Cardiovascular Biomechanics II

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Session Chair(s)

• 

  Craig Goergen, PhD (he/him/his)

  Professor of Biomedical Engineering
  Purdue University
  West Lafayette, Indiana, United States
• 

  Jun Liao, PhD

  PROFESSOR
  University of Texas at Arlington
  Arlington, Texas, United States
• 

  Jungwook Paek, PhD

  Assistant professor
  SUNY Binghamton
  Binghamton, New York, United States

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

  LINC complex disruption improves cardiac function and overall survival in striated muscle disease caused by lamin mutations
  

  Co-Author: Noam Zuela-Sopilniak, PhD – Cornell University

  Co-Author: Julie Heffler – Cornell University

  Co-Author: Hind Zahr – Cornell University

  Co-Author: Ern Hwei Hannah Fong – Cornell University

  Co-Author: Alexander Sopilniak Mints – Cornell University

  Presenting Author: Jan Lammerding, PhD (he/him/his) – Cornell University
• 8:45 AM – 9:00 AM EST

  Longitudinal Changes in Aortic Mechanical Properties from Angiotensin-II Infused Mice Obtained by an Inverse Finite Element Method
  

  Presenting Author: Hadi Wiputra, Dr. – University of Minnesota

  Co-Author: Sydney Quinn Clark, MS, MPH (she/her/hers) – Indiana University School of Medicine

  Co-Author: Craig Goergen, PhD (he/him/his) – Purdue University

  Co-Author: Victor Barocas, PhD – University of Minnesota

  Last Author: Matthew R. Bersi, PhD (he/him/his) – Washington University in St. Louis
• 9:00 AM – 9:15 AM EST

  Microscale Structural Alterations and Macroscale Mechanical Responses in Pregnancy-Induced Aortic Remodeling
  

  Presenting Author: Ana I. Vargas (she/her/hers) – Northeastern University

  Co-Author: Turner Jennings, MS (he/him/his) – Northeastern University

  Primary Investigator: Rouzbeh Amini, Dr. – Northeastern University

  Last Author: Chiara Bellini, PhD (she/her/hers) – Northeastern University

  Co-Author: Mirza M. Junaid Baig
• 9:15 AM – 9:30 AM EST

  Sphingolipid Metabolic Regulation of Vascular Endothelial (Dys)function under Mechanical Stretch
  

  Presenting Author: Julia G. Pietromicca – University at Buffalo-SUNY

  Co-Author: Anu P. Bharathi Rajan – University at Buffalo-SUNY

  Co-Author: Zahid A. Manzar, MEng – University at Buffalo-SUNY

  Co-Author: G. Ekin Atilla-Gokcumen – University at Buffalo-SUNY

  Primary Investigator: B. Rita Alevriadou, PhD – University at Buffalo-SUNY
• 9:30 AM – 9:45 AM EST

  Transcriptional Regulation of Postnatal Aortic Development
  

  Presenting Author: Dar Weiss – Yale University

  Co-Author: Abhay Ramachandra – Iowa State University

  Co-Author: Nicola Yeung, BA (she/her/hers) – University of Cambridge

  Last Author: Jay D. Humphrey, PhD – Yale University
• 9:45 AM – 10:00 AM EST

  Accumulation and activation of PIEZO1 in vascular smooth muscle cells augments vasoconstriction and mediates the functional decline of the ascending thoracic aorta during aging.
  

  Presenting Author: Chiara Bellini, PhD (she/her/hers) – Northeastern University

  Co-Author: Yasmeen Farra, PhD – Northeastern University

  Co-Author: Jacqueline Matz, PhD – Northeastern University