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Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering
Poster Session

Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering - Poster Session B

Thursday, October 24, 2024
2:45 PM - 3:45 PM EST
Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G

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    Presentations:

    • 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM EST
      Engineering of genetically encoded blockers for calcium channels

      Presenting Author: Syed Sher Ali Bukhari, Scientist (he/him/his) – Texas A&M University

      Co-Author: Xiaoxuan Liu (she/her/hers) – Texas A&M University

      Co-Author: Guolin Ma (he/him/his) – MD Anderson

      Primary Investigator: Yubin Zhou, PhD, MD (he/him/his) – Texas A&M University

    • 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM EST
      Engineering platforms to study BEST4+ cell differentiation

      Presenting Author: Henry Fosnocht (he/him/his) – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

      Co-Author: Keith Breau (he/him/his) – Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

      Co-Author: Henry H. Taylor (he/him/his) – Magness Lab, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

      Co-Author: Joseph R. Burclaff, PhD (he/him/his) – Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University

      Primary Investigator: Scott Magness, Director, CGIBD Advanced Analytics Core (he/him/his) – Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering, UNC-CH/NCSU, Department of Cell & Molecular Physiology

    • 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM EST
      Dynamic Modeling of the Acute Cigarette Exposure Induced Immune Response

      Presenting Author: Oliver Trejo – Northeastern University, Massachusetts General Brigham Gene & Cell Therapy Institute

      Co-Author: Nicholas Micovic – Northeastern University

      Co-Author: Simone Sabnis – Northeastern University

      Co-Author: Jessica M. Oakes, PhD – Northeastern University

      Primary Investigator: Chiara Bellini, PhD (she/her/hers) – Northeastern University

    • 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM EST
      Electromagnetic Levitation and Sorting of Single Cells

      Presenting Author: Malavika Ramarao (she/her/hers) – Stanford University

      Co-Author: Victor J. Gradilla, PhD – Stanford University

      Co-Author: Mehmet Unlu – Ozyegin University

      Primary Investigator: Naside Gozde Durmus, PhD – Stanford University

    • 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM EST
      Estradiol influences epithelial cell actin and shape dynamics imaged with 3D lattice lightsheet microscopy

      Presenting Author: Shohini Banerjee (she/her/hers) – University of Maryland

      Co-Author: Corey Herr – University of Maryland

      Primary Investigator: Wolfgang Losert – University of Maryland

      Last Author: Kimberly Stroka, PhD – University of Maryland

    • 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM EST
      Immuno-Mechanical Regulation of Myeloid Cells

      Co-Author: Nghi Tran (she/her/hers) – University of Pennsylvania

      Co-Author: Yu-Chang Chen (he/him/his) – University of Pennsylvania

    • 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM EST
      Effect of Storage Time and Temperature on Aggregation of Alzheimer's Disease Amyloid-β Protein

      Presenting Author: Amy Veihdeffer (she/her/hers) – University of South Carolina

      Co-Author: Shannon Depratter – University of South Carolina

      Primary Investigator: Melissa A. Moss, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of South Carolina

    • 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM EST
      Enhancing the Potency of anti-Biofilm Extracellular Vesicles

      Presenting Author: Casey Byrne (she/her/hers) – University of Maryland, College Park

      Co-Author: Talia Solomon (she/her/hers) – University of Maryland

      Primary Investigator: Steven Jay, PhD – University of Maryland

    • 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM EST
      Fluid Shear Stress-Dependent Remodeling of Endothelial Cell Basal Hyaluronic Acid

      Presenting Author: Jacqueline O'Donnell (she/her/hers) – Worcester Polytechnic Institute

      Co-Author: Udaya Rattan (she/her/hers) – Worcester Polytechnic Institute

      Co-Author: Zoe Vittum (she/her/hers) – Worcester Polytechnic Institute

      Primary Investigator: Solomon Mensah – Worcester Polytechnic Institute

    • 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM EST
      Enhancing Expression of MMP-9 in Mesenchymal Stem Cells to Amplify Anti-Fibrotic Capacities to Treat Liver Fibrosis

