Mechanobiology of Stem Cell Engineering

Moderator(s)

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  Soham Ghosh, PhD (he/him/his)

  Colorado State University
  Timnath, Colorado, United States
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  Beu Oropeza, PhD (she/her/hers)

  Postdoctoral Researcher
  Stanford University
  Mountain View, California, United States

Presentations:

• 4:00 PM – 4:15 PM PDT

  Elucidating Mechanisms of Muscle Stem Cell Mechanical Memory Using Hydrogel Biomaterials with On-Demand Tuning of Mechanical Properties
  

  Presenting Author: Christopher M. Madl, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Pennsylvania
• 4:15 PM – 4:30 PM PDT

  Targeting the mechano-epigenetic pathway involving a chromatin remodeler determines the cell stemness in mesenchymal stromal cells
  

  Presenting Author: Samantha Kaonis, PhD (she/her/hers) – Colorado State University

  Co-Author: Lauren Monroe (she/her/hers) – Colorado State University

  Last Author: Soham Ghosh, PhD (he/him/his) – Colorado State University
• 4:30 PM – 4:45 PM PDT

  Synthetically engineering cell collective tension for guided organoid morphogenesis
  

  Presenting Author: Priya Shah (she/her/hers) – University of Pennsylvania

  Primary Investigator: Alex Hughes – University of Pennsylvania
• 4:45 PM – 5:00 PM PDT

  Engineering Granular High Throughput Confining 3D Cellular Microenvironments
  

  Presenting Author: Shinny sunny, MSc (she/her/hers) – National University of Singapore

  Primary Investigator: Andrew Holle, PhD (he/him/his) – National University of Singapore
• 5:00 PM – 5:15 PM PDT

  Rejuvenation of Mesenchymal Stem Cells from Aged Patients Using Mechanical Conditioning
  

  Co-Author: Miles Massidda – University of Texas at Austin

  Co-Author: Andrei Demkov – University of Texas at Austin

  Co-Author: Aidan Sices – University of Texas at Austin

  Co-Author: Jason Lee – University of Texas at Austin

  Co-Author: Muyoung Lee – University of Texas at Austin

  Co-Author: Jonghwan Kim – University of Texas at Austin

  Presenting Author: Aaron Baker, PhD – University of Texas at Austin
• 5:15 PM – 5:30 PM PDT

  Human IPSC Hydrogel Encapsulation for Efficient Production of Embryoid Bodies
  

  Presenting Author: Matthew T. Conway (he/him/his) – University of Iowa Roy J. Carver Department of Biomedical Engineering

  Co-Author: Edward Sander, PhD – University of Iowa

  Primary Investigator: Kristan Worthington – University of Iowa