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  • Thursday, Oct 24th
    8:30 AM – 10:00 AM EST
    Cancer Immunoengineering, Immunomodulation & Immunotherapy
    Location: Room 337
    Session Chair: Yubin Zhou, PhD, MD (he/him/his) – Texas A&M University
    Session Chair: Daeyong Lee – Virginia Tech
    Track Chair: Erica Pratt, PhD (she/her/hers) – Boston University
    Track Chair: Madeleine Oudin – Tufts University
    Cancer Technologies
  • Thursday, Oct 24th
    8:30 AM – 10:00 AM EST
    Circulating Biomarkers: CTCs, Extracellular Vesicles, and DNA
    Location: Room 336
    Session Chair: Fredrik Thege – University of Texas at MD Anderson Cancer Center
    Session Chair: Jina Ko, PhD – University of Pennsylvania, Department of Bioengineering, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
    Track Chair: Erica Pratt, PhD (she/her/hers) – Boston University
    Track Chair: Madeleine Oudin – Tufts University
    Cancer Technologies
  • Thursday, Oct 24th
    8:30 AM – 8:45 AM EST
    In Vivo T Cell Display of Masked Protease-Activatable Receptors for Deep Profiling of the Substrate Repertoire in Cancer
    Location: Room 337
    Invited Speaker: Gabe Kwong, PhD – Georgia Institute of Technology
    Cancer Technologies
  • Thursday, Oct 24th
    8:30 AM – 8:45 AM EST
    Multi-Analyte Detection of Tumor Derived DNA in Cerebrospinal Fluid
    Location: Room 336
    Invited Speaker: Chetan Bettegowda – Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
    Cancer Technologies
  • Thursday, Oct 24th
    8:45 AM – 9:00 AM EST
    Comprehensive tumor cell-based liquid biopsy using high-throughput microfluidic enrichment of leukapheresis products
    Location: Room 336
    Presenting Author: Avanish Mishra, PHD (he/him/his) – Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center and Harvard Medical School
    Co-Author: Shih-Bo Huang – Krantz Family Center for Cancer Research, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, Massachusetts 02129
    Co-Author: Jon Edd, PhD (he/him/his) – Center for Engineering in Medicine and Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, 02114, USA
    Co-Author: Ben Wittner – Krantz Family Center for Cancer Research, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, Massachusetts 02129
    Co-Author: Shyamala Maheswaran – Krantz Family Center for Cancer Research, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, Massachusetts 02129
    Co-Author: David T. Miyamoto, MD, PhD – Krantz Family Center for Cancer Research, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School
    Co-Author: Daniel Haber – Krantz Family Center for Cancer Research, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, Massachusetts 02129 Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Bethesda, MD 20815, USA
    Primary Investigator: Mehmet Toner, PhD – Center for Engineering in Medicine and Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, 02114, USA
    Cancer Technologies
  • Thursday, Oct 24th
    8:45 AM – 9:00 AM EST
    Engineering an Immunoactive Tumor Microenvironment Utilizing Cold-Responsive Nanoparticles for Cryoimmunotherapy of Breast Cancer
    Location: Room 337
    Presenting Author: Wenquan Ou, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Maryland, College Park
    Primary Investigator: Xiaoming He, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Maryland, College Park
    Cancer Technologies
  • Thursday, Oct 24th
    8:45 AM – 9:00 AM EST
    Prediction and Monitoring of Response to Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor in Lung Cancer Using Exosomal PD-L1-microRNA Pairs Detected by an Exo-PROS Liquid Biopsy Assay
    Location: Room 336
    Presenting Author: Yun Wu, PhD (she/her/hers) – University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
    Co-Author: Chang-Chieh Hsu, PhD (he/him/his) – Rutgers University at Camden, The State University of New Jersey
    Co-Author: Grace K Dy – Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
    Co-Author: Fumito Ito, MD, PhD – University of Southern California
    Cancer Technologies
  • Thursday, Oct 24th
    9:00 AM – 9:15 AM EST
    Extracellular matrix scaffold assisted cancer vaccine enhances anti-tumor efficacy and provides long term protection
    Location: Room 337
    Presenting Author: Sanjay Pal, PhD (he/him/his) – National Cancer Institute / National Institute of Health
    Co-Author: Rohan Chaudhari – National Cancer Institute / National Institute of Health
    Co-Author: Iris Baurceanu, B.S. (she/her/hers) – National Cancer Institute / National Institute of Health
    Co-Author: Brenna J. Hill, PhD (she/her/hers) – National Cancer Institute / National Institute of Health
    Co-Author: Bethany Nagy (she/her/hers) – National Cancer Institute / National Institute of Health
    Primary Investigator: Matthew T. Wolf, PhD (he/him/his) – National Cancer Institute
    Cancer Technologies
  • Thursday, Oct 24th
    9:00 AM – 9:15 AM EST
    Detection and analysis of circulating tumor cell clusters in Medulloblastoma
    Location: Room 336
    Presenting Author: Tevhide Ozkaya, PhD – Georgia Institute of Technology
    Co-Author: Frank Chein, MD MS (he/him/his) – Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine,
    Co-Author: Mert Boya – School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
    Co-Author: Manoj Bhasin – Department of Biomedical Bioinformatics, Emory University School of Medicine
    Co-Author: Tobey MacDonald – Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine
    Primary Investigator: A. Fatih Sarioglu, PhD – School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
    Cancer Technologies
  • Thursday, Oct 24th
    9:15 AM – 9:30 AM EST
    Local Reprogramming Nanoparticles Generate Systemic Immunity and Potent Anti-Tumor Responses in Vivo
    Location: Room 337
    Presenting Author: Kathryn Luly, BS (she/her/hers) – Johns Hopkins
    Co-Author: Jonathan Lai (he/him/his) – Johns Hopkins
    Co-Author: Sachin S. Surwase, PhD – Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
    Co-Author: Erick E. Rocher – Johns Hopkins University
    Co-Author: Jordan J. Green, PhD (he/him/his) – Johns Hopkins University
    Co-Author: Joel Sunshine, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
    Primary Investigator: Stephany Y. Tzeng, PhD – Johns Hopkins University
    Cancer Technologies
  • Thursday, Oct 24th
    9:15 AM – 9:30 AM EST
    Exosomal Thomsen-Friedenreich Glycoantigen: A New Liquid Biopsy Biomarker for Lung and Breast Cancer
    Location: Room 336
    Presenting Author: Yafei Su, BS – University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
    Co-Author: Chang-Chieh Hsu, PhD (he/him/his) – Rutgers University at Camden, The State University of New Jersey
    Co-Author: Kate Rittenhouse-Olson – University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
    Co-Author: Kristopher Attwood – Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
    Co-Author: Wilfrido Mojica – University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
    Co-Author: Mary E Reid – Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
    Co-Author: Grace K Dy – Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
    Last Author: Yun Wu, PhD (she/her/hers) – University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
    Cancer Technologies
  • Thursday, Oct 24th
    9:30 AM – 9:45 AM EST
    Reprogramming the Tumor-Immune Microenvironment: Turning Hypoxic Immunologically “Cold” Ovarian Tumors into “Hot” Tumors
    Location: Room 337
    Presenting Author: Simona Plesselova, PhD (she/her/hers) – Sanford Research
    Primary Investigator: Pilar de la Puente, PhD (she/her/hers) – Sanford Research / University of South Dakota School of Medicine
    Cancer Technologies
  • Thursday, Oct 24th
    9:45 AM – 10:00 AM EST
    Bispecific therapeutics for next-generation combination immunotherapy
    Location: Room 337
    Presenting Author: Tanmoy Saha, PhD (he/him/his) – Brigham and Women's Hoapital, Harvard Medical School
    Cancer Technologies
  • Thursday, Oct 24th
    9:45 AM – 10:00 AM EST
    Cell-free DNA Fragmentation as a Non-Invasive Biomarker Across Different Oncology Settings
    Location: Room 336
    Presenting Author: Akshaya Annapragada, AB;SM (she/her/hers) – Johns Hopkins University
    Co-Author: Jamie Medina – Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
    Co-Author: Pien Lof – The Netherlands Cancer Institute
    Co-Author: Sarah Short – Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
    Co-Author: Adrianna Bartolomucci (they/them/theirs) – Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
    Co-Author: Keerti Boyapati – Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
    Co-Author: Anne Li – Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
    Co-Author: Noushin Niknafs – Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
    Co-Author: Dory Roche (she/her/hers) – Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
    Co-Author: Sharon Patterson – Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
    Co-Author: Dana Kaplin – Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
    Co-Author: Euihye Jung – University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
    Co-Author: Heather Symecko – University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
    Co-Author: Vilmos Adleff – Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
    Co-Author: Christopher Jackson – Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
    Co-Author: Jon Weingart – Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
    Co-Author: Kristin Redmond – Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
    Co-Author: Susan Domchek – University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
    Co-Author: Ronny Drapkin – University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
    Co-Author: Lawrence Kleinberg – Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
    Co-Author: Christianne Lok – The Netherlands Cancer Institute
    Co-Author: Jillian Phallen – Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
    Co-Author: Dimitrios Mathios – Washington University in St. Louis
    Co-Author: Robert Scharpf – Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
    Last Author: Victor Velculescu – Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
    Cancer Technologies
  • Thursday, Oct 24th
    10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EST
    Cancer Technologies - Poster Session A
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Cancer Technologies
  • Thursday, Oct 24th
    10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EST
    Poster H1 - Anti-Platelet Drug Ifetroban has Impacts on Tumor-Platelet Interactions and Tumor Growth
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Ann C. Rester – University of Mississippi
    Co-Author: Veeresh Toragall – University of Mississippi
    Co-Author: Parker Brewster, M.S. Engineering – University of Mississippi
    Primary Investigator: Thomas A. Werfel – University of Mississippi
    Cancer Technologies
  • Thursday, Oct 24th
    10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EST
    Poster T1 - Cancer Cell Spheroid Response to pH and Hypoxia in the Tumor Microenvironment
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Zahra Ahmed, MS (she/her/hers) – Brown University
    Co-Author: Angelina Schorr (she/her/hers) – Brown University
    Co-Author: Ian Lau (he/him/his) – Brown University
    Primary Investigator: Vikas Srivastava (he/him/his) – Brown University
    Cancer Technologies
  • Thursday, Oct 24th
    10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EST
    Poster H2 - Assessing Cellular Calcium Deposition in 3D Printed Bone Models
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Kosi Okeke (she/her/hers) – University of Georgia
    Co-Author: Caitlin Conyers – University of Georgia
    Co-Author: Weitong Chen, Doctor of Philosophy (he/him/his) – Department of Small Animal Medicine & Surgery, University of Georgia
    Co-Author: Timothy Burg – Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Georgia
    Last Author: Karen Burg – University of Georgia
    Cancer Technologies
  • Thursday, Oct 24th
    10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EST
    Poster T2 - Cationic Nanoparticles Loaded with Cisplatin for Local Delivery in Cervical Cancer Enhance Uptake and Anti-tumor Effects, and Reduce Leaking to Circulation
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Saeideh Arsalani, PhD (she/her/hers) – UT Southwestern Medical Center
    Co-Author: Mina Maksimos, M.Sc (he/him/his) – UT Southwestern Medical Center
    Primary Investigator: Abdel Kareem Azab, BPharm, MSc, PhD (he/him/his) – UT Southwestern Medical Center
    Cancer Technologies
  • Thursday, Oct 24th
    10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EST
    Poster H3 - Characterization of Cancer-Associated Fibroblasts In Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Ashley Onumonu (she/her/hers) – University of Virginia
    Co-Author: Samuel Agro – University of Virginia
    Co-Author: Joseph Maliakkal, Master of Technology – University of Virginia
    Last Author: Lakeshia J. Taite – University of Virginia
    Cancer Technologies
  • Thursday, Oct 24th
    10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EST
    Poster S3 - 24R,25(OH)2D3 Mediates Laryngeal Cancer Cell Tumorigenesis via a Membrane-Associated Mechanism through a Complex of Receptors
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Brock Lodato – Virginia Commonwealth University
    Co-Author: Cydney Dennis, PhD (she/her/hers) – Virginia Commonwealth University
    Co-Author: David Joshua Cohen, M.D. – Virginina Commonwealth University
    Last Author: Barbara Boyan – Virginia Commonwealth University
    Co-Author: Zvi Schwartz, D.M.D., Ph.D. – Virginia Commonwealth University
    Cancer Technologies
  • Thursday, Oct 24th
    10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EST
    Poster T3 - Changing underlying substrate-kinase network for kinase activity quantifying algorithm KSTAR improves activity score predictions for tyrosine kinases
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Gabriela Lopez, MS (she/her/hers) – University of Virginia
    Primary Investigator: Kristen Naegle (she/her/hers) – University of Virginia
    Cancer Technologies
  • Thursday, Oct 24th
    10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EST
    Poster H4 - Characterization of Three-Dimensional Spheroids for Glioblastoma Treatment
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Emalee Mann (she/her/hers) – Clemson University
    Co-Author: Sylvanie Johnson – Clemson University
    Co-Author: Jessie Boulos, B.S. – Clemson University
    Co-Author: Megan Pitz, PhD (she/her/hers) – Clemson University
    Primary Investigator: Angela Alexander-Bryant, PhD – Clemson University
    Cancer Technologies
  • Thursday, Oct 24th
    10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EST
    Poster S4 - 3D MatriSpheres Recapitulate Tumor Morphology and Phenotypic Heterogeneity
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Michael Buckenmeyer, PhD – National Cancer Institute
    Co-Author: Elizabeth A. Brooks – National Cancer Institute
    Co-Author: Madison S. Taylor – National Cancer Institute
    Co-Author: Liping Yang – National Cancer Institute
    Co-Author: Ronald J. Holewinski – Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc.
    Co-Author: Thomas J. Meyer – Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc.
    Co-Author: Melissa Galloux, MD (she/her/hers) – Independent
    Co-Author: Marcial Garmendia – National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering
    Co-Author: Thomas J. Pohida – National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering
    Co-Author: Thorkell Andresson – Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc.
    Co-Author: Brad St. Croix – National Cancer Institute
    Primary Investigator: Matthew T. Wolf, PhD (he/him/his) – National Cancer Institute
    Cancer Technologies
  • Thursday, Oct 24th
    10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EST
    Poster T4 - Collagen Fiber Architecture Promotes Metastatic Ovarian Cancer Cell Adhesion and Spheroid Disaggregation
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Ali Abbaspour, MS (he/him/his) – University of Wisconsin-Madison
    Co-Author: Ana L. Martinez – University of Wisconsin-Madison
    Last Author: Kristyn S. Masters, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Colorado-Denver | Anschutz
    Primary Investigator: Pamela K. Kreeger, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Wisconsin-Madison
    Cancer Technologies
  • Thursday, Oct 24th
    10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EST
    Poster H5 - Increased Migration of Lung Adenocarcinoma Brain Metastases is Observed in the Presence of Neurotransmitters
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Jonathan D. French – University of Florida
    Co-Author: Sampada Chande – Yale School of Medicine Department of Pathology
    Primary Investigator: Don Nguyen – Yale School of Medicine Department of Pathology
    Cancer Technologies
  • Thursday, Oct 24th
    10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EST
    Poster S5 - 3D neuropathological analysis of the clarified brain tumor tissues without sectioning
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Maryam Golshahi, MA (she/her/hers) – Arizona State University
    Co-Author: Mostafa Sajjadi – Arizona State University
    Co-Author: Hamed Arami (he/him/his) – Arizona State University
    Primary Investigator: Layla Khalifehzadeh – Arizona Satet University
    Cancer Technologies
  • Thursday, Oct 24th
    10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EST
    Poster T5 - Comparison of spatial and temporal dynamics of immunogenic cell death induced by radiofrequency ablation in in vitro biomimetic thermochromic phantoms to in vivo murine flank tumors
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Robert Morhard, PhD (he/him/his) – Center for Interventional Oncology, Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health
    Co-Author: Ayele H. Negussie, Dr – Center for Interventional Oncology, Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health
    Co-Author: Andrew S. Mikhail, PhD – Center for Interventional Oncology, Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health
    Co-Author: Jocelyne Rivera – NIH
    Co-Author: Pournika Muniyandi – UMKC
    Co-Author: Catherine Ercilla – Northern Virginia Community College
    Primary Investigator: Bradford J. Wood, MD (he/him/his) – National Institutes of Health
    Cancer Technologies
  • Thursday, Oct 24th
    10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EST
    Poster H6 - Characterizing Antitumor Activity of a Novel MUC1-C Targeting Antibody-Drug Conjugate for Treatment of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Aarushi Pant (she/her/hers) – Johns Hopkins University
    Co-Author: Rehan Ahmad, PhD (he/him/his) – XYone Therapeutics Inc
    Co-Author: Deepak Raina, PhD (he/him/his) – XYone Therapeutics Inc
    Co-Author: Kamaraj Mani – Dabur Research Foundation
    Co-Author: Manu Jaggi – Dabur Research Foundation
    Co-Author: Govind Panchamoorthy, PhD (he/him/his) – XYone Therapeutics Inc
    Co-Author: Surender Kharbanda – XYone Therapeutics Inc
    Primary Investigator: Ravi Jasuja – XYone Therapeutics Inc
    Cancer Technologies
  • Thursday, Oct 24th
    10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EST
    Poster S6 - A 3D Biofabricated Vascular Model for Elucidating Endothelial Cell Roles in Breast Cancer Progression Following Cardiovascular Disease
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Kira Lynch – Oregon Health & Science University
    Co-Author: Holly Day – Oregon Health and Science University/Cancer Early Detection Advanced Research Center/Knight Cancer Precision Biofabrication Hub
    Primary Investigator: Monica T. Hinds, PhD – Oregon Health & Science University
    Last Author: Carolyn Schutt, PhD (she/her/hers) – Oregon Health & Science University / Biomedical Engineering
    Cancer Technologies
  • Thursday, Oct 24th
    10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EST
    Poster T6 - Computational simulation of lung adenocarcinoma phosphoproteomics highlights challenges in detecting kinase signals in tumor samples
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Candace Wai Sze Lei, MS – University of Virginia
    Last Author: Kristen Naegle, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Virginia
    Cancer Technologies
  • Thursday, Oct 24th
    10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EST
    Poster S7 - A mathematical model of cancer metabolism predicts survival differences in hepatocellular carcinoma.
