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Cancer Technologies
Poster Session

Cancer Technologies - Poster Session D

Friday, October 25, 2024
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM EST
Location: Exhibit Hall E, F & G

    Presentations:

    • 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM EST
      Investigation of Collagen-I-induced Endocrine Resistance in 3D Co-Cultured ER+ Breast Cancer and Fibroblasts Spheroids

      Presenting Author: Ariana Steinbrueck, Student; MicroLab Technician – Clemson University

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

      Co-Author: Braulio Ortega Quesada (he/him/his) – Clemson University

      Co-Author: Nathan Thomas – Clemson University

      Co-Author: Elizabeth Martin, PhD – Tulane University

    • 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM EST
      Lapatinib-treated HER2+ BT474 tumor cells exhibit higher pro-survival and antiapoptotic markers near fibroblasts in a mouse xenograft model.

      Presenting Author: Joseph C. Long, III (he/him/his) – University of Pittsburgh

      Co-Author: Matthew Poskus (he/him/his) – University of Pittsburgh, Bioengineering

      Primary Investigator: Ioannis Zervantonakis, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Pittsburgh, Bioengineering

    • 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM EST
      Manipulation of Immune Response through IL-2 in B-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

      Presenting Author: Iqra Sajid (she/her/hers) – Alabama State University

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

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

      Primary Investigator: Kyle Vining, DDS, PhD (he/him/his) – Preventive and Restorative Sciences, Penn Dental Medicine, and Materials Science and Engineering, School of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Pennsylvania

    • 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM EST
      Mapping Clonal Diversity: Spatiotemporal Evolution of Pancreatic Tumors via Agent-Based Modeling

      Presenting Author: Siqi "Kiki" Zhang (she/her/hers) – Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University

      Primary Investigator: Rachel Karchin, MS PhD (she/her/hers) – Johns Hopkins University

    • 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM EST
      Maryam Younis- Decellularizing of Tumor Extracellular Matrix for Tissue Engineering

      Presenting Author: Maryam Younis (she/her/hers) – University of Virginia

      Co-Author: Sara J. Adair, MS – University of Virginia

      Co-Author: Todd W. Bauer – University of Virginia

      Last Author: Lakeshia J. Taite – University of Virginia

    • 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM EST
      Mathematical modeling to optimize response to combination radiotherapy and immunotherapy in a murine model of lung cancer

      Presenting Author: Cade M. Dulaney – Texas A&M University

      Co-Author: Bhanu Sharma (he/him/his) – The University of Texas at Austin

      Co-Author: Steve Jiang – The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

      Co-Author: Robert Timmerman – The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

      Co-Author: Michael Story – The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

      Co-Author: Debabrata Saha – The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

      Co-Author: Todd Aguilera – The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

      Co-Author: Dan Nguyen – The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

      Co-Author: Samiha Rouf – The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

      Co-Author: Emily Brooks – The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

      Co-Author: Cheryle Fisher – The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

      Co-Author: Jennifer Staples – The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

      Primary Investigator: Thomas Yankeelov, PhD – The University of Texas at Austin

      Last Author: Ernesto A B F Lima, PhD (he/him/his) – The University of Texas at Austin

    • 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM EST
      Mechanical stress Induced Connexin 43 Hemichannel Activation Regulates Breast Cancer Bone Metastasis and Modulates EMT Marker Expression

      Presenting Author: Alba Chocron (she/her/hers) – University of Texas at San Antonio

      Co-Author: Xuewei Wang – UT Health San Antonio

      Primary Investigator: Jean Jiang – UT Health San Antonio

    • 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM EST
      Micro-Organoid Generation by Gel-Droplet Platform for Cancer Drug Screening

      Presenting Author: Angela Taglione – University of Notre Dame

      Co-Author: Daniel Montes Pinzon – University of Notre dame

      Co-Author: Fei Fan, PhD (he/him/his) – Michigan State University

      Co-Author: Liao Chen – Elkem Silicones

      Co-Author: Xin Lu – University of Notre Dame

      Co-Author: Sharon Stack – Harper Cancer Research Institute

      Primary Investigator: Hsueh-Chia Chang, Phd – University of Notre Dame

      Last Author: Donny Hanjaya-Putra – University of Notre Dame

    • 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM EST
      Microwell Optimization for Spheroids Formation

      Presenting Author: Cynthia Serrano Marquez (she/her/hers) – Lehigh University

      Primary Investigator: Yaling Liu, PhD – Lehigh University

    • 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM EST
      Mitotic perturbations increase micronuclei formation in breast cancer cells

