Neural Models & Tissue Engineering

Session Chair(s)

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  Jungwook Paek

  Assistant professor
  Binghamton University, SUNY
  Binghamton, New York, United States
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  Yevgeny Berdichevsky

  Associate Professor
  Lehigh University, United States

Track Chair(s)

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  Joon (Simon) Shim, PhD

  Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
  Marshall University
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  Mario Romero-Ortega, PhD

  Department Head
  University of Arizona
  Tucson, Arizona, United States
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  Nanyin Zhang, PhD

  Professor
  Penn State University, United States

Presentations:

• 4:30 PM - 4:45 PM PDT

  Blast-induced shockwave model of traumatic brain injury in organotypic brain slices
  

  Presenting Author: Jason Wu, PhD – University of California, San Diego

  Co-Author: Akash Canjels – University of California, San Diego

  Co-Author: Rukmani Cahill – University of California, San Diego

  Co-Author: Oscar Calzada Martinez – University of California, San Diego

  Co-Author: Veronica Eliasson – Colorado School of Mines

  Co-Author: Nathan Clark – Battelle

  Co-Author: Ryan Daly – Battelle

  Co-Author: Matthew Neal – Battelle

  Primary Investigator: Ester J. Kwon, PhD – University of California, San Diego
• 4:45 PM - 5:00 PM PDT

  Exogenous inputs that scale ion channel kinetics modulate activity in a computational CA3 pyramidal cell
  

  Presenting Author: Alana Maluszczak – University of Utah

  Last Author: Alan D. Dorval – University of Utah

  Co-Author: Mathew Yarossi – Northeastern University
• 5:00 PM - 5:15 PM PDT

  Cortical cell tri-culture-based mechanical injury model and neuroprotective compound screening assay
  

  Presenting Author: Alllison Pickle – University of California, Davis

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

  Primary Investigator: Erkin Seker, PhD – University of California, Davis
• 5:15 PM - 5:30 PM PDT

  Spatiotemporal changes in gene and protein expression and dynamic viscoelastic characteristics at acute and chronic timepoints after spinal cord injury
  

  Presenting Author: Chandra Kothapalli, PhD – Cleveland State University

  Co-Author: Elif Ertugral – Cleveland State University

  Co-Author: Gowsia Banu Shaik – Cleveland State University

  Co-Author: Vasanti Dhakate – University of Akron

  Co-Author: Rounak Pokharel – University of Akron

  Co-Author: Jessica Onyak – University of Akron

  Co-Author: Peng Jiang – Cleveland State University

  Co-Author: Nic D. Leipzig, PhD – University of Akron

  Last Author: Chandra Kothapalli, PhD – Cleveland State University
• 5:30 PM - 5:45 PM PDT

  Characterizing the progression of neurogenic lower urinary tract dysfunction in rats after spinal cord injury via awake transurethral cystometry
  

  Presenting Author: Mia Sargusingh – Case Western Reserve University

  Co-Author: Pranav Akella – Case Western Reserve University

  Co-Author: Madeleine Dietrich – Case Western Reserve University

  Co-Author: Isabelle Deputy – Case Western Reserve University

  Co-Author: Philippe Zimmern – University of Texas Southwestern

  Co-Author: Margot S. Damaser – Department of Biomedical Engineering, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA

  Last Author: Ana G. Hernandez Reynoso – Case Western Reserve University

  Primary Investigator: Ana G. Hernandez Reynoso – Case Western Reserve University
• 5:45 PM - 6:00 PM PDT

  An in vitro 3D model of hiPSC-derived neuronal networks using neurogenin2-overexpression in co-culture with human astrocytes
  

  Presenting Author: Alia Alameri – Columbia University

  Co-Author: Bas Lendemeijer – columbia university

  Co-Author: Cheng Gong – Columbia University

  Co-Author: Chai-Hoon Quek – Columbia University

  Last Author: Kam Leong – Columbia University

  Co-Author: Steven Kushner – Columbia University

  Co-Author: Joseph Gogos – Columbia University

  Co-Author: Raju Tomer – Columbia University

  Primary Investigator: Raju Tomer – Columbia University