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Last Author: Jason George, MD, PhD – Texas A&M University
    Presenting Author: Javier Villela-Castrejon, MSc (he/him/his) – Texas A&M University
    Cancer Technologies
  • Thursday, Oct 24th
    10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EST
    Poster T7 - Co-Packaged PARP inhibitor and photosensitizer for targeted photo-chemotherapy of 3D ovarian cancer spheroids
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Anika Dasgupta (she/her/hers) – University of Maryland, College Park
    Co-Author: Aaron Sorrin – Fischell Department of Bioengineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 20742, USA
    Co-Author: Kathryn McNaughton – Fischell Department of Bioengineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 20742, USA
    Co-Author: Carla Arnau del Valle – Fischell Department of Bioengineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 20742, USA
    Co-Author: Keri Zhou – Fischell Department of Bioengineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 20742, USA
    Co-Author: Cindy Liu – Fischell Department of Bioengineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 20742, USA
    Co-Author: Dana M. Roque, MD (she/her/hers) – Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 21201, USA, Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, 21201, USA
    Primary Investigator: Huang Chiao Huang – Fischell Department of Bioengineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 20742, USA, Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, 21201, USA
    Cancer Technologies
  • Thursday, Oct 24th
    10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EST
    Poster S8 - A Microfluidic Model for Electrotaxis in Tumor Microenvironments: Phenotypic Modulations and Calcium Signaling
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Bishwa Ranjan Si, MS (he/him/his) – Johns Hopkins University
    Co-Author: Soontorn Tuntithavornwat – Johns Hopkins University
    Primary Investigator: Konstantinos Konstantopoulos, PhD (he/him/his) – Johns Hopkins University
    Co-Author: Debanik Choudhury, PhD (he/him/his) – Johns Hopkins University
    Cancer Technologies
  • Thursday, Oct 24th
    10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EST
    Poster T8 - CRISPR editing of the Cancer Glycocalyx to Tune Mechanically Regulated Signaling and Migration in Glioblastoma Multiforme
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Issa Funsho Habbeb, BSc. MSc. PhD (in-view) (he/him/his) – New Jersey Institute of Technology
    Co-Author: Daniella Delgado – New Jersey Institute of Technology
    Co-Author: Benjamin Lapin – New Jersey Institute of Technology
    Primary Investigator: Alexander Buffone, Jr., PhD (he/him/his) – New Jersey Institute of Technology
    Cancer Technologies
  • Thursday, Oct 24th
    10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EST
    Poster T9 - Deep Reinforcement Learning Approaches to Predict Phenotypic Adaptation and Enzalutamide Resistance in Prostate Cancer
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Last Author: Jason George, MD, PhD – Texas A&M University
    Presenting Author: Zahra S. Ghoreyshi, PhD – Texas A&M University
    Co-Author: Shibjyoti Debnath, PhD – Duke University
    Co-Author: Jason A. Somarelli, PhD – Duke University
    Cancer Technologies
  • Thursday, Oct 24th
    10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EST
    Poster T10 - Defining the cellular behaviors that can predict multinucleation
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Maryam Kohram, PhD (she/her/hers) – Princeton University
    Co-Author: Phoebe A. Marshall (she/her/hers) – Princeton University
    Co-Author: David Frankel – Princeton University
    Primary Investigator: Celeste M. Nelson, PhD (she/her/hers) – Princeton University
    Cancer Technologies
  • Thursday, Oct 24th
    10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EST
    Poster S11 - A Microphysiological System to Quantify the Interactions of Human Neutrophil Subpopulations With Pancreatic Tumor Spheroids
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Shuai Shao, MS (he/him/his) – The University of Texas at Dallas/UT Southwestern Medical Center
    Co-Author: Daniel Duncko – The University of Texas at Dallas/UT Southwestern Medical Center
    Primary Investigator: Caroline Jones, PhD – The University of Texas at Dallas/UT Southwestern Medical Center
    Cancer Technologies
  • Thursday, Oct 24th
    10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EST
    Poster S12 - Abnormal Nuclear Structure and Metabolism of Ovarian Cancer Polyploid Giant Cancer Cells
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Xingjian Lu (he/him/his) – Brown University
    Primary Investigator: Michelle R. Dawson, PhD (she/her/hers) – Brown University
    Cancer Technologies
  • Thursday, Oct 24th
    10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EST
    Poster S13 - Accounting for the Viscoelastic Properties of Breast Tissue in Optical Coherence Elastography
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Percy Smith (they/them/theirs) – Biomedical Engineering Department and Center for Modeling, Simulation, and Imaging in Medicine, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 12180, USA
    Co-Author: Luis Chavez (he/him/his) – Biomedical Engineering Department and Center for Modeling, Simulation, and Imaging in Medicine, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 12180, USA
    Co-Author: Xavier Intes, PhD. (he/him/his) – Biomedical Engineering Department and Center for Modeling, Simulation, and Imaging in Medicine, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 12180, USA
    Primary Investigator: David T. Corr, PhD. (he/him/his) – Biomedical Engineering Department and Center for Modeling, Simulation, and Imaging in Medicine, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 12180, USA
    Cancer Technologies
  • Thursday, Oct 24th
    10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EST
    Poster S14 - Antineoplastic extracellular vesicles isolated from jasmonate-induced Arabidopsis leaves
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Ian Peng – University of Pennsylvania
    Co-Author: Sharjeel Jokhio – University of Idaho
    Primary Investigator: Ching-An Peng, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Idaho
    Cancer Technologies
  • Thursday, Oct 24th
    10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EST
    Poster S15 - Aromatic Interactions-Driven Polymer-Lipid Nanoparticles for Pre, Intra, and Post-Operative Image-Guided Interventions of Tumor Metastases
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Asma Harun, PhD in Mechanical Engineering Major (she/her/hers) – TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY
    Co-Author: Caitlyn McNatt – Texas Tech University
    Co-Author: Natheniel Bendele – Texas Tech University
    Co-Author: Jonathan Djuanda – Texas Tech University
    Primary Investigator: Indrajit Srivastava, PhD (he/him/his) – Texas Tech University
    Cancer Technologies
  • Thursday, Oct 24th
    10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EST
    Poster S16 - Assessment of CT26 Cancer Spheroids in a Novel 3D-Printed Microfluidic Platform
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Alex Markoski, Sc.M – Brown University
    Primary Investigator: Ian Y. Wong, PhD (he/him/his) – Brown University
    Cancer Technologies
  • Thursday, Oct 24th
    10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EST
    Poster S17 - ASTEROIDS- tumor microenvironment modeling with novel fluidic device
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Sean E. Dunn – University of Arizona - Phoenix College of Medicine
    Co-Author: James Helton – University of Arizona
    Co-Author: Kurt Chen – University of Arizona
    Co-Author: Tomoaki Kirino – Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company
    Co-Author: Ohno Daisuke – Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company
    Co-Author: Shunjiro Funaki – Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company
    Co-Author: Shyam Jani, PhD – St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center
    Co-Author: Stephen Sorensen – St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center
    Co-Author: Aidnag Diaz – St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center
    Primary Investigator: Jerome Lacombe – UNIV OF ARIZONA
    Last Author: Frederic Zenhausern – University of Arizona
    Cancer Technologies
  • Thursday, Oct 24th
    10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EST
    Poster S18 - Automated Positioning of Tumor Spheroids into Hydrogel-Based Microfluidic Chips for High-Throughput Screening Applications
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Elvan Dogan Kumtepe, Dr. – New Jersey institute of technology
    Co-Author: Rishi Kuriakose – NJIT
    Primary Investigator: Amir K. Miri, PhD (he/him/his) – New Jersey Institute of Technology
    Cancer Technologies
  • Thursday, Oct 24th
    10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EST
    Poster S19 - AXL as a driver of breast cancer dormancy
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Anna Wirasaputra (they/them/theirs) – Tufts University
    Primary Investigator: Shelly Peyton – University of Massachusetts Amherst
    Co-Author: Hyuna Kim, PhD – The University of Texas at Austin
    Last Author: Aaron Meyer – University of California Los Angeles
    Cancer Technologies
  • Thursday, Oct 24th
    10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EST
    Poster S20 - Cancer Cell Glucose Metabolic Reprogramming via A Fluid Shear Stress Activated PI3K Pathway
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Co-Author: Victor Dunagan – Vanderbilt University
    Co-Author: Nicole S. Sarna, BS, MS (she/her/hers) – Rice University
    Co-Author: Wenjun Wang, PhD (she/her/hers) – Harvard university
    Co-Author: Georgii Vasiukov – Vanderbilt University
    Primary Investigator: Cynthia A. Reinhart-King, PhD – Rice University
    Cancer Technologies
  • Thursday, Oct 24th
    1:15 PM – 2:45 PM EST
    Novel Strategies in Cancer Detection, Diagnosis, and Prognosis I
    Location: Room 336
    Session Chair: Jude M. Phillip, PhD (he/him/his) – Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University
    Session Chair: Maureen Lynch, PhD – University of Colorado Boulder
    Track Chair: Erica Pratt, PhD (she/her/hers) – Boston University
    Track Chair: Madeleine Oudin – Tufts University
    Cancer Technologies
  • Thursday, Oct 24th
    1:15 PM – 1:30 PM EST
    Enhanced photoacoustic imaging and photothermal therapy of triple-negative breast cancer with biomimetic nanoshells
    Location: Room 336
    Invited Speaker: Emily S. Day, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Delaware
    Co-Author: Sara B. Aboeleneen, n/a (she/her/hers) – University of Delaware
    Co-Author: Kejian Li, MS (she/her/hers) – University of Delaware
    Co-Author: Grace Azevedo (she/her/hers) – University of Delaware
    Co-Author: Avery Wolverton (she/her/hers) – University of Delaware
    Co-Author: Mackenzie A. Scully (she/her/hers) – University of Delaware
    Cancer Technologies
  • Thursday, Oct 24th
    1:30 PM – 1:45 PM EST
    A Novel Fluorescence Imaging Approach to Aid Surgical Resection of Solid Tumors using Food Drug and Cosmetic Coloring Agents in Liposomal Nanoparticles
    Location: Room 336
    Presenting Author: Helen Salinas (she/her/hers) – University of Southern California
    Primary Investigator: Cristina Zavaleta, PhD – University of Southern California
    Cancer Technologies
  • Thursday, Oct 24th
    1:45 PM – 2:00 PM EST
    A novel platform for in vivo CRISPR activation screening to identify oncogenic drivers and resistance mediators
    Location: Room 336
    Presenting Author: Fredrik I. Thege, PhD (he/him/his) – UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
    Co-Author: Amber Hoskins – MD Anderson Cancer Center
    Co-Author: Ashwath Seetharaman (he/him/his) – MD Anderson Cancer Center
    Co-Author: Sonja Woermann, MD/PhD – Technical University of Munich
    Last Author: Anirban Maitra, MBBS – UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
    Cancer Technologies
  • Thursday, Oct 24th
    2:00 PM – 2:15 PM EST
    Engineering an adipose tissue model for studying ovarian cancer metastasis
    Location: Room 336
    Presenting Author: Amrita Bhagia, MA (she/her/hers) – Sanford Research / University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine
    Co-Author: Brisa Peña, PhD – University of Colorado Denver
    Primary Investigator: Pilar de la Puente, PhD (she/her/hers) – Sanford Research / University of South Dakota School of Medicine
    Co-Author: Aloysius Klingelhutz, PhD – University of Iowa
    Cancer Technologies
  • Thursday, Oct 24th
    2:15 PM – 2:30 PM EST
    Investigating Tumor Microenvironment Drivers of Drug-Resistant Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
    Location: Room 336
    Presenting Author: Ninette Irakoze (she/her/hers) – University of Massachusetts Amherst
    Co-Author: Narine Berberian – University of Massachusetts Amherst
    Co-Author: Scott M. Leighow, PhD – Penn State University
    Co-Author: Cole B. Haag (he/him/his) – University of Massachusetts Amherst
    Co-Author: Nathan R. Richbourg, PhD (he/him/his) – Tufts University
    Co-Author: Michael J. Lee, PhD – UMass Chan Medical School
    Co-Author: Justin R. Pritchard – Penn State University
    Primary Investigator: Shelly Peyton – University of Massachusetts Amherst
    Cancer Technologies
  • Thursday, Oct 24th
    2:30 PM – 2:45 PM EST
    Utilizing amino acid selectivity in tumor cells as potential cancer treatment
    Location: Room 336
    Presenting Author: Alfred Akinlalu, MSc (he/him/his) – University of Denver
    Presenting Author: Dali Sun (he/him/his) – University of Denver
    Cancer Technologies
  • Thursday, Oct 24th
    2:45 PM – 3:45 PM EST
    Cancer Technologies - Poster Session B
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Cancer Technologies
  • Thursday, Oct 24th
    2:45 PM – 3:45 PM EST
    Poster H1 - Combining iterative indirect immunofluorescence imaging with artificial intelligence profiling software to characterize the Pericyte-to-Fibroblast Transition in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Solomon M. Fernandez – California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo
    Co-Author: Scott Skalak – University of Virginia
    Co-Author: Anthony C. Bruce, MS – University of Virginia Biomedical Engineering Department
    Co-Author: Sara J. Adair, MS – University of Virginia
    Co-Author: Kareem El-Ghazawi – University of Virginia Biomedical Engineering Department
    Co-Author: Trevor Cardinal, PhD – California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo
    Co-Author: Todd W. Bauer, MD (he/him/his) – University of Virginia
    Co-Author: Matthew J. Lazzara – University of Virginia
    Primary Investigator: Shayn M. Peirce, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Virginia
    Cancer Technologies
  • Thursday, Oct 24th
    2:45 PM – 3:45 PM EST
    Poster T1 - Examining location-specific invasive patterns: linking interstitial fluid and vasculature in glioblastoma
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Cora Carman - Esparza (she/her/hers) – Virginia Tech
    Co-Author: Katie Degen – Fralin Biomedical Resarch Institute
    Cancer Technologies
  • Thursday, Oct 24th
    2:45 PM – 3:45 PM EST
    Poster H2 - Conditionally-Activatable Fusogenic Liposomes for Targeted Cytosolic Delivery of Granzyme B
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Ananth P. Shyamal (he/him/his) – Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Co-Author: Qian Zhong – Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Co-Author: Heather Fleming – Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Primary Investigator: Sangeeta Bhatia – Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Cancer Technologies
  • Thursday, Oct 24th
    2:45 PM – 3:45 PM EST
    Poster S14 - Engineering a Tunable Composite Hydrogel to Investigate Matrix Stiffness-Mediated Breast Tumor Cell Invasion
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Anju Rana Magar (she/her/hers) – The university of Akron
    Primary Investigator: Hossein Tavana, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Akron
    Cancer Technologies
  • Thursday, Oct 24th
    2:45 PM – 3:45 PM EST
    Poster S3 - Defining whether cancer cell motility can predict tumor morphology
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Carolina Trenado-Yuste, PhD (she/her/hers) – Princeton University
    Co-Author: Samhita P. Banavar, PhD (she/her/hers) – Princeton University
    Primary Investigator: Celeste M. Nelson, PhD (she/her/hers) – Princeton University
    Cancer Technologies
  • Thursday, Oct 24th
    2:45 PM – 3:45 PM EST
    Poster T2 - Exploiting therapy response dynamics to overcome fibroblast-mediated drug resistance in HER2+ breast cancer
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Matthew Poskus (he/him/his) – University of Pittsburgh, Bioengineering
    Co-Author: Thomas McDonald – Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
    Last Author: Ioannis Zervantonakis, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Pittsburgh, Bioengineering
    Cancer Technologies
  • Thursday, Oct 24th
    2:45 PM – 3:45 PM EST
    Poster T8 - Humanized microfluidic platform to interrogate the modulation of primary tumor on pre-metastatic niche angiogenesis
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Luna Zhang (she/her/hers) – University of Minnesota
    Primary Investigator: David K. Wood, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Minnesota
    Cancer Technologies
  • Thursday, Oct 24th
    2:45 PM – 3:45 PM EST
    Poster H4 - CSRP1 knockdown modulates spheroid cell invasion in human lung cancer cell line H1299
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Emily Nhan (she/her/hers) – University of California Irvine
    Co-Author: Ashley Urrutia Avila – University of California Irvine
    Last Author: Timothy Downing – University of California, Irvine
    Primary Investigator: Michelle Digman – University of California Irvine
    Cancer Technologies
  • Thursday, Oct 24th
    2:45 PM – 3:45 PM EST
    Poster S4 - Detection of pancreatic cancer using mitochondrial abundance from tumor-derived extracellular vesicles
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Alfred Akinlalu (he/him/his) – University of Denver
    Primary Investigator: Dali Sun (he/him/his) – University of Denver
    Cancer Technologies
  • Thursday, Oct 24th
    2:45 PM – 3:45 PM EST
    Poster T4 - Exploring the role of the obesity-associated extracellular matrix in local breast cancer progression
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Malika Sekhri – University Of Oklahoma
    Cancer Technologies
  • Thursday, Oct 24th
    2:45 PM – 3:45 PM EST
    Poster H5 - Detection of Exosomal Thomsen-Friedenreich Glycoantigen for Prostate Cancer Diagnosis
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Erin Piegza (she/her/hers) – University at Buffalo
