Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering - Poster Session C

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Presentations:

• 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EST

  Increasing flexibility and availability of Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells- Endothelial Cells protocol
  

  Presenting Author: Arshitha Rayanki – University of Texas at Austin

  Co-Author: Bryce Larsen – University of Texas at Austin

  Co-Author: Sogu Sohn, MS (he/him/his) – University of Texas at Austin

  Primary Investigator: Janet Zoldan – The University of Texas at Austin Biomedical Engineering
• 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EST

  Interpreting Crowding Effects on FRET Signals for Protein Kinetics Analysis
  

  Presenting Author: Mandy Hsieh, Published Undergraduate Researcher (she/her/hers) – University of California, Riverside (UCR)

  Co-Author: Chuchu Liu (she/her/hers) – University of California

  Co-Author: Gagan Mannur (he/him/they/them) – University of California, Riverside

  Primary Investigator: Victor Rodgers, DSc – University of California, Riverside

  Co-Author: Jiayu Liao
• 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EST

  Investigating Changes in Lymphatic Endothelial Cell Junction Expression and LEC-mediated Immunity Post Exposure to Particulate Matter
  

  Presenting Author: Shreyas Kanwar (he/him/his) – University of Maryland, College Park

  Co-Author: Aisha Abdulkarimu, BS (she/her/hers) – University of Maryland, College Park

  Co-Author: Jacob McCright – University of Maryland, College Park

  Primary Investigator: Katharina Maisel, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Maryland
• 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EST

  Investigating Neurite Outgrowth Influenced by Breast Cancer Progression Using In Vitro Models of Collagen I Hydrogel
  

  Presenting Author: Emma C. Waskom – DePauw University

  Co-Author: Nikolas Ala-Kokko (he/him/his) – University of Arkansas

  Primary Investigator: Younghye Song, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Arkansas
• 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EST

  Investigating the Role of PTEN and Myosin IIa in Regulating Genomic Instability in Lung Cancer and Melanoma Cells
  

  Presenting Author: Yariani Velez-Vazquez (she/her/hers) – University of Puerto Rico

  Co-Author: Alişya Anlaş, PhD – University of Pennsylvania

  Primary Investigator: Dennis Discher, PhD – Biophysical Eng'g Labs, University of Pennsylvania
• 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EST

  Investigating the translation efficiency of modified mRNAs in different cell types
  

  Presenting Author: Ana V. Negrin Sanchez (she/her/hers) – New York Univeristy, Stony Brook University

  Co-Author: Sinuo Yu – New York University

  Co-Author: Yeung Wu – New York University

  Last Author: Irene de Lázaro, PhD MSc MPharm – NYU
• 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EST

  Investigation of Hemoglobin Protease for Surface Presentation of a Lyme Disease Antigen
  

  Presenting Author: Bennett Beaulieu (he/him/his) – Department of Electrical, Computer, and Biomedical Engineering, Union College

  Primary Investigator: Stephanie M. Curley, PhD (she/her/hers) – Department of Electrical, Computer, and Biomedical Engineering, Union College
• 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EST

  Investigation on the role of hemp extracts on the enzymatic activity of members of the ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS)
  

  Presenting Author: Reagan Moore (she/her/hers) – Clemson University

  Co-Author: Anna C. Chadwick, BS – Clemson University

  Co-Author: Alireza Rahnama, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Illinois Chicago

  Co-Author: Ted Gauthier, PhD – Louisiana State University Agricultural Center

  Primary Investigator: Adam Melvin, PhD (he/him/his) – Clemson University

  Co-Author: Sophia LiVigni – Clemson University
• 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EST

  Long Term Effects of Senolytics in Mesenchymal Stem/Stromal Cells
  

  Presenting Author: Katherine Comer, 2025 Graduate (she/her/hers) – Hanover College

  Co-Author: David Heinrichs – University of Arkansas

  Primary Investigator: Rebekah Margaret Samsonraj, PhD – University of Arkansas
• 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EST

  Mechanistic Study of Structured Cell Penetrating Peptides (CPPs) Uptake by Inhibition of Endocytosis Pathways
  

  Presenting Author: Margaret Zendzian (she/her/hers) – Clemson University

  Presenting Author: Isabella P. Pelt (she/her/hers) – Clemson University

  Primary Investigator: Adam Melvin, PhD (he/him/his) – Clemson University

  Co-Author: Allison Donohue
• 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EST

  Muscle regeneration defects and heterotopic bone formation in Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva
  

  Presenting Author: Alexandra L. Goodwin (she/her/hers) – Univeristy of Pennsylvania