      Presenting Author: Winnie F. Muiru – Bryn Mawr College, The University of Pennsylvania

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

      Primary Investigator: Dennis Discher, PhD – Biophysical Eng'g Labs, University of Pennsylvania

    • 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM EST
      Photo-activated Combinatorial microRNA Delivery Induces Apoptosis in Head and Neck Cancer

      Presenting Author: Angelica Helton (she/her/hers) – The Pennsylvania State University

      Co-Author: Tyus Yeingst (he/him/his) – The Pennsylvania State University

      Co-Author: Neerav Goyal – The Pennsylvania State University

      Primary Investigator: Daniel Hayes, PhD – The Pennsylvania State University

    • 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM EST
      Photothermal Treatment of Infected Melanoma Using Silver Nanoparticles

      Presenting Author: Spencer Phillips, MS (he/him/his) – Wake Forest University

      Co-Author: Marco A. Benavides (he/him/his) – Wake Forest School of Medicine Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

      Co-Author: Sijia Liu – Wake Forest School of Medicine Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

      Co-Author: Scott Northrup – Wake Forest School of Medicine Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

      Primary Investigator: Nicole Levi – Wake Forest School of Medicine Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

    • 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM EST
      Prediction of Senolytic Effects Post-Chemotherapy in a 2D Human Bone Metastasis Model

      Presenting Author: Patrick Ryan – UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS-Amherst

      Presenting Author: Seema Amin, PhD – UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS-Amherst

      Co-Author: Hyejin Yoon, PhD – University of Massachusetts Amherst

      Co-Author: Yongkuk Park, PhD – Harvard Medical School / Brigham and Women's Hospital

      Presenting Author: Jungwoo Lee, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Massachusetts Amherst

    • 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM EST
      Profiling Adhesion and Gene Expression of Patient Circulating Tumor Cells on Decellularized Bone, Liver, and Lung Matrix

      Presenting Author: Lily Cordner (she/her/hers) – Brown University

      Co-Author: Paul Cao, MS – Brown University

      Co-Author: Hyuntae Jeong – Brown University

      Primary Investigator: Ian Y. Wong, PhD (he/him/his) – Brown University

    • 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM EST
      Protein Chaperoned Semiconducting Polymer Nanoparticles with Improved NIR-I Photophysical Properties and Dual-Receptor Targeting of Solid Tumors

      Presenting Author: Isabella Vasquez, Texas Tech University Honors College;Texas Tech University Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry;Texas Tech University Department of Mechanical Engineering;Texas Center for Comparative Cancer Research (TC3R) – Texas Tech University

      Co-Author: Nathaniel Bendele (he/him/his) – Texas Tech University

      Co-Author: Jonathan Djuanda – Texas Tech University

      Co-Author: Asma Harun, PhD in Mechanical Engineering Major (she/her/hers) – TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY

      Primary Investigator: Indrajit Srivastava, PhD (he/him/his) – Texas Tech University

    • 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM EST
      Quantifying the dynamics of the cell cycle regulator p21 in response to DNA damage in cancer spheroids

      Presenting Author: Joshua Francois, Ph.D. – Harvard Medical School

      Co-Author: Alina Simerzin, Ph.D. – Broad Institute of Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard

      Co-Author: Ashwini Jambhekar, Ph.D. – Harvard Medical School

      Last Author: Galit Lahav, PhD (she/her/hers) – Harvard Medical School

    • 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM EST
      Rapid generation of ex vivo tumoroids from fresh cancer tissue samples

      Presenting Author: Anthony Chatman – ThermoFisher Scientific

    • 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM EST
      Resource-friendly immunodiagnostic detection of breast cancer biomarkers at the point-of-care

      Presenting Author: Jayashree Yalamanchili, MS, PhD (she/her/hers) – Duke University

      Co-Author: David Kinnamon – Duke University

      Co-Author: Jason Liu – Duke University

      Co-Author: Alireza Velayati – NCSU

      Co-Author: Qingshan Wei – NCSU

      Co-Author: Shelley Hwang – Duke University

      Co-Author: Dianna Ng – Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer center

      Co-Author: Alex Mremi – Department of Pathology, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, Moshi, Tanzania

      Co-Author: Daniel Joh, MD, PhD – Duke University

      Primary Investigator: Ashutosh Chilkoti – Duke University

    • 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM EST
      Restricted Exchange Environment Chambers: An Engineered, In Vitro System for Modeling Cell-Generated Molecular Gradients in the Breast Cancer Tumor Microenvironment

      Presenting Author: Giana Vitale (she/her/hers) – National Cancer Institute

      Co-Author: Sneha Anmalsetty – National Cancer Institute

      Co-Author: Sarah Silva – National Cancer Institute

      Co-Author: Abigail Walke – National Cancer Institute

      Co-Author: David Scheiblin, PhD – National Cancer Institute/ Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research/ Leidos Biomedical Research Inc.