    Co-Author: Yafei Su, BS – University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
    Co-Author: Kate Rittenhouse-Olson – University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
    Co-Author: Grace K Dy – Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
    Primary Investigator: Yun Wu, PhD (she/her/hers) – University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
    Cancer Technologies
  • Thursday, Oct 24th
    2:45 PM – 3:45 PM EST
    Poster S16 - Engineering Targeted Nanoparticles to Combat Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Chitran Roy Chowdhury, MS (he/him/his) – University of Delaware
    Primary Investigator: Emily S. Day, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Delaware
    Cancer Technologies
  • Thursday, Oct 24th
    2:45 PM – 3:45 PM EST
    Poster S17 - Engineering the 3D Melanoma Tumor Microenvironment In Vitro Using Extracellular Matrix Enhanced Spheroids
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Ireolu K. Orenuga (she/her/hers) – National Cancer Institute
    Co-Author: Michael Buckenmeyer, PhD – National Cancer Institute
    Co-Author: Elizabeth A. Brooks – National Cancer Institute
    Co-Author: Madison Taylor – National Cancer Institute
    Primary Investigator: Matthew T. Wolf, PhD (he/him/his) – National Cancer Institute
    Co-Author: Jane Brown – National Cancer Institute
    Cancer Technologies
  • Thursday, Oct 24th
    2:45 PM – 3:45 PM EST
    Poster H6 - Development of a 3D-Printed Millifluidic Device to Study How Bacteria Alters the 3D Migration of Breast Cancer Cells
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Riley Collins, Undergraduate Researcher – Clemson University
    Presenting Author: Kathleen R. Doran – Clemson University
    Primary Investigator: Adam Melvin, PhD (he/him/his) – Clemson University
    Cancer Technologies
  • Thursday, Oct 24th
    2:45 PM – 3:45 PM EST
    Poster S15 - Engineering Hydrogels to Investigate the Role of Hyaluronic Acid on Natural Killer Cell Functions
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Suzanne Lightsey, BS – University of Florida
    Co-Author: Madison N. Temples, PhD (she/her/hers) – AstraZeneca
    Co-Author: Gabriella K. Flinn, MS (she/her/hers) – University of Florida
    Co-Author: Benjamin Kaufman – Vanderbilt University
    Primary Investigator: Blanka Sharma (she/her/hers) – University of Florida
    Cancer Technologies
  • Thursday, Oct 24th
    2:45 PM – 3:45 PM EST
    Poster S18 - Enhancing Cancer Vaccine Efficacy Through T Memory Stem Cell Induction
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Mohammad Mahdi Hasani-Sadrabadi, PhD (he/him/his) – Cornell University
    Primary Investigator: Song Li, PhD (he/him/his) – UCLA
    Cancer Technologies
  • Thursday, Oct 24th
    2:45 PM – 3:45 PM EST
    Poster G9 - Characterizing the Release Rate of Ethanol from Polymer-Assisted Ethanol Ablation
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Peter Shin – Mueller Lab
    Co-Author: Jeffrey Yang (he/him/his) – University of Maryland, College Park
    Primary Investigator: Jenna Mueller, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Maryland
    Cancer Technologies
  • Thursday, Oct 24th
    2:45 PM – 3:45 PM EST
    Poster T7 - Gene Expression of 3D PEG-Based Tumor Model Reveals Correlation with In Vivo Models
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Suzanne Lightsey, BS – University of Florida
    Primary Investigator: Blanka Sharma (she/her/hers) – University of Florida
    Cancer Technologies
  • Thursday, Oct 24th
    2:45 PM – 3:45 PM EST
    Poster S19 - Evaluating Biophysical Patterns of Glioblastoma-Mediated Matrix Invasion of Microglia Using Microengineered Models
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Chia-Wen Chang, PhD – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
    Co-Author: Andrew Steelman – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
    Primary Investigator: Brendan A.C Harley, Sc.D. (he/him/his) – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
    Cancer Technologies
  • Thursday, Oct 24th
    2:45 PM – 3:45 PM EST
    Poster H8 - Drug-induced Golgi Fragmentation and Sex-Specific Gene Expression Differences in Melanoma
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Iylan N. Howson (she/her/hers) – North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
    Co-Author: Shay Ladd – University of Virginia
    Primary Investigator: Sepideh Dolatchahi, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Virginia
    Cancer Technologies
  • Thursday, Oct 24th
    2:45 PM – 3:45 PM EST
    Poster S6 - Determining the role of adhesome protein signaling in lung cancer metastasis
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Ashley Urrutia Avila – University of California Irvine
    Primary Investigator: Michelle Digman – University of California Irvine
    Last Author: Timothy Downing – University of California, Irvine
    Cancer Technologies
  • Thursday, Oct 24th
    2:45 PM – 3:45 PM EST
    Poster S20 - Evaluating the distribution and chemical agent retention of LASEIT: a novel ablative combination therapy for hepatocellular carcinoma
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Eva S. Landeta (she/her/hers) – University of Maryland Bioengineering
    Co-Author: Jeffrey Yang (he/him/his) – University of Maryland, College Park
    Co-Author: Kathryn McNaughton – Fischell Department of Bioengineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 20742, USA
    Co-Author: Chen-Hua Ma – University of Maryland
    Co-Author: Kassa Tizale – University of Maryland
    Co-Author: Huang Chiao Huang – Fischell Department of Bioengineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 20742, USA, Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, 21201, USA
    Primary Investigator: Jenna Mueller, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Maryland
    Cancer Technologies
  • Thursday, Oct 24th
    2:45 PM – 3:45 PM EST
    Poster H7 - Development of a noninvasive device for the quantitative characterization of melanoma in situ
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Ella Holtermann (she/her/hers) – Johns Hopkins University
    Presenting Author: Sabahat Rahman (she/her/hers) – Johns Hopkins University
    Co-Author: Stephanie Anyanwu, BS (she/her/hers) – Johns Hopkins University
    Co-Author: Ethan Chang (he/him/his) – Johns Hopkins University
    Co-Author: Brendon Young – Johns Hopkins University
    Co-Author: Tina Tian (she/her/hers) – Johns Hopkins University
    Co-Author: Smriti Srikanth – Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
    Co-Author: Sharanya Parvathaneni – Johns Hopkins University '24
    Last Author: Elizabeth Logsdon – Johns Hopkins University
    Co-Author: Luo Gu, PhD – Johns Hopkins University
    Co-Author: Vito Rebecca – Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
    Cancer Technologies
  • Thursday, Oct 24th
    2:45 PM – 3:45 PM EST
    Poster S9 - Effects of Heparan Sulfate Modulation on Breast Cancer Cell MDA-MB-231 Adhesion and Transmigration across an in vitro Blood-Brain Barrier
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Bingmei Fu, PhD (she/her/hers) – The City College of New York
    Primary Investigator: Yunfei Li (he/him/his) – The City College of New York
    Co-Author: David Shteyman (he/him/his) – The City College of New York
    Co-Author: Afaf Ulay (she/her/hers) – The City College of New York
    Cancer Technologies
  • Thursday, Oct 24th
    2:45 PM – 3:45 PM EST
    Poster T9 - Hybrid membrane-coated nanoparticles for multi-cellular targeting in the tumor microenvironment
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Co-Author: Mackenzie A. Scully (she/her/hers) – University of Delaware
    Presenting Author: Emily S. Day, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Delaware
    Cancer Technologies
  • Thursday, Oct 24th
    2:45 PM – 3:45 PM EST
    Poster G10 - Co-culture between ER+ breast cancer and bacteria using a 3D printed platform to recreate the tumor microbiome.
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Addison Schaaf – Clemson University
    Primary Investigator: Adam Melvin, PhD (he/him/his) – Clemson University
    Co-Author: Riley Osbourn (she/her/hers) – Clemson University
    Presenting Author: Krista M. Surprenant (she/her/hers) – Clemson University
    Cancer Technologies
  • Thursday, Oct 24th
    2:45 PM – 3:45 PM EST
    Poster S10 - Elliptical Dichroism Spectrometer for Cancer Detection
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Tommy Gao (he/him/his) – University of Denver, KIHA
    Last Author: Aaron Bauer – North Dakota State University
    Primary Investigator: Dali Sun (he/him/his) – University of Denver
    Cancer Technologies
  • Thursday, Oct 24th
    2:45 PM – 3:45 PM EST
    Poster T10 - Identification of highly potent oncolytic peptides NF27 via structure-activity relationship analysis
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Natsuki Furukawa, MS (he/him/his) – Johns Hopkins University
    Co-Author: Alex R. Chao – Johns Hopkins University
    Co-Author: Wendy Yang – Johns Hopkins University
    Co-Author: Akash Patil – Johns Hopkins University
    Co-Author: Adam C. Mirando, PhD – Johns Hopkins University
    Co-Author: Niranjan B. Pandey, PhD – Johns Hopkins University
    Primary Investigator: Aleksander S. Popel, PhD – Johns Hopkins University
    Cancer Technologies
  • Thursday, Oct 24th
    2:45 PM – 3:45 PM EST
    Poster S11 - Elucidating the Role of Mechanical Stimuli from the Tumor Microenvironment on Acral Melanoma Development, Progression, and Invasion
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Zerin Mahzabin Khan, PhD (she/her/hers) – Harvard University
    Primary Investigator: Michael Mak – Stony Brook University
    Co-Author: Alejandro Rossello Martinez – Yale University
    Cancer Technologies
  • Thursday, Oct 24th
    2:45 PM – 3:45 PM EST
    Poster H3 - Creating a Multi-Modal CAR-NK-92 Cell Therapy Platform through LNP-mediated mRNA Delivery and Metabolic Glycoengineering
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Sridatta V. Teerdhala – University of Pennsylvania
    Co-Author: Marshall S. Padilla, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Pennsylvania
    Primary Investigator: Michael J. Mitchell (he/him/his) – Mitchell Lab, University of Pennsylvania
    Cancer Technologies
  • Thursday, Oct 24th
    2:45 PM – 3:45 PM EST
    Poster S8 - Developing a 3D Model of Bone Metastasis of Breast Cancer
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Prasiddha Guragain, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Akron
    Primary Investigator: Hossein Tavana, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Akron
    Cancer Technologies
  • Thursday, Oct 24th
    2:45 PM – 3:45 PM EST
    Poster S5 - Determining the influence of loading density on the tumor cell targeting and signaling inhibition capabilities of antibody nanoconjugates
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: George C. Kramarenko, MS (he/him/his) – University of Delaware Biomedical Engineering
    Primary Investigator: Emily S. Day, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Delaware
    Cancer Technologies
  • Thursday, Oct 24th
    2:45 PM – 3:45 PM EST
    Poster T6 - Fabrication of Microvessels in High Swelling Synthetic Hydrogels
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Rishabh Singh (he/him/his) – Slater Lab, University of Delaware
    Last Author: John H. Slater, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Delaware
    Cancer Technologies
  • Thursday, Oct 24th
    2:45 PM – 3:45 PM EST
    Poster T3 - Exploring Heterogenous Cancer-Immune Cell Dynamics with Tumor-on-Chip Models
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Anastasia Shostak (she/they) – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
    Co-Author: Rana Abbed – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
    Primary Investigator: Susan Leggett, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
    Cancer Technologies
  • Thursday, Oct 24th
    2:45 PM – 3:45 PM EST
    Poster S13 - Engineered Breast Cancer Models with Age-Mimetic ECM for Drug Screening
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Jun Yang – University of Notre Dame
    Presenting Author: Lauren Hawthorne (she/her/hers) – University of Notre Dame
    Co-Author: Gokhan Bahcecioglu – University of Notre Dame
    Co-Author: Aktar Ali (he/him/his) – University of Notre Dame
    Co-Author: Brian Blagg – University of Notre Dame
    Primary Investigator: Pinar Zorlutuna – University of Notre Dame
    Cancer Technologies
  • Thursday, Oct 24th
    2:45 PM – 3:45 PM EST
    Poster T5 - Extracellular matrix stiffness increases chromosome loss and genetic variation in cancer spheroids
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Alişya Anlaş, PhD – University of Pennsylvania
    Co-Author: Brandon Hayes – University of Pennsylvania
    Co-Author: Markus T. Sprenger (he/him/his) – University of Pennsylvania
    Co-Author: Mai Wang – University of Pennsylvania
    Co-Author: Steven Phan – University of Pennsylvania
    Primary Investigator: Dennis Discher, PhD – Biophysical Eng'g Labs, University of Pennsylvania
    Cancer Technologies
  • Thursday, Oct 24th
    2:45 PM – 3:45 PM EST
    Poster S7 - Developing a 3D In Vitro Bone Niche for Evaluating the Interactions of Osteoblasts and Metastatic Breast Cancer Cells
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Weitong Chen, Doctor of Philosophy (he/him/his) – Department of Small Animal Medicine & Surgery, University of Georgia
    Co-Author: Ammad Farooq – College of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences, University of Georgia
    Co-Author: Caroline Coggin – Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Georgia
    Co-Author: Arjun Kotapalli – 4School of Chemical, Materials, and Biomedical Engineering, University of Georgia
    Co-Author: Dawson Templin – Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Georgia
    Co-Author: Didier Dreau, PhD – Department of Biological Sciences, UNC Charlotte
    Presenting Author: Timothy Burg – Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Georgia
    Last Author: Karen Burg – University of Georgia
    Co-Author: Julian Peteghem
    Cancer Technologies
  • Thursday, Oct 24th
    3:45 PM – 5:15 PM EST
    Cancer Drug Delivery & Nanotechnology
    Location: Room 336
    Session Chair: Tanmoy Saha, PhD (he/him/his) – Brigham and Women's Hoapital, Harvard Medical School
    Session Chair: Younghye Song, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Arkansas
    Track Chair: Erica Pratt, PhD (she/her/hers) – Boston University
    Track Chair: Madeleine Oudin – Tufts University
    Cancer Technologies
  • Thursday, Oct 24th
    3:45 PM – 4:00 PM EST
    Engineering and controlling biohybrid microrobots for drug delivery
    Location: Room 336
    Invited Speaker: Simone Schuerle – ETH Zurich
    Cancer Technologies
  • Thursday, Oct 24th
    4:00 PM – 4:15 PM EST
    Deep-tissue Mechanochemical Dynamic Therapy
    Location: Room 336
    Co-Author: Jian Wang – UIUC/Chemistry
    Co-Author: Shensheng Zhao (he/him/his) – University of Illinois Urbana Champaign
    Co-Author: Junxi Yi – UIUC/BioE
    Co-Author: King Li (he/him/his) – UIUC
    Co-Author: Michael L. Oelze, PhD – UIUC/ECE
    Co-Author: Jeffrey Moore – UIUC/Chemistry
    Presenting Author: Yun-Sheng Chen, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Illinois Urbana Champaign
    Cancer Technologies
  • Thursday, Oct 24th
    4:15 PM – 4:30 PM EST
    Focused Ultrasound-Mediated Delivery of Thiol-Decorated Gene Nanocarriers To Brain Tumors Yields Advantageous Tropism When Compared to CED
    Location: Room 336
    Presenting Author: Anna Debski, BS – University of Virginia
    Co-Author: Catherine Gorick, PhD – University of Virginia
    Co-Author: Victoria R. Breza – University of Virginia
    Co-Author: Jackson Tirrell – University of Virginia
    Co-Author: Krishnan Perumal – University of Virginia
    Primary Investigator: Richard Price, PhD – University of Virginia
    Cancer Technologies
  • Thursday, Oct 24th
    4:30 PM – 4:45 PM EST
    In vivo Natural Killer Cell Activation with siRNA-Lipid Nanoparticles for Cancer Immunotherapy
    Location: Room 336
    Presenting Author: Theresa M. Raimondo, PhD – Brown University
    Co-Author: Dennis Shi – MIT
    Co-Author: Sho Toyonaga – FUJIFILM Pharmaceuticals USA
    Last Author: Daniel G. Anderson – MIT
    Cancer Technologies
  • Thursday, Oct 24th
    4:45 PM – 5:00 PM EST
    Multimodal therapy of hematologic malignancies based on targeted drug delivery and photothermal ablation enabled by B cell maturation antigen-directed gold nanoparticles
    Location: Room 336
    Presenting Author: Manpreet Bariana, PhD (she/her/hers) – Hackensack Meridian health- Center for discovery and innovation
    Co-Author: Jingyu Sun – Stevens Institute of Technology
    Co-Author: Ashley Varkey, DO – hackensack meridian health
    Co-Author: Shaina Anuncio – Center for discovery and innovation, hackensack meridian health
    Co-Author: Nuo Xu – Stevens Institute of Technology
    Co-Author: Elena Cassella – Center for discovery and innovation, hackensack meridian health
    Co-Author: Hongjun Wang – Stevens Institute of Technology
    Last Author: Johannes Zakrzewski, MD – Center for Discovery and Innovation, Hackensack Meridian Health
    Cancer Technologies
  • Thursday, Oct 24th
    5:00 PM – 5:15 PM EST
    Novel alveolus-level heterogeneities of aerosol transport and its alteration by metastasis
    Location: Room 336
    Presenting Author: Gabrielle Grifno (she/her/hers) – Boston University Biomedical Engineering
    Co-Author: Rohin Banerji, M.Sc. – Boston University
    Co-Author: Han A. Kahvecioglu (he/him/his) – Boston University
    Primary Investigator: Hadi T. Nia, PhD – Boston University
    Co-Author: Bela Suki – Boston University
    Cancer Technologies
  • Friday, Oct 25th
    8:30 AM – 10:00 AM EST
    Cancer Migration and Metastasis
    Location: Room 336
    Session Chair: Alexander Buffone, Jr., PhD (he/him/his) – New Jersey Institute of Technology
    Session Chair: Samagya Banskota – Boston University
    Track Chair: Erica Pratt, PhD (she/her/hers) – Boston University
    Track Chair: Madeleine Oudin – Tufts University
    Cancer Technologies
  • Friday, Oct 25th
    8:30 AM – 8:45 AM EST
    Engineering Tools to Understand and Halt Collective Cancer Invasion
    Location: Room 336
    Invited Speaker: Stephanie I. Fraley, PhD (she/her/hers) – UC San Diego
    Co-Author: Sural Ranamukhaarachchi – UCSD
    Co-Author: Wouter-Jan Rappel – UCSD
    Co-Author: Alyssa Walker – UCSD
    Co-Author: Man-Ho Tang – UCSD
    Co-Author: William Leineweber – Stanford University
    Co-Author: Sophia Lam – UCSD
    Cancer Technologies
  • Friday, Oct 25th
    8:45 AM – 9:00 AM EST
    Developing Collagen-Binding Integrin Knockdown Cell Lines for 3D Breast Cancer Spheroid Migration Models
    Location: Room 336
    Presenting Author: Jordan Miner (she/her/hers) – University of Maine
    Co-Author: Joseph Raite – University of Maine
    Co-Author: Andre Khalil, BS, MS, PhD – University of Maine
