Self-Assembling and Stimuli-Responsive Biomaterials for Tissue Engineering

Track Chair(s)

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  Janeta Zoldan

  Associate Professor
  The University of Texas at Austin, United States
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  MK Sewell-Loftin

  Assistant Professor
  University of Alabama Birmingham, Alabama, United States
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  Ryan Stowers

  Assistant Professor
  UC Santa Barbara, United States
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  Ester Kwon, PhD

  Associate Professor
  University of California, San Diego, California, United States

Session Chair(s)

• GC

  Grace Chen, PhD

  Assistant Professor
  Rowan University
  Glassboro, New Jersey, United States
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  Vanessa Dartora, PhD

  Postdoctoral Fellow
  Georgia Tech
  Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Presentations:

• 2:00 PM - 2:15 PM PDT

  Dynamic Hydrogel Implants with Shape Memory and Therapeutic Functionality for Minimally Invasive Applications
  

  Presenting Author: Benjamin Wilson – Mayo Clinic

  Co-Author: Sudip Chakraborty – Mayo Clinic

  Primary Investigator: Suman Bose, Ph.D. – Department of Immunology at the Mayo Clinic
• 2:15 PM - 2:30 PM PDT

  Light-Directed Collagen Self-Assembly for Engineering Spatially Structured Hydrogels
  

  Presenting Author: Jingtong Zhao, MSE – California Institute of Technology

  Co-Author: Akash Dhawan – California Institute of Technology

  Last Author: Julie Kornfield – California Institute of Technology

  Primary Investigator: Julie Kornfield – California Institute of Technology
• 2:30 PM - 2:45 PM PDT

  Unique Antimicrobial Properties of Carbobenzyloxy-Modified Amino Acids and their Self-Assembly
  

  Presenting Author: Alexa Sowers – West Virginia University

  Co-Author: Bingyun Li, PhD – West Virginia University School of Medicine
• 2:45 PM - 3:00 PM PDT

  Engineering the Bone–Tendon Interface: A Composite Scaffold Approach
  

  Presenting Author: Amritha Anup – Dartmouth College, Thayer School of Engineering

  Primary Investigator: Katherine Hixon – Dartmouth College, Thayer School of Engineering

  Co-Author: Katelyn M. Wasacz – Dartmouth College, Thayer School of Engineering

  Co-Author: Milenka Men – Dartmouth College, Thayer School of Engineering

  Co-Author: Michelle L. Bok – Dartmouth College, Thayer School of Engineering

  Co-Author: Afton Limberg – Dartmouth College, Thayer School of Engineering
• 3:00 PM - 3:15 PM PDT

  Cellulose Nanofiber Composite as a Potential Bone Repair Material
  

  Presenting Author: Adeola Abraham Fadahunsi, M.Eng – University of Maine

  Primary Investigator: Michael D. Mason – University of Maine
• 3:15 PM - 3:30 PM PDT

  Tissue-Engineered Constructs for Dermal Closure Around Osseointegrated Prosthetics
  

  Presenting Author: Adelaide Cagle, B.S. – Dartmouth College

  Co-Author: Jack Flaggert – Dartmouth College

  Co-Author: I. Leah Gitajn, M.D. – Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center

  Co-Author: Hung V.-T. Nguyen, Ph.D. – Dartmouth College

  Last Author: Katherine Hixon – Dartmouth College, Thayer School of Engineering