Cardiovascular Tissue Engineering 1

Session Chair(s)

• PA

  Parisa Abadi, PhD (she/her/hers)

  Assistant Professor
  Michigan Technological University
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  Huaxiao Yang, PhD

  Assistant Professor
  University of North Texas, United States

Track Chair(s)

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  Feng Zhao, PhD (she/her/hers)

  Professor of Biomedical Engineering
  Texas A & M University, United States
• 

  Esak Lee, PhD (he/him/his)

  Assistant Professor
  Cornell University
  Ithaca, New York, United States

Presentations:

• 8:30 AM – 9:00 AM EST

  Engineered Heart Tissues for Screening of Regenerative Therapeutics
  

  Invited Speaker: Nenad Bursac, PhD – Duke University
• 9:00 AM – 9:15 AM EST

  3D Bioprinted Fat-Myocardium Model Unravels the Role of Adipocyte Hypertrophy in Atrial Fibrillation
  

  Presenting Author: Lara Celebi (she/her/hers) – University of Notre Dame

  Primary Investigator: Pinar Zorlutuna – University of Notre Dame
• 9:15 AM – 9:30 AM EST

  Heterotypic Cardiac Microtissues Exhibit Improved Function and Structural Reorganization in Hyaluronan Supplemented 3D Extracellular Matrix Microenvironment.
  

  Presenting Author: Haleema Qamar – Binghamton University

  Co-Author: Tracy Hookway, PhD (she/her/hers) – Binghamton University

  Primary Investigator: Gretchen Mahler, PhD – Binghamton University
• 9:30 AM – 9:45 AM EST

  An engineered heart tissue model of dystrophic cardiomyopathy for screening microdystrophin gene therapies
  

  Presenting Author: Joseph Criscione – Johns Hopkins University

  Co-Author: Gwangjun Go, PhD – Chosun University

  Last Author: Deok-Ho Kim – Johns Hopkins University

  Co-Author: Julian Chow (he/him/his) – Johns Hopkins University

  Co-Author: Byunggik Kim – Johns Hopkins University

  Co-Author: Zhanping Ren (he/him/his) – Johns Hopkins University

  Co-Author: David Hammers – University of Florida

  Co-Author: David Kass – Johns Hopkins University
• 9:45 AM – 10:00 AM EST

  Dual-action Nanomatrix Coated Stent for Improving Endothelialization while Suppressing Restenosis and Inflammation
  

  Presenting Author: Robbie J. Cross (he/him/his) – University of Alabama at Birmingham

  Co-Author: Xixi Zhang – University of Alabama at Birmingham

  Co-Author: Jun Chen, PhD (she/her/hers) – Endomimetics

  Co-Author: Brigitta Brott – University of Alabama at Birmingham / Endomimetics, LLC.

  Co-Author: Peter G. Anderson, DVM, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Alabama at Birmingham

  Co-Author: Jennifer Sherwood – Endomimetics

  Co-Author: Young-sup Yoon – Emory University

  Co-Author: Renu Virmani, MD – CVPath Institute

  Primary Investigator: Ho-Wook Jun, PhD – University of Alabama at Birmingham