CBTE Journal Club

The CBTE Journal club meets once a week for six weeks via Zoom (4/23/2020-5/28/2020). Each discussion is an hour long, and is broken into two thirty-minute presentations where a student will discuss a paper of their choice. This club allows students to explore scientific papers in areas that intrigue them, and acts as a learning experience for all. Each meeting has a faculty member facilitating conversation, and providing input. Attendance is required for the T32 trainees, but meetings are open to anyone.

*The CBTE Journal Club is not a part of the BioE seminars*

CBTE Journal Club Schedule:

Thursday, April 23, 2020

•  12:00-12:30pm

• Presenter Name: Arnold Tao

• Paper of Choice: Aghajanian, H., Kimura, T., Rurik, J.G. et al. Targeting cardiac fibrosis with engineered T cells. Nature 573, 430–433 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-019-1546-z 

• 12:30-1:00pm

• Presenter Name: Evan Kurt

• Paper of Choice: Yang, Z. et al. Large-scale generation of functional mRNA-encapsulating exosomes via cellular nanoporation. Nat. Biomed. Eng. 4, 69–83 (2020).

Thursday, April 30, 2020

•  12:00-12:30pm

• Presenter Name: Shaun Lim

• Paper of Choice: Liu, Jia, et al. "Genetically targeted chemical assembly of functional materials in living cells, tissues, and animals." Science 367.6484 (2020): 1372-1376. (https://science.sciencemag.org/content/367/6484/1372.full)

• 12:30-1:00pm

• Presenter Name: Chi Wut Wong

• Paper of Choice: Cell reprogramming using extracellular vesicles from differentiating stem cells into white/beige adipocytes DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aay6721

Thursday, May 7, 2020

•  12:00-12:30pm

• Presenter Name: David Kinnamon

• Paper of Choice: Blocking antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 RBD isolated from a phage display antibody library using a competitive biopanning strategy

• https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.04.19.049643v1

• 12:30-1:00pm

• Presenter Name: Ellery Jones

• Paper of Choice: A bioprosthetic ovary created using 3D printed microporous scaffolds restores ovarian function in sterilized mice

Thursday, May 14, 2020

•  12:00-12:30pm

• Presenter Name: Connor Beck 

• Paper of Choice: All-Optical Electrophysiology Reveals the Role of Lateral Inhibition in Sensory Processing in Cortical Layer 1 (link)

• 12:30-1:00pm

• Presenter Name: Sheridan Carroll

• Paper of Choice: Nitinol thin films functionalized with CAR-T cells for the treatment of solid tumours

Thursday, May 21, 2020

•  12:00-12:30pm

• Presenter Name: Rachel Katz

• Paper of Choice: The role of tumor-stroma interactions on desmoplasia and tumorigenicity within a microengineered 3D platform (Saini et al., Biomaterials July 2020) https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0142961220302210

• 12:30-1:00pm

• Presenter Name: Madeleine Sitton

• Paper of Choice: Li et al., AAV-CRISPR Gene Editing Is Negated by Pre-existing Immunity to Cas9, Molecular Therapy (2020), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ymthe.2020.04.017

Thursday, May 28, 2020

•  12:00-12:30pm

• Presenter Name: Torie Broer

• Paper of Choice: Neural Cell Integration into 3D Bioprinted Skeletal Muscle  Constructs Accelerates Restoration of Muscle Function (Paper Link)