Cell-cell interactions to tailor cell functions

Track Chair(s)

• OV

  Omid Veiseh, PhD

  Professor
  Rice University, United States

Moderator(s)

• KW

  Karin Wang, PhD

  Assistant Professor
  Temple University, United States
• CK

  Catherine Kim

  Yale University

Presentations:

• 12:30 PM – 12:45 PM PDT

  Investigating Nuclear Mechanotransduction by Mapping Genome-wide Changes in Transcription and Chromatin Accessibility in Response to Mechanical Stretch
  

  Presenting Author: Julien Morival, PhD (he/him/his) – Cornell University

  Co-Author: Joseph Long – Cornell University

  Co-Author: Julie Heffler – Cornell University

  Primary Investigator: Jan Lammerding, PhD (he/him/his) – Cornell University
• 12:45 PM – 1:00 PM PDT

  PDGF-BB induces VEGFR1 phosphorylation and endothelial cell proliferation
  

  Presenting Author: Xinming Liu, MS (she/her/hers) – University of Washington

  Co-Author: YINGYE FANG, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Washington

  Primary Investigator: Princess Imoukhuede, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Washington
• 1:00 PM – 1:15 PM PDT

  Engineer CAR-neutrophils from human pluripotent stem cells for targeted chemoimmunotherapy against glioblastoma
  

  Presenting Author: Xiaoping Bao – Purdue University
• 1:15 PM – 1:30 PM PDT

  Number and organization of focal adhesion clustering determine mitotic dynamics and errors in fibrous microenvironments
  

  Presenting Author: Aniket Jana (he/him/his) – Virginia Tech

  Co-Author: Apurba Sarkar – Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science

  Co-Author: Atharva Agashe (he/him/his) – Virginia Tech

  Co-Author: Nir Gov – Weizmann Institute of Science

  Co-Author: Raja Paul – Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science

  Co-Author: Jennifer G. DeLuca – Colorado State University

  Primary Investigator: Amrinder Nain, PhD (he/him/his) – Virginia Tech
• 1:30 PM – 1:45 PM PDT

  Polarized NHE1 and SWELL1 regulate migration direction, efficiency and metastasis
  

  Presenting Author: Qinling Yuan (she/her/hers) – Johns Hopkins University

  Co-Author: Yuqi Zhang – Abbvie

  Primary Investigator: Konstantinos Konstantopoulos, PhD (he/him/his) – Johns Hopkins University
• 1:45 PM – 2:00 PM PDT

  The Role of PLC and PKC in Collective Migration of Keratinocytes
  

  Presenting Author: Vera Shurygina, MS (she/her/hers) – University of Wisconsin-Madison

  Last Author: Kristyn S. Masters – University of Wisconsin - Madison

  Primary Investigator: Pamela K. Kreeger, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Wisconsin-Madison