Cell-cell interactions

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Session Chair(s)

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  Franck Kamga Gninzeko, PhD

  Postdoctoral Research Fellow
  Vanderbilt University Medical Center
  Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Track Chair(s)

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  Adetola Adesida, PhD (he/him/his)

  Professor
  University of Alberta
  Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
• 

  Celeste Nelson, PhD (she/her/hers)

  Wilke Family Professor in Bioengineering
  Princeton University
  Princeton, New Jersey, United States

Presentations:

• 2:30 PM – 2:45 PM EST

  Exploring Hypoxic and Normoxic Extracellular Vesicles in Murine Volumetric Muscle Loss Model: Implications for Immunomodulation and Regeneration
  

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

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

  Co-Author: Jacki Kornbluth, PhD – Saint Louis University

  Primary Investigator: Koyal Garg, PhD – Saint Louis University
• 2:45 PM – 3:00 PM EST

  Investigating Diabetic Osteoarthritis with a 3D Blood-Joint Spheroid Model
  

  Presenting Author: Neeraj Sakhrani, MS (he/him/his) – Columbia University

  Co-Author: Ratna Sharma – Columbia University

  Co-Author: Hagar Kenawy – University of Pennsylvania

  Co-Author: Gerard Ateshian – Columbia University

  Primary Investigator: Clark Hung – Columbia University
• 3:00 PM – 3:15 PM EST

  Investigating the Role of P-cadherin in Acini Formation and HGF-Induced Tubulogenesis
  

  Presenting Author: Sydnie Tran, BS – Virginia Commonwealth University

  Co-Author: Jessanne Lichtenberg, MS – Virginia Commonwealth University

  Co-Author: Daniel Conway, PhD – The Ohio State University

  Primary Investigator: Priscilla Hwang, PhD – Virginia Commonwealth University
• 3:15 PM – 3:30 PM EST

  Quantifying spatial heterogeneity and temporal dynamics of endothelial cell junction phenotypes in mTOR kinase-inhibited cells
  

  Presenting Author: Ken D. Brandon, II (he/him/his) – University of Maryland College Park

  Co-Author: Azkah Anjum – University of Maryland College Park

  Primary Investigator: Kimberly Stroka, PhD – University of Maryland
• 3:30 PM – 3:45 PM EST

  Reprogramming of Normal Fibroblasts into Ovarian Cancer-Associated Fibroblasts Via Non-Vesicular Paracrine Signaling Induces an Activated Fibroblast Phenotype
  

  Presenting Author: Hailey Axemaker (she/her/hers) – Sanford Research

  Co-Author: Simona Plesselova, PhD (she/her/hers) – Sanford Research

  Co-Author: Kristin Calar – Sanford Research

  Primary Investigator: Pilar de la Puente, PhD (she/her/hers) – Sanford Research / University of South Dakota School of Medicine
• 3:45 PM – 4:00 PM EST

  Unveiling the Role of NF-kB in Distal Lung Epithelial Regeneration
  

  Presenting Author: Franck J. Kamga Gninzeko, PhD – Vanderbilt University Medical Center

  Co-Author: Jason Gokey, PhD (he/him/his) – Vanderbilt University Medical Center

  Co-Author: Jonathan Kropski – Vanderbilt University Medical Center

  Last Author: Timothy Blackwell – University of Michigan