The recent academic and industrial interest in the microbiome field stems from its role in regulating both health and disease. As such, there is significant potential in therapies that either directly perturb the microbiome, or harness the microbiome to improve the delivery of therapeutics. We believe this is a timely topic: nationally, many large pharma and start-ups are developing a new generation of microbe-based therapeutics, with a number already in clinical trials. We believe research initiatives that integrate cutting-edge drug delivery technologies from pharmaceutical sciences with microbiology is necessary to ensure the success of these next-generation microbe therapeutics. To address the current trend and training needs, the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy will host this year’s Chapel Hill PharmSci conference focused on the interface between drug delivery and the microbiome.
Registration
Registration Deadline May 20 2018
Speakers
Speakers
Aaron Anselmo
Assistant Professor, Pharmacoengineering and Molecular Pharmaceutics, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, UNC Chapel Hill
Seyoum Ayehunie
Vice President of Immunological Systems, MatTek Corporation
Andrea Azcarate-Peril
Associate Professor, Departments of Medicine and Nutrition, Director, Microbiome Core Facility, UNC Chapel Hill
Anushree Chatterjee
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder
Nathan Crook
Assistant Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, NC State
Lawrence David
Assistant Professor, Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University
Christopher Ford
Group Leader, Infectious Disease Microbiome Sciences at
Seres Therapeutics
Zhen Gu
Jackson Family Endowed Chair Associate Professor, Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering, UNC Chapel Hill & NC State
Leaf Huang
Fred Eshelman Distinguished Professor, Pharmacoengineering and Molecular Pharmaceutics, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, UNC Chapel Hill
Samuel Lai
Associate Professor, Pharmacoengineering and Molecular Pharmaceutics, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, UNC Chapel Hill
Hyun Jung Kim
Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin
Bo Li
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, UNC Chapel Hill
Frances Ligler
Lampe Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Biomedical Engineering, UNC-Chapel Hill and NC State University
Dave Ousterout
Chief Technology Officer, Locus Biosciences
Matthew Redinbo
Kenan Distinguished Professor, Chemistry, Biochemistry and Microbiology, UNC Chapel Hill
David Zaharoff
Associate Professor, Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering, UNC Chapel Hill & NC State
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