2024 Technology Showcase

Voice of the Patient
 

“Directed Acetylation of Cytidine in Cellular mRNA through Engineered snoRNA Adapters for the Treatment of Haploinsufficiencies” - E-017-2023,
Shalini Oberdoerffer, Ph.D., 
Senior Investigator
Laboratory of Receptor of Biology and Gene Expression
CCR, NCI

Lunch, Poster Session / Competition, Networking, One-on-One Partnering

Technology Posters

1. "Small Molecule Ephrin (Eph) Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors for the Treatment of Colorectal Cancer and Other Eph Growth-dependent Solid Tumors," (E-182-2019); Poster Presenter, Daphna Fertil, TTAP Ambassador
   Technology Inventors, Giovanna Tosato, M.D., Senior Investigator, Laboratory of Cellular Oncology, NCI Center for Cancer Research (CCR); Michael Diprima, Ph.D., NCI CCR; Harald Schwalbe, Ph.D., JW Goethe University, Frankfurt; Alix Troster, Ph.D., JW Goethe University, Frankfurt; Nathalie Jores, M.S., JW Goethe University, Frankfurt; Denis Kudlinzki, Ph.D., German Cancer Research Center, DKFZ
2. "Pigment Epithelium-Derived Factor Peptides and Use for Treating Retinal Degeneration," (E-028-2023)
   Poster presenter, Isadora Rocha De Abreu, TTAP Ambassador
   Technology Inventors: Patricia Becerra, Ph.D. (NEI); Alexandra Bernardo-Colon, M.S. (NEI)
3. "Methods and Kits for Measuring and Quantifying DNA Double-Stranded Breaks Using Gamma-H2AX and H2AX" (E-276-2014)
   Poster presenter, Shiran Su, Ph.D. NCI TTC Technology Transfer CRTA Fellow
   Technology Inventors: Christophe Redon, Ph.D., Research Assistant, Developmental Therapeutics Branch, NCI CCR; Yiping Zhang, Ph.D., NCI, CCR; William Bonner, Ph.D. NCI CCR; Jiuping Ji, Ph.D., NCI CCR
4. "CD28 Hinge and Transmembrane Containing Chimeric Antigen Receptors Targeting GPC2 and Use Thereof" (E-025-2022)
   Poster presenter, Kiyoharu Joshua Miyagishima, Ph.D., TTAP Ambassador
   Technology Inventors: Mitchell Ho, Ph.D., Deputy Chief, Laboratory of Molecular Biology, NCI CCR; Carol Thiele Galetto, Ph.D., NCI CCR; Nan Li, Ph.D., NCI CCR; Rosa Nguyen, M.D., Ph.D., NCI CCR; Rosandra Kaplan, M.D., NCI CCR
5. "Design and Biological Activity of Novel Stealth Polymeric Lipid Nanoparticles for Enhanced Delivery of Hydrophobic Photodynamic Therapy Drugs" (E-154-2018)
   Poster presenter, Julie Hixon, M.S., TTAP Ambassador
   Technology Inventors: Anu Puri, Ph.D., Program Director, NCI Center for Cancer Training;  Mathias Viard, Ph.D., Senior Scientist, Laboratory of Integrative Cancer Immunology (NCI CCR)
6. "Single Source-Detector Separation Approach to Calculate Tissue Oxygen Saturation" (E-037-2023)
   Poster presenter, Thien Nguyen, Ph.D., NICHD, TTAP Ambassador
   Technology Inventors: Thien Nguyen, Ph.D. (NICHD); Soongho Park, Ph.D. (NICHD); Brian Hill (NICHD); Amir Gandjbakhche, Ph.D. (NICHD)
7. "Engineering RNA Devices in Human T-cells to Control Gene Expression Externally" (E-234-2023)
   Poster presenter, Barbara Murphy, M.S., TTAP Ambassado
   Technology Inventor: Yun-Xing Wang, Ph.D., Senior Investigator, Center for Structural Biology, NCI CCR
8. "Bile Acids and Other Agents that Modulate the Gut Microbiome for the Treatment of Liver Cancer" (E-229-2017)
   Poster presenter, Yonghe Ma, Ph.D., TTAP Ambassador
   Technology Inventors Tim Greten, M.D., Deputy Chief, Thoracic and GI Malignancies Branch, NCI CCR; Chi Ma, Ph.D. NCI CCR 
9. "3-o-sulfo-galactosylceramide Analogs as Activators of Type II Natural Killer T Cells to Reduce Cancer Metastasis to the Lung" (E-100-2018)
   Poster presenter, Paul Suhwan Lee, TTAP Ambassador,
   Technology Inventors, Lise Pasquet, Ph.D., NCI CCR; Jay Berzofsky, M.D., Ph.D. NCI CCR; Amy Howell, Ph.D. University of Connecticut; Masaki Terabe, Ph.D. NCI CCR; Kaddy Camara, Ph.D. University of Connecticut
10. "T Cell Receptor Targeting CD22 for the Treatment of Lymphomas and Leukemias" (E-029-2021)
    Poster presenter, Saad Khan, M.D., Johns Hopkins University 
    Technology Inventors Kazusa Ishii, M.D., M.P.H., NCI; Christian Hinrichs, M.D., Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, formerly NCI CCR

How to Work with the NCI and FNL

Moderator: Steven Ferguson, MBA, Deputy Director Licensing and Entrepreneurship, NIH Office of Technology Transfer

• Amanda Corbel, Partnership Alliance Manager, Partnership Development Office, FNL
• Rose Freel, Ph.D., Supervisory Technology Transfer Manager, NCI TTC
• Andrew Sinkoe, Ph.D., Founder and CEO, Sesh, Inc.
• Xiaonao Liu, Ph.D. CEO, NanoBioFAB

Dilutive and Non-Dilutive Sources of Support

Moderator: Michael Salgaller, Ph.D., Technology Analysis and Marketing Unit Supervisor, NCI TTC

• Deborah Moorad, Ph.D., CEO, CorriXR Therapeutics
• Ruchika Nijhara, Ph.D., Executive Director, Maryland Stem Cell Research Fund
• David Speer, Executive Director, Maryland Israel Development Center 
• Javeed Froozan, Ph.D., Leukemia and Lymphoma Society