Advancements in Biomaterials for Cardiac Tissue Engineering: From Spheroid Assembly to Targeted Delivery

Track Chair(s)

• MW

  Marissa Wechsler

  Assistant Professor
  The University of Texas at San Antonio, United States
• MH

  Monica Hinds, PhD

  Professor
  Oregon Health & Science University, United States
• EM

  Erika Moore

  Assistant Professor
  University of Maryland
• BA

  Brian Aguado

  Assistant Professor
  Bioengineering
  University of California, San Diego

Moderator(s)

• 

  Amber Doiron
• PA

  Perla Ayala, Ph.D.

  Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
  CSU Long Beach, United States

Presentations:

• 12:30 PM – 12:45 PM PDT

  Biomaterial and Cellular Microenvironment Regulate Vascular Network Formation
  

  Presenting Author: Fan Zhang, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Washington

  Co-Author: Colleen E. O’Connor, PhD (she/her/hers) – Upside Foods

  Co-Author: Susana P. Simmonds (she/her/hers) – University of Washington

  Primary Investigator: Kelly Stevens – University of Washington
• 12:45 PM – 1:00 PM PDT

  Reduced Graphene Oxide Doped Biodegradable Polyurethane Nanofibers for Cardiomyocyte Culture
  

  Presenting Author: Alan Taylor, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Texas at Arlington

  Co-Author: Jiazhu Xu, MS (he/him/his) – University of Texas at Arlington

  Co-Author: Huikang Fu – University of Texas at Arlington

  Co-Author: Nick Rogozinski – University of North Texas

  Co-Author: Lia Molina Cortez – Abbott

  Co-Author: Sara McMahan – Fusion Academy

  Co-Author: Yan Chang – Univeristy of Texas at Arlington

  Co-Author: Zui Pan – University of Texas at Arlington

  Co-Author: Huaxiao Yang – University of North Texas

  Co-Author: Jun Liao – University of Texas at Arlington

  Primary Investigator: Yi Hong – University of Texas at Arlington
• 1:00 PM – 1:15 PM PDT

  Impact of microgel aspect ratio on granular hydrogel porosity and cell infiltration for cardiac applications
  

  Presenting Author: Gabriel Rodriguez-Rivera, PhD (he/him/his) – BioFrontiers Institute, University of Colorado at Boulder

  Co-Author: Bradley Taha – University of Colorado at Boulder

  Co-Author: Nikolas DiCaprio – University of Pennsylvania

  Co-Author: Siddharth Sharma – University of Pennsylvania

  Co-Author: Sara Boyd – University of Colorado at Boulder

  Co-Author: Daeyeon Lee – University of Pennsylvania

  Co-Author: Dave Issadore – University of Pennsylvania

  Primary Investigator: Jason A. Burdick (he/him/his) – BioFrontiers Institute, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder
• 1:15 PM – 1:30 PM PDT

  Targeted Delivery of a Cell Membrane Repair Protein to Protect Cardiac Cells After Myocardial Infarction
  

  Presenting Author: Hong Niu, PhD (she/her/hers) – Washington University in St. Louis

  Co-Author: Ya Guan – Duke University

  Co-Author: Zhongting Liu – Washington University in St. Louis

  Last Author: Jiaxing Wen – Washington University in St. Louis

  Primary Investigator: Jianjun Guan – Washington University in St. Louis
• 1:30 PM – 1:45 PM PDT

  Spatial control of spheroid assembly and phenotypic plasticity of vasa vasorum-associated pericytes on fibrous biomaterials
  

  Co-Author: Jennifer Hill – University of Pittsburgh

  Co-Author: Sharan Sharma – Virginia Tech

  Co-Author: Fisher Bryant – University of Pittsburgh

  Co-Author: Richards Tara – University of Pittsburgh

  Co-Author: Dalia Fantini – University of Pittsburgh

  Co-Author: Amrinder Nain – Virginia Tech

  Presenting Author: Julie Phillippi, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Pittsburgh