    Primary Investigator: Karissa Tilbury, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Maine
    Cancer Technologies
  • Friday, Oct 25th
    9:00 AM – 9:15 AM EST
    Glioblastoma transcriptomic changes in migratory subpopulations at tumor-brain interface
    Location: Room 336
    Presenting Author: Talia Sanazzaro, MEng – University of Texas at Austin
    Co-Author: Michael Cotner, MS in Engineering – The University of Texas at Austin
    Co-Author: Daylin Morgan – The University of Texas at Austin
    Co-Author: Amy Brock – The University of Texas at Austin
    Primary Investigator: Stephanie Seidlits, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Texas at Austin
    Cancer Technologies
  • Friday, Oct 25th
    9:15 AM – 9:30 AM EST
    Long-Term Effects of Exposure to Elevated Extracellular Fluid Viscosity on Cell Motility and Metastasis
    Location: Room 336
    Presenting Author: Anindya Sen (he/him/his) – JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
    Co-Author: Ines Godet – Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
    Co-Author: Debanik Choudhury – Johns Hopkins University
    Co-Author: Kaustav Bera, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Colorado Boulder
    Co-Author: Bhawana Agarwal (she/her/hers) – Johns Hopkins University
    Co-Author: Daniele Gilkes, PhD – Johns Hopkins University
    Primary Investigator: Konstantinos Konstantopoulos, PhD (he/him/his) – Johns Hopkins University
    Cancer Technologies
  • Friday, Oct 25th
    9:30 AM – 9:45 AM EST
    The Role of Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition in the Cell Cycle Control of Invasion
    Location: Room 336
    Presenting Author: Elizaveta Belova, MSc – Temple University
    Primary Investigator: Bojana Gligorijevic, PhD (she/her/hers) – Temple University
    Cancer Technologies
  • Friday, Oct 25th
    9:45 AM – 10:00 AM EST
    Breast Cancer Clusters Generate Greater Matrix Deformation in Aligned Fibers During Collective Migration
    Location: Room 336
    Presenting Author: Jessanne Y. Lichtenberg, MS (she/her/hers) – Virginia Commonwealth University
    Co-Author: Corinne Leonard (she/her/hers) – Virginia Commonwealth University
    Primary Investigator: Priscilla Hwang, PhD – Virginia Commonwealth University
    Cancer Technologies
  • Friday, Oct 25th
    10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EST
    Cancer Technologies - Poster Session C
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Cancer Technologies
  • Friday, Oct 25th
    10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EST
    Poster G10 - Engineering the Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma Microenvironment in a microfluidic 3D PEGDA hydrogel
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Sydney Allen – University of Tennessee, Knoxville
    Co-Author: Samuel Agro – University of Virginia
    Last Author: Lakeshia J. Taite – University of Virginia
    Cancer Technologies
  • Friday, Oct 25th
    10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EST
    Poster H1 - Enhancing Drug Screening in TNBC: Harnessing Thermal Inkjet Bio-Printed Cells to Study Chemotherapy Resistance
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Ashley R. Padilla – University of El Paso Texas
    Co-Author: Abraham R. Villa, MSc – University of El Paso Texas
    Last Author: Thomas Boland, PhD – The University of Texas at El Paso
    Cancer Technologies
  • Friday, Oct 25th
    10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EST
    Poster H2 - Evaluating ethyl cellulose-ethanol gel formulation in a 3D in vitro model of cervical dysplasia
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Venkata Polavarapu Sarojasamhita – University of Maryland College Park
    Co-Author: Gatha Adhikari, BS (she/her/hers) – Fischell Department of Bioengineering at the University of Maryland
    Primary Investigator: Jenna Mueller, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Maryland
    Co-Author: Kaitlin Fogg, Ph.D. (she/her/hers) – Oregon State University
    Co-Author: Ines Cadena, PhD (she/her/hers) – Oregon State University
    Cancer Technologies
  • Friday, Oct 25th
    10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EST
    Poster H3 - Impact of Inhibiting Integrin Binding Sites on Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Brooke Wunderler – University of Maryland, College Park
    Primary Investigator: Christopher Lemmon (he/him/his) – Virginia Commonwealth University
    Cancer Technologies
  • Friday, Oct 25th
    10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EST
    Poster H4 - Incorporating Viscosity into In Vitro Metastasis Models
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Primary Investigator: Sarah Shelton – North Carolina State University & University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Presenting Author: Karthik Ramakrishnan – Biomedical Engineering/UNC & NC State
    Cancer Technologies
  • Friday, Oct 25th
    10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EST
    Poster H5 - Intraoperative detection of cancer spread to tumor-draining lymph nodes in patients with head and neck cancer
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Rishi s. Goyal – Illinois Tech
    Co-Author: Cody Rounds – Illinois Tech
    Co-Author: Kenneth Tichauer, PhD – Illinois Tech
    Cancer Technologies
  • Friday, Oct 25th
    10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EST
    Poster H6 - Investigating the Influence of Lactate and Macrophage Inhibitory Factor on Macrophage Migration
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Kathryn Blek (she/her/hers) – Middlebury College
    Primary Investigator: Timothy Muldoon – University of Arkansas
    Co-Author: Shelby Bess (she/her/hers) – University of Arkansas
    Co-Author: matthew Igoe – University of Arkansas
    Cancer Technologies
  • Friday, Oct 25th
    10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EST
    Poster H7 - Investigating the Role of the Androgen Receptor in Promoting Resistance to BRAF Inhibition in Thyroid Cancer
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Esha Chopra – University of Maryland
    Cancer Technologies
  • Friday, Oct 25th
    10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EST
    Poster H8 - Investigating the Stability of Ethyl-Cellulose Ethanol Under Long Term Room Temperature Storage
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Matthew Somerville – University of Maryland
    Primary Investigator: Jenna Mueller, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Maryland
    Co-Author: Melodi J. Whitley – Duke University School of Medicine
    Cancer Technologies
  • Friday, Oct 25th
    10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EST
    Poster S3 - Impact of translation regulation during the metastasis cascade
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Mathilde Lavigne – CRCHU de Quebec
    Co-Author: Alexia Cailler – Universite Laval
    Co-Author: Benjamin Trudel – Universite Laval
    Co-Author: Reza Alavi – Universite Laval
    Co-Author: Jean-Philippe Lambert – Universite Laval
    Co-Author: Rachid Mazroui – Universite Laval
    Co-Author: Jonathan Bergeman – Institut de Recherches Cliniques de Montréal
    Presenting Author: Francois Bordeleau, PhD (he/him/his) – Universite Laval
    Last Author: Marc-Etienne Huot, PhD (he/him/his) – Universite Laval
    Cancer Technologies
  • Friday, Oct 25th
    10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EST
    Poster S4 - Improving the anti-angiogenic and anti-tumorigenic properties of collagen-based peptides through structure activity relationship studies
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Akash Patil – Johns Hopkins University
    Co-Author: Adam C. Mirando, PhD – Johns Hopkins University
    Co-Author: Niranjan Pandey, PhD – Johns Hopkins University
    Co-Author: Natsuki Furukawa, MS (he/him/his) – Johns Hopkins University
    Primary Investigator: Aleksander S. Popel, PhD – Johns Hopkins University
    Cancer Technologies
  • Friday, Oct 25th
    10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EST
    Poster S5 - In Situ Tumor Reprogramming with Poly(beta-amino ester) Nanoparticles to Treat Ovarian Cancer
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Yeongseo Lim – Johns Hopkins University
    Co-Author: Joanna Yang (she/her/hers) – Johns Hopkins University
    Last Author: Stephany Y. Tzeng, PhD – Johns Hopkins University
    Primary Investigator: Jordan J. Green, PhD (he/him/his) – Johns Hopkins University
    Cancer Technologies
  • Friday, Oct 25th
    10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EST
    Poster S6 - Increased Compressive Stress Promotes Proneural to Mesenchymal Transition in Glioblastoma
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Allison Johnson, MA (she/her/hers) – University of Louisville
    Primary Investigator: Joseph Chen, PhD – University of Louisville
    Cancer Technologies
  • Friday, Oct 25th
    10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EST
    Poster S8 - Investigating Key Features of Multifocal and Multicentric Breast Cancer via Bioinformatics and a Model-on-a-Chip
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Lan Thanh Chu (she/her/hers) – University of Dayton
    Co-Author: Elizabeth Avera – University of Dayton
    Co-Author: Phuong Cao Thi Ngoc – Lund University
    Primary Investigator: Loan Bui, PhD – University of Dayton
    Cancer Technologies
  • Friday, Oct 25th
    10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EST
    Poster S9 - Investigating the impact of fibroblast proximity to a tumor on fibroblast extracellular vesicle production
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Jensen N. Amens (she/her/hers) – University of Notre Dame
    Co-Author: Jun Yang – University of Notre Dame
    Co-Author: Lauren Hawthorne (she/her/hers) – University of Notre Dame
    Primary Investigator: Pinar Zorlutuna – University of Notre Dame
    Cancer Technologies
  • Friday, Oct 25th
    10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EST
    Poster S10 - In-Vivo dECM Breast Cancer Model Reveals Genetic Insights into Cancer Progression with Age
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Lauren Hawthorne (she/her/hers) – University of Notre Dame
    Co-Author: Gokhan Bahcecioglu – University of Notre Dame
    Co-Author: Erin N. Howe, PhD (she/her/hers) – Rosalind Franklin University
    Co-Author: Jun Yang – University of Notre Dame
    Co-Author: Siyuan Zhang – The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
    Primary Investigator: Pinar Zorlutuna – University of Notre Dame
    Cancer Technologies
  • Friday, Oct 25th
    10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EST
    Poster S11 - Machine Learning Framework for Glioblastoma Survival Prediction Using Multi Contrast MRI
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Dickson T. Chen, MS (he/him/his) – University of Washington, Graduate Program in Neuroscience
    Co-Author: Pavan Kancharla, MS – University of Washington, Department of Mechanical Engineering
    Co-Author: Akshay Jaikanth, MS (he/him/his) – University of Washington, Department of Mechanical Engineering
    Co-Author: Gizem Bilgili, MD – University of Washington, Department of Mechanical Engineering
    Co-Author: Alejandro Carrasquilla, MD – Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Department of Neurosurgery
    Co-Author: Raj Shrivastava, MD – Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Department of Neurosurgery
    Co-Author: Jacob Ruzevick, MD (he/him/his) – University of Washington, Department of Neurological Surgery
    Primary Investigator: Mehmet Kurt, PhD – University of Washington, Department of Mechanical Engineering
    Last Author: Tianyi Ren, MS, PhD – University of Washington, Department of Mechanical Engineering
    Cancer Technologies
  • Friday, Oct 25th
    10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EST
    Poster S12 - Mapping Metastatic States in Breast Cancer Cells Using DEPIS-based Out-of-Plane Inkjet-Printed Castellated Chip Arrays
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Zeina Habli, MSc. – American University of Beirut
    Co-Author: Mohamad Fawzi Awad – American University of Beirut
    Co-Author: Sahera Saleh, MSc – American University of Beirut
    Co-Author: Marwan El-Sabban – American University of Beirut
    Presenting Author: Massoud L. Khraiche – American University of Beirut
    Cancer Technologies
  • Friday, Oct 25th
    10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EST
    Poster S13 - Mechanobiological role of dynein in cell organization, motility and immunity
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Yerbol Tagay, BS (he/him/his) – Penn State University
    Co-Author: Sina Kheirabadi (he/him/his) – Penn State University
    Co-Author: Zaman Ataie – Penn State University
    Co-Author: Rakesh Singh, PhD MBA (he/him/his) – University of Rochester Medical Center, University of Rochester
    Co-Author: Olivia Prince – FDA
    Co-Author: Ashley Nguyen – FDA
    Co-Author: Alexander Zhovmer – FDA
    Co-Author: Xuefei Ma – FDA
    Co-Author: Amir Sheikhi, PhD (he/him/his) – Penn State University
    Co-Author: Denis Tsygankov, PhD – Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University
    Primary Investigator: Erdem Tabdanov – Penn State University
    Cancer Technologies
  • Friday, Oct 25th
    10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EST
    Poster S14 - Metabolic reprogramming drives melanoma differentiation: Genome-scale modeling perspective
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Handan Cetin, MSc – Department of Quantitative and Computational Biology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
    Co-Author: Mark Goodman – Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
    Co-Author: Thomas Graeber – Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA; UCLA Metabolomics Center, Los Angeles, CA
    Primary Investigator: Stacey Finley – Department of Quantitative and Computational Biology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
    Cancer Technologies
  • Friday, Oct 25th
    10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EST
    Poster S15 - Metastatic Cancer Cell Clusters Subjected to Physiological Fluid Shear Stresses – Survival, Proliferation, and Aggression Enhancement in Aggregates
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Co-Author: Maria Lopez Cavestany (she/her/hers) – Cambridge University
    Co-Author: Olivia Wright (she/her/hers) – ProImmune
    Primary Investigator: Michael King – Rice University
    Presenting Author: Alexandria T. Carter (she/her/hers) – Rice University
    Co-Author: Noah Reckhorn – Stanford University
    Cancer Technologies
  • Friday, Oct 25th
    10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EST
    Poster S16 - Microfluidic Phenotypic Sorting Enables Discovery That Metastatic Breast Cancer Cells with High Strain Energy are Less Proliferative and Less Invasive
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Avery Valz (she/her/hers) – Vanderbilt University
    Co-Author: Katherine Young, MS, PhD (she/her/hers) – Rice University
    Co-Author: Bryne Knowles (she/her/hers) – Vanderbilt University
    Co-Author: Ryan J. Zurcher (he/him/his) – Vanderbilt University
    Last Author: Cynthia A. Reinhart-King, PhD – Rice University
    Cancer Technologies
  • Friday, Oct 25th
    10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EST
    Poster S17 - Micro-milled high-throughput force sensor array for in situ mechanical testing of tumors-on-a-chip
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Bashar Emon, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Co-Author: Md Habibur Rahman – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Co-Author: Darbaz Adnan, MBChB. MS. – RUSH University
    Co-Author: William Drennan (he/him/his) – University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
    Co-Author: Onur Aydin – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Co-Author: Faraz Bishehsari – RUSH University
    Co-Author: Kyle C. Smith, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Primary Investigator: M. Taher A. Saif – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Cancer Technologies
  • Friday, Oct 25th
    10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EST
    Poster S18 - MLL1 regulates cytokine-driven cell migration and metastasis
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Praful R. Nair, PhD – Johns Hopkins University
    Co-Author: Ludmila Danilova, PhD (she/her/hers) – Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
    Co-Author: Estibaliz Gómez-de-Mariscal – Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência
    Co-Author: Dongjoo Kim – Yale University
    Co-Author: Rong Fan – Yale University
    Co-Author: Arrate Muñoz-Barrutia, PhD – Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
    Co-Author: Elana J. Fertig, PhD – Johns Hopkins University
    Primary Investigator: Denis Wirtz, PhD (he/him/his) – Johns Hopkins University
    Cancer Technologies
  • Friday, Oct 25th
    10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EST
    Poster S19 - MMP-9 Mediated N-Cadherin Shedding: Unraveling Its Role in IL-6 Signaling and Vestibular Schwannoma Progression
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Han TN Nguyen, PhD (she/her/hers) – The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
    Co-Author: Melanie Fisher, BS (she/her/hers) – The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
    Co-Author: Shimayali Kaushal, Doctor of Philosophy (she/her/hers) – The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
    Primary Investigator: Yin Ren – The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
    Cancer Technologies
  • Friday, Oct 25th
    10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EST
    Poster S20 - Modeling tumor stromal matrix structure and its impact on T cell immunotherapy
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Linxuan Ying, MS (he/him/his) – University at Buffalo
    Co-Author: Senyang Xiao, MS (he/him/his) – University at Buffalo
    Co-Author: Ying Xu, PhD student (she/her/hers) – University at Buffalo
    Co-Author: Richard Koya – University of Chicago
    Primary Investigator: Ruogang Zhao, PhD – University at Buffalo
    Cancer Technologies
  • Friday, Oct 25th
    10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EST
    Poster T1 - Neoadjuvant Vascular Normalization Augments Focused Ultrasound-Mediated Model Drug Delivery to Solid Tumors
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Mark Schwartz (he/him/his) – University of Virginia
    Co-Author: Matthew Hoch – University of Virginia
    Co-Author: Wilson Miller, PhD – University of Virginia
    Co-Author: Catherine Gorick, PhD – University of Virginia
    Primary Investigator: Richard Price, PhD – University of Virginia
    Cancer Technologies
  • Friday, Oct 25th
    10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EST
    Poster T2 - Novel HER2 Targeting Tandem Peptides for delivery of CD44 siRNA into HER2+ Breast Cancer Cells in vitro.
