Special Sessions IV - From Mechanobiology to Mechanomedicine

Organizer/Submitter(s)

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  Priscilla Hwang, PhD

  Associate Professor
  Virginia Commonwealth University
  Richmond, Virginia, United States

Session Chair(s)

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  Priscilla Hwang, PhD

  Associate Professor
  Virginia Commonwealth University
  Richmond, Virginia, United States
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  Song Li, Ph.D.

  CHANCELLOR'S PROFESSOR
  UCLA
  Los Angeles, California, United States

Speakers(s)

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  Dennis Discher

  Robert D Bent Professor
  University of Pennsylvania
  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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  Quinton Smith

  Assistant Professor
  University of California, Irvine
  Irvine, California, United States
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  Jacopo Ferruzzi

  Assistant Professor
  University of Texas at Dallas
  Richardson, Texas, United States
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  Jun Chen, PhD

  Associate Professor
  University of California, Los Angeles
  Los Angeles, California, United States

Presentations:

• 8:30 AM - 9:00 AM PDT

  Microfluidics to interrogate mechanobiology
  

  Presenting Author: Steven C. George, PhD;MD – University of California, Davis
• 9:00 AM - 9:15 AM PDT

  Phagocytic Macrophages Use Coordinated Intrudopodia to Disrupt Solid Tumor Cohesion
  

  Presenting Author: Lawrence J. Dooling – University of Houston
• 9:30 AM - 9:45 AM PDT

  Biophysical Hallmarks of Early-Onset Colorectal Cancer: From Tissue Stiffening to Altered Epithelial Proliferation
  

  Presenting Author: Jacopo Ferruzzi – University of Texas at Dallas

  Primary Investigator: Jacopo Ferruzzi – University of Texas at Dallas
• 9:45 AM - 10:00 AM PDT

  Discovering Magnetoelasticity in Soft Matter for Bioelectronics
  

  Presenting Author: Jun Chen, PhD – University of California, Los Angeles