Engineering the Stem Cell Microenvironment

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)

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  Marley Dewey, PhD

  Assistant Professor
  University of California Santa Barbara
  Santa Barbara, California, United States
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  Su Chin Heo, PhD

  Assistant Professor
  University of Pennsylvania, United States

Presentations:

• 1:15 PM - 1:30 PM PDT

  Signal Transduction Pathway for Inducing Differentiation of Mesenchymal Stem Cells on Microislands by Extrinsic Photobiomoulation
  

  Presenting Author: Guan-Ying Tsai, PhD – National Taiwan University of Science and Technology

  Co-Author: Thipwadee Klom-In – Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica

  Co-Author: Ming-Yu Hung – National Taiwan University of Science and Technology

  Moderator: Szu-Yuan Chen – Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica

  Moderator: Meng-Jiy Wang – National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
• 1:30 PM - 1:45 PM PDT

  Engineering Mesenchymal Stromal Cells to Facilitate Muscle Regeneration by Correcting Oxidative Stress
  

  Presenting Author: Ali Eldeiry, MS – Colorado State University

  Last Author: Sing-Wan Wong – Colorado State University

  Primary Investigator: Sing-Wan Wong – Colorado State University
• 1:45 PM - 2:00 PM PDT

  Developing an Oxidative Stress Driven Mechanodynamic Hydrogel System to Engineer Mesenchymal Stromal/stem Cells Into a Multipurpose Therapeutic
  

  Presenting Author: Nick Serio – Colorado State University

  Co-Author: Thomas Leachman – Colorado State University

  Co-Author: Hope Smith – Colorado State University

  Last Author: Sing-Wan Wong – Colorado State University

  Primary Investigator: Sing-Wan Wong – Colorado State University
• 2:00 PM - 2:15 PM PDT

  Direct Human Stem Cell Bioprinting for 3D Expansion Culture and Temporally Controlled Differentiation
  

  Presenting Author: Jacob Schimelman, PhD – University of California San Diego

  Co-Author: Ting-yu Lu, Ph.D. – UC San Diego

  Co-Author: Devansh Agarwal, M.S. – UC San Diego

  Co-Author: Karl Wahlin, Ph.D. – UC San Diego

  Last Author: Shaochen Chen, Ph.D. – UC San Diego

  Primary Investigator: Shaochen Chen, Ph.D. – UC San Diego
• 2:15 PM - 2:30 PM PDT

  Multiscale Hybrid Surface Topographies Orchestrate Immune Regulation, Antibacterial Defense, and Tissue Regeneration
  

  Presenting Author: Mohammad Asadi Tokmedash – University of Michigan

  Co-Author: Jacob Robins – University of Michigan

  Primary Investigator: Jouha Min – University of Michigan
• 2:30 PM - 2:45 PM PDT

  Modulation of Endothelial Progenitor Cell Secretome by LXW7-DS-SILY: Demographic-Specific Extracellular Vesicle Signatures for Enhanced Angiogenesis and Precision Wound Healing
  

  Presenting Author: Vanessa Dartora, PhD – Georgia Tech

  Primary Investigator: Vanessa Dartora, PhD – Georgia Tech

  Co-Author: Randy P. Carney – University of California, Davis

  Co-Author: Aijun Wang, Ph.D. – UC Davis

  Last Author: Alyssa Panitch – Georgia Institute of Technology