Matrix Effects in Mechanobiology I

Track Chair(s)

• LT

  Luke (Lucas) Timmins, PhD

  Associate Professor
  Texas A&M University
  Houston, Texas, United States
• KM

  Kristen Mills

  Associate Professor
  Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, United States

Session Chair(s)

• 

  Weitong Chen, MSc, PhD

  Senior Research Associate
  University Georgia
  Athens , Georgia, United States
• 

  Susan Leggett, Ph.D

  Assistant Professor
  University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
  Urbana, Illinois, United States

Presentations:

• 8:30 AM - 8:45 AM PDT

  Matrix stress relaxation regulates fibroblast activation in a 3D microenvironment
  

  Presenting Author: Gianna Gathman – UC Santa Barbara

  Last Author: Ryan Stowers – UC Santa Barbara

  Primary Investigator: Ryan Stowers – UC Santa Barbara

  Co-Author: Maitri Patel
• 8:45 AM - 9:00 AM PDT

  Mechanoregulation of β-Cell Function: Linking Mechanical Cues to Oscillatory Dynamics, Cytoskeletal Remodeling, and Functional Markers
  

  Presenting Author: Kelly Vazquez, PhD – Wheaton College

  Primary Investigator: Kelly Vazquez, PhD – Wheaton College

  Co-Author: Kelly Vazquez – Wheaton College

  Co-Author: Luke Bruno – Wheaton College
• 9:00 AM - 9:15 AM PDT

  ECM stiffness primes Cancer-associated Fibroblasts to drive breast cancer aggressiveness
  

  Presenting Author: somayadineshraj devarasou, MS – KAIST

  Co-Author: Nam ji Sung – KAIST

  Co-Author: Seok Hoon Ham, ME – Mechanical Engineering Department, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

  Co-Author: Martin Kiwanuka, N/A, n/a – Mechanobiology Institute, National University of Singapore

  Co-Author: Jennifer Young – National University of Singapore

  Primary Investigator: Jennifer H. Shin – KAIST
• 9:15 AM - 9:30 AM PDT

  Mechanical Modulation of RPE Cell Phagocytosis through Dynamic Substrate Stiffening
  

  Presenting Author: Colleen Simmerly – University of Delaware

  Co-Author: Elise A. Corbin, PhD – University of Delaware

  Primary Investigator: Elise A. Corbin, PhD – University of Delaware

  Co-Author: Adam P. Williamson – Bryn Mawr College
• 9:30 AM - 9:45 AM PDT

  Endosome mechanoregulation in endothelial cell migration
  

  Presenting Author: Paula Camacho, DVM PhD – University of Pennsylvania

  Co-Author: Erin Berlew – University of Pennsylvania

  Co-Author: Devon Mason – NIH NCI

  Co-Author: Javier Abello, n/a – Washington University in St. Louis

  Co-Author: Amber Stratman – Washington University in St. Louis

  Co-Author: Melike Lakadamyali – University of Pennsylvania

  Last Author: Joel Boerckel – University of Pennsylvania
• 9:45 AM - 10:00 AM PDT

  Blocking the mechanosensitivity of fibroadipogenic progenitors reduces muscle stiffness in a mouse model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy
  

  Presenting Author: Gabriel A. Santana, MS – University of California Davis

  Co-Author: Kyle Henricson – University of California Davis

  Co-Author: Nathaniel P. Meyer – University of California Davis

  Co-Author: Perri Gish – University of California Davis

  Last Author: Lucas Smith – University of California Davis

  Primary Investigator: Lucas Smith – University of California Davis