Cellular Stress, Adhesion, and Metabolic Regulation

Track Chair(s)

• AA

  Aylin Acun, PhD

  Assistant Professor
  Widener University
  Avondale, Pennsylvania, United States
• CT

  Cheemeng Tan

  Professor
  University of California, Davis
  Davis, California, United States

Session Chair(s)

• 

  Sangyoon Han, PhD

  Associate Professor
  Michigan Technological University
  Houghton, Michigan, United States
• 

  Shahid Khan, PhD

  Postdoctoral researcher
  University of California, Davis
  Davis, California, United States

Presentations:

• 4:30 PM - 4:45 PM PDT

  Substrate Compliance Rewires Cytoskeletal and Metabolic Pathways to Drive Confined Cancer Cell Migration
  

  Presenting Author: Alice Amitrano – Johns Hopkins University

  Co-Author: Brent Ifemembi – Johns Hopkins University

  Co-Author: Debanik Choudhury – Johns Hopkins University

  Co-Author: Sanjiban Nath – Johns Hopkins University

  Primary Investigator: Konstantinos Konstantopoulos – Johns Hopkins University
• 4:45 PM - 5:00 PM PDT

  DNA Damage in Intervertebral Disc Degeneration: CRISPR Modulation of ZNF865 (BLST)
  

  Presenting Author: Jonah Holbrook, BS – University of Utah

  Co-Author: Christian Lewis – University of Utah

  Co-Author: Hunter Levis, PhD – University of Utah

  Last Author: Robby Bowles – University of Utah

  Primary Investigator: Robby Bowles – University of Utah

  Co-Author: Brian Diekman, PhD – Joint Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University
• 5:00 PM - 5:15 PM PDT

  Paxillin mechanisms control wound healing process under inflammatory conditions.
  

  Presenting Author: Rahul Patil, PhD – Georgetown University

  Co-Author: Peter Lialios – Georgetown University

  Co-Author: Micaila Curtis – Georgetown University

  Primary Investigator: Stella Alimperti – Georgetown University
• 5:15 PM - 5:30 PM PDT

  Investigating the Impact of Adhesome Modulation on Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Genome Stability
  

  Presenting Author: Nolan Origer – University of California Irvine

  Co-Author: Edouard Aleman – University of California Irvine

  Co-Author: Hanjuan Shao – University of California Irvine

  Co-Author: Tri Andrew Q. Phan – Novoglia

  Last Author: Timothy L. Downing – University of California Irvine

  Primary Investigator: Timothy L. Downing – University of California Irvine
• 5:30 PM - 5:45 PM PDT

  Metabolic Labeling and Targeted Modulation of Adipocytes
  

  Presenting Author: Yueji Wang – University of Illinois Urbana Champaign

  Primary Investigator: Hua Wang – University of Illinois Urbana Champaign
• 5:45 PM - 6:00 PM PDT

  Therapeutic Modulation of Red Blood Cell-derived Atp Release Using Hydroxyurea
  

  Presenting Author: Ashley Davis – Michigan State University

  Co-Author: Morgan Geiger, PhD – Michigan State University

  Co-Author: Suzanne Summers – Michigan State University

  Co-Author: Dana Spence – Michigan State University

  Last Author: Dana Spence – Michigan State University

  Primary Investigator: Dana Spence – Michigan State University