12:00 PM EDT
    QbD-guided development of hydrogel-forming microneedles with reservoir for enfuvirtide delivery
    Location: 119 B
    Oral Abstract Speaker: Huanhuan Li – Queen's University Belfast
    Skin and Mucosal Delivery
  • Wednesday, Jul 16th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT
    Tech Session III: Skin and Mucosal Delivery II
    Location: 119 B
    Chair: Jill Steinbach-Rankins, MSE, PhD – Boehringer Ingelheim
    Co-Chair: Simon Matoori, PhD – Université de Montréal
    Skin and Mucosal Delivery
  • Wednesday, Jul 16th
    10:04 AM - 10:29 AM EDT
    Living Delivery System for the Treatment of Skin Infections
    Location: 119 B
    Invited Speaker: Boaz Mizrahi, PhD (he/him/his) – Technion-Israel Institute of Technology
    Skin and Mucosal Delivery
  • Wednesday, Jul 16th
    10:29 AM - 10:54 AM EDT
    Chitosan nanobubbles as a combined chemo-immunotherapy strategy against melanoma
    Location: 119 B
    Invited Speaker - Exceptional Abstract: Monica Argenziano, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Turin
    Skin and Mucosal Delivery
  • Wednesday, Jul 16th
    10:54 AM - 11:05 AM EDT
    Thermal Stabilization and Immunogenicity of mRNA Vaccine Delivered by Single-Use Microneedle Patches
    Location: 119 B
    Oral Abstract Speaker: Nidhi _. Sharma, Masters in Pharmacology (she/her/hers) – University of Connecticut
    Skin and Mucosal Delivery
  • Wednesday, Jul 16th
    11:05 AM - 11:16 AM EDT
    Biocatalytic Nanobots: Modulating Oxidative Stress in Cellular Models of Inflammatory Bowel Disease
    Location: 119 B
    Oral Abstract Speaker: Ezequiel R. Coscueta, PhD in Biological Sciences (he/him/his) – Universidade Católica Portuguesa
    Skin and Mucosal Delivery
  • Wednesday, Jul 16th
    11:16 AM - 11:27 AM EDT
    Thermo-reactive In-situ forming Liposome Depot (TILD): From computational design to in-vivo efficacy
    Location: 119 B
    Oral Abstract Speaker: Remo Eugster (he/him/his) – University of Bern, Switzerland
    Skin and Mucosal Delivery
  • Wednesday, Jul 16th
    11:27 AM - 11:38 AM EDT
    Branched PEGylation as a strategy to overcome the mucus barrier to aerosolized nanomedicine
    Location: 119 B
    Oral Abstract Speaker: Alexa M. Stern – University of Maryland
    Skin and Mucosal Delivery
  • Wednesday, Jul 16th
    11:38 AM - 11:49 AM EDT
    Quantifying the impact of the mucin protein corona on nanoparticles in the female reproductive tract
    Location: 119 B
    Oral Abstract Speaker: Alyssa P. Petersen, B.S. (she/her/hers) – University of Maryland
    Skin and Mucosal Delivery
  • Wednesday, Jul 16th
    11:49 AM - 12:00 PM EDT
    Novel Dissolving and Hydrogel-Forming Microarray Patches for Transdermal Delivery of Apomorphine HCl
    Location: 119 B
    Oral Abstract Speaker: Andrew P. Graham, BSc – Queen's University Belfast
    Skin and Mucosal Delivery
  • Thursday, Jul 17th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT
    Tech Session V: Skin and Mucosal Delivery III
    Location: 119 B
    Co-Chair: Alejandro J. Paredes, PhD (he/him/his) – Queen's University Belfast
    Chair: Hélder Santos, DSc (he/him/his) – University Medical Center Groningen
    Skin and Mucosal Delivery
  • Thursday, Jul 17th
    10:04 AM - 10:29 AM EDT
    From Nature to Nanoparticles: Advancing Oral Delivery Through Intestinal Permeation Enhancement
    Location: 119 B
    Invited Speaker: Katie Whitehead, PhD (she/her/hers) – Carnegie Mellon University
    Skin and Mucosal Delivery
  • Thursday, Jul 17th
    10:29 AM - 10:54 AM EDT
    Development of a new modality of transdermal platform based on nanofibers for the delivery of APIs
    Location: 119 B
    Invited Speaker - Exceptional Abstract: Jose M. M. LAGARON, PhD (he/him/his) – CSIC
    Skin and Mucosal Delivery
  • Thursday, Jul 17th
    10:54 AM - 11:05 AM EDT
    Pharmacokinetics and Skin Permeation of Psychedelic Drugs Delivered by Hydrogel-Forming Microneedles
    Location: 119 B
    Oral Abstract Speaker: Octavio Ezequiel Fandiño, PhD (he/him/his) – Queens Uiversity Belfast
    Skin and Mucosal Delivery
  • Thursday, Jul 17th
    11:05 AM - 11:16 AM EDT
    Safety evaluation of repeated microarray patch applications using a miniature pig model
