Matrix Effects in Mechanobiology

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Session Chair(s)

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  Harikrishnan Parameswaran, PhD (he/him/his)

  Associate Professor
  Northeastern University, Massachusetts, United States
• 

  Axel Moore, PhD (he/him/his)

  Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
  Carnegie Mellon University
  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Track Chair(s)

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  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

  Tissue-like mechanical responses in biopolymer networks induced by aggregated cell-mimicking particles
  

  Presenting Author: Xuechen Shi, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Pennsylvania

  Primary Investigator: Paul Janmey, PhD – University of Pennsylvania
• 8:45 AM – 9:00 AM EST

  Effects of collagen on the passive biaxial viscoelasticity of healthy right ventricle
  

  Presenting Author: Yuecheng Wang – Colorado State University

  Co-Author: Kristen LeBar (she/her/hers) – Colorado State University

  Primary Investigator: Zhijie Wang, PhD (she/her/hers) – Colorado State University
• 9:00 AM – 9:15 AM EST

  Impacts of Type V Collage Haploinsufficiency on the Structural Integrity and Immunoresponses of Dermal Wound Healing
  

  Presenting Author: Yuchen Liu, BS (he/him/his) – Drexel University

  Co-Author: Daniel Stewart, PhD – University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine

  Co-Author: Erin M. O'Brien, PhD (she/her/hers) – Drexel University

  Co-Author: Chao Wang – Drexel University

  Co-Author: Bryan Kwok, PhD (he/him/his) – Drexel University

  Co-Author: David Birk – University of South Florida

  Co-Author: Kara Spiller, PhD – Drexel University

  Co-Author: Susan Volk – University of Pennsylvania, School of Veterinary Medicine

  Primary Investigator: Lin Han, PhD (he/him/his) – Drexel University
• 9:15 AM – 9:30 AM EST

  Increased liver cholesterol storage induces lipid crystal formation that stiffens the tissue
  

  Presenting Author: David Li, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Pennsylvania

  Co-Author: Abigail E. Loneker – University of Pennsylvania

  Co-Author: Paul A. Janmey, PhD – University of Pennsylvania

  Primary Investigator: Rebecca G. Wells, MD – University of Pennsylvania
• 9:30 AM – 9:45 AM EST

  Matrix Shear Strength Regulates T Cell Migration Through Confining Microenvironments
  

  Presenting Author: Byunghang Ha, PhD (he/him/his) – Stanford University

  Co-Author: Peter Xie – Stanford University

  Co-Author: Maria Korah, MD – Stanford University

  Co-Author: Daniel Delitto, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – Stanford University

  Last Author: Ovijit Chaudhuri, PhD – Stanford University
• 9:45 AM – 10:00 AM EST

  Nanoparticles reveal reversible and permanent changes in lymph node tissue structure after a single inflammatory insult
  

  Presenting Author: Ann Ramirez, BS (she/her/hers) – University of Maryland, College Park

  Co-Author: Yassmin Abbouchi (she/her/hers) – University of Maryland, College Park

  Co-Author: Reina Patolia (she/her/hers) – University of Maryland, College Park

  Co-Author: Sidhant Narula (he/him/his) – University of Maryland, College Park

  Primary Investigator: Katharina Maisel, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Maryland

  Co-Author: Hannah Lee