  Co-Author: Loreilys Mejias Rivera (she/her/hers) – University of Pennsylvania

  Last Author: Elieen M. Shore, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Pennsylvania

  Primary Investigator: Foteini Mourkioti, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Pennsylvania
• 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EST

  Novel Method to Assess Macrophage Phenotypes Using Eluted Cell Media
  

  Presenting Author: Furqan Mahdi – University of Nebraska Lincoln

  Co-Author: David Lillyman – University of Nebraska Lincoln

  Co-Author: Kayla Ney – University of Nebraska Lincoln

  Primary Investigator: Rebecca Wachs, PhD (she/her/hers) – Arizona State University
• 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EST

  Nuclear translocation of glutamine synthase in T cells
  

  Presenting Author: Nga Man (Amanda) Looi (she/her/hers) – Johns Hopkins University

  Primary Investigator: Bob Leone – Johns Hopkins University
• 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EST

  Optimization of imaging chambers for single-cell resolution time-lapse imaging of whole organs
  

  Presenting Author: Nneka Onyea (she/her/hers) – Princeton University

  Co-Author: Chan Jin Park, PhD – Princeton University

  Primary Investigator: Celeste M. Nelson, PhD (she/her/hers) – Princeton University
• 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EST

  Optimizing CRISPR-Cas9 RNP Delivery with the DIV3W Peptide: Addressing Cellular Uptake and Brand Variability
  

  Presenting Author: Audrey Wessinger (she/her/hers) – Clemson University

  Co-Author: Joseph LaValla (he/him/his) – Clemson University

  Co-Author: Alyson N. Schwartz (she/her/hers) – Clemson University

  Co-Author: Jessica Larsen, PhD – Clemson University Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

  Primary Investigator: Angela Alexander-Bryant, PhD – Clemson University
• 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EST

  Optimizing Lung Epithelial Cell Culture in a Microfluidic Respiratory Airway Model
  

  Presenting Author: Mai J. Landry (she/her/hers) – Tulane University

  Co-Author: Eiichiro Yamaguchi, PhD – Tulane University

  Primary Investigator: Gaver Donald, PhD (he/him/his) – Tulane University
• 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EST

  Inducing mineralization of self-assembled neocartilage through the application of triiodothyronine and β-glycerophosphate
  

  Presenting Author: Rachel Nordberg, PhD – University of California Irvine

  Co-Author: Deborah Wen (she/her/hers) – University of California, Irvine

  Co-Author: Dean Wang, MD – University of California, Irvine

  Co-Author: Jerry Hu – University of California, Irvine

  Primary Investigator: Kyriacos A. Athanasiou, MS, MPhil, PhD, D.Sc. (hon) – University of California, Irvine
• 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EST

  Inhibition of p38 MAPK Phospho-signaling after TBI Modulates Microglial Markers and Cytokines in a Sex Dependent Manner
  

  Presenting Author: Chenxing LI, Graduate Student (she/her/hers) – The Wallace Coulter H. Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology

  Co-Author: Sydney Triplett – Emory University

  Co-Author: Anna Silverio – Georgia Institute of Technology

  Co-Author: Martin N. Griffin (he/him/his) – Georgia Institute of Technology

  Primary Investigator: Erin Buckley – 2The Wallace Coulter H. Department of Biomedical Engineering, Emory University

  Last Author: Levi B. Wood, PhD – George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
• 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EST

  Investigating the Effects of Parenteral Delivery on Cryptococcus neoformans Biodistribution in Healthy and Immunosuppressed Murine Models
  

  Presenting Author: Clinton Smith, B.S. (he/him/his) – University of Florida

  Primary Investigator: Jamal S. Lewis, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Zhenyu Wang, MS (he/him/his) – University of Florida
• 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EST

  Leveraging antibody engineering and peptide chemistry to address cell surface receptor function
  

  Presenting Author: Ross Cheloha, PhD – National Institutes of Health
• 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EST

  Maternal influenza infection alters offspring’s epigenomic and transcriptomic dynamics in the mouse frontal cortex
  

  Co-Author: Bohan Zhu – Dept. of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

  Presenting Author: Gaoshan Li – Virginia tech

  Co-Author: Justin Saunders

  Co-Author: Lynette Naler

  Co-Author: Adolfo García-Sastre – Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

  Co-Author: Javier Gonzalez-Maeso – Virginia Commonwealth University

  Primary Investigator: Chang Lu – Virginia Tech
• 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EST

  Metabolic Glycoengineering induces Neural Stem Cell Differentiation in a Thiol Analog-Dependent Manner
  

  Presenting Author: Kris Dammen-Brower (he/him/his) – Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

  Primary Investigator: Kevin Yarema – Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

