Cellular Forces, Mechanics, and Dynamic Regulation

Session Chair(s)

• 

  Adam Engler

  Professor and Department Chair
  University of California San Diego
  La Jolla, California, United States
• 

  Sangyoon Han, PhD

  Associate Professor
  Michigan Technological University
  Houghton, Michigan, United States

Track Chair(s)

• AA

  Aylin Acun, PhD

  Assistant Professor
  Widener University
  Avondale, Pennsylvania, United States
• CT

  Cheemeng Tan

  Professor
  University of California, Davis
  Davis, California, United States

Presentations:

• 8:30 AM - 8:45 AM PDT

  Next generation electroporation pulses for more efficient transfection of cartilage tissue
  

  Presenting Author: Alexia Cash, BS – North Carolina State University and UNC Chapelhill

  Co-Author: Robert H. Williamson – North Carolina State University

  Last Author: Michael B. Sano – North Carolina State University
• 8:45 AM - 9:00 AM PDT

  Disturbed flow induces endothelial cell DNA damage and senescence in venous endothelial cells in vitro
  

  Presenting Author: Hannah Northrup, PhD – University of Utah

  Co-Author: Yuxia He – University of Utah

  Last Author: Yan-Ting Shiu – University of Utah

  Primary Investigator: Yan-Ting Shiu – University of Utah
• 9:00 AM - 9:15 AM PDT

  New Methods for Cellular Traction Force Microscopy
  

  Presenting Author: Gabriel Peery – The University of Texas at Austin

  Co-Author: Toni M M. West – The University of Texas at Austin

  Last Author: Michael S. Sacks – The University of Texas at Austin

  Primary Investigator: Michael S. Sacks – The University of Texas at Austin
• 9:15 AM - 9:30 AM PDT

  Role of Applied Pressure Differentials on Confined Cell Migration
  

  Presenting Author: Dylan R. Bowen, BE – Auburn University

  Co-Author: Farshad Amiri – Auburn University

  Primary Investigator: Panagiotis Mistriotis – Auburn University
• 9:30 AM - 9:45 AM PDT

  Reprogramming T Cell Motility and Function Through the RhoA Pathway
  

  Presenting Author: Hongrong Zhang, MS – University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

  Co-Author: Zhongming Chen – University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

  Co-Author: Guhan Qian – University of Minnesota - Twin cities

  Co-Author: Chris Zahm – University of Minnesota - Twin cities

  Co-Author: Branden Moriarity – University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

  Primary Investigator: Paolo P. Provenzano – University of Minnesota
• 9:45 AM - 10:00 AM PDT

  Size-dependent peri-gastruloid model to investigate the regulatory factors influencing self-organization
  

  Presenting Author: Diandian Cheng – University of California, Irvine

  Co-Author: David Berlin – University of California, Irvine

  Last Author: Quinton Smith – University of California, Irvine

  Primary Investigator: Quinton Smith – University of California, Irvine