Natural and Bioinspired Biomaterials

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Session Chair(s)

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  Parinaz Fathi, PhD

  Independent Research Scholar
  NIH/NIBIB
  Bethesda, Maryland, United States
• RS

  Rebecca Scott, PhD (she/her/hers)

  Assistant Professor
  University of Oklahoma
  Norman, Oklahoma, United States

Track Chair(s)

• 

  Josephine Allen, PhD (she/her/hers)

  Professor
  University of Florida, Florida, United States
• 

  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:

• 2:30 PM – 2:45 PM EST

  Characterization of Porous Fibrin Scaffolds with Tunable Anisotropic Features
  

  Presenting Author: Bryanna L. Samolyk (she/her/hers) – Worcester Polytechnic Institute

  Co-Author: Jeannine Coburn, PhD – Worcester Polytechnic Institute

  Primary Investigator: George Pins – Worcester Polytechnic Institute
• 2:45 PM – 3:00 PM EST

  Development of a hydrogel-based cellular model of the vocal fold
  

  Presenting Author: Nayantikakumari P Chaudhari, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Delaware

  Co-Author: Peter Cruciata – University of Delaware

  Co-Author: Colette Makara – University of Delaware

  Last Author: Joseph Fox – University of Delaware

  Primary Investigator: Xinqiao Jia (she/her/hers) – University of Delaware

  Co-Author: Tong Lyu
• 3:00 PM – 3:15 PM EST

  In vivo decellularization of ileal tissue using irreversible electroporation for bladder reconstruction therapy
  

  Presenting Author: Neeraj Raghuraman Rajagopalan, MS-PhD student (he/him/his) – University of Massachusetts Amherst

  Primary Investigator: Govind Srimathveeravalli, PhD – University of Massachusetts Amherst
• 3:15 PM – 3:30 PM EST

  Pre-Staining Silk Fibroin with Sudan Black B Attenuates Autofluorescence and Maintains Hydrogel Cytocompatibility and Physiologically-Relevant Mechanical Properties
  

  Presenting Author: Calvin L. Jones – Boise State University

  Co-Author: Skyler Kichak – Biomaterial and Musculoskeletal Engineering Lab, Boise State University

  Co-Author: Taylor Izzard – Biomaterial and Musculoskeletal Engineering Lab, Boise State University

  Co-Author: Tawakalitu Giwa – Biomaterial and Musculoskeletal Engineering Lab, Boise State University

  Co-Author: Victor Nguyen – Surface Science Laboratory, Boise State University

  Co-Author: Paul Davis – Micron School of Materials Science and Engineering, Boise State University

  Primary Investigator: Sophia Theodossiou, PhD (she/her/hers) – Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering Dept., Boise State University
• 3:30 PM – 3:45 PM EST

  Safety & Efficacy of LIFU for Non-Invasively Triggering In Vivo Silk Scaffold Degradation
  

  Presenting Author: Nathan Roblin (he/him/his) – Carnegie Mellon University

  Co-Author: Veronica Zhang – Carnegie Mellon University

  Co-Author: Minho (Jimmy) Kim (he/him/his) – Carnegie Mellon University

  Co-Author: Sandra L. Shefter – Carnegie Mellon University

  Primary Investigator: Rosalyn Abbott, PhD (she/her/hers) – Department of Biomedical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
• 3:45 PM – 4:00 PM EST

  Sustained ROS Scavenging and Pericellular Oxygenation by Lignin Composites Rescue HIF-1α and VEGF Levels to Improve Diabetic Wound Neovascularization and Healing
  

  Co-Author: Swathi Balaji, PhD (she/her/hers) – Texas Children’s Hospital & Baylor College of Medicine

  Co-Author: Olutoye Oluyinka II, MD, MPH – Texas Children’s Hospital & Baylor College of Medicine

  Co-Author: Lane Yutzy – Louisiana State University

  Co-Author: Kenny Nguyen – Louisiana State University

  Co-Author: Benjamin Padon – Rice University

  Co-Author: Walker Short, MD – Texas Children’s Hospital & Baylor College of Medicine

  Co-Author: Fayiz Faruk – Rice University

  Co-Author: Olivia Jung (she/her/hers) – Louisiana State University

  Co-Author: Phillip Kogan – Texas Children’s Hospital & Baylor College of Medicine

  Co-Author: Ling Yu, PhD – Texas Children’s Hospital & Baylor College of Medicine

  Co-Author: Hui Li – Texas Children’s Hospital & Baylor College of Medicine

  Primary Investigator: Jangwook P. Jung, PhD (he/him/his) – Louisiana State University

  Presenting Author: Mary Elizabeth Guerra, MD (she/her/hers) – Texas Children's Hospital & Baylor College of Medicine