  Co-Author: Xiaofeng Jia, MD, MS, PhD, FCCM – University of Maryland School of Medicine
• 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EST

  Microbial teamwork: circuits for in situ differentiation from seed cells
  

  Presenting Author: Arash Farhadi, PhD (he/him/his) – Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Co-Author: Hyoujin Kim – Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Co-Author: Phillip Clauer – Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Co-Author: Juliana Abramson – Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Last Author: Christopher A. Voigt – Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EST

  MINI-BIOREACTORS FOR THE STUDY OF PNEUMOCOCCAL CELL-CELL COMMUNICATION
  

  Presenting Author: Corine Jackman Burden, PhD (she/her/hers) – Carnegie Mellon University

  Co-Author: Matthew Hou (he/him/his) – Carnegie Mellon University

  Co-Author: Shelley Anna, PhD (she/her/hers) – Carnegie Mellon University

  Last Author: Luisa N. Hiller – Carnegie Mellon University
• 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EST

  MiR-145: A KEY REGULATOR OF BONE MARROW STROMAL CELL DIFFERENTIATION
  

  Presenting Author: Anushka N. Phadke, MS (she/her/hers) – Virginia Commonwealth University

  Co-Author: Thomas Jacobs – Virginia Commonwealth University

  Co-Author: David Joshua Cohen, M.D. – Virginina Commonwealth University

  Co-Author: Barbara Boyan – Virginia Commonwealth University

  Last Author: Zvi Schwartz, D.M.D., Ph.D. – Virginia Commonwealth University
• 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EST

  miR-146a is a Novel Regulator of Foreign Body Response to Biomaterials
  

  Presenting Author: Manisha Mahanty, PhD Candidate – University of Maryland, College Park

  Last Author: Bidisha Dutta (she/her/hers) – University of Maryland, College Park

  Primary Investigator: Shaik O. Rahaman – University of Maryland
• 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EST

  Proline ameliorates senescence hallmarks and restores mitochondrial function via activation of autophagy
  

  Presenting Author: Hamsa kumar, PhD – University at Buffalo

  Co-Author: Debanik Choudhury, PhD (he/him/his) – Johns Hopkins University

  Co-Author: Na Rong – Sino Biopharmaceutics

  Co-Author: Sydney Swedick – University of Cambridge

  Co-Author: Ronel Samuel – University at Buffalo

  Co-Author: John Toftegaard – University at Buffalo

  Co-Author: Nika Rajabian – University at Buffalo

  Co-Author: Ramkumar Thiyagarajan – Kansas University Medical Center

  Co-Author: Ashis Kumar Podder – University at Buffalo

  Co-Author: Kenneth Seldeen – Kansas University Medical Center

  Co-Author: Bruce R. Troen, MD, AGSF – University of Kansas Medical Center & VA Kansas City Healthcare System

  Co-Author: Pedro Lei, PhD – University at Buffalo

  Primary Investigator: Stelios T. Andreadis, PhD (he/him/his) – University at Buffalo
• 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EST

  MLL1-Menin interaction regulates cytokine-driven 3D cell migration
  

  Presenting Author: Praful R. Nair, PhD – Johns Hopkins University

  Co-Author: Ludmila Danilova, PhD (she/her/hers) – Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

  Co-Author: Estibaliz Gómez-de-Mariscal – Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência

  Co-Author: Dongjoo Kim – Yale University

  Co-Author: Rong Fan – Yale University

  Co-Author: Arrate Muñoz-Barrutia, PhD – Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

  Co-Author: Elana J. Fertig, PhD – Johns Hopkins University

  Primary Investigator: Denis Wirtz, PhD (he/him/his) – Johns Hopkins University
• 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EST

  Neuronal Differentiation Acceleration through Modulation of the Cell Cycle
  

  Presenting Author: Jason Wang, PhD – University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign

  Co-Author: Andrew Dou – University of Illinois Urbana Champaign

  Co-Author: Sehong Kang, MS – University of Illinois Urbana Champaign

  Co-Author: Gaurav Upadhyay – University of Illinois Urbana Champaign

  Primary Investigator: Hyunjoon kong – University of Illinois Urbana Champaign
• 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EST

  Nitration of a foreign antigen can elicit a stronger immune response
  

  Presenting Author: Christopher Mayhugh (he/him/his) – University of Delaware

  Co-Author: Neil Butler – University of Delaware

  Co-Author: Emma Sudduth (she/her/hers) – University of Delaware

  Co-Author: Michael A. Trautmann-Rodriguez, Graduate Student (he/him/his) – University of Delaware

  Last Author: Catherine Fromen, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Delaware

  Primary Investigator: Aditya M. Kunjapur, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Delaware
• 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EST

  Optimization of an Acoustic-Electric Shear Orbiting Poration Device for High Transfection Efficiency and Uniform Intracellular Delivery of mRNA.
  

