Neuro-Regenerative Engineering

Session Chair(s)

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  David Shreiber, PhD

  Professor
  Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
  Piscataway, Nebraska, United States

Track Chair(s)

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  Alan Dorval, PhD

  Associate Professor
  University of Utah Biomedical Engineering
  Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
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  Aysegul Gunduz, PhD

  Professor
  University of Florida, United States
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  Maribel Vazquez, PhD (she/her/hers)

  Professor of Biomedical Engineering
  Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
  Piscataway, New Jersey, United States

Presentations:

• 1:15 PM – 1:30 PM EST

  Neuromodulation of Pelvic Nerves Increases Nerve Regeneration After Injury
  

  Presenting Author: Zuha Yousuf, MS (she/her/hers) – University of Arizona

  Co-Author: Farial Rahman – University of Houston

  Primary Investigator: Mario I. Romero-Ortega, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Arizona
• 1:30 PM – 1:45 PM EST

  Modeling the Mechanical Properties of the Demyelinated Central Nervous System
  

  Invited Speaker: Carmen Melendez-Vasquez, PhD – Hunter College, City University of New York
• 1:45 PM – 2:00 PM EST

  Human neural stem and progenitor cell secreted factors stimulate vessel lumen formation
  

  Presenting Author: Tzu Chia Liu, BA (she/her/hers) – University of California, Irvine

  Co-Author: Brenda Gutierrez, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of California, Irvine

  Co-Author: Greer Cisneros, B.S. (he/him/his) – University of California, Irvine

  Primary Investigator: Lisa Flanagan, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of California, Irvine
• 2:00 PM – 2:15 PM EST

  The regenerative role of neural crest stem cells in physical stimuli-enhanced peripheral nerve repair
  

  Presenting Author: Youyi Tai – University of California, Riverside

  Co-Author: Lu Jin (she/her/hers) – UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA,RIVERSIDE

  Co-Author: Thamidul Tonmoy (he/him/his) – Bioengineering/University of California-Riverside

  Co-Author: Hyle Park, PhD – Bioengineering/University of California-Riverside

  Last Author: Jin Nam – Bioengineering/University of California-Riverside
• 2:15 PM – 2:30 PM EST

  Development of a Brain Vasculature Damage Model for Permeability Recovery Treatments
  

  Presenting Author: Anne Alsup, BSc (she/her/hers) – University of Texas at Arlington

  Co-Author: Kelli Fowlds – The University of Texas at Arlington

  Co-Author: Mia Grubbs (she/her/hers) – University of Texas at Arlington

  Co-Author: Nagham Alatrash, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

  Co-Author: Jacob Luber – The University of Texas at Arlington

  Co-Author: Abdel Kareem Azab, BPharm, MSc, PhD (he/him/his) – UT Southwestern Medical Center

  Last Author: Michael Cho – University of Texas at Arlington
• 2:30 PM – 2:45 PM EST

  Engineering the retinal microenvironment to improve donor and host retinal neuron survival in vivo
  

  Presenting Author: Jonathan R. Soucy, PhD (he/him/his) – Schepens Eye Research Institute of Mass. Eye & Ear, Harvard Medical School

  Co-Author: Emil Kriukov – Schepens Eye Research Institute of Mass. Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School

  Co-Author: Julia Oswald, PhD – Schepens Eye Research Institute of Mass. Eye & Ear, Harvard Medical School

  Last Author: Petr Baranov, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – Schepens Eye Research Institute of Mass. Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School