Limited in-person and virtual seats

Location: The Study Hotel, Philadelphia, PA

November 13-15, 2024

Research competition for trainees and junior principal investigators

Overview

The School of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems is pleased to announce its 6th Annual Immune Modulation & Engineering Symposium (IMES). IMES 2024 features trailblazing research engineers and scientists working to advance the field of immune engineering from: Industry, Academia, Biomedical Engineering, and Basic and Translational Immunology

The speakers and attendees represent leaders in this field, with demonstrated expertise in collaborating across disciplines to generate innovative solutions to treat disease and injury by modulating the immune system.

Read about IMES2022 on Drexel's News

LOCATION

Symposium Location	Poster Session Location
The Study Hotel 20 S. 33rd Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19104	Behrakis Grand Hall 3210 Chestnut St, Philadelphia, PA 19104

REGISTRATION

Full Registration	Student/Postdoc Registration (in-person)	Virtual Registration	Virtual US Student/Postdoc Registration (NIH Sponsored)
$649 (Includes breakfast + lunch + opening reception, networking & mentoring session and poster session )	$449	$150	Free

Awards for Abstract Submissions

We are thrilled to offer several awards to recognize outstanding research and leadership for those submitting abstracts:

Leadership in Diversity Award
Translational Research Award
Collaboration and Community Engagement Award
Innovative Research Award
Outstanding Early Career Researcher Award

Winners will be honored at the symposium and have the opportunity to present their work to peers and industry leaders.

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TRAVEL SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE

Thanks to the generous donations from our sponsors, IMES is pleased to offer travel scholarship funding to students and postdocs from traditionally underrepresented or disadvantaged backgrounds, plus free registration.

Note: due to high demand, we are no longer accepting applications for travel scholarships.

Agenda

Date	Details
November 13th	Daily Talks: 8am to 5pm Meals: Breakfast and Lunch provided for In-Person Attendees Special Events: Opening Reception, Networking & Mentoring Session, and Poster Session. Networking & Mentoring Session A networking & mentoring session will be held during lunch on Wednesday, Nov. 13. It will foster interactions among trainees at different levels and senior & junior PIs as well as industrial leaders for career development. The session will be divided into roundtables with a mixture of mentees and mentors covering topics of high interest. Participants will be asked to indicate at registration whether they will participate in this session as a mentor or mentee, or whether they would prefer to opt out (space will be available for lunch outside of this session). Topics for discussion include: Applying for grants / fellowships Applying for a PhD program Finding a post-doctoral position Post-doc to PI transition Finding a job in industry How to get where you want to go (career path and research focus) Writing / submitting manuscripts Networking in Immune Engineering Other
November 14th	Daily Talks: 8am to 5pm Meals: Breakfast and Lunch provided for In-Person Attendees
November 15th	Daily Talks: 8am to 5pm Meals: Breakfast and Lunch provided for In-Person Attendees

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LOCAL HOTEL OPTIONS

Use the link below to find more information about local hotels, including the Study hotel (conference venue) and get Drexel University's discount rate.

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SYMPOSIUM SPEAKERS

Linda G. Griffith, PhD
MIT

Yevgeny Brudno, PhD
University of North Carolina

Kole Roybal, PhD
University of California, San Francisco

Dennis Discher, PhD
University of Pennsylvania

Matthew VanBrocklin, PhD
University of Utah

Nicole Steinmetz, PhD
University of California, San Diego

Alessandro Fatatis, MD, PhD
Drexel University

Cornelius Taabazuing, PhD
University of Pennsylvania

Michael Naso, PhD
Century Therapeutics

Sarita Patil, MD
Harvard University

Manish Butte, MD, PhD
University of California, Los Angeles

Vijay Bhoj, MD, PhD
University of Pennsylvania

Qizhi Tang, PhD
University of California, San Francisco

Omid Veiseh, PhD
Rice University

Joshua Doloff, PhD
Johns Hopkins University

Kathryn Whitehead, PhD
Carnegie Mellon University

Santiago Correa, PhD
Columbia University

Qiaobing Xu, PhD
Tufts University

Michael Gale Jr, PhD
University of Washington

Louis Picker, MD
Oregon University

Brittany Hartwell, PhD
University of Minnesota

Rosemary Bastian, PhD
Drexel University

Gail Rosen, PhD
Drexel University

Natalie Artzi, PhD
Wyss Institute at Harvard University

Valerie Horsley, PhD
Yale University

Kathryn Miller-Jensen, PhD
Yale University

Evangelia Bellas, PhD
Temple University

Vivek Shenoy, PhD
Pennsylvania University

Ning Jenny Jiang, PhD
Pennsylvania University

Madhusudhanan Sukumar, PhD
Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine

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Past Events

5th Annual Immune Modulation and Engineering Symposium

November 29 - December 1, 2023

IMES 2023 Website

4th Annual Immune Modulation and Engineering Symposium

December 7 - 9, 2022

IMES 2022 Website

3rd Annual Immune Modulation and Engineering Symposium

Dec 9-10, 2021

2021 Program Agenda [PDF]

2nd Annual Immune Modulation and Engineering Symposium

Nov 11-13, 2020

2020 Program Agenda [PDF]

Inaugural Annual Immune Modulation and Engineering Symposium

Oct 16, 2019

2019 Program Agenda [PDF]

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IMES Safety Plans

The Immune Modulation and Engineering Symposium (“IMES”) organizing committee is committed to providing a safe environment for all attendees, speakers, support staff, sponsors, and event services personnel (all symposium participants).

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