      Co-Author: Lisa Ridnour – National Cancer Institute

      Co-Author: Binwu Tang – National Cancer Institute

      Co-Author: Melissa R. Mikolaj, PhD (she/her/hers) – National Cancer Institute

      Co-Author: Kedar Narayan – National Cancer Institute

      Co-Author: Lalage Wakefield – National Cancer Institute

      Co-Author: David Wink – National Cancer Institute

      Primary Investigator: Stephen Lockett – National Cancer Institute

      Last Author: William Heinz, PhD – Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research

    • 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM EST
      Reverse Engineering the Lung Metastatic Niche by Co-Culturing Patient Circulating Tumor Cells with Stromal Cells

      Presenting Author: Alexxa Cruz-Bonilla (she/her/hers) – Brown University

      Primary Investigator: Ian Y. Wong, PhD (he/him/his) – Brown University

      Co-Author: Lily Cordner (she/her/hers) – Brown University

    • 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM EST
      Spatial Dissection of Mechanisms of Environmental-Conditioned Metastasis of Human Cancer with Single-cell Spatial-omics

      Presenting Author: John Hickey, PhD – Duke University

    • 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM EST
      Spatially-resolved lineage tracing by mitochondrial mutations in Barrett’s esophagus

      Presenting Author: Sydney Bracht – University of Pennsylvania

      Primary Investigator: Sydney Shaffer – University of Pennsylvania

    • 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM EST
      SPHEROID-ASSOCIATED ANGIOGENIC VASCULARISATION SYSTEM FOR THE IN VITRO OBSERVATION OF METASTATIC INITIATION

      Presenting Author: Ian Smith, BS – University of Maryland

      Primary Investigator: Kimberly Stroka, PhD – University of Maryland

    • 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM EST
      Targeted granzyme B delivery with conditional nanocarriers induces pyroptosis and synergizes with checkpoint inhibitors in immunological cold tumors

      Presenting Author: Qian Zhong – Massachusetts Institute of Technology

      Co-Author: Edward Tan, Phd – Massachusetts Institute of Technology

      Co-Author: Ananth P. Shyamal (he/him/his) – Massachusetts Institute of Technology

      Co-Author: Chayanon Ngambenjawong, PhD – Vidyasirimedhi Institute of Science and Technology (VISTEC)

      Co-Author: Heather Fleming – Massachusetts Institute of Technology

      Primary Investigator: Sangeeta Bhatia – Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    • 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM EST
      Targeting the Hypoxic Tumor Response in Multiple Myeloma Using Tirapazamine-Loaded, BCMA-Targeted Nanoparticles Overcomes Drug Resistance and Prevents Metastasis, In Vitro and In Vivo.

      Presenting Author: Mina Maksimos, M.Sc (he/him/his) – UT Southwestern Medical Center

      Co-Author: Feda Azab (she/her/hers) – UT southwestern Medical Center

      Co-Author: Aimaz Afrough (she/her/hers) – UT southwestern Medical Center

      Co-Author: Gurbakhash Kaur (she/her/hers) – UT southwestern Medical Center

      Co-Author: Larry Anderson (he/him/his) – UT southwestern Medical Center

      Primary Investigator: Abdel Kareem Azab, BPharm, MSc, PhD (he/him/his) – UT Southwestern Medical Center

    • 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM EST
      Targeting Metabolism in Paclitaxel Driven Chemoresistance in High Grade Serous Ovarian Carcinoma

      Presenting Author: Basel White, B.S., M.S. (he/him/his) – Brown University

      Primary Investigator: Michelle R. Dawson, PhD (she/her/hers) – Brown University

    • 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM EST
      The Impact of Vitamin B12 on Tumor Innervation and Cancer Viability in a 3D Platform Mimicking Tumor Environment

      Presenting Author: Vuong Vu, Ms. (he/him/his) – University of Arkansas

      Primary Investigator: Younghye Song, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Arkansas

    • 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM EST
      The Use of TF-Ag-a to Select Tumor-Derived Exosomes and Enhance the Predictive Performance of Exosomal PD-L1 in Predicting Response to Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors

