Matrix Effects in Mechanobiology II

Track Chair(s)

• LT

  Luke (Lucas) Timmins, PhD

  Associate Professor
  Texas A&M University
  Houston, Texas, United States
• KM

  Kristen Mills

  Associate Professor
  Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, United States

Session Chair(s)

• SW

  Sing-Wan Wong, PhD

  Assistant Professor
  Colorado State University
• JF

  Joshua Francois

Presentations:

• 1:15 PM - 1:30 PM PDT

  Stiffness regulates macrophage fusion via Piezo1 and metabolic responses
  

  Presenting Author: Daniela Enriquez-Ochoa, Master in Science – University of California Irvine

  Co-Author: Balam Benítez-Mata – University of California Irvine

  Co-Author: Sergei Butenko – University of California Irvine

  Primary Investigator: Wendy F. Liu, PhD – University of California, Irvine

  Co-Author: Michelle A. Digman – University of California Irvine
• 1:30 PM - 1:45 PM PDT

  Matrix viscoelasticity promotes pro-fibrotic macrophage and cardiac fibroblast signaling
  

  Presenting Author: Hamza Atcha, PhD – University of California, San Diego

  Co-Author: Thomas Molley, PhD – UCSD

  Co-Author: Alis Balayan – UCSD

  Co-Author: Abhinaba Banerjee – University of California San Diego

  Co-Author: Carrie T. Bishop, BS, MS – University of California San Diego

  Last Author: Adam Engler – University of California San Diego
• 1:45 PM - 2:00 PM PDT

  Modeling tumor-macrophage interactions using a collagen-based tumor spheroid model to study extracellular matrix remodeling
  

  Presenting Author: Luna Zhang – University of Minnesota

  Primary Investigator: David Wood – University of Minnesota

  Co-Author: Sanab Abdi

  Co-Author: Hannah Szafraniec – University of Minnesota

  Co-Author: Paolo P. Provenzano – University of Minnesota

  Co-Author: Kathryn Schwertfeger
• 2:00 PM - 2:15 PM PDT

  Glycation-Driven Activation of Cancer-Associated Fibroblasts Enhances Tumor Fibrosis via YAP Signaling in Breast Cancer
  

  Presenting Author: Madison Bates – Vanderbilt University

  Co-Author: Wenjun Wang – Harvard University

  Primary Investigator: Cynthia Reinhart-King – Rice University
• 2:15 PM - 2:30 PM PDT

  Extracellular matrix stiffness drives cancerous cargo profiles in head and neck spheroid-derived extracellular vesicles
  

  Presenting Author: Leyla Esfandiari, PhD – University of Cincinnati

  Co-Author: Maulee Sheth – University of Cincinnati

  Co-Author: Manju Sharma – University of Cincinnati

  Co-Author: Supasek Kongsomros – University of Cincinnati

  Last Author: Leyla Esfandiari, PhD – University of Cincinnati

  Primary Investigator: Leyla Esfandiari, PhD – University of Cincinnati
• 2:30 PM - 2:45 PM PDT

  ECM Regulates Surface-Based EV Delivery by Altering Cellular Adhesion and EV Uptake
  

  Presenting Author: Sailesti Joshi, PhD Candidate – Florida State University

  Last Author: Yan Li – FAMU-FSU College Of Engineering

  Co-Author: Tristan Driscoll, PhD – FAMU-FSU College Of Engineering