April 18~20, 2017 –  Dr. Cheng co-organized “Materials in Immunology” symposium in 2017 MRS Spring Meeting. The symposium focuses on both fundamental and translational researches in biomaterials-based immunoengineering. Dr. Cheng and Zhiyuan gave talks in the symposium.

April 10, 2017 – Dr. Cheng gave an invited talk in the Department of Biomedical Engineering  at Tufts University.

April 4~6, 2017 – Dr. Cheng co-organized Biomaterials for Immunotherapy Symposium in 2017 ACS Spring Meeting in San Francisco.The symposium attracted world leaders in the field to present their recent researches.