Neural & Glial Cell Engineering

Session Chair(s)

• IY

  In Hong Yang

  Principal Investigator
  UNC, Charlotte, United States
• JZ

  Jonathan Zuidema

Track Chair(s)

• 

  Joon (Simon) Shim, PhD

  Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
  Marshall University
• 

  Mario Romero-Ortega, PhD

  Department Head
  University of Arizona
  Tucson, Arizona, United States
• 

  Nanyin Zhang, PhD

  Professor
  Penn State University, United States

Presentations:

• 12:30 PM - 12:45 PM PDT

  Integrin β1 mediates neural stem cell multipotency on laminin 511 substrates.
  

  Presenting Author: Taryn Loomis, PhD – NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY

  Co-Author: Narges Yazdani – Genezen

  Last Author: Rebecca Willits – Northeastern University

  Primary Investigator: Rebecca Willits – Northeastern University
• 12:45 PM - 1:00 PM PDT

  Astrocyte Interactions with Ti3C2Tx MXene Flakes: A Foundation for Glial-Targeted Neural Interfaces
  

  Presenting Author: Dimitris Boufidis – University of Pennsylvania

  Primary Investigator: Flavia Vitale, PhD – University of Pennsylvania

  Primary Investigator: Daniel Kacy Cullen, PhD – University of Pennsylvania
• 1:15 PM - 1:30 PM PDT

  Investigation of the structural and molecular alteration of the astrocytes by thermal stimulation using a PVC-Gel heater-based chamber
  

  Presenting Author: Uk Jegal – Korea advanced institute for science and technology (KAIST)

  Co-Author: Minki Kim – Korea advanced institute for science and technology (KAIST)

  Co-Author: Namji Sung, MA – Korea advanced institute for science and technology (KAIST)

  Co-Author: Eun Min Ko – Korea advanced institute for science and technology (KAIST)

  Co-Author: Seungseop Kim – Korea advanced institute for science and technology (KAIST)

  Co-Author: Ki-Uk Kyung – Korea advanced institute for science and technology (KAIST)

  Primary Investigator: Jennifer H. Shin – KAIST
• 1:30 PM - 1:45 PM PDT

  Determining the endoplasmic reticulum stress response in stretch-grown dorsal root ganglion axons
  

  Presenting Author: Kelly N. DiCristina, PhD Candiate;SMART Scholar – New Jersey Institute of Technology, Rutgers

  Primary Investigator: Bryan Pfister – New Jersey Institute of Technology
• 1:45 PM - 2:00 PM PDT

  Electrophysiological Activity of Primary Cortical Neuron-Glia Mixed Cultures Under Amyloid-Beta Treatment
  

  Presenting Author: Nidhi Vadulas – University of California, Davis

  Co-Author: Hyehyun Kim – University of California, Davis

  Primary Investigator: Erkin Seker, PhD – University of California, Davis