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imes2024





Limited in-person and virtual seats

Location: The Study Hotel, Philadelphia, PA





November 13-15, 2024

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Research competition for trainees and junior principal investigators

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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


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SPONSORS




SYMPOSIUM SPEAKERS




Linda G. Griffith, PhD


Yevgeny Brudno, PhD


Kole Roybal, PhD


Dennis Discher, PhD


Matthew VanBrocklin, PhD


Nicole Steinmetz, PhD


Alessandro Fatatis, MD, PhD
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Cornelius Taabazuing, PhD


Michael Naso, PhD


Sarita Patil, MD


Manish Butte, MD, PhD


Vijay Bhoj, MD, PhD


Qizhi Tang, PhD


Omid Veiseh, PhD


Joshua Doloff, PhD


Kathryn Whitehead, PhD


Santiago Correa, PhD


Qiaobing Xu, PhD


Michael Gale Jr, PhD


Louis Picker, MD


Brittany Hartwell, PhD


Rosemary Bastian, PhD
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Gail Rosen, PhD
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Natalie Artzi, PhD


Valerie Horsley, PhD


Kathryn Miller-Jensen, PhD


Evangelia Bellas, PhD


Vivek Shenoy, PhD


Ning Jenny Jiang, PhD


Madhusudhanan Sukumar, PhD




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Past Events

5th Annual Immune Modulation and Engineering Symposium

November 29 - December 1, 2023



4th Annual Immune Modulation and Engineering Symposium

December 7 - 9, 2022



3rd Annual Immune Modulation and Engineering Symposium

Dec 9-10, 2021



2nd Annual Immune Modulation and Engineering Symposium

Nov 11-13, 2020



Inaugural Annual Immune Modulation and Engineering Symposium

Oct 16, 2019



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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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