Cell/Tissue Mechanobiology

Moderator(s)

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  Nehal Abu-Lai
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  Roberto Alonso Matilla

  Postdoctoral researcher
  University of Minnesota
  Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Presentations:

• 3:00 PM – 3:15 PM PDT

  Large polyacrylamide hydrogels for large-batch cell culture and real-time tunable stiffness
  

  Presenting Author: Xuechen Shi, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Pennsylvania

  Primary Investigator: Paul Janmey – University of Pennsylvania
• 3:15 PM – 3:30 PM PDT

  Dietary cholesterol stiffens the steatotic liver
  

  Presenting Author: David Li, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Pennsylvania

  Co-Author: Abigail E. Loneker – University of Pennsylvania

  Co-Author: Paul Janmey – University of Pennsylvania

  Last Author: Rebecca G. Wells (she/her/hers) – University of Pennsylvania
• 3:30 PM – 3:45 PM PDT

  Dynamic Mechanical Multi-Cellular Response in Embryo Early Development
  

  Presenting Author: Utku Sönmez – Scripps Research and UC San Diego

  Co-Author: Nolan Frey – Carnegie Mellon University

  Co-Author: Jonathan S. Minden – Carnegie Mellon University

  Primary Investigator: Philip R. LeDuc, PhD – Carnegie Mellon University
• 3:45 PM – 4:00 PM PDT

  Subphysiological loading initiates a mechanically-induced premature senescent state in cardiac fibroblast cultures
  

  Presenting Author: Stephanie E. Schneider, MS, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Colorado Boulder

  Co-Author: Adrienne K. Scott, n/a – University of Colorado Boulder

  Co-Author: Katie M. Gallagher – University of Colorado Boulder

  Primary Investigator: Corey P. Neu – University of Colorado Boulder
• 4:00 PM – 4:15 PM PDT

  Modulation of macrophage fusion competency by substrate stiffness
  

  Presenting Author: Daniela Enriquez Ochoa, MSc (she/her/hers) – University of California Irvine

  Co-Author: Sergei Butenko – University of California, Irvine

  Primary Investigator: Wendy F. Liu – University of California Irvine
• 4:15 PM – 4:30 PM PDT

  Tissue stiffness scaling with fibrillar collagen results from strain-suppressed fibril proteolysis
  

  Presenting Author: Karanvir Saini, PhD. (he/him/his) – University of Pennsylvania

  Co-Author: Sangkyun Cho (he/him/his) – University of Pennsylvania

  Co-Author: Manu Tewari – University of Pennsylvania

  Co-Author: Abdalziz Jalil – University of Pennsylvania

  Co-Author: Mai Wang – University of Pennsylvania

  Co-Author: Susanna A. Belt (she/her/hers) – University of Pennsylvania

  Co-Author: Alex Kasznel – University of Pennsylvania

  Co-Author: Kazuhiro Yamamoto – University of Liverpool

  Co-Author: David Chenoweth – University of Pennsylvania

  Primary Investigator: Dennis E. Discher, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Pennsylvania