Tech Session II: Ocular Delivery

Sponsored By 

Chair(s)

• CS

  Crystal Shin, PhD

  Assistant Professor
  Baylor College of Medicine
  Houston, Texas, United States

Co-Chair(s)

• 

  Katelyn Swindle-Reilly, PhD (she/her/hers)

  Associate Professor and College of Engineering Innovation Scholar
  Biomedical Engineering, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
  The Ohio State University
  Columbus, Ohio, United States

Sponsored by: Regeneron Pharmaceuticals

Drug delivery systems for vision-threatening diseases, drug-device combinations (e.g., contact lenses, punctal plugs, injectables, intravitreal devices, suprachoroidal delivery, ultrasound-mediated delivery), overcoming physiological barriers in ocular drug delivery.

Presentations:

• 2:02 PM - 2:04 PM EDT

  Regeneron Introduction
  

  Speaker: Hunter Chen, PhD – Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
• 2:04 PM - 2:29 PM EDT

  Biological barriers to lipid nanoparticle mediated messenger RNA delivery to the retina
  

  Invited Speaker: Katrien Remaut, Pharmaceutical Sciences (she/her/hers) – Ghent University
• 2:29 PM - 2:54 PM EDT

  Evaluation of the effects of TiO2 Nanoparticles conjugated with fluorescein on retinal angiography
  

  Invited Speaker - Exceptional Abstract: Silvia L. Fialho, PhD (she/her/hers) – Ezequiel Dias Foundation
• 2:54 PM - 3:05 PM EDT

  Rational Design of Medicated Contact Lenses Using ToF-SIMS for Ocular Drug Delivery
  

  Presenting Author: Maria Vivero-Lopez, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Nottingham
• 3:05 PM - 3:16 PM EDT

  CRISPR-Cas Delivery Using Lipid-Polymer Nanoplexes in Microneedle Patches for Corneal Dystrophy
  

  Oral Abstract Speaker: Sonia Guha, M. Pharm (she/her/hers) – Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani (BITS-Pilani), Pilani Campus, India
• 3:16 PM - 3:27 PM EDT

  Intravitreal Delivery of A190 loaded Microparticles in a Model of Age-related Macular Degeneration
  

  Oral Abstract Speaker: Sagun Poudel – Virginia Commonwealth University
• 3:27 PM - 3:38 PM EDT

  Mucoadhesive Micelle Nanoparticles: A New Dosing Paradigm for Glaucoma Treatment
  

  Oral Abstract Speaker: Frances Lasowski, PhD – 20/20 OptimEyes Technologies
• 3:38 PM - 3:49 PM EDT

  Nanoscale activated carbons for intrastromal controlled drug release
  

  Oral Abstract Speaker: Tejabhiram Yadavalli, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Illinois Chicago
• 3:49 PM - 4:00 PM EDT

  Breaking Corneal Barriers: GelMA-Based Hybrid Microneedles for Enhanced Intrastromal Drug Delivery
  

  Oral Abstract Speaker: Sonia Alavi, PharmD (she/her/hers) – University of Illinois Chicago