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Audreanna Miserendino (she/her/hers) – Clemson University
    Co-Author: Sevrina Tekle, MS – Clemson University
    Co-Author: Caroline Campbell – Clemson University
    Co-Author: Anusha Vemula (she/her/hers) – Clemson University
    Co-Author: James Kalogeros – Clemson University
    Co-Author: Brian Booth – Clemson University
    Primary Investigator: Angela Alexander-Bryant, PhD – Clemson University
    Cancer Technologies
  • Friday, Oct 25th
    10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EST
    Poster T4 - Optical metabolic biomarkers profile leukemia heterogeneity and predict response to chemo treatment
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Hao Zhou, PhD (he/him/his) – UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
    Primary Investigator: Keyue Shen – USC
    Cancer Technologies
  • Friday, Oct 25th
    10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EST
    Poster T5 - Optimization of Magnetic Hydrogels to Improve Anatomical Displacement during Radiotherapy
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Wesley Cunningham – Duke University
    Co-Author: Christian Gibson (he/him/his) – Duke University
    Co-Author: Anna Rodrigues, PhD – Duke University
    Co-Author: Mark Oldham – Duke University
    Last Author: Justus Adamson, PhD – Duke University
    Cancer Technologies
  • Friday, Oct 25th
    10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EST
    Poster T6 - Optimizing a 3D tissue engineered cancer model using different fractions of cancer-conditioned medium
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Laurence Carignan (she/her/hers) – Université Laval
    Co-Author: Enola Bollmann, MA – Universite Laval
    Co-Author: Kelly Coutant – Universite Laval
    Co-Author: Stephane Chabaud, PhD (he/him/his) – CRChu de Québec (HDQ) - Universite Laval
    Co-Author: solange Landreville, PhD (she/her/hers) – Universite Laval
    Co-Author: Stephane Bolduc, MD, FRCSC, FAAP (he/him/his) – Universite Laval
    Presenting Author: Francois Bordeleau, PhD (he/him/his) – Universite Laval
    Cancer Technologies
  • Friday, Oct 25th
    10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EST
    Poster T7 - Overexpression of EGFR in glioblastoma cells promotes a methuosis phenotype
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Sarah Buchanan, ME – University of Virginia
    Primary Investigator: Matthew J. Lazzara – University of Virginia
    Co-Author: Lixin Wang, phD (she/her/hers) – University of Virginia
    Co-Author: Logan Campbell – University of Virginia
    Co-Author: Kevin Janes, PhD – University of Virginia
    Co-Author: Kristen Naegle, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Virginia
    Co-Author: Benjamin Purow – University of Virginia
    Cancer Technologies
  • Friday, Oct 25th
    10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EST
    Poster T8 - Overlapping contributions of matrix mechanics and hypoxia on glioblastoma phenotype, phosphosignaling, and metabolism
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Mollie Harrison (she/her/hers) – University of Texas at Austin
    Co-Author: Nadia Toh – University of Texas at Austin
    Co-Author: Shuxin Dong (she/her/hers) – University of Texas at Austin
    Co-Author: Alireza Sohrabi, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Texas at Austin
    Co-Author: Alessia Lodi – University of Texas at Austin
    Last Author: Stephanie Seidlits, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Texas at Austin
    Cancer Technologies
  • Friday, Oct 25th
    10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EST
    Poster T9 - Paracrine Interaction among Heterotypic Cell Populations in Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma (OSCC) Enhances Metastasis
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: So Youn Moon (she/her/hers) – University of California San Diego
    Co-Author: Marcelo Lamers – Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
    Primary Investigator: Adam Engler, PhD (he/him/his) – UC San Diego
    Cancer Technologies
  • Friday, Oct 25th
    10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EST
    Poster T10 - PATIENT-DERIVED GLIOBLASTOMA MODELS FOR PERSONALIZED MEDICINE: TMZ CHEMORESISTANCE SCREENING
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Abdul Rahim Chethikkattuveli Salih – Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation
    Co-Author: Diogo Moniz-Garcia – Mayo Clinic Florida
    Co-Author: Ali Khademhosseini, PhD – Terasaki Institute
    Co-Author: Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa, MD (he/him/his) – Mayo Clinic Jacksonville
    Last Author: Vadim Jucaud, PhD (he/him/his) – Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation
    Cancer Technologies
  • Friday, Oct 25th
    2:00 PM – 3:30 PM EST
    Single-cell Analysis of Cancer
    Location: Room 337
    Session Chair: Stefan Wilhelm, PhD – University of Oklahoma
    Session Chair: Liang Hao – Boston University
    Track Chair: Erica Pratt, PhD (she/her/hers) – Boston University
    Track Chair: Madeleine Oudin – Tufts University
    Cancer Technologies
  • Friday, Oct 25th
    2:00 PM – 3:30 PM EST
    Tumor Microenvironment I
    Location: Room 336
    Session Chair: Grace G. Bushnell, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Michigan
    Session Chair: LaDeirda Monet Roberts
    Track Chair: Erica Pratt, PhD (she/her/hers) – Boston University
    Track Chair: Madeleine Oudin – Tufts University
    Cancer Technologies
  • Friday, Oct 25th
    2:00 PM – 2:15 PM EST
    Engineering mammary tissue models to study drivers of cancer recurrence
    Location: Room 336
    Invited Speaker: Marjan Rafat, PhD – Vanderbilt University
    Cancer Technologies
  • Friday, Oct 25th
    2:00 PM – 2:15 PM EST
    Unraveling Spatiotemporal Dynamics during disease progression using Single-cell Perturbations
    Location: Room 337
    Invited Speaker: Benedict Anchang – National Institutes of Health
    Co-Author: Osafu Egbon – NIH
    Cancer Technologies
  • Friday, Oct 25th
    2:15 PM – 2:30 PM EST
    Clonal differences underlie differential responses to initial, sequential, and prolonged treatment
    Location: Room 337
    Presenting Author: Dylan L. Schaff (he/him/his) – University of Pennsylvania
    Co-Author: Phoebe E. White, MS (she/her/hers) – Johns Hopkins University
    Co-Author: Aria J. Fasse, MS (she/her/hers) – California Institute of Technology
    Co-Author: Robert Vander Velde, MSc, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Pennsylvania
    Primary Investigator: Sydney Shaffer – University of Pennsylvania
    Cancer Technologies
  • Friday, Oct 25th
    2:15 PM – 2:30 PM EST
    Engineered matrices reveal stiffness-mediated chemoresistance in pancreatic cancer organoids
    Location: Room 336
    Presenting Author: Daiyao Zhang, MS, BS (she/her/hers) – Stanford University
    Co-Author: Bauer LeSavage – ImmuneBridge
    Co-Author: Aidan Gilchrist, PhD (he/him/his) – University of California Davis
    Co-Author: Carla Huerta-López – Stanford University
    Last Author: Sarah Heilshorn, PhD – Stanford University
    Cancer Technologies
  • Friday, Oct 25th
    2:30 PM – 2:45 PM EST
    Hypertrophic adipocytes shift from lipase- to vesicle-mediated lipid transfer to promote obesity-associated breast cancer progression
    Location: Room 336
    Presenting Author: Garrett F. Beeghly, MS (he/him/his) – Cornell University
    Co-Author: Marlee Pincus – Cornell University
    Co-Author: Angela Cho – Weill Cornell Medicine
    Co-Author: Domenick Falcone – Weill Cornell Medicine
    Co-Author: Rohan Varshney – University of Oklahoma College of Medicine
    Co-Author: Michael Rudolph – University of Oklahoma College of Medicine
    Co-Author: Neil Iyengar – Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
    Last Author: Claudia Fischbach, PhD – Cornell University
    Cancer Technologies
  • Friday, Oct 25th
    2:30 PM – 2:45 PM EST
    Hypoxic fibroblasts produce cytokines that drive ductal cell epithelial-mesenchymal transition in pancreas cancer
    Location: Room 337
    Presenting Author: Karl M. Kowalewski (he/him/his) – University of Virginia
    Co-Author: Sara J. Adair, MS – University of Virginia
    Co-Author: Anne M. Talkington, PhD – University of Virginia
    Co-Author: Jason Pitarresi – University of Massachussets
    Co-Author: Jason Wieder – University of Virginia
    Co-Author: Sepideh Dolatchahi, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Virginia
    Co-Author: Ben Stanger – University of Pennsylvania
    Co-Author: Todd W. Bauer, MD (he/him/his) – University of Virginia
    Primary Investigator: Matthew J. Lazzara – University of Virginia
    Cancer Technologies
  • Friday, Oct 25th
    2:45 PM – 3:00 PM EST
    Integrated Single-Cell Transcriptomic Analysis from Human Colorectal Cancer Studies Reveals Limited Pro-tumor IL-17 Secretion Potential in γδ T Cells
    Location: Room 337
    Presenting Author: Ran Ran (she/her/hers) – Case Western Reserve University
    Primary Investigator: Douglas Brubaker, PhD (he/him/his) – Case Western Reserve University
    Co-Author: Martin Trapecar – Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
    Cancer Technologies
  • Friday, Oct 25th
    2:45 PM – 3:00 PM EST
    Investigating the Effects of TAM Receptor Inhibition on Tumor-Immune Cell Crosstalk
    Location: Room 336
    Primary Investigator: Douglas Lauffenburger, PhD – MIT
    Presenting Author: Anisha Datta (she/her/hers) – MIT
    Cancer Technologies
  • Friday, Oct 25th
    3:00 PM – 3:15 PM EST
    Matrix metalloproteinase 9: an emerging biomarker for classification of adherent vestibular schwannoma
    Location: Room 336
    Presenting Author: Han TN Nguyen, PhD (she/her/hers) – The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
    Co-Author: Bailey Duhon – The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
    Co-Author: Hsuan-Chih Kuo – The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
    Co-Author: Melanie Fisher, BS (she/her/hers) – The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
    Co-Author: Olivia Brickey – The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
    Co-Author: Lisa Zhang – The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
    Co-Author: Jose Otero – The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
    Co-Author: Daniel Prevedello – The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
    Co-Author: Oliver Adunka – The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
    Primary Investigator: Yin Ren – The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
    Cancer Technologies
  • Friday, Oct 25th
    3:00 PM – 3:15 PM EST
    Single-cell multi-omics reveals type-2 function in CAR T cells associated with 8-year leukemia remission
    Location: Room 337
    Presenting Author: Zhiliang Bai, PhD (he/him/his) – Yale University
    Co-Author: Bing Feng – École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
    Co-Author: Susan McClory – Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
    Co-Author: Beatriz Oliveira – Cleveland Clinic
    Co-Author: Caroline Diorio – Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
    Co-Author: Bo Tao – Yale University
    Co-Author: Li Tang – École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
    Co-Author: Carl June – University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
    Co-Author: J. Joseph Melenhorst – Cleveland Clinic
    Co-Author: Stephan Grupp – Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
    Primary Investigator: Rong Fan – Yale University
    Cancer Technologies
  • Friday, Oct 25th
    3:15 PM – 3:30 PM EST
    Patient-derived Organotypic Model of Colorectal Cancer Cells for Tumor-Stromal Interactions
    Location: Room 336
    Presenting Author: Astha Lamichhane (she/her/hers) – The University of Akron
    Primary Investigator: Hossein Tavana, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Akron
    Co-Author: Prasiddha Guragain, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Akron
    Cancer Technologies
  • Friday, Oct 25th
    3:15 PM – 3:30 PM EST
    Spatial Proteomics (CODEX) Yields Insights into Intratumoral Nanoparticle Reprogramming of Murine Melanoma
    Location: Room 337
    Presenting Author: Xin Ming M. Zhou, MSc (he/him/his) – Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
    Co-Author: Sachin S. Surwase, PhD – Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
    Co-Author: Kathryn Luly, BS (she/her/hers) – Johns Hopkins
    Co-Author: Jordan J. Green, PhD (he/him/his) – Johns Hopkins University
    Co-Author: Stephany Y. Tzeng, PhD – Johns Hopkins University
    Primary Investigator: Joel Sunshine, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
    Cancer Technologies
  • Friday, Oct 25th
    3:30 PM – 4:30 PM EST
    Cancer Technologies - Poster Session D
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Cancer Technologies
  • Friday, Oct 25th
    3:30 PM – 4:30 PM EST
    Poster G9 - Investigation of Collagen-I-induced Endocrine Resistance in 3D Co-Cultured ER+ Breast Cancer and Fibroblasts Spheroids
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Ariana Steinbrueck, Student; MicroLab Technician – Clemson University
    Primary Investigator: Adam Melvin, PhD (he/him/his) – Clemson University
    Co-Author: Braulio Ortega Quesada (he/him/his) – Clemson University
    Co-Author: Nathan Thomas – Clemson University
    Co-Author: Elizabeth Martin, PhD – Tulane University
    Cancer Technologies
  • Friday, Oct 25th
    3:30 PM – 4:30 PM EST
    Poster G10 - Lapatinib-treated HER2+ BT474 tumor cells exhibit higher pro-survival and antiapoptotic markers near fibroblasts in a mouse xenograft model.
