Microphysiological Organ System Development

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)

• SA

  Song Ih Ahn, PhD

  Professor
  Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
• 

  Priscilla Hwang, PhD

  Associate Professor
  Virginia Commonwealth University
  Richmond, Virginia, United States

Presentations:

• 2:00 PM - 2:15 PM PDT

  Mechanical cues mediate P-cadherin dependent adhesions driving collective tumor invasion
  

  Invited Speaker: Priscilla Hwang, PhD – Virginia Commonwealth University
• 2:15 PM - 2:30 PM PDT

  Colon Organoids on-a-Chip to Study the Influence of Bile Acids on Gut Bacterial Colonization
  

  Presenting Author: Ishita Dasgupta – Illinois Institute of Technology

  Co-Author: Durga Prasad Rangineni – Illinois Institute of Technology

  Co-Author: Miriam Duran – Illinois Institute of Technology

  Co-Author: Arianna Brevi, PhD – University of California San Diego

  Last Author: Abhinav Bhushan, PhD – Illinois Institute of Technology

  Primary Investigator: Abhinav Bhushan, PhD – Illinois Institute of Technology

  Co-Author: Amir Zarrinpar, MD, PhD, AGAF – University of California San Diego

  Co-Author: Yixiao Ma – University of Illinois Chicago
• 2:30 PM - 2:45 PM PDT

  3D microsphere tumor models for single-cell analyses
  

  Presenting Author: Julea Vlassakis, PhD – Rice University

  Last Author: Julea Vlassakis, PhD – Rice University

  Primary Investigator: Julea Vlassakis, PhD – Rice University

  Co-Author: Jocie Baker – Rice University, Department of Bioengineering
• 2:45 PM - 3:00 PM PDT

  Establishment of an Engineered Colorectal Cancer Tissue Model to Recapitulate Obesity-associated Insulin-Resistant Tumor Microenvironment for Assessing Mechanisms Driving Disease Progression
  

  Presenting Author: Kwaghtaver S. Desongu, PhD Candidate, MSc – Auburn University

  Presenting Author: Elizabeth A. Lipke – Department of Chemical Engineering, Auburn University

  Co-Author: Ifeoluwa Odenyi – Department of Nutritional Sciences

  Co-Author: Peter Abraham – Department of Chemical Engineering, Auburn University

  Co-Author: Callie Pope – Department of Chemical Engineering, Auburn University

  Co-Author: Grace Hester – Department of Chemical Engineering, Auburn University

  Co-Author: Michael W. Greene, PhD – Department of Nutritional Sciences

  Last Author: Elizabeth A. Lipke – Department of Chemical Engineering, Auburn University

  Primary Investigator: Elizabeth A. Lipke – Department of Chemical Engineering, Auburn University
• 3:00 PM - 3:15 PM PDT

  Developing Defined Serum-Free Media for Reproducible Breast Cancer Models
  

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

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

  Co-Author: Yuanning Liu – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  Co-Author: Tillman Dillon – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  Co-Author: Miles Bimrose – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  Co-Author: Hyeongkeun Kim – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  Co-Author: Mark Duncan – 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

  Primary Investigator: Rohit Bhargava – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
• 3:15 PM - 3:30 PM PDT

  (Re-)Deconstructing Ewing Sarcoma Bone Marrow Niche On-Chip for Better Therapeutics
  

  Presenting Author: Chao Ma – Center for Immunotherapy and Precision Immuno-oncology

  Last Author: Chao Ma – Center for Immunotherapy and Precision Immuno-oncology

  Primary Investigator: Chao Ma – Center for Immunotherapy and Precision Immuno-oncology

  Co-Author: Yuan Gao – Case Western Reserve University

  Co-Author: Mikayla Ybarra – The Cleveland Clinic Foundation

  Co-Author: Muyi Ye – Case Western Reserve University