ECM Dynamics in Cancer

Track Chair(s)

• 

  Priscilla Hwang, PhD

  Associate Professor
  Virginia Commonwealth University
  Richmond, Virginia, United States
• CR

  Claire Robertson, PhD

  Materials Engineer
  Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
  Livermore, California, United States

Session Chair(s)

• AB

  Alexander Buffonne
• AP

  Amit Patak

Presentations:

• 12:30 PM - 1:00 PM PDT

  Memories of tumor microenvironment mechanics and hypoxia in cell invasion
  

  Invited Speaker: Amit Pathak – Washington University in St. Louis

  Co-Author: Jose Almeida – Washington University in St Louis

  Co-Author: Jade Weber – Washington University in St. Louis
• 1:00 PM - 1:15 PM PDT

  Microenvironment-Mediated Regulation of Chemotherapy Response in Lung Adenocarcinoma
  

  Presenting Author: Sevgi Sarıca, PhD – Koc University

  Last Author: Ece Ozturk – Koc University
• 1:15 PM - 1:30 PM PDT

  Bio-orthogonal Metabolic Labeling Reveals Platinum Chemotherapy Dysregulates Spatiotemporal ECM Dynamics in Ovarian Cancer
  

  Presenting Author: Pilar de la Puente, PhD – Sanford Research/USD

  Co-Author: Kristin Calar – Sanford Research

  Co-Author: Jessica Faragher – Sanford Research

  Last Author: Pilar de la Puente, PhD – Sanford Research/USD

  Primary Investigator: Pilar de la Puente, PhD – Sanford Research/USD
• 1:30 PM - 1:45 PM PDT

  Tunable Synthetic Extracellular Matrix for Scalable and Reproducible 3D Breast Tumor Growth
  

  Presenting Author: Revathi Manoharaan – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  Primary Investigator: Rohit Bhargava – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  Co-Author: Prasanth Kumar KV. Kannanganattu – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  Co-Author: William P. King – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  Co-Author: Melika Hajimohammadi, MSc – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  Co-Author: Zhengmin Cong – Cell & Developmental Biology

  Co-Author: Isabella Rose Lebovic – Beckman Institute, UIUC
• 1:45 PM - 2:00 PM PDT

  Fiber-Dependent Remodeling of Solid Tumor Microenvironment in a 3D Breast Cancer Model
  

  Presenting Author: Ayda pourmostafa, PhD – New Jersey Institute of Technology

  Co-Author: Gabrielle E. Uskach – New Jersey Institute of Technology

  Co-Author: Daniel J. Li, n/a – New Jersey Institute of Technology

  Primary Investigator: Amir K. K. Miri – New Jersey Institute of Technology

  Co-Author: Khushi Dengale – New Jersey Institute of Technology

  Co-Author: Teresa L. Wood – New Jersey Medical Sch, Rutgers Health