Cellular and Molecular Mechanobiology II: Between Cells

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)

• AB

  Alexander Boys, PhD

  Assistant Professor
  Dartmouth College
• 

  Oleg Kim, PhD

  Assistant Professor
  Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics, Virginia Tech; Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
  Blacksburg, Virginia, United States

Presentations:

• 2:00 PM - 2:15 PM PDT

  Vinculin enhances tumor growth independent of its interactions with actin
  

  Presenting Author: Emily Fabiano – Vanderbilt University

  Co-Author: Brenton Hoffman, PhD – Duke University

  Last Author: Cynthia A. Reinhart-King – Rice University

  Primary Investigator: Cynthia A. Reinhart-King – Rice University
• 2:15 PM - 2:30 PM PDT

  Loss of Novel Mechanosensitive Ion Channel TMEM63A Impairs Osteoblast Differentiation and Mechanostransduction
  

  Presenting Author: Meghana Davuluri, MS – stony brook university

  Primary Investigator: Yi-Xian Qin – Stony Brook University
• 2:30 PM - 2:45 PM PDT

  Cadherins cooperate with EGFR to regulate rigidity sensing, proliferation and invasion in 3D cultures
  

  Presenting Author: Deborah Leckband, PhD – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  Co-Author: Evan Hebner – University of Illinois

  Co-Author: Yubo Zou – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• 2:45 PM - 3:00 PM PDT

  Uncovering Unique Properties of the Mechanobiology of N-cadherin Mediated Adherens Junctions
  

  Presenting Author: Brenton Hoffman, PhD – Duke University

  Co-Author: Ishaan Puranam, PhD – Duke University
• 3:00 PM - 3:15 PM PDT

  Inter-cellular force reciprocally modulates cell-matrix traction force
  

  Presenting Author: Zaria M. Booth, MS – Old Dominion University

  Last Author: Venkat Maruthamuthu – Old Dominion University
• 3:15 PM - 3:30 PM PDT

  Bronchoconstriction Modulates CC16 Levels and Subsequent Dysregulation of Epithelial Cell Metabolism in Asthma.
  

  Presenting Author: Kayleigh Berthiaume Fox, MS – University of Arizona College of Medicine

  Co-Author: Julia Li – University of Arizona

  Co-Author: Paul Langlais – University of Arizona Department of Endocrinology

  Co-Author: Paul Victor Santiago Raj – University of Arizona

  Co-Author: Natalie Iannuzo – University of Arizona

  Last Author: Julie G. Ledford – University of Arizona

  Primary Investigator: Julie G. Ledford – University of Arizona