Advancements in Biomaterials Scaffolds: From Hydrogels to Elastomers

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)

• 

  Wilson Poon

  Assistant Professor
  University of Texas at El Paso, United States
• 

  Michael Blatchley, PhD (he/him/his)

  Postdoctoral Fellow
  University of Colorado Boulder
  Boulder, Colorado, United States

Presentations:

• 3:00 PM – 3:15 PM PDT

  An N-glycosylation Modifiable Self-Assembling Polypeptide Tag for Formation of Protein Hydrogels
  

  Presenting Author: Eric Hill, B.S. Chemical Engineering;M.S. Biomedical Engineering, M.S. Biomedical Engineering (he/him/his) – University of Florida

  Primary Investigator: Benjamin G. Keselowsky – University of Florida

  Last Author: Gregory A. Hudalla, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Florida
• 3:15 PM – 3:30 PM PDT

  Electrospinning aligned fibers with non-ionic surfactant for additional control of scaffold physical properties, protein adsorption, and cell behavior.
  

  Presenting Author: Katherine Meinhold, BS (she/her/hers) – University of Washington

  Co-Author: Samuel Hurt – University of Kansas

  Co-Author: Kelsey Knewtson, PhD – University of Kansas

  Primary Investigator: Jennifer L. Robinson, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Washington
• 3:30 PM – 3:45 PM PDT

  Implantable and Degradable Thermoplastic Elastomers
  

  Co-Author: Allison Siehr – University of Minnesota

  Co-Author: Sudipta Panja – University of Minnesota

  Co-Author: Ron Siegel – University of Minnesota

  Presenting Author: Wei Shen, PhD – University of Minnesota
• 3:45 PM – 4:00 PM PDT

  De novo design of protein oligomers for formation of hydrogels with programmable viscoelasticity
  

  Co-Author: Rubul Mout, PhD – Boston Children's Hospital

  Co-Author: Ross C. Bretherton – University of Washington

  Co-Author: Justin Decarreau, PhD – Institute for Protein Desgin, University of Washington

  Presenting Author: Nicole E. Gregorio, B.S. (she/her/hers) – University of Washington

  Co-Author: Rebecca Schulman, PhD – Johns Hopkins University

  Co-Author: David Baker – University of Washington

  Last Author: Cole A. DeForest, PhD – University of Washington
• 4:00 PM – 4:15 PM PDT

  Ultra-low content physio-chemically crosslinked gelatin hydrogel improves encapsulated 3D cell culture.
  

  Presenting Author: Saad Asim, MS (he/him/his) – University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

  Primary Investigator: Muhammad Rizwan, PhD – UT Southwestern Medical Center

  Co-Author: Emma Hayhurst (she/her/hers) – Michigan Technological University

  Co-Author: Rachel Callaghan (she/her/hers) – Michigan Technological University
• 4:15 PM – 4:30 PM PDT

  Strain-stiffening Modular Gels with Dynamic, Secondary Cross-Linking
  

  Presenting Author: SONU KIZHAKKEPURA (he/him/his) – Department of Chemical Engineering University of Massachusetts

  Co-Author: John Klier – The University of Oklahoma

  Primary Investigator: Shelly Peyton, PhD – Tufts University