Molecular Mechanobiology

Moderator(s)

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  Jian Zhang, PhD (he/him/his)

  Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, United States
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  Deborah Leckband, PhD

  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  Urbana, Illinois, United States

Presentations:

• 8:00 AM – 8:15 AM PDT

  Mechanobiological Insights and Unfolding Molecular Dynamics of Cell-Matrix Bond Mutant
  

  Presenting Author: Andre Montes – University of California, Berkeley

  Co-Author: Adrian Tepole, PhD (he/him/his) – Purdue University

  Primary Investigator: Mohammad Mofrad – UC Berkeley
• 8:15 AM – 8:30 AM PDT

  Role of surface-bound FXIII on fibrin gelation and deposition
  

  Presenting Author: Myra Awan – San José State University

  Presenting Author: Maya Papez, BS, Biomedical Engineering (she/her/hers) – San José State University

  Co-Author: Sang-Joon Lee – San José State University

  Last Author: Kinjal Dasbiswas – University of California, Merced

  Primary Investigator: Anand Ramasubramanian – San José State University
• 8:30 AM – 8:45 AM PDT

  Vinculin, Rather than alpha-catenin, is the Crucial Mechanical Linker at Cell-Cell Contacts
  

  Presenting Author: Venkat Maruthamuthu, PhD (he/him/his) – Old Dominion University

  Co-Author: Mazen Mezher – Old Dominion University

  Co-Author: Daniel Conway, PhD – The Ohio State University
• 8:45 AM – 9:00 AM PDT

  LINC complex disruption can improve or even prevent dilated cardiomyopathy caused by lamin mutations
  

  Co-Author: Noam Zuela-Sopilniak, PhD – Cornell University

  Co-Author: Julie Heffler – Cornell University

  Co-Author: Hind Zahr – Cornell University

  Co-Author: Alexander Sopilniak Mints (he/him/his) – Cornell University

  Co-Author: Ern Hwei Hannah Fong – Cornell University

  Presenting Author: Jan Lammerding, PhD (he/him/his) – Cornell University
• 9:00 AM – 9:15 AM PDT

  Unexpected role of curvature sensing protein IRSp53 in mediating mechanotransduction during migration
  

  Presenting Author: Apratim Mukherjee (he/him/his) – Virginia Tech

  Co-Author: Jonathan Ron – Weizmann Institute of Science

  Co-Author: Hooi-Ting hu – Nara Institute of Science and Technology

  Co-Author: Nishimura Tamako – Nara Institute of Science and Technology

  Co-Author: Kyoko Hanawa-Suetsugu – Doshisha University

  Co-Author: Bahareh Behkam (she/her/hers) – Virginia Tech

  Co-Author: Yuko Mimori-Kiyosue – RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research

  Co-Author: Nir Gov – Weizmann Institute of Science

  Co-Author: Shiro Suetsugu – Nara Institute of Science and Technology

  Last Author: Amrinder Nain, PhD (he/him/his) – Virginia Tech
• 9:15 AM – 9:30 AM PDT

  Myofiber “Lipotoxicity” Does Not Disrupt Cellular Biophysical Properties
  

  Co-Author: Karen Shen – Washington University School of Medicine

  Co-Author: Kelsey Collins – Washington University School of Medicine

  Co-Author: Farshid Guilak, PhD – Washington University in St. Louis

  Presenting Author: Gretchen Meyer – Washington University School of Medicine