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Joseph C. Long, III (he/him/his) – University of Pittsburgh
    Co-Author: Matthew Poskus (he/him/his) – University of Pittsburgh, Bioengineering
    Primary Investigator: Ioannis Zervantonakis, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Pittsburgh, Bioengineering
    Cancer Technologies
  • Friday, Oct 25th
    3:30 PM – 4:30 PM EST
    Poster H1 - Manipulation of Immune Response through IL-2 in B-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Iqra Sajid (she/her/hers) – Alabama State University
    Co-Author: Yu-Chang Chen (he/him/his) – University of Pennsylvania
    Co-Author: Nghi Tran (she/her/hers) – University of Pennsylvania
    Primary Investigator: Kyle Vining, DDS, PhD (he/him/his) – Preventive and Restorative Sciences, Penn Dental Medicine, and Materials Science and Engineering, School of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Pennsylvania
    Cancer Technologies
  • Friday, Oct 25th
    3:30 PM – 4:30 PM EST
    Poster H2 - Mapping Clonal Diversity: Spatiotemporal Evolution of Pancreatic Tumors via Agent-Based Modeling
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Siqi "Kiki" Zhang (she/her/hers) – Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University
    Primary Investigator: Rachel Karchin, MS PhD (she/her/hers) – Johns Hopkins University
    Cancer Technologies
  • Friday, Oct 25th
    3:30 PM – 4:30 PM EST
    Poster H3 - Maryam Younis- Decellularizing of Tumor Extracellular Matrix for Tissue Engineering
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Maryam Younis (she/her/hers) – University of Virginia
    Co-Author: Sara J. Adair, MS – University of Virginia
    Co-Author: Todd W. Bauer – University of Virginia
    Last Author: Lakeshia J. Taite – University of Virginia
    Cancer Technologies
  • Friday, Oct 25th
    3:30 PM – 4:30 PM EST
    Poster H4 - Mathematical modeling to optimize response to combination radiotherapy and immunotherapy in a murine model of lung cancer
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Cade M. Dulaney – Texas A&M University
    Co-Author: Bhanu Sharma (he/him/his) – The University of Texas at Austin
    Co-Author: Steve Jiang – The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
    Co-Author: Robert Timmerman – The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
    Co-Author: Michael Story – The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
    Co-Author: Debabrata Saha – The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
    Co-Author: Todd Aguilera – The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
    Co-Author: Dan Nguyen – The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
    Co-Author: Samiha Rouf – The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
    Co-Author: Emily Brooks – The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
    Co-Author: Cheryle Fisher – The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
    Co-Author: Jennifer Staples – The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
    Primary Investigator: Thomas Yankeelov, PhD – The University of Texas at Austin
    Last Author: Ernesto A B F Lima, PhD (he/him/his) – The University of Texas at Austin
    Cancer Technologies
  • Friday, Oct 25th
    3:30 PM – 4:30 PM EST
    Poster H5 - Mechanical stress Induced Connexin 43 Hemichannel Activation Regulates Breast Cancer Bone Metastasis and Modulates EMT Marker Expression
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Alba Chocron (she/her/hers) – University of Texas at San Antonio
    Co-Author: Xuewei Wang – UT Health San Antonio
    Primary Investigator: Jean Jiang – UT Health San Antonio
    Cancer Technologies
  • Friday, Oct 25th
    3:30 PM – 4:30 PM EST
    Poster H6 - Micro-Organoid Generation by Gel-Droplet Platform for Cancer Drug Screening
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Angela Taglione – University of Notre Dame
    Co-Author: Daniel Montes Pinzon – University of Notre dame
    Co-Author: Fei Fan, PhD (he/him/his) – Michigan State University
    Co-Author: Liao Chen – Elkem Silicones
    Co-Author: Xin Lu – University of Notre Dame
    Co-Author: Sharon Stack – Harper Cancer Research Institute
    Primary Investigator: Hsueh-Chia Chang, Phd – University of Notre Dame
    Last Author: Donny Hanjaya-Putra – University of Notre Dame
    Cancer Technologies
  • Friday, Oct 25th
    3:30 PM – 4:30 PM EST
    Poster H7 - Microwell Optimization for Spheroids Formation
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Cynthia Serrano Marquez (she/her/hers) – Lehigh University
    Primary Investigator: Yaling Liu, PhD – Lehigh University
    Cancer Technologies
  • Friday, Oct 25th
    3:30 PM – 4:30 PM EST
    Poster H8 - Mitotic perturbations increase micronuclei formation in breast cancer cells
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Winnie F. Muiru – Bryn Mawr College, The University of Pennsylvania
    Co-Author: Alişya Anlaş, PhD – University of Pennsylvania
    Primary Investigator: Dennis Discher, PhD – Biophysical Eng'g Labs, University of Pennsylvania
    Cancer Technologies
  • Friday, Oct 25th
    3:30 PM – 4:30 PM EST
    Poster S3 - Photo-activated Combinatorial microRNA Delivery Induces Apoptosis in Head and Neck Cancer
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Angelica Helton (she/her/hers) – The Pennsylvania State University
    Co-Author: Tyus Yeingst (he/him/his) – The Pennsylvania State University
    Co-Author: Neerav Goyal – The Pennsylvania State University
    Primary Investigator: Daniel Hayes, PhD – The Pennsylvania State University
    Cancer Technologies
  • Friday, Oct 25th
    3:30 PM – 4:30 PM EST
    Poster S4 - Photothermal Treatment of Infected Melanoma Using Silver Nanoparticles
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Spencer Phillips, MS (he/him/his) – Wake Forest University
    Co-Author: Marco A. Benavides (he/him/his) – Wake Forest School of Medicine Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
    Co-Author: Sijia Liu – Wake Forest School of Medicine Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
    Co-Author: Scott Northrup – Wake Forest School of Medicine Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
    Primary Investigator: Nicole Levi – Wake Forest School of Medicine Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
    Cancer Technologies
  • Friday, Oct 25th
    3:30 PM – 4:30 PM EST
    Poster S6 - Prediction of Senolytic Effects Post-Chemotherapy in a 2D Human Bone Metastasis Model
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Patrick Ryan – UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS-Amherst
    Presenting Author: Seema Amin, PhD – UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS-Amherst
    Co-Author: Hyejin Yoon, PhD – University of Massachusetts Amherst
    Co-Author: Yongkuk Park, PhD – Harvard Medical School / Brigham and Women's Hospital
    Presenting Author: Jungwoo Lee, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Massachusetts Amherst
    Cancer Technologies
  • Friday, Oct 25th
    3:30 PM – 4:30 PM EST
    Poster S7 - Profiling Adhesion and Gene Expression of Patient Circulating Tumor Cells on Decellularized Bone, Liver, and Lung Matrix
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Lily Cordner (she/her/hers) – Brown University
    Co-Author: Paul Cao, MS – Brown University
    Co-Author: Hyuntae Jeong – Brown University
    Primary Investigator: Ian Y. Wong, PhD (he/him/his) – Brown University
    Cancer Technologies
  • Friday, Oct 25th
    3:30 PM – 4:30 PM EST
    Poster S8 - Protein Chaperoned Semiconducting Polymer Nanoparticles with Improved NIR-I Photophysical Properties and Dual-Receptor Targeting of Solid Tumors
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Cancer Technologies
  • Friday, Oct 25th
    3:30 PM – 4:30 PM EST
    Poster S9 - Quantifying the dynamics of the cell cycle regulator p21 in response to DNA damage in cancer spheroids
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Joshua Francois, Ph.D. – Harvard Medical School
    Co-Author: Alina Simerzin, Ph.D. – Broad Institute of Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard
    Co-Author: Ashwini Jambhekar, Ph.D. – Harvard Medical School
    Last Author: Galit Lahav, PhD (she/her/hers) – Harvard Medical School
    Cancer Technologies
  • Friday, Oct 25th
    3:30 PM – 4:30 PM EST
    Poster S10 - Rapid generation of ex vivo tumoroids from fresh cancer tissue samples
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Anthony Chatman – ThermoFisher Scientific
    Cancer Technologies
  • Friday, Oct 25th
    3:30 PM – 4:30 PM EST
    Poster S11 - Resource-friendly immunodiagnostic detection of breast cancer biomarkers at the point-of-care
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Jayashree Yalamanchili, MS, PhD (she/her/hers) – Duke University
    Co-Author: David Kinnamon – Duke University
    Co-Author: Jason Liu – Duke University
    Co-Author: Alireza Velayati – NCSU
    Co-Author: Qingshan Wei – NCSU
    Co-Author: Shelley Hwang – Duke University
    Co-Author: Dianna Ng – Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer center
    Co-Author: Alex Mremi – Department of Pathology, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, Moshi, Tanzania
    Co-Author: Daniel Joh, MD, PhD – Duke University
    Primary Investigator: Ashutosh Chilkoti – Duke University
    Cancer Technologies
  • Friday, Oct 25th
    3:30 PM – 4:30 PM EST
    Poster S12 - Restricted Exchange Environment Chambers: An Engineered, In Vitro System for Modeling Cell-Generated Molecular Gradients in the Breast Cancer Tumor Microenvironment
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Giana Vitale (she/her/hers) – National Cancer Institute
    Co-Author: Sneha Anmalsetty – National Cancer Institute
    Co-Author: Sarah Silva – National Cancer Institute
    Co-Author: Abigail Walke – National Cancer Institute
    Co-Author: David Scheiblin, PhD – National Cancer Institute/ Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research/ Leidos Biomedical Research Inc.
    Co-Author: Lisa Ridnour – National Cancer Institute
    Co-Author: Binwu Tang – National Cancer Institute
    Co-Author: Melissa R. Mikolaj, PhD (she/her/hers) – National Cancer Institute
    Co-Author: Kedar Narayan – National Cancer Institute
    Co-Author: Lalage Wakefield – National Cancer Institute
    Co-Author: David Wink – National Cancer Institute
    Primary Investigator: Stephen Lockett – National Cancer Institute
    Last Author: William Heinz, PhD – Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research
    Cancer Technologies
  • Friday, Oct 25th
    3:30 PM – 4:30 PM EST
    Poster S13 - Reverse Engineering the Lung Metastatic Niche by Co-Culturing Patient Circulating Tumor Cells with Stromal Cells
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Alexxa Cruz-Bonilla (she/her/hers) – Brown University
    Primary Investigator: Ian Y. Wong, PhD (he/him/his) – Brown University
    Co-Author: Lily Cordner (she/her/hers) – Brown University
    Cancer Technologies
  • Friday, Oct 25th
    3:30 PM – 4:30 PM EST
    Poster S15 - Spatial Dissection of Mechanisms of Environmental-Conditioned Metastasis of Human Cancer with Single-cell Spatial-omics
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: John Hickey, PhD – Duke University
    Cancer Technologies
  • Friday, Oct 25th
    3:30 PM – 4:30 PM EST
    Poster S17 - Spatially-resolved lineage tracing by mitochondrial mutations in Barrett’s esophagus
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Sydney Bracht – University of Pennsylvania
    Primary Investigator: Sydney Shaffer – University of Pennsylvania
    Cancer Technologies
  • Friday, Oct 25th
    3:30 PM – 4:30 PM EST
    Poster S18 - SPHEROID-ASSOCIATED ANGIOGENIC VASCULARISATION SYSTEM FOR THE IN VITRO OBSERVATION OF METASTATIC INITIATION
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Ian Smith, BS – University of Maryland
    Primary Investigator: Kimberly Stroka, PhD – University of Maryland
    Cancer Technologies
  • Friday, Oct 25th
    3:30 PM – 4:30 PM EST
    Poster S19 - Targeted granzyme B delivery with conditional nanocarriers induces pyroptosis and synergizes with checkpoint inhibitors in immunological cold tumors
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Qian Zhong – Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Co-Author: Edward Tan, Phd – Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Co-Author: Ananth P. Shyamal (he/him/his) – Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Co-Author: Chayanon Ngambenjawong, PhD – Vidyasirimedhi Institute of Science and Technology (VISTEC)
    Co-Author: Heather Fleming – Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Primary Investigator: Sangeeta Bhatia – Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Cancer Technologies
  • Friday, Oct 25th
    3:30 PM – 4:30 PM EST
    Poster S20 - Targeting the Hypoxic Tumor Response in Multiple Myeloma Using Tirapazamine-Loaded, BCMA-Targeted Nanoparticles Overcomes Drug Resistance and Prevents Metastasis, In Vitro and In Vivo.
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Mina Maksimos, M.Sc (he/him/his) – UT Southwestern Medical Center
    Co-Author: Feda Azab (she/her/hers) – UT southwestern Medical Center
    Co-Author: Aimaz Afrough (she/her/hers) – UT southwestern Medical Center
    Co-Author: Gurbakhash Kaur (she/her/hers) – UT southwestern Medical Center
    Co-Author: Larry Anderson (he/him/his) – UT southwestern Medical Center
    Primary Investigator: Abdel Kareem Azab, BPharm, MSc, PhD (he/him/his) – UT Southwestern Medical Center
    Cancer Technologies
  • Friday, Oct 25th
    3:30 PM – 4:30 PM EST
    Poster T1 - Targeting Metabolism in Paclitaxel Driven Chemoresistance in High Grade Serous Ovarian Carcinoma
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Basel White, B.S., M.S. (he/him/his) – Brown University
    Primary Investigator: Michelle R. Dawson, PhD (she/her/hers) – Brown University
    Cancer Technologies
  • Friday, Oct 25th
    3:30 PM – 4:30 PM EST
    Poster T2 - The Impact of Vitamin B12 on Tumor Innervation and Cancer Viability in a 3D Platform Mimicking Tumor Environment
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Vuong Vu, Ms. (he/him/his) – University of Arkansas
    Primary Investigator: Younghye Song, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Arkansas
    Cancer Technologies
  • Friday, Oct 25th
    3:30 PM – 4:30 PM EST
    Poster T3 - The Use of TF-Ag-a to Select Tumor-Derived Exosomes and Enhance the Predictive Performance of Exosomal PD-L1 in Predicting Response to Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Yun Wu, PhD (she/her/hers) – University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
    Co-Author: Chang-Chieh Hsu, PhD (he/him/his) – Rutgers University at Camden, The State University of New Jersey
    Co-Author: Kate Rittenhouse-Olson – University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
    Co-Author: Fumito Ito, MD, PhD – University of Southern California
    Co-Author: Grace K Dy – Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
    Cancer Technologies
  • Friday, Oct 25th
    3:30 PM – 4:30 PM EST
    Poster T4 - Tissue-engineered colorectal cancer model for recapitulating tumor heterogeneity and advancing drug screening
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Elizabeth A. Lipke, PhD (she/her/hers) – Auburn University
    Co-Author: Yuan Tian – Auburn University
    Co-Author: Iman Hassani – Tuskegee University
    Co-Author: Benjamin Anbiah – Auburn University
    Co-Author: Mohammadjafar Hashemi (he/him/his) – Auburn University
    Co-Author: Bulbul Ahmed – Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
    Co-Author: William Van Der Pol – University of Alabama at Birmingham
    Co-Author: Elliot Lefkowitz – University of Alabama at Birmingham
    Co-Author: Peyton Kuhlers – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Co-Author: Martin Heslin – University of Alabama Birmingham
    Co-Author: Rebecca Boohaker – Southern Research
    Co-Author: Michael Greene – Auburn University
    Cancer Technologies
  • Friday, Oct 25th
    3:30 PM – 4:30 PM EST
    Poster T5 - Towards Cancer Digital Twins: Simulating Tumor Heterogeneity and Patient Response using Tissue level Agent-Based Modeling of Prostate Cancer
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Sharvari Kemkar (she/her/hers) – University of Pennsylvania
    Co-Author: Mengdi Tao (she/her/hers) – University of Pennsylvania
    Co-Author: Alokendra Ghosh – University of Pennsylvania
    Primary Investigator: Ravi Radhakrishnan, Phd – University of Pennsylvania, Department of Bioengineering
    Cancer Technologies
  • Friday, Oct 25th
    3:30 PM – 4:30 PM EST
    Poster T6 - Transcript Characterization of lncRNAs in Triple Negative Breast Cancer
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Abigail R. Smith, B.S. (she/her/hers) – Clemson University
    Primary Investigator: Congyue Peng, PhD – Clemson University
    Co-Author: Mya Beasley – Clemson University
    Co-Author: Madison Sexton – Clemson University
    Co-Author: Christina C. Sims, BA – Clemson University
    Co-Author: Gaura Sinha – Clemson University
    Co-Author: Ryan M. Campbell (he/him/his) – Clemson University
    Co-Author: Nolan Miller – Clemson University
    Co-Author: Liangjiang Wang – Clemson University
    Cancer Technologies
  • Friday, Oct 25th
    3:30 PM – 4:30 PM EST
    Poster T7 - Tumor Necrosis Factor-Related Apoptosis-Inducing Ligand (TRAIL) and Chitosan Conjugate Induced Apoptosis on HeLa Cells
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Oluwanifemi Olagunju (he/him/his) – University of New Haven (BMDilab)
    Presenting Author: Chika G. Okwougori, msc (she/her/hers) – University of New Haven (BMDilab)
    Co-Author: Betelihem Fre – University of New Haven (BMDilab)
    Co-Author: Amir Mokhammad – University of New Haven (BMDilab)
    Primary Investigator: Kagya Amoako – University of New Haven (BMDilab)
    Cancer Technologies
  • Friday, Oct 25th
    3:30 PM – 4:30 PM EST
    Poster T8 - Tunable Tissue-Engineered Model for Single-Cell 3D Culture and Proteomics Investigations of Ewing Sarcoma
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Jocie Baker, B.S. (she/her/hers) – Rice University
    Co-Author: Melinda Zhou (she/her/hers) – Rice University
    Last Author: Julea Vlassakis, PhD (she/her/hers) – Rice University
    Cancer Technologies
  • Friday, Oct 25th
    3:30 PM – 4:30 PM EST
    Poster T10 - Understanding the TRP Mediated-Calcium Signaling and Epithelial to Mesenchymal Transition of Glioblastoma Multiforme on a Microfluidic Model
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Jenna Abdelhamed – University of Dayton
    Presenting Author: Khadija Fatima (she/her/hers) – University of Dayton
    Co-Author: Janna Azzam – University of Dayton
    Primary Investigator: Loan Bui, PhD – University of Dayton
    Cancer Technologies
  • Friday, Oct 25th
    3:30 PM – 4:30 PM EST
    Poster S14 - Senescence-Associated Modifications in the Fibrotic Lung Niche for Breast Cancer Metastasis
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Co-Author: Deepraj Ghosh, PhD – Brown University
    Co-Author: Andrew Howes – Brown University
    Co-Author: Nova Dea – Brown University
    Co-Author: Michelle Shub (she/her/hers) – Brown University
    Primary Investigator: Michelle R. Dawson, PhD (she/her/hers) – Brown University
    Presenting Author: Xingjian Lu (he/him/his) – Brown University
    Cancer Technologies
  • Friday, Oct 25th
    4:30 PM – 6:00 PM EST
    Computational Modeling of Cancer & Systems Biology
    Location: Room 336
    Session Chair: Sarah Shelton, PhD – North Carolina State University & University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
