Tissue Engineering - Poster Session C

Presentations:

• 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EST

  Hydrogel supported hiPSC differentiation impacts cardiac contractile functionality and cell type composition based on single-cell transcriptomics
  

  Co-Author: Shireen Shireen (she/her/hers) – Auburn University

  Co-Author: Brett J. Harvell (he/him/his) – Auburn University

  Presenting Author: Elizabeth A. Lipke, PhD (she/her/hers) – Auburn University

  Co-Author: Mohammadjafar Hashemi (he/him/his) – Auburn University

  Co-Author: Francisco X. Galdos – Stanford Cardiovascular Institute

  Co-Author: Carissa A. Lee – Stanford Cardiovascular Institute

  Co-Author: Sidra Xu – Stanford Cardiovascular Institute

  Co-Author: Shenbageshwaran Rajendiran – Auburn University

  Co-Author: Selen Cremaschi – Auburn University

  Co-Author: Sean M. Wu, MD PhD (he/him/his) – Stanford Cardiovascular Institute

  Co-Author: Nikolas D. Ferreira
• 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EST

  Implantable 3D Bioengineered Constructs with Perfusable Capillary Networks Mimicking Native Vasculature
  

  Presenting Author: Archita Sharma (she/her/hers) – Texas A&M University

  Co-Author: Dhavan Sharma, PhD (he/him/his) – Texas A&M University

  Co-Author: Te-An Chen (she/her/hers) – Texas A&M University

  Last Author: Kayla bayless, PhD (she/her/hers) – Texas A&M University

  Primary Investigator: Feng Zhao, PhD (she/her/hers) – Texas A & M University
• 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EST

  In Vitro Blood Brain Barrier Model for Studying Ischemic Stroke
  

  Presenting Author: Sarah Herbert (she/her/hers) – West Virginia University

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

  Co-Author: Srishti Kala – West Virginia University
• 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EST

  In Vitro Toxicity Assays Using Engineered Human Skeletal Muscle Myobundles
  

  Presenting Author: Jianing Chen, MS (she/her/hers) – Duke University

  Presenting Author: Wangfan Sun (he/him/his) – Duke University

  Co-Author: Mingzhi Xu, MS – Duke University

  Co-Author: Nicole Kleinstreuer – NIEHS/NICEATM

  Co-Author: Brandiese EJ Beverly, Ph.D. (she/her/hers) – National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

  Co-Author: Kelly Shipkowski, PhD, DABT – National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

  Co-Author: Shagun Krishna – National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Toxicology Program (NTP)

  Primary Investigator: George Truskey, PhD (he/him/his) – Duke University
• 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EST

  Induction of Hypertrophy in Meniscal Fibrochondrocytes after BMP-2 Supplementation for Meniscal Enthesis Tissue Engineering
  

  Presenting Author: Carlos Urrea De La Puerta (he/him/his) – Cornell University

  Primary Investigator: Lawrence Bonassar, PhD – Cornell University
• 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EST

  Integrating Vascular Cues to Promote Salivary Gland Tissue Repair and Regeneration
  

  Presenting Author: Mugdha Pol, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Delaware

  Presenting Author: Apoorva Metkari, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Delaware

  Co-Author: Hanyuan Gao (he/him/his) – University of Delaware

  Co-Author: Robert Witt (he/him/his) – Helen F. Graham Cancer Center & Research Institute

  Primary Investigator: Xinqiao Jia (she/her/hers) – University of Delaware
• 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EST

  Investigating Effects of in vitro Aged Liver Paracrine Factors on Human iPSC-Derived Heart Muscle Cells
  

  Presenting Author: Carly Lownes (she/her/hers) – Widener University

  Last Author: Aylin Acun, PhD (she/her/hers) – Widener University

  Co-Author: Kimson Chitolie
• 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EST

  Investigating the impact of matrix material properties on kidney development using a novel 3D hydrogel embedding explant culture system
  

  Presenting Author: Aria Huang (she/her/hers) – University of Pennsylvania

  Co-Author: Louis S. Prahl, PhD – University of Pennsylvania

  Co-Author: Karen Xu – University of Pennsylvania

  Primary Investigator: Alex Hughes, PhD – University of Pennsylvania
• 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EST

  Investigating the role of exercise on neuromuscular health and disease in a multi-tissue human in vitro model
  

  Presenting Author: Tamara Rossy, MSc, PhD (she/her/hers) – Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Last Author: Ritu Raman, PhD – MIT
• 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EST

  Investigation of microfluidic generated neuron-collagen spheroids for use as building blocks
  

  Co-Author: Saeed Omidi (he/him/his) – Lehigh University

  Presenting Author: Yuwen Zhao, MS (he/him/his) – Lehigh University

  Co-Author: Yaling Liu, PhD – Lehigh University

  Primary Investigator: Yevgeny Berdichevsky, PhD – Lehigh University
• 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EST

