Biomaterials for tissue replacement, regeneration, or repair

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Session Chair(s)

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  Amir Sheikhi, PhD (he/him/his)

  Associate professor
  Penn State University
  University Park, Pennsylvania, United States
• 

  Pouria Fattahi, PhD

  Postdoc
  University of Pennsylvania
  King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, United States

Track Chair(s)

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  Josephine Allen, PhD (she/her/hers)

  Professor
  University of Florida, Florida, United States
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  Hai-Quan Mao, PhD (he/him/his)

  Professor
  Johns Hopkins University, Maryland, United States
• 

  Huiliang Wang, PhD

  Assistant Professor
  University of Texas at Austin, United States
• 

  Rosalyn Abbott, PhD (she/her/hers)

  Associate Professor
  Department of Biomedical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, United States

Presentations:

• 2:00 PM – 2:15 PM EST

  Decellularized Porcine Peripheral Nerve Based Injectable Hydrogel as a Schwann Cell Carrier for Injured Spinal Cord Regeneration
  

  Presenting Author: Gopal Agarwal, PhD, MSPharm, B.Pharm (he/him/his) – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Samantha Shumard (she/her/hers) – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Michaela W. McCrary – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Olivia Osborne – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Jorge Mojica Santiago – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Breanna Ausec – University of Florida

  Primary Investigator: Christine E. E. Schmidt, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Florida
• 2:15 PM – 2:30 PM EST

  Fabrication of Macroscopic Nanofibrous Multidomain Peptide Hydrogels to Engineer Biological Tissues
  

  Presenting Author: Adam C. Farsheed, PhD (he/him/his) – Salk Institute for Biological Studies

  Primary Investigator: Jeffrey D. Hartgerink, PhD (he/him/his) – Rice University
• 2:30 PM – 2:45 PM EST

  Functionalizing Solvent-Cast Chitosan/Polycaprolactone Membranes for Artificial Corneal Replacement
  

  Presenting Author: Christie S. Ortega, BS (she/her/hers) – Lehigh University

  Co-Author: John W. Tolbert (he/him/his) – Lehigh University

  Co-Author: Amelia Zellander, PhD (she/her/hers) – BioLattice Ophthalmics

  Last Author: Lesley W. Chow, PhD (she/her/hers) – Lehigh University
• 2:45 PM – 3:00 PM EST

  Quantitative immunophenotyping the regenerative response of MAP hydrogels in ischemic stroke
  

  Presenting Author: Emma C. Whitehead (she/her/hers) – Duke University

  Primary Investigator: Tatiana Segura – Duke University

  Primary Investigator: Saskia Hemmers – Duke University
• 3:00 PM – 3:15 PM EST

  Synthetic methacrylic acid-based hydrogel and short-term neutrophil depletion enable subcutaneous islet transplantation in immune competent mice
  

  Presenting Author: Sean Kinney, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Toronto

  Primary Investigator: Michael Sefton, ScD (he/him/his) – University of Toronto
• 3:15 PM – 3:30 PM EST

  Tailoring Hydrogel Mechanics and Architecture for Effective Vocal Fold Regeneration
  

  Co-Author: Sara Nejati, MS – McGill University

  Presenting Author: Luc Mongeau, PhD (he/him/his) – McGill University