      Presenting Author: Sarang Han – University of Maryland - College Park

      Co-Author: Anjali Verma – University of Maryland, School of Medicine

      Co-Author: Shani Kamberi – University of Maryland, School of Medicine

      Co-Author: Kasra shirini – University of Maryland, School of Medicine

      Co-Author: Daniel Juan – University of Maryland, College Park

      Co-Author: Alexandra Max – University of Maryland, College Park

      Co-Author: Valeria Mas, PhD – Unversity of Maryland, School of Medicine

      Primary Investigator: Raphael Meier – University of Maryland, School of Medicine

    • 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM EST
      Exploring the therapeutic potential of primed hMSC extracellular vesicles for biomaterials applications in interfacial tendon-to-bone rotator cuff repair

      Presenting Author: Kyle B. Timmer, MS (he/him/his) – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

      Co-Author: Yuan Liu – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

      Co-Author: Hua Wang – University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign

      Last Author: Brendan A.C Harley, Sc.D. (he/him/his) – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    • 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM EST
      Exploring the Effects of Environmental Variables on the Growth of opportunistic Bacteroides members.

      Presenting Author: Marcos Javith (he/him/his) – University of Florida

      Co-Author: Karen Mancera Azamar (she/her/hers) – University of Florida

      Primary Investigator: Ana Maria Porras, PhD – University of Florida

    • 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM EST
      Fluorescent protein-dominated shifts in the intracellular liquid-liquid phase separation dynamics of disordered proteins

      Presenting Author: Kai A. Littlejohn, BS (she/her/hers) – Georgia Institute of Technology-Emory Univeristy

      Co-Author: Mariell Pascual – Emory University

      Co-Author: Xin Fang – Emory University

      Co-Author: Dakota Ellis – Mercer University

      Co-Author: Kevin Tao – Albert Einstein College of Medicine

      Co-Author: Kyle R. Allison, PhD – Emory University

      Primary Investigator: Felipe Quiroz (he/him/his) – Emory University and Georgia Institute of Technology

    • 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM EST
      Exploring the time and size dependent actin organization of cardiomyocytes at the single cell scale

      Presenting Author: Lillian Hendrey – Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

      Co-Author: Frank Peters – Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

      Primary Investigator: Leo Wan, PhD – Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute `

    • 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM EST
      Hypoxia-driven glycolysis contributes to vascular permeability

      Presenting Author: Ellie Johandes, MS (she/her/hers) – University of Notre Dame

      Co-Author: Eva Hall (she/her/hers) – University of Notre Dame

      Primary Investigator: Donny Hanjaya-Putra – University of Notre Dame

    • 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM EST
      Effect of Fluid Shear Stress on Endothelial Cell Basal CD44

      Presenting Author: Udaya Rattan (she/her/hers) – Worcester Polytechnic Institute

      Co-Author: Jacqueline O'Donnell (she/her/hers) – Worcester Polytechnic Institute

      Co-Author: Zoe Vittum (she/her/hers) – Worcester Polytechnic Institute

      Primary Investigator: Solomon Mensah – Worcester Polytechnic Institute

    • 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM EST
      Engineering Probiotic Yeast for Anti-Inflammatory Modulation via IL-10 Therapy

      Presenting Author: Christian N. Pile – Duke University

      Primary Investigator: Cameron M. Kim, PhD (he/him/his) – Duke University

    • 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM EST
      Hybrid Differentiation Strategy to Efficiently Derive Region Specific Spinal Neurons

      Presenting Author: Natalie A. Parker (she/her/hers) – Tufts University

      Primary Investigator: Nisha Iyer, PhD (she/her/hers) – Tufts University

    • 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM EST
      Identification of Nanobodies for the Observation of Synapse Structure

      Presenting Author: Nathan Irvin (he/him/his) – West Virginia University

      Co-Author: Candis Dancy (she/her/hers) – West Virginia University

      Co-Author: Kaitlyn Heintzelman – West Virginia University

      Primary Investigator: Moriah Katt, PhD (she/her/hers) – West Virginia University

    • 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM EST
      Identifying the role of macrophages during human heart development in a stem cell-derived heart organoid