  KASH-Disrupted Nuclear Mechanosensation in Tendon
  

  Presenting Author: Brian T. Penney (he/him/his) – Boise State University

  Co-Author: Jordan T. Daw (she/her/hers) – Boise State University

  Co-Author: Calvin L. Jones – Boise State University

  Co-Author: Skyler Kichak – Boise State University

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

  Co-Author: Gunes Uzer – Boise State University

  Primary Investigator: Sophia Theodossiou, PhD (she/her/hers) – Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering Dept., Boise State University
• 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EST

  Linking collective migration to differentiation boosts global shaping of the transcriptome and maturation
  

  Presenting Author: Daniel Guiggey, MS – University at Buffalo

  Co-Author: Ogechi Ogoke – University at Buffalo

  Co-Author: Alexander Chiang – University at Buffalo

  Primary Investigator: Natesh Parashurama, MD PhD – University at Buffalo
• 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EST

  Living Deep Brain Stimulation for External Control of Striatal Dopamine
  

  Presenting Author: Kiera Yankson (she/her/hers) – University of Pennsylvania

  Co-Author: Dimple Chouhan, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Pennsylvania

  Last Author: Daniel Kacy Cullen, PhD – University of Pennsylvania
• 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EST

  Matrix Stiffness-Driven MSC Osteogenesis in 3D Hydrogels is Mediated through Nuclear Mechanosensing
  

  Presenting Author: Georgios Mikos (he/him/his) – Stanford University

  Co-Author: Manish Ayushman, MS – Stanford University

  Co-Author: Xinming Tong – Stanford University

  Co-Author: Sarah J. Jones (she/her/hers) – Stanford University

  Primary Investigator: Fan Yang, PhD (she/her/hers) – Stanford University
• 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EST

  Maturation of Intercalated Disc Complexes in hiPSC-derived Cardiomyocytes for the Study of Cardiac Physiology and Disease
  

  Presenting Author: Christianne J. Chua – Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

  Last Author: Leslie Tung – Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

  Primary Investigator: Kenneth R. Boheler, PhD – Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
• 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EST

  Mechanisms of Aligned Collagen Formation in Human Adipose-Derived Stromal/Stem Cells
  

  Presenting Author: Thomas Jenkins, PhD (he/him/his) – Houston Methodist Research Institute

  Primary Investigator: Dianne Little, DVM PhD DACVS (she/her/hers) – Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University
• 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EST

  Mechano-Hypoxia Conditioning of Human Synovial Fluid Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells
  

  Presenting Author: Madeline Barker (she/her/hers) – University of Alberta

  Co-Author: Zhiyao Ma – University of Alberta

  Co-Author: Aillette Mulet-Sierra, MSc (she/her/hers) – University of Alberta

  Co-Author: Melanie Kunze – University of Alberta

  Co-Author: Shikha Chawla – University of Alberta

  Co-Author: Lindsey Westover, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Alberta

  Primary Investigator: Adetola Adesida, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Alberta
• 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EST

  Microchannel directionality drives vascularization of a cartilaginous scaffold template for bone engineering
  

  Presenting Author: Jeffrey Chen (he/him/his) – UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

  Co-Author: Alessandra Nardini – Politecnico Milano

  Co-Author: Narintadeach Charoensombut, PhD – Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

  Co-Author: Dana Ragbirsingh, MS (she/her/hers) – The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

  Co-Author: Hagar Kenawy, PhD (she/her/hers) – Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

  Last Author: Manuela Raimondi – Politecnico Milano

  Primary Investigator: Riccardo Gottardi, PhD – The University of Pennsylvania
• 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EST

  Moderate Mechanical Ventilation Results in Enhanced Re-epithelialization of Decellularized Lung Scaffolds
  

  Presenting Author: Shiyuan Bian, BASc (he/him/his) – University of Toronto; University Health Network

  Co-Author: Jason Say – University of Toronto

  Last Author: Thomas K. K. Waddell – University of Toronto; University Health Network

  Primary Investigator: Golnaz Karoubi – University of Toronto; University Health Network
• 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EST

  Modulating the Immune Response Elicited from Decellularized Plant Scaffolds
  

  Presenting Author: Arvind Ramsamooj – Hofstra University
• 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EST

  Molecular Cues of Tissue Damage Modulate Immune Response in Wound Healing
  

  Co-Author: Ope Sanyaolu – The University of Texas at San Antonio

  Co-Author: Teja Guda, PhD – The University of Texas at San Antonio

  Presenting Author: Alisa Isaac, PhD (she/her/hers) – The University of Texas Health Science Center
• 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EST

  Myogenic maturation of skeletal muscle progenitor cells in FibMA-fibrin double network (DN) hydrogel filaments
  