    Location: 119 B
    Oral Abstract Speaker: Qonita Kurnia Anjani, PhD (she/her/hers) – Queen's University Belfast
    Skin and Mucosal Delivery
  • Thursday, Jul 17th
    11:16 AM - 11:27 AM EDT
    Integrated Fiber Microneeedles in the Oral Mucosa Prime Antigen-Specific Immunity
    Location: 119 B
    Oral Abstract Speaker: Carmen I. Tobos, BS – University of Washington
    Skin and Mucosal Delivery
  • Thursday, Jul 17th
    11:27 AM - 11:38 AM EDT
    Nonspecific Binding of Biotherapeutics and the Extracellular Matrix: Implications for Drug Delivery
    Location: 119 B
    Oral Abstract Speaker: Evelyn Nonamaker – Purdue University
    Skin and Mucosal Delivery
  • Thursday, Jul 17th
    11:38 AM - 11:49 AM EDT
    Non-covalent lipidation and self nanoemulsions: Ex-vivo porcine buccal mucosal permeation of GLP-1RA
    Location: 119 B
    Oral Abstract Speaker: David J. Brayden, PhD (he/him/his) – University College Dublin
    Skin and Mucosal Delivery
  • Thursday, Jul 17th
    11:49 AM - 12:00 PM EDT
    Boosting buccal absorption: Bilosomes for effective therapeutic delivery
    Location: 119 B
    Oral Abstract Speaker: Eleftheria Pantazoglou (she/her/hers) – Technical University of Denmark
    Skin and Mucosal Delivery
  • Thursday, Jul 17th
    4:30 PM - 6:30 PM EDT
    Tech Session VI: Nanomedicine and Nanoscale Delivery (Focus: Skin / Mucosal)
    Location: 121 B/C
    Chair: Joe Kakkassery, PhD – Halozyme Inc.
    Co-Chair: Chun Wang, PhD – University of Minnesota
    Nanomedicine and Nanoscale DeliverySkin and Mucosal Delivery
  • Thursday, Jul 17th
    4:34 PM - 4:59 PM EDT
    Engineered Extracellular Vesicles: Next-Generation Platforms for Therapeutic Delivery
    Location: 121 B/C
    Invited Speaker: Natalia Higuita Castro, PhD – The Ohio State University
    Nanomedicine and Nanoscale DeliverySkin and Mucosal Delivery
  • Thursday, Jul 17th
    4:59 PM - 5:24 PM EDT
    Polymersome assay for point-of-care blood urea diagnostics in dialysis patients
    Location: 121 B/C
    Invited Speaker - Exceptional Abstract: Simon Matoori, PhD – Université de Montréal
    Nanomedicine and Nanoscale DeliverySkin and Mucosal Delivery
  • Thursday, Jul 17th
    5:24 PM - 5:35 PM EDT
    Impact of DNA origami shape, ligand, and ligand density on diffusion through intestinal mucus
    Location: 121 B/C
    Oral Abstract Speaker: Matteo Tollemeto (he/him/his) – Technical University of Denmark
    Nanomedicine and Nanoscale DeliverySkin and Mucosal Delivery
  • Thursday, Jul 17th
    5:35 PM - 5:46 PM EDT
    Enhancing transmucosal uptake of GLP-1RA: Ionic lipidation and Self-Nanoemulsifying Delivery system
    Location: 121 B/C
    Oral Abstract Speaker: David J. Brayden, PhD (he/him/his) – University College Dublin
    Nanomedicine and Nanoscale DeliverySkin and Mucosal Delivery
  • Thursday, Jul 17th
    5:46 PM - 5:57 PM EDT
    Gel-based high-permeation vesicles for localized fulvestrant delivery to treat breast cancer
    Location: 121 B/C
    Oral Abstract Speaker: Junia Akhtar (she/her/hers) – National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER) - SAS Nagar
    Nanomedicine and Nanoscale DeliverySkin and Mucosal Delivery
  • Thursday, Jul 17th
    5:57 PM - 6:08 PM EDT
    Nano meets micro: Enhanced dermal delivery of lipophilic tocotrienol nanoemulsion using microneedles
    Location: 121 B/C
    Oral Abstract Speaker: JING YI Estee LEE (she/her/hers) – Universiti Sains Malaysia
    Nanomedicine and Nanoscale DeliverySkin and Mucosal Delivery
  • Thursday, Jul 17th
    6:08 PM - 6:19 PM EDT
    Is transdermal delivery achievable for levodopa? Microarray patch for Parkinson’s disease treatment
    Location: 121 B/C
    Oral Abstract Speaker: Yaocun Li, PhD – The Queen's University of Belfast
    Nanomedicine and Nanoscale DeliverySkin and Mucosal Delivery
  • Thursday, Jul 17th
    6:19 PM - 6:30 PM EDT
    Novel Solid Lipid Nanoparticles-Enriched Hydrogels for Topical Delivery of Anti-Ageing Glutathione
    Location: 121 B/C
    Oral Abstract Speaker: Mengyang Liu, PhD (he/him/his) – The University of Auckland
    Nanomedicine and Nanoscale DeliverySkin and Mucosal Delivery