Cancer Mechanobiology: Mechanics of Metastasis, Migration, and Invasion

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)

• 

  Jian Zhang, PhD

  Assistant Professor
  University of Arkansas, United States
• 

  Quinton Smith

  Assistant Professor
  University of California, Irvine
  Irvine, California, United States

Presentations:

• 2:30 PM - 2:45 PM PDT

  Advantages and Disadvantages of Breast Cancer Cell Size and Stiffness During the Metastatic Cascade
  

  Presenting Author: Katherine M. Young, PhD – Rice University

  Primary Investigator: Katherine M. Young, PhD – Rice University

  Co-Author: Xavier Gallart – Rice University

  Co-Author: Mehmet B. Acikel – Rice University

  Co-Author: Avery Valz – Vanderbilt University

  Co-Author: Bryne Knowles – Vanderbilt University

  Co-Author: Ryan Zurcher – Vanderbilt University

  Last Author: Cynthia A. Reinhart-King – Rice University
• 2:45 PM - 3:00 PM PDT

  Exploring the Synergistic Effect between Mechanical Stimulation and VEGFR-2 Expression in TNBC
  

  Presenting Author: Shalarria Cooper – University of Alabama at Birmingham

  Last Author: MK Sewell-Loftin – University of Alabama Birmingham

  Primary Investigator: MK Sewell-Loftin – University of Alabama Birmingham
• 3:00 PM - 3:15 PM PDT

  Cancer-associated Osteoblasts Exhibit Inhibited Mineral Deposition and Altered Gene Expression in an Engineered Bone Metastatic Niche
  

  Presenting Author: Sarah Nano – University of Notre Dame

  Co-Author: Julian Najera, BS – University of Notre Dame

  Co-Author: Vatsal Kumar – University of Galway

  Co-Author: Meenal Datta – University of Notre Dame

  Co-Author: Laurie Littlepage – University of Notre Dame

  Co-Author: Laoise McNamara – University of Galway

  Last Author: Glen Niebur – University of Notre Dame

  Primary Investigator: Glen Niebur – University of Notre Dame
• 3:15 PM - 3:30 PM PDT

  Microfluidic Assay for Quantification of Cell Invasion: an integrative tool for invasion-proliferation profiling and response to ADM-driven glioblastoma progression
  

  Presenting Author: Nitish Srivastava, Mr – Johns Hopkins University

  Co-Author: Alice Amitrano – Johns Hopkins University

  Co-Author: Brent Ifemembi – Johns Hopkins University

  Primary Investigator: Konstantinos Konstantopoulos, PhD – Johns Hopkins University
• 3:30 PM - 3:45 PM PDT

  Adhesion Plasticity and Paracrine “Education” Shape the Invasive Trajectory of Glioblastoma (GBM)
  

  Presenting Author: Abhinaba Banerjee – University of California San Diego

  Co-Author: Audrey Iwashita – University of California San Diego

  Co-Author: Afsheen Banisadr – University of California San Diego

  Co-Author: Frank Furnari – University of California San Diego

  Co-Author: Adam Engler – University of California San Diego

  Last Author: Adam Engler – University of California San Diego

  Primary Investigator: Adam Engler – University of California San Diego
• 3:45 PM - 4:00 PM PDT

  Adaptive Physics Refinement enables investigation of red blood cells’ impact on adhesive tumor cell transport
  

  Presenting Author: Jorik Stoop – Duke University

  Co-Author: Aristotle Martin – Duke University

  Primary Investigator: Amanda Randles – Duke University