Cancer Mechanobiology

Track Chair(s)

• 

  Jan Lammerding, PhD (he/him/his)

  Professor
  Cornell University
  Ithaca, New York, United States
• JW

  Jessica Winter

  Professor
  The Ohio State University, United States

Moderator(s)

• IS

  Indrajit Sriastava

  Texas Tech University
• PM

  Panagiotis Mistriotis

  Assistant Professor
  Auburn University
  AUBURN, Alabama, United States

Presentations:

• 3:00 PM – 3:15 PM PDT

  KRAS Mutations in Colorectal Cancer Drive a Unique Mechanotransduction Response to Peristalsis-Associated Forces
  

  Presenting Author: Abbie J. Clevenger (she/her/hers) – Texas A&M University Biomedical Engineering Department

  Co-Author: Maygan McFarlin – Texas A&M University Biomedical Engineering

  Co-Author: Anirudh Madyastha – Texas A&M University Biomedical Engineering

  Co-Author: John Paul Gorley – Texas A&M University Biomedical Engineering

  Primary Investigator: Shreya A. Raghavan – Texas A&M University Biomedical Engineering
• 3:15 PM – 3:30 PM PDT

  Extracellular matrix cues combine to generate diverse phenotypes during breast cancer progression
  

  Presenting Author: Abhishek Sharma, MSc. (he/him/his) – University of California Santa Barbara

  Co-Author: Rowan Steger – University of California Santa Barbara

  Co-Author: Kellie Heom – University of California Santa Barbara

  Last Author: Siddharth Dey – University of California Santa Barbara

  Primary Investigator: Ryan Stowers – University of California, Santa Barbara
• 3:30 PM – 3:45 PM PDT

  A microfluidic stiffness gradient gel platform for probing cancer cell invasion into the extracellular matrix
  

  Presenting Author: Martin Kiwanuka, MSc (he/him/his) – Mechanobiology Institute, National University of Singapore

  Co-Author: Jyothsna Vasudevan, n/a – Mechanobiology Institute, National University of Singapore, Singapore; Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Agency for Science, Technology, and Research, Singapore

  Co-Author: Hepi H. Susapto – Mechanobiology Institute, National University of Singapore, Singapore

  Co-Author: Samuel Maher – School of Human Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia

  Co-Author: Yu Suk Choi – School of Human Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia

  Co-Author: Yongsung Hwang – Soonchunhyang Institute of Medi-bio Science, Soonchunhyang University, Cheonan-si, Chungcheongnam-do, 31151, Korea

  Co-Author: Khoon S. Lim – School of Medical Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia

  Co-Author: Andrea Pavesi – Mechanobiology Institute, National University of Singapore, Singapore; Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Agency for Science, Technology, and Research, Singapore

  Last Author: Jennifer L. Young – Mechanobiology Institute, National University of Singapore, Singapore; Department of Biomedical Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore
• 3:45 PM – 4:00 PM PDT

  Detection of biomechanical alterations in the left ventricle due to radiation-induced cardiotoxicity
  

  Presenting Author: Tanmay Mukherjee, MS – Texas A&M University

  Co-Author: Sarah Elliott – University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

  Co-Author: Nandhini Manikandan – Texas A&M University

  Co-Author: Janaka Wansapura – University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

  Co-Author: Prasanna Alluri – University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

  Primary Investigator: Reza Avazmohammadi – Texas A&M University
• 4:00 PM – 4:15 PM PDT

  Adhesion Strength of Stromal-Resident Tumor Cells Predicts Metastatic Disease in vivo
  

  Presenting Author: Madison Kane – University of California, San Diego

  Co-Author: Katherine Birmingham, PhD – BD Biosciences

  Co-Author: Benjamin Yeoman, PhD – Altos Labs

  Co-Author: Pranjali Beri, PhD – Vertex Pharmaceuticals

  Co-Author: Isabelle Williams – Rice University

  Co-Author: Aditya Kumar, PhD – Altos Labs

  Co-Author: Parag Katira, PhD – San Diego State University

  Primary Investigator: Adam Engler, PhD – University of California, San Diego