      Presenting Author: Colin O'Hern – Michigan State University

      Primary Investigator: Aitor Aguirre, PhD – Michigan State University

      Co-Author: Sammie Caywood – Michigan State University

      Co-Author: Mia Dionise – Michigan State University

      Co-Author: Artem Kiselev – Michigan State University

      Co-Author: Sangbum Park – Michigan State University

    • 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM EST
      Development of a point of care sample preparation-integrated vertical flow immunoassay for the detection of intracellular leukocyte proteins

      Presenting Author: Ashkan Khanishayan, M.Sc. – University of Arizona

      Primary Investigator: Jerome Lacombe – UNIV OF ARIZONA

      Co-Author: Helen Turner – Columbia University

      Co-Author: Sally Amundson – Columbia University

      Presenting Author: Frederic Zenhausern – University of Arizona

    • 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM EST
      Imaging Phagocytic Force Over Surface-bound Particles by Macrophages

      Presenting Author: Subhankar Kundu, Doctor in Philosophy (he/him/his) – University of Cincinnati

      Co-Author: Kaushik Pal – IIT Tirupati

      Co-Author: Arghajit Pyne, PhD – Hoxworth Blood Center

      Primary Investigator: Xuefeng Wang, PhD – Hoxworth Center

    • 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM EST
      Impact of extracellular matrix protein coatings on Fibronectin synthesis and fibril assembly.

      Presenting Author: Abigail Brooks – Virginia Commonwealth University

      Primary Investigator: Christopher Lemmon (he/him/his) – Virginia Commonwealth University

      Co-Author: Kristin Kim (she/her/hers) – Virginia Commonwealth University

    • 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM EST
      Development and Application of a Python-based Image Analysis Pipeline for Phenotypic Screening Reveals Reductions in Calcium Efflux from the Endoplasmic Reticulum Following Bclw Knockout

      Presenting Author: Joy Franco, PhD (she/her/hers) – Harvard Medical School

      Last Author: Rosalind A. Segal, MD, PhD – Harvard Medical School

    • 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM EST
      Evaluation of Extracellular Vesicle and Mitochondria Supplemented Organ Storage Strategies Using Precision Cut Tissue Slices as a 3D Model

      Presenting Author: Sophie Clarke (she/her/hers) – Carnegie Mellon University

      Primary Investigator: Phil Campbell – Carnegie Mellon University

      Co-Author: Bingda Li (he/him/his) – Carnegie Mellon University

    • 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM EST
      Deciphering CD4 Subtypes: Integrating Biophysical Signatures with Immunological Function

      Presenting Author: Nico Macaluso – Johns Hopkins

    • 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM EST
      In vitro cultivation techniques for modeling liver organogenesis, building assembloids, and designing synthetic tissues

      Co-Author: Alex Depczynski – University at Buffalo

      Co-Author: Deryn Ramsoomair – University at Buffalo

      Co-Author: Simran Kumar – University at Buffalo

      Co-Author: Helly Patel – University at Buffalo

      Co-Author: Lokprakash Aravindan – University at Buffalo

      Co-Author: Daniel Guiggey, MS – University at Buffalo

      Presenting Author: Natesh Parashurama, MD PhD – University at Buffalo

    • 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM EST
      Development of an In Vitro Model of Recurrent Urinary Tract Infections

      Presenting Author: Katherine Peters – Binghamton University

      Co-Author: Federico McCants – Upper Iowa University

      Co-Author: Sanat K. Dash (he/him/his) – Binghamton University

      Co-Author: Jacob Tanzman – BInghamton University

      Co-Author: Jennifer Hill – Guthrie Lourdes Hospital

      Co-Author: Claudia Marques, PHD (she/her/hers) – BInghamton University

      Primary Investigator: Gretchen Mahler, PhD – Binghamton University

    • 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM EST
      Development of an In Vivo Carbon Fixation System in the Syn3B Minimal Cell