  Presenting Author: Dror Seliktar, PhD (he/him/his) – Technion

  Primary Investigator: Haneen Simaan-Yameen, PhD (she/her/hers) – Technion

  Co-Author: Tobias Call, BS – Technion

  Co-Author: Bjarke Jensen – Aarhus University

  Co-Author: Menglin Chen – Aarhus University
• 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EST

  Neuromuscular Junction Modeling Using a Tissue Culture Device
  

  Presenting Author: Mia Ridolfo (she/her/hers) – Saint Louis University

  Co-Author: Jamshid Tadiwala, BA (he/him/his) – Saint Louis University

  Co-Author: Avantika Jain, B.S. (she/her/hers) – Saint Louis Unversity

  Co-Author: David Johnson, PhD – Saint Louis University

  Primary Investigator: Koyal Garg, PhD – Saint Louis University
• 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EST

  Evaluation of the anticancer effects of Hibiscus sabdariffa extract on MCF-7 breast cancer spheroids
  

  Presenting Author: Priscila Torres Acosta – Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey
• 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EST

  Expanding Research in Cell Sheet Technology: Scaling Up Thermo-responsive Substrates
  

  Presenting Author: Vittoria Sama – Boston University

  Co-Author: Joyce Wong – Boston University

  Co-Author: Christine McKee – Boston University
• 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EST

  Exploring the effects of serum on the performance and phenotype of tissue-engineered smooth muscle cell microvessels
  

  Presenting Author: Yunhan Liao (he/him/his) – Johns Hopkins University

  Co-Author: Lily Liang, PhD Candidate (she/her/hers) – Johns Hopkins University

  Primary Investigator: Peter Searson – Johns Hopkins University
• 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EST

  Impact of TGFβ and Akt on lysyl oxidase production in mesenchymal stem cells
  

  Presenting Author: Julia Palmer – University of Idaho

  Co-Author: Hailey Faith – University of Idaho

  Primary Investigator: Nathan R. Schiele, PhD – University of Idaho
• 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EST

  Impacts of Microenvironmental Modulation on Liver Cell Fate
  

  Presenting Author: Katie Zobus – University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

  Co-Author: Brock Grenci – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  Primary Investigator: Gregory Underhill – University of Illinois Urbana Champaign

  Co-Author: Ishita Jain, PhD – Stanford University
• 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EST

  Influence of extracellular matrix stiffness on exosome production from PDAC line BxPC-3.
  

  Presenting Author: Pavlina Adhami (she/her/hers) – Worcester Polytechinic Insitute

  Co-Author: Athenia E. Jones (she/her/hers) – Worcester Polytechnic Institute

  Primary Investigator: Catherine F. Whittington – Worcester Polytechnic Institute
• 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EST

  Influence of Microstructure Design on Cardiac Tissue Morphogenesis and Stability
  

  Presenting Author: Arianna Escalona (she/her/hers) – Florida State University

  Co-Author: Cagatay Karakan, PhD (he/him/his) – Boston University

  Primary Investigator: Christopher Chen (he/him/his) – Boston University

  Co-Author: Jeroen Eyckmans, PhD – Boston University
• 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EST

  Injury and therapeutic response of cell-cell communications in vascularized human kidney organoids
  

  Presenting Author: Moriah Eley – University of Pittsburgh

  Co-Author: Joseph Maggiore – University of Pittsburgh

  Primary Investigator: Neil Hukriede – University of Pittsburgh
• 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EST

  Investigating Branched-Chain Amino Acids for Skeletal Muscle Maturation
  

  Presenting Author: Eric Mayer – Hampden-Sydney College

  Last Author: Kristin M. Fischer, PhD – Hampden-Sydney College
• 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EST

  Investigating Effects of Fibrous Environment on Metabolic Activity of Reactive Astrocytes Under Tissue-Engineered Model of Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury
  

  Presenting Author: Hyunseo Seok (he/him/his) – University of Arkansas

  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 Mediators of Interstitial Fluid Flow Enhanced Invasion in Glioblastoma
  

  Presenting Author: Caroline J. O'Brien (she/her/hers) – Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC

  Co-Author: Samantha A. Howerton – Virginia Tech

  Co-Author: Jessica Cunningham, PhD – Virginia Tech Fralin Biomedical Research Institute

  Co-Author: R. Chase Cornelison, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Massachusetts Amherst

  Primary Investigator: Jennifer Munson, PhD (she/her/hers) – Virginia Tech
• 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EST

  Investigating the Effect of IDO Inhibition as a Mechanistic Driver of Lymphatic/Blood Vessel Plasticity in the Tumor Microenvironment
  

  Presenting Author: Isabelle Gilbert (she/her/hers) – Biomedical Engineering Society

  Co-Author: Luciana Fonseca (she/her/hers) – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Arinola O. Lampejo, PhD (she/her/hers) – J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering

  Co-Author: Nien-Wen Hu, MS – University of Florida

  Primary Investigator: Walter Murfee – University of Florida