    Session Chair: Karin Wang, PhD – Temple University
    Track Chair: Erica Pratt, PhD (she/her/hers) – Boston University
    Track Chair: Madeleine Oudin – Tufts University
    Cancer Technologies
  • Friday, Oct 25th
    4:30 PM – 4:45 PM EST
    Mechanistic Computational Modeling of Antibody-based Therapeutics
    Location: Room 336
    Invited Speaker: Feilim Mac Gabhann, PhD – Johns Hopkins University
    Cancer Technologies
  • Friday, Oct 25th
    4:45 PM – 5:00 PM EST
    ECM architecture drives distinct evolutionary patterns of tumor immune escape and elimination in breast cancer
    Location: Room 336
    Presenting Author: YIJIA FAN (she/her/hers) – Texas A&M University
    Last Author: Jason George, MD, PhD – Texas A&M University
    Cancer Technologies
  • Friday, Oct 25th
    5:00 PM – 5:15 PM EST
    Mathematical model of AND-gated protease sensors identifies strategies to achieve earlier detection of small tumors
    Location: Room 336
    Presenting Author: Anirudh Sivakumar, PhD – Georgia Institute of Technology
    Co-Author: Xinling Li, MS – Georgia Institute of Technology
    Co-Author: M.G. Finn, PhD – Georgia Institute of Technology
    Co-Author: Peng Qiu, PhD – Georgia Tech
    Primary Investigator: Gabe Kwong, PhD – Georgia Institute of Technology
    Cancer Technologies
  • Friday, Oct 25th
    5:15 PM – 5:30 PM EST
    Mitogen-activated protein kinase signaling is a conserved mechanism explaining phenotypic heterogeneity across diverse drivers of epithelial-mesenchymal transition in pancreas cancer
    Location: Room 336
    Presenting Author: Michelle C. Barbeau (she/her/hers) – The University of Virginia
    Co-Author: Brooke A. Brown – The University of Virginia
    Co-Author: Sara J. Adair, MS – University of Virginia
    Co-Author: Todd W. Bauer, MD (he/him/his) – University of Virginia
    Last Author: Matthew J. Lazzara – University of Virginia
    Cancer Technologies
  • Friday, Oct 25th
    5:30 PM – 5:45 PM EST
    Using MRI-based mathematical modeling to predict the response of breast cancer to neoadjuvant therapy
    Location: Room 336
    Presenting Author: Reshmi Patel, MS (she/her/hers) – The University of Texas at Austin
    Co-Author: Chengyue Wu, PhD (she/her/hers) – The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
    Co-Author: Casey E. Stowers, MS (she/her/hers) – The University of Texas at Austin
    Co-Author: Rania Mohamed, MD, MSc (she/her/hers) – The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
    Co-Author: Jingfei Ma, PhD – The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
    Co-Author: Gaiane Rauch – The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
    Last Author: Thomas Yankeelov, PhD – The University of Texas at Austin
    Cancer Technologies
  • Friday, Oct 25th
    5:45 PM – 6:00 PM EST
    Assessment of Breast Tumor’s Malignancy through Developing Virtual Physiology of Human Tumor Tissue
    Location: Room 336
    Presenting Author: Mahsa Dabagh, Phd (she/her/hers) – University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
    Co-Author: Kianoush Falahkheirkhah – UIUC
    Co-Author: Morgan Connaughton – University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
    Last Author: Rohit Bhargava, PhD – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
    Cancer Technologies
  • Saturday, Oct 26th
    8:30 AM – 10:00 AM EST
    Engineered Cancer Models for In Vitro Studies
    Location: Room 337
    Session Chair: Cynthia Hajal, PhD (she/her/hers) – Northeastern University
    Session Chair: Susan Leggett, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
    Track Chair: Erica Pratt, PhD (she/her/hers) – Boston University
    Track Chair: Madeleine Oudin – Tufts University
    Cancer Technologies
  • Saturday, Oct 26th
    8:30 AM – 10:00 AM EST
    Novel Strategies in Cancer Detection, Diagnosis, and Prognosis II
    Location: Room 336
    Session Chair: Julea Vlassakis, PhD (she/her/hers) – Rice University
    Session Chair: Ioannis Zervantonakis, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Pittsburgh, Bioengineering
    Track Chair: Erica Pratt, PhD (she/her/hers) – Boston University
    Track Chair: Madeleine Oudin – Tufts University
    Cancer Technologies
  • Saturday, Oct 26th
    8:30 AM – 8:45 AM EST
    Increasing Access to Laparoscopic Biopsy to Enable Cancer Diagnosis in Low and Middle-Income Countries
    Location: Room 336
    Invited Speaker: Jenna Mueller, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Maryland
    Cancer Technologies
  • Saturday, Oct 26th
    8:30 AM – 8:45 AM EST
    Understanding metabolic dysregulation roles in breast tumor innervation using tissue-engineering approaches
    Location: Room 337
    Invited Speaker: Younghye Song, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Arkansas
    Cancer Technologies
  • Saturday, Oct 26th
    8:45 AM – 9:00 AM EST
    Novel Vascularized Liver Tumor Model For Evaluation Of Vessel Regression And Cell Death Response To Embolic Agents
    Location: Room 337
    Presenting Author: Huu Tuan Nguyen, PhD – Terasaki Institute
    Co-Author: Zuzana Tirpakova – Terasaki Institute
    Primary Investigator: Natan Barros (he/him/his) – Terasaki Institute
    Co-Author: Surjendu Maity – Terasaki Institute
    Co-Author: Natashya Falcone, PhD – Terasaki Institute
    Co-Author: Ahmad Elsebahy – Terasaki Institute
    Co-Author: Menekse Ermis Sen – Terasaki Institute
    Co-Author: Danial Khorsandi, PhD (he/him/his) – Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovations
    Co-Author: Kalpana Mandal – Terasaki Institute
    Co-Author: Arne Peirsman – Terasaki Institute
    Co-Author: Rondinelli Herculano – Terasaki Institute
    Co-Author: Alireza Hassani Najafabadi, PhD – Terasaki Institute
    Co-Author: Mehmet Remzi Dokmeci, PhD (he/him/his) – Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation
    Primary Investigator: Vadim Jucaud, PhD (he/him/his) – Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation
    Primary Investigator: Ali Khademhosseini, PhD – Terasaki Institute
    Cancer Technologies
  • Saturday, Oct 26th
    8:45 AM – 9:00 AM EST
    Platelet proteomic profiling reveals mediators of thrombosis and proteostasis in patients with myeloproliferative neoplasms
    Location: Room 336
    Presenting Author: Anandi Krishnan, PhD (she/her/hers) – Rutgers University
    Co-Author: Sarah Kelliher – University College Dublin, Ireland
    Co-Author: Sara Gamba
    Co-Author: Luisa Weiss
    Co-Author: Zhu Shen
    Co-Author: Marina Marchetti
    Co-Author: Caitriona Scaife
    Co-Author: Stephen Madden
    Co-Author: Kathleen Bennett
    Co-Author: Anne Fortune
    Co-Author: Su Maung
    Co-Author: Michael Fay
    Co-Author: Patricia Maguire
    Co-Author: Anna Falanga
    Co-Author: Barry Kevane
    Last Author: Anandi Krishnan, PhD (she/her/hers) – Rutgers University
    Cancer Technologies
  • Saturday, Oct 26th
    9:00 AM – 9:15 AM EST
    Non-invasive monitoring of vestibular schwannoma progression by in-situ MMP-9 localization using peptide functionalized gold nanoparticles
    Location: Room 336
    Presenting Author: Shimayali Kaushal, Doctor of Philosophy (she/her/hers) – Ohio State University
    Co-Author: Han TN Nguyen, PhD (she/her/hers) – The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
    Co-Author: Melanie Fisher, BS (she/her/hers) – The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
    Primary Investigator: Yin Ren – The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
    Cancer Technologies
  • Saturday, Oct 26th
    9:00 AM – 9:15 AM EST
    Polyacrylamide Beads as Adipocyte Mimetics; Modeling the Physical Characteristics of Breast Cancer Stroma
    Location: Room 337
    Presenting Author: Brianna Knode (she/her/hers) – Cornell University
    Co-Author: Garrett F. Beeghly, MS (he/him/his) – Cornell University
    Co-Author: Brittany Schutrum (she/her/hers) – Cornell University
    Co-Author: Dong Wang, PhD (he/him/his) – Yale University
    Co-Author: Alice Battistella – Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light
    Co-Author: Ruchi Goswami – Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light
    Co-Author: Salvatore Girardo – Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light
    Co-Author: Jochen Guck – Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light
    Co-Author: Corey O'Hern, PhD – Yale University
    Primary Investigator: Claudia Fischbach, PhD – Cornell University
    Cancer Technologies
  • Saturday, Oct 26th
    9:15 AM – 9:30 AM EST
    A Digital Melting Platform for Quantitative Multiplex Assessment of DNA Methylation
    Location: Room 336
    Presenting Author: Yang Zhao – Johns Hopkins University
    Co-Author: Weiwen Cui – Johns Hopkins University
    Co-Author: Thomas Pisanic – Johns Hopkins University
    Primary Investigator: Tza-Huei Wang – Johns Hopkins University
    Co-Author: Jamie Cheng (she/her/hers) – Johns Hopkins University
    Cancer Technologies
  • Saturday, Oct 26th
    9:15 AM – 9:30 AM EST
    The Perivascular Niche Enforces Glioblastoma Stem Cell Dormancy in an In Vitro 3D Glioblastoma-Vascular Model
    Location: Room 337
    Presenting Author: Nathaniel Silvia (he/him/his) – Northeastern University
    Primary Investigator: Guohao Dai, PhD – Northeastern University
    Cancer Technologies
  • Saturday, Oct 26th
    9:30 AM – 9:45 AM EST
    3D Brain Vasculature Microenvironment Model Captures Invasive Behavior and Gene Signatures of Glioblastoma
    Location: Room 337
    Presenting Author: Vivian K. Lee, PhD – Brigham and Womens Hospital, Harvard Medical School
    Co-Author: Roland H. Friedel – Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
    Co-Author: Hongyan Zou – Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
    Primary Investigator: Guohao Dai, PhD – Northeastern University
    Cancer Technologies
  • Saturday, Oct 26th
    9:30 AM – 9:45 AM EST
    Circulating Tumor Cell Dynamics in Patients Undergoing Pluvicto Therapy for Metastatic Prostate Cancer
    Location: Room 336
    Presenting Author: Nicole S. Sarna, BS, MS (she/her/hers) – Rice University
    Co-Author: Monika Antunovic – Vanderbilt University
    Co-Author: Kerry Schaffer, MD MSCI – Vanderbilt University Medical Center
    Co-Author: Paula Hurley – Vanderbilt University
    Primary Investigator: Michael King – Rice University
    Co-Author: Shanay Desai – Vanderbilt University
    Co-Author: Anne M. Hanna (she/her/hers) – Vanderbilt University
    Cancer Technologies
  • Saturday, Oct 26th
    9:45 AM – 10:00 AM EST
    Genome-Wide Repeat Element Landscapes Enhance Non-Invasive Detection and Characterization of Cancer
    Location: Room 336
    Presenting Author: Akshaya Annapragada, AB;SM (she/her/hers) – Johns Hopkins University
    Co-Author: Noushin Niknafs – Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
    Co-Author: James White – Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
    Co-Author: Daniel Bruhm, BSc – Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
    Co-Author: Christopher Cherry, PhD – C. M. Cherry Consulting
    Co-Author: Jamie Medina – Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
    Co-Author: Vilmos Adleff – Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
    Co-Author: Carolyn Hruban – Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
    Co-Author: Dimitrios Mathios – Washington University in St. Louis
    Co-Author: Zachariah Foda, MD, PhD – Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
    Co-Author: Jillian Phallen – Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
    Co-Author: Robert Scharpf – Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
    Last Author: Victor Velculescu – Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
    Cancer Technologies
  • Saturday, Oct 26th
    9:45 AM – 10:00 AM EST
    Colorectal Adenocarcinoma Organoids Enable Morphologic-Based Tumor Evaluation
    Location: Room 337
    Presenting Author: Yuwen Zhao, MS (he/him/his) – Lehigh University
    Primary Investigator: Yaling Liu, PhD – Lehigh University
    Co-Author: Ratul Paul – Washington University in st. Louis
    Co-Author: Qiying Li – Lehigh University
    Co-Author: Xiaochen Qin – Lehigh University
    Co-Author: Anthony Wu (he/him/his) – Lehigh University
    Cancer Technologies
  • Saturday, Oct 26th
    10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EST
    Cancer Technologies - Poster Session E
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Cancer Technologies
  • Saturday, Oct 26th
    10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EST
    Poster G7 - Photodynamic Therapy and Triple Negative Breast Cancer: In Vitro Evaluation of Treatment Efficacy
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Landon C. Ethredge (he/him/his) – Clemson University
    Co-Author: Hunter S. Warren – Clemson University
    Primary Investigator: Brian Booth – Clemson University
    Cancer Technologies
  • Saturday, Oct 26th
    10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EST
    Poster G8 - Piezoelectric Nanofibrous Patch for Breast Cancer Detection
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Isabella Frangiosa (she/her/hers) – Rowan University
    Co-Author: Sun H. Kwon (she/her/hers) – New Jersey Institute of Technology
    Primary Investigator: Lin Dong – New Jersey Institute of Technology
    Cancer Technologies
  • Saturday, Oct 26th
    10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EST
    Poster G9 - Racial Heterogeneity in the Study of Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Co-Author: Ishaani Pradeep (she/her/hers) – Yale School of Medicine
    Presenting Author: Timothy Paris – Yale University
    Cancer Technologies
  • Saturday, Oct 26th
    10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EST
    Poster G10 - Screening for ATP Binding Cassette Transporter-Mediated Efflux of Photosensitizers for Photodynamic Therapy Applications in Multidrug Resistant Cancer
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Renee A. Jaranson – Optical Therapeutics & Nanotechnology Laboratory, University of Maryland, College Park
    Co-Author: Shruti Vig, PhD (she/her/hers) – Fischell Department of Bioengineering, University of Maryland, College Park
    Co-Author: Payal Srivastava, PhD – Fischell Department of Bioengineering, University of Maryland, College Park
    Co-Author: Idrisa Rahman (she/her/hers) – Fischell Department of Bioengineering at the University of Maryland, College Park
    Co-Author: Anika Dasgupta (she/her/hers) – University of Maryland, College Park
    Co-Author: Robert Perttilä, MS (he/him/his) – Modulight Corporation
    Co-Author: Petteri Uusimaa – Modulight Corporation
    Primary Investigator: Huang Chiao Huang – Fischell Department of Bioengineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 20742, USA, Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, 21201, USA
    Cancer Technologies
  • Saturday, Oct 26th
    10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EST
    Poster H1 - Spatial Multomics Profiling of Angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Ezabella Teka (she/her/hers) – Yale University
    Co-Author: archibald enninful – Yale University
    Last Author: Rong Fan – Yale University
    Primary Investigator: Mina Xu, MD – Yale School of Medicine
    Cancer Technologies
  • Saturday, Oct 26th
    10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EST
    Poster H2 - Specificity of Claudin 8, α-SMA, and Anti-LRRN4 as Markers for Mesothelial Cells in Ovarian Cancer Progression
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Daniel Ibrahim – University of Pittsburgh
    Primary Investigator: Ioannis Zervantonakis – University of Pittsburgh
    Cancer Technologies
  • Saturday, Oct 26th
    10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EST
    Poster H3 - Triple-negative Breast Cancer Sensitization to Anti-metabolite Chemotherapy Utilizing PARP inhibitor Olaparib
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Abigail Yoo – Johns Hopkins University
    Co-Author: Amanda Rakoski – Johns Hopkins University
    Primary Investigator: Joshua C. Doloff, MA, PhD (he/him/his) – Johns Hopkins University, Depts. of Biomedical Engineering and Materials Science & Engineering, Translational Tissue Engineering Center (TTEC), and the Institute for NanoBioTechnology (INBT)
    Cancer Technologies
  • Saturday, Oct 26th
    10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EST
    Poster H4 - TSC-2 deficient Lymphangioleiomyomatosis Cells Modulate PD-L1 and MHC-I Expression on Lymphatic Endothelial Cells
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Havish Gadde – University of Maryland
    Co-Author: Mayowa Amosu, PhD (she/her/hers) – National Institutes of Health
    Primary Investigator: Katharina Maisel, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Maryland
    Cancer Technologies
  • Saturday, Oct 26th
    10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EST
    Poster H5 - Using microfluidics to understand the effects of dietary conditions on triple-negative breast cancer growth and invasion
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Jasmine Hao (she/her/hers) – Princeton University
    Co-Author: Molly C. Brennan, PhD – Oddity Labs
    Co-Author: Maryam Kohram, PhD (she/her/hers) – Princeton University
    Co-Author: Carolina Trenado-Yuste, PhD (she/her/hers) – Princeton University
    Co-Author: Susan Leggett, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
    Co-Author: Bharvi M. Chavre (she/her/hers) – Thomas Jefferson University, Sidney Kimmel Medical College
    Co-Author: Sherry Zhang – Princeton University
    Primary Investigator: Celeste M. Nelson, PhD (she/her/hers) – Princeton University
    Cancer Technologies
  • Saturday, Oct 26th
    10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EST
    Poster S3 - Unlock the potential of leucine rich repeats as peptide drugs to address the resistance to EGFR targeted-therapy
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Cancer Technologies
  • Saturday, Oct 26th
    10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EST
    Poster S4 - Unlocking the molecular code of cancer dormancy through 3D engineered models
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Emilio Tarcitano, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Minnesota
    Primary Investigator: David K. Wood, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Minnesota
    Co-Author: Paolo P. Provenzano, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Minnesota
    Cancer Technologies
  • Saturday, Oct 26th
    10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EST
    Poster S5 - Unraveling YAP Spatio-Temporal Dynamics and Its Implications in Cancer Metastasis within Viscous Microenvironments
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Bhawana Agarwal (she/her/hers) – Johns Hopkins University
    Co-Author: Sanjiban Nath (he/him/his) – Johns Hopkins University
    Co-Author: Anindya Sen (he/him/his) – JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
    Primary Investigator: Konstantinos Konstantopoulos, PhD (he/him/his) – Johns Hopkins University
    Cancer Technologies
  • Saturday, Oct 26th
    10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EST
    Poster S6 - Using gRNA Based Neutral Barcodes to Study Cancer Evolution
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Robert Vander Velde, MSc, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Pennsylvania
    Co-Author: Raymond Ng, BA – University of Pennsylvania
    Last Author: Sydney Shaffer (she/her/hers) – University of Pennsylvania
    Cancer Technologies
  • Saturday, Oct 26th
    10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EST
    Poster S7 - Utilizing Enhanced Targeting of Cell Membrane Coated Nanoparticles for Metastatic Bone Cancer Therapy.