      Presenting Author: Yun Wu, PhD (she/her/hers) – University at Buffalo, The State University of New York

      Co-Author: Chang-Chieh Hsu, PhD (he/him/his) – Rutgers University at Camden, The State University of New Jersey

      Co-Author: Kate Rittenhouse-Olson – University at Buffalo, The State University of New York

      Co-Author: Fumito Ito, MD, PhD – University of Southern California

      Co-Author: Grace K Dy – Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center

    • 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM EST
      Tissue-engineered colorectal cancer model for recapitulating tumor heterogeneity and advancing drug screening

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

      Co-Author: Yuan Tian – Auburn University

      Co-Author: Iman Hassani – Tuskegee University

      Co-Author: Benjamin Anbiah – Auburn University

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

      Co-Author: Bulbul Ahmed – Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

      Co-Author: William Van Der Pol – University of Alabama at Birmingham

      Co-Author: Elliot Lefkowitz – University of Alabama at Birmingham

      Co-Author: Peyton Kuhlers – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

      Co-Author: Martin Heslin – University of Alabama Birmingham

      Co-Author: Rebecca Boohaker – Southern Research

      Co-Author: Michael Greene – Auburn University

    • 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM EST
      Towards Cancer Digital Twins: Simulating Tumor Heterogeneity and Patient Response using Tissue level Agent-Based Modeling of Prostate Cancer

      Presenting Author: Sharvari Kemkar (she/her/hers) – University of Pennsylvania

      Co-Author: Mengdi Tao (she/her/hers) – University of Pennsylvania

      Co-Author: Alokendra Ghosh – University of Pennsylvania

      Primary Investigator: Ravi Radhakrishnan, Phd – University of Pennsylvania, Department of Bioengineering

    • 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM EST
      Transcript Characterization of lncRNAs in Triple Negative Breast Cancer

      Presenting Author: Abigail R. Smith, B.S. (she/her/hers) – Clemson University

      Primary Investigator: Congyue Peng, PhD – Clemson University

      Co-Author: Mya Beasley – Clemson University

      Co-Author: Madison Sexton – Clemson University

      Co-Author: Christina C. Sims, BA – Clemson University

      Co-Author: Gaura Sinha – Clemson University

      Co-Author: Ryan M. Campbell (he/him/his) – Clemson University

      Co-Author: Nolan Miller – Clemson University

      Co-Author: Liangjiang Wang – Clemson University

    • 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM EST
      Tumor Necrosis Factor-Related Apoptosis-Inducing Ligand (TRAIL) and Chitosan Conjugate Induced Apoptosis on HeLa Cells

      Presenting Author: Oluwanifemi Olagunju (he/him/his) – University of New Haven (BMDilab)

      Presenting Author: Chika G. Okwougori, msc (she/her/hers) – University of New Haven (BMDilab)

      Co-Author: Betelihem Fre – University of New Haven (BMDilab)

      Co-Author: Amir Mokhammad – University of New Haven (BMDilab)

      Primary Investigator: Kagya Amoako – University of New Haven (BMDilab)

    • 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM EST
      Tunable Tissue-Engineered Model for Single-Cell 3D Culture and Proteomics Investigations of Ewing Sarcoma

      Presenting Author: Jocie Baker, B.S. (she/her/hers) – Rice University

      Co-Author: Melinda Zhou (she/her/hers) – Rice University

      Last Author: Julea Vlassakis, PhD (she/her/hers) – Rice University

    • 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM EST
      Understanding the TRP Mediated-Calcium Signaling and Epithelial to Mesenchymal Transition of Glioblastoma Multiforme on a Microfluidic Model

      Presenting Author: Jenna Abdelhamed – University of Dayton

      Presenting Author: Khadija Fatima (she/her/hers) – University of Dayton

      Co-Author: Janna Azzam – University of Dayton

      Primary Investigator: Loan Bui, PhD – University of Dayton

    • 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM EST
      Senescence-Associated Modifications in the Fibrotic Lung Niche for Breast Cancer Metastasis

      Co-Author: Deepraj Ghosh, PhD – Brown University

      Co-Author: Andrew Howes – Brown University

      Co-Author: Nova Dea – Brown University

      Co-Author: Michelle Shub (she/her/hers) – Brown University

      Primary Investigator: Michelle R. Dawson, PhD (she/her/hers) – Brown University

      Presenting Author: Xingjian Lu (he/him/his) – Brown University