Nurturing Nature's Wisdom: Exploring Natural and Bioinspired Biomaterials

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)

• 

  Mykel Green, PhD (he/him/his)

  Provost Early Career Postdoctoral Fellow
  University of Texas, Austin
  Pflugerville, Texas, United States
• AI

  Alisa Isaac

  Post-Doc
  UTSA, Texas, United States

Presentations:

• 2:00 PM – 2:15 PM PDT

  Aligned Decellularized Skeletal Muscle Extracellular Matrix for Muscle Regeneration
  

  Presenting Author: Yong How Tan – Oregon Health and Science University

  Co-Author: Cynthia A. Alcazar, BS (she/her/hers) – Oregon Health and Science University

  Co-Author: Krista Habing – Oregon Health and Science University

  Primary Investigator: Karina Nakayama, PhD (she/her/hers) – Oregon Health & Science University
• 2:15 PM – 2:30 PM PDT

  Uterine-Derived DECMs Improve Endometrial Regeneration, Receptivity, and Fertilization in Thin Endometrium Model
  

  Presenting Author: Tugce Sen (she/her/hers) – Pohang University of Science and Technology

  Co-Author: Jungho Ahn – CHA University

  Co-Author: Danbi Lee – CHA University

  Co-Author: Hyeonji Kim – Pohang University of Science and Technology

  Co-Author: Jae Yeon Lee – Daegu Haany University

  Co-Author: Hwa Seon Koo – CHA University

  Co-Author: Jae Yun Kim (he/him/his) – Pohang University of Science and Technology

  Co-Author: Jisoo Kim – POSTECH

  Co-Author: Jinah Jang – Pohang University of Science and Technology

  Last Author: Youn-Jung Kang – CHA University

  Primary Investigator: Dong-Woo Cho – POSTECH
• 2:30 PM – 2:45 PM PDT

  Design Parameters for Injectable Biopolymeric Hydrogels with Dynamic Covalent Chemistry Crosslinks
  

  Presenting Author: Renato Navarro, PhD (he/him/his) – Stanford University

  Co-Author: Narelli de Paiva Narciso – Stanford University

  Co-Author: Aidan E. Gilchrist (he/him/his) – University of California, Davis

  Co-Author: Miriam trigo – Stanford University

  Co-Author: Giselle Aviles Rodriguez – Stanford University

  Primary Investigator: Sarah C. Heilshorn – Department of Materials Science & Engineering, Stanford University
• 2:45 PM – 3:00 PM PDT

  Switch-like Control of Amyloidosis in pH-Responsive Artificial Proteins
  

  Presenting Author: Max Ney (he/him/his) – Duke University

  Co-Author: Yulia Shmidov, PhD (she/her/hers) – DUKE University

  Co-Author: James Zheng – Duke University

  Co-Author: Parul Sirohi – Duke University

  Co-Author: Sarah Kim – Duke University

  Primary Investigator: Ashutosh Chilkoti, Ph.D. – Duke University
• 3:00 PM – 3:15 PM PDT

  Decellularized and Crosslinked Porcine Peripheral Nerve Based Hydrogel for Neural Tissue Regeneration
  

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

  Co-Author: Samantha Shumard – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Olivia Osborne – University of Florida

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

  Co-Author: Jorge Mojica Santiago – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Breanna Ausec – University of Florida

  Primary Investigator: Christine Schmidt – University of Florida
• 3:15 PM – 3:30 PM PDT

  Unconventional Biomaterials for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine
  

  Presenting Author: Gulden Camci-Unal (she/her/hers) – University of Massachusetts Lowell