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: George C. Kramarenko, MS (he/him/his) – University of Delaware Biomedical Engineering
    Primary Investigator: Emily S. Day, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Delaware
    Cancer Technologies
  • Saturday, Oct 26th
    10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EST
    Poster S8 - An engineered model of metastatic colonization of human bone marrow reveals breast cancer cell remodeling of the hematopoietic niche
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Daniel Naveed Tavakol, PhD – Columbia University
    Co-Author: Ilaria Baldassarri – Columbia University
    Co-Author: Pamela L. Graney, MS, PhD (she/her/hers) – Columbia University
    Co-Author: Alan Chramiec – Columbia University
    Co-Author: Hanina Hibshoosh – Columbia University
    Primary Investigator: Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic, PhD – Columbia University
    Cancer Technologies
  • Saturday, Oct 26th
    10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EST
    Poster S9 - Analysis of Tissue Impedance Changes following Electroporation
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Varad Gurude – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Co-Author: Robert H. Williamson, BS (he/him/his) – North Carolina State University
    Co-Author: Jewels Darrow – North Carolina State University
    Primary Investigator: Michael Sano, PhD – North Carolina State University
    Cancer Technologies
  • Saturday, Oct 26th
    10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EST
    Poster S10 - Artificial helical polypeptide primes anticancer immunity and delivers cytokine mRNA for effective cancer immunotherapy
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Susam Lee, PhD – Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
    Primary Investigator: Yeu-Chun Kim – KAIST
    Cancer Technologies
  • Saturday, Oct 26th
    10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EST
    Poster S11 - Characterization of Oncofetal Fibronectin in Tumor Derived Matrices
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Jessica Longstreth – Temple University
    Co-Author: Ghazal Bashiri – Temple University
    Primary Investigator: Karin Wang, PhD – Temple University
    Cancer Technologies
  • Saturday, Oct 26th
    10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EST
    Poster S12 - Characterizing the Efficacy and Safety of a Novel Ribonucleotide Reductase Inhibitor (TMU27a) in Different Cancer Models
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Hailey Brady – University of Michigan
    Co-Author: Taylor Baker – Case Western Reserve University
    Primary Investigator: Ruth Keri – Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute
    Cancer Technologies
  • Saturday, Oct 26th
    10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EST
    Poster S13 - Clustering Enchances Cancer Cell Survival in Extreme Extracellular Conditions
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Benjamin M. Butter (he/him/his) – University of Arkansas
    Primary Investigator: Jian Zhang, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Arkansas
    Co-Author: Marianny M. Moreta (she/her/hers) – University of Arkansas
    Cancer Technologies
  • Saturday, Oct 26th
    10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EST
    Poster S14 - Controlled release of fucoidan-based BRAF-targeted nanoparticles prevents MAPK/ERK paradoxical activation
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Primary Investigator: Daniel Heller, PhD (he/him/his) – Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
    Co-Author: Chen Chen – Genentech, Inc.
    Presenting Author: Ana Marie Perea (she/her/hers) – Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
    Cancer Technologies
  • Saturday, Oct 26th
    10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EST
    Poster S15 - Creating well-defined high-throughput breast cancer dormancy models with bioprinting for probing and targeting late recurrence
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Alex J. Wang, BSE (he/him/his) – Chemical and Biomolecular engineering
    Co-Author: Lina Pradhan, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Delaware
    Cancer Technologies
  • Saturday, Oct 26th
    10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EST
    Poster S16 - Developing a Platform to Investigate Matrix Remodeling in the Tumor Stroma
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Ghazal Bashiri, M.S. (she/her/hers) – Temple University
    Co-Author: jessica longstreth – Temple University
    Last Author: Karin Wang, PhD – Temple University
    Cancer Technologies
  • Saturday, Oct 26th
    10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EST
    Poster S17 - Development of kinase-selective siRNA for therapeutic silencing using lipid nanoparticles in ovarian cancer
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: ShuLan Holmes-Farley – Brown University
    Primary Investigator: Theresa M. Raimondo, PhD – Brown University
    Cancer Technologies
  • Saturday, Oct 26th
    10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EST
    Poster S18 - Electrophysiologic Monitoring of Cell Death Mechanisms in Liver Cancer
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Co-Author: Ella Yoder (she/her/hers) – Wake Forest University
    Presenting Author: Bronwyn Pinsley (they/them/theirs) – Westfield state University
    Co-Author: Xen Woods (they/them/theirs) – Wake Forest University
    Co-Author: Edwin Lavi – Wake Forest University
    Primary Investigator: Erin Henslee (she/her/hers) – Wake Forest University
    Cancer Technologies
  • Saturday, Oct 26th
    10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EST
    Poster S19 - Mathematical Modeling of Chromosome Loss in 2D and 3D Spheroids: An Exploration of Luria-Delbruck Statistics
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Markus T. Sprenger (he/him/his) – University of Pennsylvania
    Co-Author: Alişya Anlaş, PhD – University of Pennsylvania
    Primary Investigator: Dennis Discher, PhD – Biophysical Eng'g Labs, University of Pennsylvania
    Co-Author: Steven Phan – University of Pennsylvania
    Cancer Technologies
  • Saturday, Oct 26th
    10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EST
    Poster S20 - Matrix-Mechanical Memory: EMT Dynamics in PDAC
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Elle K. Taubenfeld (she/her/hers) – The University of Texas Austin
    Cancer Technologies
  • Saturday, Oct 26th
    10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EST
    Poster T1 - Mechanical Strains Alter VEGFR-2 Activation and Migration in Triple Negative Breast Cancer
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Co-Author: Shalarria Cooper – University of Alabama at Birmingham
    Presenting Author: Vaishali Bala, MEng (she/her/hers) – University of Alabama at Birmingham
    Co-Author: Michaell Knight – University of Alabama at Birmingham
    Presenting Author: MK Sewell-Loftin, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Alabama at Birmingham
    Cancer Technologies
  • Saturday, Oct 26th
    10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EST
    Poster T2 - Radiotherapy Response of a Lung Tumor-on-a-chip Model: Effect of a Hypoxic Tumor Microenvironment
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Rohollah Nasiri, Rohollah Nasiri – Stanford University
    Last Author: Guillem Pratx, PhD – Stanford University
    Cancer Technologies
  • Saturday, Oct 26th
    10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EST
    Poster T3 - The regulation of cancer cell bioenergetics by its migration state
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Seth Martin – University of Arkansas
    Co-Author: Yasiel Velasquez (she/her/hers) – University of Arkansas
    Primary Investigator: Jian Zhang, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Arkansas
    Cancer Technologies
  • Saturday, Oct 26th
    10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EST
    Poster T4 - Using RT-qPCR as an Early Screening Method for Antigen Specific CD4 T Cell Activation
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Maya Zhang, MSE (she/her/hers) – Georgia Institute of Technology
    Co-Author: Si-Sim Kang, MA (she/her/hers) – Johns Hopkins University
    Co-Author: Daniela Trejo Zambrano, PhD (she/her/hers) – Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
    Primary Investigator: Jonathan P. Schneck, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – Johns Hopkins University
    Cancer Technologies
  • Saturday, Oct 26th
    10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EST
    Poster T5 - YAP/TAZ Activity Regulates a Mechano-Metabolic Crosstalk during 3D Breast Cancer Invasion
    Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G
    Presenting Author: Adil Khan – The University of Texas at Dallas
    Co-Author: Haider Ali – The University of Texas at Dallas
    Co-Author: Hrishika Rai – The University of Texas at Dallas
    Co-Author: Bishant Karki – The University of Texas at Dallas
    Last Author: Jacopo Ferruzzi, PhD (he/him/his) – The University of Texas at Dallas
    Cancer Technologies
  • Saturday, Oct 26th
    12:30 PM – 2:00 PM EST
    Tumor Microenvironment II
    Location: Room 336
    Session Chair: Ioannis Zervantonakis, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Pittsburgh, Bioengineering
    Session Chair: Walter Murfee – University of Florida
    Track Chair: Erica Pratt, PhD (she/her/hers) – Boston University
    Track Chair: Madeleine Oudin – Tufts University
    Cancer Technologies
  • Saturday, Oct 26th
    12:30 PM – 12:45 PM EST
    Interstitial transport to identify invading tumor cells and their environment in glioblastoma
    Location: Room 336
    Invited Speaker: Jennifer Munson, PhD (she/her/hers) – Virginia Tech
    Co-Author: Jessica Cunningham – Virginia Tech
    Co-Author: Cora Carman - Esparza (she/her/hers) – Virginia Tech
    Co-Author: Katie Degen – Fralin Biomedical Resarch Institute
    Co-Author: Caleb Stine – Virginia Tech
    Co-Author: Naciye Atay – Virginia Tech
    Co-Author: Sharon Michelhaugh – Virginia Tech
    Cancer Technologies
  • Saturday, Oct 26th
    12:45 PM – 1:00 PM EST
    Normalizing Lymphatic Drainage Potentiates Immunotherapy in Breast Cancer
    Location: Room 336
    Presenting Author: Yansong Peng, MS (he/him/his) – Cornell University
    Co-Author: Renhao Lu, PhD (he/him/his) – Cornell University
    Last Author: Esak Lee, PhD (he/him/his) – Cornell University
    Cancer Technologies
  • Saturday, Oct 26th
    1:00 PM – 1:15 PM EST
    Ferroptosis is regulated by matrix stiffness
    Location: Room 336
    Presenting Author: Emma Villares – Duke University
    Co-Author: Jen-Tsan Ashley Chi – Duke University
    Co-Author: Chao-Chieh Lin, PhD – Duke University
    Primary Investigator: Sharon Gerecht, PhD – Duke University
    Cancer Technologies
  • Saturday, Oct 26th
    1:15 PM – 1:30 PM EST
    Microfluidic Modulation of Tumor Microvasculature in Micro-dissected Cancer Tissues
    Location: Room 336
    Presenting Author: Tran Ngoc Huyen Nguyen, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Washington
    Co-Author: Lisa Horowitz, MD PhD – University of Washington
    Co-Author: Brandon nguyen – University of Washington
    Co-Author: Timothy Krilov (he/him/his) – University of Washington
    Co-Author: SongLi Zhu – Fred Hutch Cancer Center
    Co-Author: Ethan Lockhart – University of Washington
    Co-Author: Taranjit Gujral – Fred Hutch Cancer Center
    Primary Investigator: Albert Folch – University of Washington
    Cancer Technologies
  • Saturday, Oct 26th
    1:30 PM – 1:45 PM EST
    Motility signatures of native T cells within lung tumor microenvironment using the murine crystal ribcage
    Location: Room 336
    Presenting Author: Kathryn Regan, MS (she/her/hers) – Boston University
    Co-Author: Gabrielle Grifno (she/her/hers) – Boston University Biomedical Engineering
    Co-Author: Rohin Banerji, M.Sc. – Boston University
    Co-Author: Linzheng Shi, BE – Boston University
    Co-Author: Winita Wangsrikhun – Boston University
    Co-Author: Lea Berland – Dana Farber Cancer Institute
    Co-Author: Mohammad Rashidian, PhD – Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
    Co-Author: Mohammad Fallahi-Sichani, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Virginia
    Primary Investigator: Hadi T. Nia, PhD – Boston University
    Cancer Technologies
  • Saturday, Oct 26th
    1:45 PM – 2:00 PM EST
    Multicompartmentalized microvascularized tumor-on-a-chip to study tumor-stroma interactions and drug resistance in ovarian cancer
    Location: Room 336
    Presenting Author: Simona Plesselova, PhD (she/her/hers) – Sanford Research
    Co-Author: Kristin Calar – Sanford Research
    Co-Author: Hailey Axemaker (she/her/hers) – Sanford Research
    Primary Investigator: Pilar de la Puente, PhD (she/her/hers) – Sanford Research / University of South Dakota School of Medicine
    Cancer Technologies
  • Saturday, Oct 26th
    2:30 PM – 4:00 PM EST
    Cancer Mechanobiology
    Location: Room 336
    Session Chair: Stephanie Seidlits, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Texas at Austin
    Session Chair: Omokolade Adebowale – UCSD
    Track Chair: Erica Pratt, PhD (she/her/hers) – Boston University
    Track Chair: Madeleine Oudin – Tufts University
    Cancer Technologies
  • Saturday, Oct 26th
    2:30 PM – 2:45 PM EST
    Dynamic Interstitial Fluid Flow Alters Breast Cancer Cells and Osteocytes in Bone Metastasis
    Location: Room 336
    Invited Speaker: Maureen Lynch, PhD – University of Colorado Boulder
    Co-Author: Shreya Venkatesh – University of Colorado
    Co-Author: Corrin Bowman, MS – University of Colorado
    Co-Author: Antonio Salcido-Alcantar – University of Colorado
    Co-Author: Elaine Goldman – University of Colorado
    Co-Author: Andrea Ordonez – University of Colorado
    Co-Author: Jian Tay, PhD – University of Colorado
    Co-Author: Edward Chuong, PhD – University of Colorado
    Co-Author: William Thompson, PhD – Indiana University Indianapolis
    Cancer Technologies
  • Saturday, Oct 26th
    2:45 PM – 3:00 PM EST
    High-Throughput Method to Investigate Tumor Cell and Primary Cell Mechanotransduction Under Physiological Shear Stress
    Location: Room 336
    Presenting Author: Abigail Fabiano – Vanderbilt University
    Co-Author: Spencer Robbins – Columbia University
    Co-Author: Schyler Rowland – Vanderbilt University
    Co-Author: Samantha Knoblauch – Vanderbilt University
    Last Author: Jenna Dombroski, PhD – Vanderbilt University
    Primary Investigator: Michael King – Rice University
    Cancer Technologies
  • Saturday, Oct 26th
    3:00 PM – 3:15 PM EST
    Mechano-dependent regulation of alternative splicing machinery in cancer
    Location: Room 336
    Presenting Author: Juliette Gouhier (she/her/hers) – Universite Laval
    Co-Author: Martial Millet – Universite Laval
    Co-Author: Gabriel Khelifi – Universite Laval
    Co-Author: Samer Hussein – Universite Laval
    Primary Investigator: Francois Bordeleau, PhD (he/him/his) – Universite Laval
    Cancer Technologies
  • Saturday, Oct 26th
    3:15 PM – 3:30 PM EST
    Mitotic progression under confinement drives heritable loss of chromosomes
    Location: Room 336
    Presenting Author: Steven Phan – University of Pennsylvania
    Last Author: Guilherme Nader, PhD (he/him/his) – Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
    Primary Investigator: Dennis Discher, PhD – Biophysical Eng'g Labs, University of Pennsylvania
    Cancer Technologies
  • Saturday, Oct 26th
    3:30 PM – 3:45 PM EST
    Oncogenic KRAS Mutations Drive Unique Mechanotransduction Response to Peristalsis in Colorectal Cancer Cells
    Location: Room 336
    Presenting Author: Abbie J. Clevenger, PhD – Texas A&M University Biomedical Engineering Department
    Co-Author: Claudia Collier – Texas A&M University Biomedical Engineering
    Co-Author: John Paul M. Gorley – Texas A&M University Biomedical Engineering
    Co-Author: Maygan McFarlin – Texas A&M University Biomedical Engineering
    Primary Investigator: Shreya A. Raghavan, MSE, PhD (she/her/hers) – Texas A&M University
    Cancer Technologies
  • Saturday, Oct 26th
    3:45 PM – 4:00 PM EST
    Unveiling Novel Migration Dynamics of Acini Following Apical-Out Eversion in 3D Gels
    Location: Room 336
    Presenting Author: Hailee Patel, MS (she/her/hers) – Texas A&M University
    Co-Author: Richard Dickinson, PhD – University of Florida, Gainesville
    Primary Investigator: Tanmay Lele – Texas A&M University
    Cancer Technologies