Cardiac Biomechanics

Track Chair(s)

• 

  Kareen Coulombe, PhD

  Associate Professor of Engineering
  Brown University
  Providence, Rhode Island, United States
• 

  Hoda Hatoum, PhD

  Assistant Professor
  Michigan Technological University, Michigan, United States

Session Chair(s)

• 

  Reza Avaz, PhD

  Assistant Professor
  Texas A&M University
• 

  Saeed Tiari, PhD

  Associate Professor and Chair
  Widener University
  Chester, Pennsylvania, United States

Presentations:

• 8:30 AM - 8:45 AM PDT

  Cardiac disease mechanobiology, energetics, and structural remodeling from myosin to matrix
  

  Invited Speaker: Alison Vander Roest – University of Michigan
• 8:45 AM - 9:00 AM PDT

  A matrix-mimicking bioadhesive epicardium for tunable modulation of biomechanics in the acutely infarcted heart
  

  Presenting Author: Claudia Varela – Boston University

  Co-Author: Diego Quevedo-Moreno, n/a – Massachussetts Institute of Technology

  Co-Author: Jean Bonnemain, n/a – Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Co-Author: Keegan Mendez, n/a – Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Co-Author: Yiling Fan, n/a – Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Co-Author: Jonathan Tagoe, n/a – Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Co-Author: Hyunwoo Yuk – Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Co-Author: Xuanhe Zhao, n/a – Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Primary Investigator: Ellen T. Roche – Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• 9:00 AM - 9:15 AM PDT

  Mechanical assessment of MYH7 variants in genome-edited cardiomyocytes to predict cardiomyopathy risk
  

  Presenting Author: Alexander Loiben, PhD – University of Washington

  Co-Author: Ashley McKinstry – University of Washington

  Last Author: Kai-Chun Yang, M.D. – University of Washington

  Co-Author: Wei-Ming Chien – University of Washington

  Co-Author: Dania Ahmed – University of Washington

  Co-Author: Matthew Childers – University of Washington

  Co-Author: Michael Regnier – University of Washington Department of Bioengineering

  Co-Author: Chuck Murry, M.D., Ph.D. – University of Southern California
• 9:15 AM - 9:30 AM PDT

  The Serotonin 2B Receptor in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
  

  Presenting Author: William Livingston, Bachelors of Science – Vanderbilt University

  Co-Author: Lin Zhong – Vanderbilt University

  Co-Author: John Snider – Vanderbilt University

  Co-Author: Camryn Johnson – Vanderbilt University

  Co-Author: David Armstrong – Vanderbilt University

  Last Author: W. David Merryman – Vanderbilt University

  Primary Investigator: W. David Merryman – Vanderbilt University
• 9:30 AM - 9:45 AM PDT

  Chronic Myotrope Treatment Induces Contractile and Myofibrillar Remodeling in Cardiomyocytes
  

  Presenting Author: Miguel Sanchez-Lozano, MS – University of California, Santa Barbara

  Co-Author: Gabriela Villalpando Torres, BS – University of California, Santa Barbara

  Co-Author: Anela Bautista, BS – University of California, Santa Barbara

  Co-Author: Janae Gayle, BS – University of California Santa Barbara

  Co-Author: Samuel D. Feinstein, BS – University of California, Santa Barbara

  Co-Author: Anna Tomov, BS – University of California, Santa Barbara

  Primary Investigator: Beth Pruitt, PhD – University of California, Santa Barbara - Santa Barbara, CA
• 9:45 AM - 10:00 AM PDT

  Mechanotransduction in Cardiac Fibroblasts on a Novel Device Mimicking Myocardial Infarction
  

  Presenting Author: Ali Lateef – University of Delaware

  Co-Author: Atia Rahman – University of Delaware

  Co-Author: Rayesa Haque Rupanti – University of Delaware

  Co-Author: Ryan Zurakowski – University of Delaware

  Last Author: Elise A. Corbin, PhD – University of Delaware