Biomaterials for Stem Cell Engineering

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Session Chair(s)

• MB

  Michael Blatchley
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  Sebastian Vega, PhD

  Associate Professor
  Department of Biomedical Engineering, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ and Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Camden, NJ, New Jersey, United States

Track Chair(s)

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  Josephine Allen, PhD (she/her/hers)

  Professor
  University of Florida, Florida, United States
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  Hai-Quan Mao, PhD (he/him/his)

  Professor
  Johns Hopkins University, Maryland, United States
• 

  Huiliang Wang, PhD

  Assistant Professor
  University of Texas at Austin, United States
• 

  Rosalyn Abbott, PhD (she/her/hers)

  Associate Professor
  Department of Biomedical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, United States

Presentations:

• 1:15 PM – 1:30 PM EST

  BMP-2 (Bone Morphogenetic Protein-2) Peptide-Functionalized Hydrogels to Study 3D Mechanosensing and Osteogenic Differentiation
  

  Presenting Author: Umu S. Jalloh (she/her/hers) – Rowan University

  Primary Investigator: Sebastian Vega, PhD – Department of Biomedical Engineering, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ and Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Camden, NJ
• 1:30 PM – 1:45 PM EST

  Injectable Supramolecular Hydrogels to Promote Oligodendrocyte Progenitor Cell Survival and Remyelination in the Central Nervous System
  

  Presenting Author: Mohamed A. Mohamed – University at Buffalo, The state University of New York

  Co-Author: Ashis Kumar Podder – University at Buffalo

  Co-Author: Richard Seidman – University at Buffalo

  Co-Author: Georgios Tseropoulos – University of Colorado Boulder

  Co-Author: Jessie Polanco – University at Buffalo

  Co-Author: Pedro Lei, PhD – University at Buffalo

  Co-Author: Fraser Sim – University at Buffalo

  Primary Investigator: Stelios T. Andreadis, PhD (he/him/his) – University at Buffalo
• 1:45 PM – 2:00 PM EST

  Matrix viscoelasticity and N-cadherin signaling enhance neural differentiation within engineered 3D hydrogels
  

  Presenting Author: Michelle Huang, MS (she/her/hers) – Stanford University

  Co-Author: Sadegh Ghorbani, PhD (he/him/his) – Stanford University

  Co-Author: Carla Huerta-López – Stanford University

  Co-Author: Bauer LeSavage (he/him/his) – Stanford University

  Co-Author: Renato Navarro, PhD (he/him/his) – Stanford University

  Co-Author: Aidan Gilchrist, PhD (he/him/his) – University of California Davis

  Primary Investigator: Sarah Heilshorn, PhD – Stanford University
• 2:00 PM – 2:15 PM EST

  Soft Poly(ethylene) Glycol Hydrogels Support Epiblast-like Morphogenesis in 3D Cultured Human Pluripotent Stem Cells
  

  Presenting Author: Michael P. Seitz (he/him/his) – Syracuse University

  Co-Author: Yuanhui Song, PhD (he/him/his) – Syracuse University

  Primary Investigator: Era Jain, PhD (she/her/hers) – Syracuse University

  Co-Author: Zhen Ma, PhD (he/him/his) – Syracuse University
• 2:15 PM – 2:30 PM EST

  3D Printed Hierarchical Scaffolds with Embedded Fibrous Membranes to Spatially Control Stem Cell Behavior
  

  Presenting Author: Thi Ngoc Hang Truong (she/her/hers) – New Jersey Institute of TEchnology

  Primary Investigator: Murat Guvendiren, PhD – New Jersey Institute of Technology
• 2:30 PM – 2:45 PM EST

  Angiogenic Biomaterials for Stem Cell Transplantation
  

  Presenting Author: Isabella G. Cozzone (she/her/hers) – University of Miami

  Co-Author: Barbara Marin – University of Miami

  Co-Author: Giancarlo Tejeda, BS – University of Miami

  Co-Author: Stanislava Jergova – University of Miami

  Co-Author: Jacqueline Sagen – University of Miami

  Primary Investigator: Courtney M. Dumont, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Miami