Novel Methods in Synthetic Biology & Systems Biology

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Session Chair(s)

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  Erika Cyphert, PhD (she/her/hers)

  Assistant Professor of Bioengineering
  University of California San Diego
  San Diego, California, United States
• 

  John Hickey, PhD

  Professor
  Duke University, United States

Track Chair(s)

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  Patrick Boyle, FHRS, FAHA (he/him/his)

  Associate Professor
  University of Washington
  Seattle, Washington, United States
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  Mohammad Fallahi-Sichani, PhD (he/him/his)

  Associate Professor
  University of Virginia, Virginia, United States

Presentations:

• 8:30 AM – 8:45 AM EST

  AI-powered IRES Engineering for Enhanced Translation in Human Cells
  

  Presenting Author: Kehan Zhang – Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Co-Author: Wengong Jin – Broad Institute

  Co-Author: Kaixiong Zhou – MIT

  Co-Author: Nayoung Kim – Wyss Institute

  Co-Author: Makoto Lalwani – Wyss Institute

  Co-Author: Jonathan Chen – MIT

  Co-Author: Jack Chen – MIT

  Last Author: James Collins, PhD – MIT
• 8:45 AM – 9:00 AM EST

  Computational Systems Biology Modeling to Predict Spatial Variation in Cardiac Fibrosis
  

  Presenting Author: Frank O. Aparicio Solis (he/him/his) – University of Arkansas

  Co-Author: Hasi Hays (he/him/his) – University of Arkansas

  Primary Investigator: William J. Richardson, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Arkansas
• 9:00 AM – 9:15 AM EST

  Engineering microbial consortia as distributed environmental sentinels
  

  Presenting Author: Katherine Duncker, MS (she/her/hers) – Duke University

  Co-Author: Ryan D'Cunha – Duke University

  Co-Author: Harshitha Venugopal Lavanya – Duke University

  Co-Author: Ashley Ruan – Duke University

  Primary Investigator: Lingchong You – Duke University
• 9:15 AM – 9:30 AM EST

  Peptide-Ligand Responsive Receptors that Enable 3D Cell-Material Communication
  

  Presenting Author: Matthias Recktenwald, Master of Science in Biomedical Engineering;Master of Science in Biomedical Engineering (he/him/his) – Rowan University

  Co-Author: Ritankar Bhattacharya, PhD (he/him/his) – Auburn University

  Co-Author: James MacAulay – Rowan University

  Co-Author: Nichole Daringer – National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering

  Co-Author: Robert J. Pantazes, PhD (he/him/his) – Auburn University

  Last Author: Sebastian Vega, PhD – Department of Biomedical Engineering, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ and Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Camden, NJ
• 9:30 AM – 9:45 AM EST

  Protein interaction network topology predicts in vitro synergy comparable to approaches trained with experimental data
  

  Presenting Author: Emily R. Bozich (she/her/hers) – University of California Los Angeles

  Primary Investigator: Jennifer L. Wilson, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of California Los Angeles
• 9:45 AM – 10:00 AM EST

  Spatially exploring RNA biology in archival formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissues
  

  Presenting Author: Zhiliang Bai, PhD (he/him/his) – Yale University

  Co-Author: Dingyao Zhang – Yale University

  Co-Author: Yan Gao – Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

  Co-Author: Bo Tao – Yale University

  Co-Author: Yi Xing – Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

  Co-Author: Jun Lu – Yale University School of Medicine

  Co-Author: Mina Xu, MD – Yale School of Medicine

  Primary Investigator: Rong Fan – Yale University