Cellular and Molecular Mechanobiology II

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Session Chair(s)

• 

  Whasil Lee, PhD

  Assist Professor
  University of Rochester, NY
  Rochester, New York, United States
• 

  Eno  Ebong, PhD

  Associate Professor, Associate Chair for Graduate Studies in Chemical Engineering
  Northeastern University

Track Chair(s)

• 

  Jeffrey Jacot, PhD (he/him/his)

  Associate professor
  University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
  Aurora, Colorado, United States
• 

  Hossein Tavana, PhD (he/him/his)

  Department Chair/ Professor
  University of Akron, Ohio, United States

Presentations:

• 8:30 AM – 8:45 AM EST

  Excess area in the lamin A/C-containing nuclear lamina determines whether cells can migrate through confining environments
  

  Presenting Author: Samere Abolghasemzade, Bachelor's and Master's of sciences | Chemical Engineering – Texas A&M University

  Primary Investigator: Tanmay Lele – Texas A&M University

  Co-Author: Richard Dickinson, PhD – University of Florida, Gainesville

  Co-Author: Brendan Mckee, MS – Texas A&M University

  Co-Author: Ting-Ching Wang, MS – Texas A&M University

  Co-Author: Mohammad Mohajeri – Texas A&M University

  Co-Author: Simran Kaur – Texas A&M University

  Co-Author: Kajol Harsh – Texas A&M University
• 8:45 AM – 9:00 AM EST

  Impact of Substrate Stiffness on Physical Traits and Pluripotency in iPSCs
  

  Presenting Author: Young-woo Jeon, MS (he/him/his) – KAIST

  Co-Author: Hoewon Park (he/him/his) – KAIST

  Co-Author: Hyuntae Jeong, PhD (he/him/his) – Brown University

  Co-Author: Namji Sung, MS (she/her/hers) – KAIST

  Co-Author: Eun Min Ko, PhD (he/him/his) – KAIST

  Co-Author: Ki-Jun Yoon, PhD (he/him/his) – KAIST

  Primary Investigator: Jennifer H. Shin, PhD (she/her/hers) – KAIST
• 9:00 AM – 9:15 AM EST

  Intercellular contact is sufficient to drive fibroblast-to-myofibroblast transitions
  

  Presenting Author: Vasuretha Chandar, MEng (she/her/hers) – Northeastern University

  Co-Author: Benjamin M. Goykadosh, MA (he/him/his) – Northeastern University

  Primary Investigator: Harikrishnan Parameswaran, PhD (he/him/his) – Northeastern University
• 9:15 AM – 9:30 AM EST

  Investigating Rapid Nuclear Mechanotransduction by Mapping Genome-wide Changes in Transcription and Chromatin Accessibility in Response to Mechanical Stretch
  

  Presenting Author: Julien Morival, PhD (he/him/his) – Cornell University

  Co-Author: Joseph Long – Cornell University

  Co-Author: Julie Heffler – Cornell University

  Co-Author: Anna Hazelwood – Cornell University

  Primary Investigator: Jan Lammerding, PhD (he/him/his) – Cornell University
• 9:30 AM – 9:45 AM EST

  Mechanobiological Revitalization of Mesenchymal Stem Cells from Aged Patients
  

  Co-Author: Miles Massidda – University of Texas at Austin

  Co-Author: Andrei Demkov – University of Texas at Austin

  Co-Author: Aiden Sices – University of Texas at Austin

  Co-Author: Jason Lee – University of Texas at Austin

  Co-Author: Muyoung Lee – University of Texas at Austin

  Co-Author: Jonghwan Kim – University of Texas at Austin

  Presenting Author: Aaron Baker, PhD – University of Texas at Austin
• 9:45 AM – 10:00 AM EST

  Mechanometabolism of Cell Adhesion: Vinculin regulates cell bioenergetics in a ROCK dependent manner
  

  Presenting Author: Emily D. Fabiano, BS – Vanderbilt University

  Co-Author: Nathaniel Seluga – Hopkins Authentic Research Program in Science, Hopkins School

  Co-Author: Brenton D. Hoffman, Phd – Duke University

  Primary Investigator: Cynthia A. Reinhart-King, PhD – Rice University

  Co-Author: Lindsey N. Sabo – Vanderbilt University