Chemical Advances in Biomaterials and Therapeutics (CABT)

CABT features talks, posters, and networking to connect industry and academia on biomaterials, drug delivery, tissue engineering and more!

About this Event

Attendees will have the opportunity to engage in technical talks, poster session, and networking. The event is also aimed at fostering meaningful dialogue between industry and academia. For posters, we invite submissions from researchers in Greater Boston working on areas including but not limited to synthesis, characterization of lipids, polymers/nanomaterials for drug or gene delivery, stimuli-responsive biomaterials, immunomodulatory biomaterials, medical devices, and materials for tissue engineering, regenerative medicine.

Confirmed Speakers:

• Rigoberto Hernandez (President, ACS), Johns Hopkins University
• Abraham Joy, Northeastern University
• Alan Enciso, GlaxoSmithKline
• Eric Dane, AstraZeneca
• Gulden Camci-Unal, UMass Lowell
• Mark Grinstaff, Boston University
• Matthew Becker, Adaptilens/Duke University
• Thomas Jozefiak, Glycologix

All academic (undergraduates, graduates, post-docs, professors), industry, government researchers are welcome to submit their work as a poster. The submission will close on Jan. 7, 2026. Please click on the link below to provide all required information.

Poster Submission Link: CABT Poster Submission (click on this). If submitting a poster, please do not register until you have heard about the outcome of your submission (tickets have been reserved for poster presenters).

Questions? Please contact a member of the symposium organizing committee.

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Scott Edmondson (NESACS)

Hwa Yoon Lee (NSYCC)

Lori Ferrins (NESACS)

Shikha Singh (NSYCC)

Margaret Greenslade (NESACS)

Lipin Ji (NESACS)

Agenda


🕑: 09:00 AM - 09:15 AM
Welcome Remarks
Host: Scott Edmondson, NESACS Chair

🕑: 09:15 AM - 09:55 AM
Talk 1
Host: Prof. Abraham Joy, Northeastern University

🕑: 09:55 AM - 10:35 AM
Talk 2
Host: Dr. Eric Dane, AstraZeneca

🕑: 10:35 AM - 10:55 AM
Coffee Break/Networking

🕑: 10:55 AM - 11:35 AM
Talk 3
Host: Prof. Mark Grinstaff, Boston University

🕑: 11:35 AM - 12:15 PM
Talk 4
Host: Prof. Matt Becker, Adaptilens/Duke University

🕑: 12:15 PM - 01:30 PM
Lunch

🕑: 01:30 PM - 02:10 PM
Talk 5
Host: Dr. Thomas Jozefiak, Glycologix

🕑: 02:10 PM - 02:50 PM
Talk 6
Host: Dr. Alan Enciso, GSK

🕑: 02:50 PM - 03:10 PM
Coffee Break/Networking

🕑: 03:10 PM - 03:50 PM
Talk 7
Host: Prof. Gulden Camci-Unal, UMass Lowell

🕑: 03:50 PM - 04:30 PM
Talk 8
Host: ACS President Prof. Rigoberto Hernandez

🕑: 04:30 PM - 06:30 PM
Posters and Reception

🕑: 06:30 PM - 06:40 PM
Concluding Remarks