  Presenting Author: Mahnoor Mirza, BA – University of California, Irvine

  Co-Author: Mohammad Aghaamoo, PhD – University of California, Irvine

  Co-Author: Ze Yan – University of California, Irvine

  Primary Investigator: Abraham Lee – UC Irvine
• 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EST

  Optimizing Fc-Specific Antibody-Oligonucleotide Conjugation to Improve Sensitivity of Immunoassay Probes
  

  Presenting Author: Ariel Wilson-Gray (she/her/hers) – University of Maryland, Baltimore County

  Co-Author: Eric Tan – Purdue University

  Primary Investigator: Tamara Kinzer-Ursem, PhD (she/her/hers) – Purdue University
• 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EST

  Osteogenic and Anti-Osteoclastogenesis Dual Function Induced by Magnetic Actuation of Piezo1 Functionalized Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide-Gold Nanoparticles
  

  Presenting Author: Elias Georgas, MS – Stony Brook University

  Co-Author: Muzhaozi Yuan (she/her/hers) – TA&M University

  Co-Author: Ya Wang (she/her/hers) – TA&M University

  Last Author: Yi-Xian Qin, PhD (he/him/his) – Stony Brook University
• 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EST

  PAM-free CRISPR/Cas12 systems as next-generation diagnostics
  

  Co-Author: Santosh Rananaware – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Katelyn Meister – Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Co-Author: Grace Shoemaker (she/her/hers) – Johns Hopkins University

  Co-Author: Emma Vesco – Baylor College of Medicine

  Co-Author: Luke Samuel Sandoval – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Jordan Lewis – University of Florida

  Co-Author: August Bodin – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Vedant Karalkar – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Ian Lange – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Brianna Pizzano – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Minji Chang, PhD – University of Florida

  Co-Author: M.Reza Ahmadimashhadi – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Sarah Flannery – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Long Nguyen – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Gary Wang – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Boyu Huang – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Carlos Orosco – University of Florida

  Presenting Author: Piyush Jain, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Florida
• 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EST

  Peptide-based Nanoplatform for Cas9 Ribonucleoprotein Delivery and Gene Editing
  

  Presenting Author: Joseph LaValla (he/him/his) – Clemson University

  Co-Author: Alyson N. Schwartz (she/her/hers) – Clemson University

  Co-Author: Audrey Wessinger (she/her/hers) – Clemson University

  Co-Author: Jessica Larsen, PhD – Clemson University Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

  Primary Investigator: Angela Alexander-Bryant, PhD – Clemson University
• 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EST

  Reprogramming adipocytes to produce Insulin as an alternative therapy in Diabetes.
  

  Presenting Author: Natalia Areiza-Mazo, MSc (she/her/hers) – The Ohio State University

  Co-Author: Mia Melde (she/her/hers) – The Ohio State University

  Co-Author: Andrew Gotschall (he/him/his) – The Ohio State University

  Co-Author: Monica Paredes – The Ohio State University

  Primary Investigator: Daniel Gallego-Perez, Dr. (he/him/his) – The Ohio State University
• 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EST

  Reverse-engineering mechanobiology: Piezo regulates epithelial topology and promotes precision in organ size control
  

  Presenting Author: Jeremiah Zartman, PhD – University of Notre Dame

  Co-Author: Mayesha Sahir Mim, MS – University of Notre Dame

  Co-Author: Nilay Kumar – University of Notre Dame

  Co-Author: Maria Unger – University of Notre Dame

  Co-Author: David V. Gazzo (he/him/his) – University of Notre Dame

  Co-Author: Megan Levis – University of Notre Dame

  Co-Author: Gabriel Miranda – University of Notre Dame

  Co-Author: Trent Robinett – University of Notre Dame
• 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EST

  RNA Sequencing and transfection of R28 retinal progenitor cell line with DNA topoisomerase-2 beta (Top2b)
  

  Presenting Author: Alexandria Logan (she/her/hers) – Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

  Presenting Author: Alexandra Dabrowski (she/her/hers) – Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

  Co-Author: Li Cai – Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

  Co-Author: Maribel Vazquez, PhD (she/her/hers) – Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
• 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EST

  Sequence divergence across a family of skin disordered proteins enables access to an array of intracellular liquid-liquid phase separation dynamics
  

  Presenting Author: Alexa Regina Avecilla, MS (she/her/hers) – Emory University

  Co-Author: Mariell Pascual (she/her/hers) – Emory University

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