      Presenting Author: Rridhisha Kumar (she/her/hers) – J. Craig Venter Institute

      Co-Author: Myra S. Ashraf (she/her/hers) – Columbia University

      Co-Author: Parisa Shahabi, MTM (she/her/hers) – UC Berkeley and UC San Francisco

      Co-Author: Sarah Chittle (she/her/hers) – Johns Hopkins University

      Co-Author: Ella Kirwan (she/her/hers) – UC San Diego

      Co-Author: Leo Liu – Harvard Medical School

      Co-Author: Andrew Nguyen – Scripps College

      Co-Author: Amit Klein – UC San Diego

      Co-Author: Neel Dhar – Columbia University

      Co-Author: Aishwarya Mitra – Columbia University

      Primary Investigator: Yo Suzuki, PhD (he/him/his) – J. Craig Venter Institute

    • 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM EST
      Development of NanoBRET Model as a Screening Tool in Mycobacteria

      Presenting Author: Keya Patel – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

      Co-Author: Chuan Liang – Texas A&M School of Medicine

      Primary Investigator: Jeffery Cirillo – Texas A&M School of Medicine

    • 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM EST
      Diffusion of inhibitory morphogens determines spacing between branches in the embryonic lung

      Presenting Author: Chan Jin Park, PhD – Princeton University

      Primary Investigator: Celeste M. Nelson, PhD (she/her/hers) – Princeton University

    • 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM EST
      Engineering a constitutive nuclear factor receptor 2 construct in chimeric antigen receptor T cells

      Presenting Author: Jiayi Jiang (she/her/hers) – University of Southern California

      Co-Author: Cem Kilic, MS (he/him/his) – Univeristy of Southern California

      Primary Investigator: Keyue Shen – USC

    • 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM EST
      Epigenetic Responses to Fluid Shear Stress: Mechanistic Insights into Atherosclerosis

      Presenting Author: Khalea Avery (she/her/hers) – Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University

      Co-Author: Tyler Blanch (he/him/his) – University of Pennsylvania

      Co-Author: Felicia Pinto (she/her/hers) – University of Pennsylvania

      Primary Investigator: Su Chin Heo (he/him/his) – University of Pennsylvania, Departments of Bioengineering and Orthopaedic Surgery

    • 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM EST
      Dynamic biomarkers of T-cell senescence

      Presenting Author: Ladaisha Thompson (she/her/hers) – Johns Hopkins University

      Co-Author: Annaka Saffron (she/her/hers) – Johns Hopkins

      Co-Author: Charles Ezenwanne (he/him/his) – Johns Hopkins University

      Co-Author: Chanhong Min (he/him/his) – Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University

      Last Author: Jeremy Walston (he/him/his) – Johns Hopkins University

      Primary Investigator: Jude Phillip (he/him/his) – Johns Hopkins University

    • 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM EST
      Engineered Extracellular Vesicles loaded with Transcription Factors induce Motor-like Neuron Reprogramming

      Presenting Author: Grant Barringer, N/A – The Ohio State University

      Co-Author: Ana Salazar-Puerta, PhD (she/her/hers) – The Ohio State University

      Co-Author: Sara Kheirkhah – The Ohio State University

      Co-Author: Jon P. Stranan, MS (he/him/his) – The Ohio State University

      Co-Author: Samuel Cortes (he/him/his) – The Ohio State University

      Primary Investigator: Daniel Gallego-Perez, Dr. (he/him/his) – The Ohio State University

    • 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM EST
      Dysfunctional mechanotransduction regulates progression of vascular malformations

      Presenting Author: William Polacheck, PhD – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

      Co-Author: Wen Yih Aw, PhD – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

    • 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM EST
      Global Methylation Analysis of Thermal Inkjet Bioprinted Human Dermal Fibroblasts and Effects of Bioprinting on Hippo Pathway Effectors YAP/TAZ

      Presenting Author: Jonah Ayala – The University of Texas at El Paso

      Co-Author: Patricia Ablanedo – University of Texas at El Paso

      Primary Investigator: Thomas Boland, PhD – The University of Texas at El Paso