Biomechanics of Engineered Tissues

Moderator(s)

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  Taimoor Qazi

  Assistant Professor
  Purdue University, United States
• 

  Ali Salifu

Keynote Speaker(s)

• WG

  Warren Grayson

  Professor
  Johns Hopkins University, United States

Presentations:

• 2:00 PM – 2:15 PM PDT

  Neuromuscular Regeneration of Volumetric Muscle Loss Injury
  

  Keynote Speaker: Warren Grayson – Johns Hopkins University
• 2:15 PM – 2:30 PM PDT

  Slow Stretch Elongation of Engineered Ligaments Drives Cellular Formation of Hierarchical Collagen Fibers Independent of Collagen Stretch
  

  Presenting Author: Kelly Ott (she/her/hers) – Virginia Commonwealth University

  Co-Author: Jenny Puetzer (she/her/hers) – Virginia Commonwealth University
• 2:30 PM – 2:45 PM PDT

  Design and Characterization of Tendon-Mimetic Scaffolds Capable of Withstanding Physiological Cyclic Loading
  

  Presenting Author: Harrison B. Broadaway (he/him/his) – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Kathrina Etienne (she/her/hers) – University of Florida

  Primary Investigator: Brittany Taylor, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Florida
• 2:45 PM – 3:00 PM PDT

  Modeling fibrosis: Studying growth and barrier integrity in lymphatic endothelial cells on temporally stiffened methacrylated collagen.
  

  Presenting Author: Brian Ruliffson (he/him/his) – Worcester Polytechnic Institute

  Primary Investigator: Catherine F. Whittington – Worcester Polytechnic Institute

  Co-Author: Eleni Xhupi – Worcester Polytechnic Institute
• 3:00 PM – 3:15 PM PDT

  Flexure-based platform enables precise, quantitative, and automated monitoring of engineered tissue forces
  

  Presenting Author: Nicolas Castro, BS (he/him/his) – Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Co-Author: Naomi Lynch – MIT

  Primary Investigator: Ritu Raman – Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• 3:15 PM – 3:30 PM PDT

  Probing the biomechanical basis of asthma-induced lung fibrosis and vascular remodeling using a mechanically active airway on a chip
  

  Presenting Author: Jungwook Paek, PhD (he/him/his) – SUNY Binghamton