MPS for Brain Cancers

Track Chair(s)

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  Priscilla Hwang, PhD

  Associate Professor
  Virginia Commonwealth University
  Richmond, Virginia, United States
• CR

  Claire Robertson, PhD

  Materials Engineer
  Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
  Livermore, California, United States

Session Chair(s)

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  Sigrid Langhans, PhD

  Principal Research Scientist
  Nemours Children's Health
  Wilmington, Delaware, United States
• SS

  Shang Song, PhD

  Frank L. and Daphna Lederman Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
  BIO5 Institute, Neuroscience GIDP
  University of Arizona

Presentations:

• 8:30 AM - 9:00 AM PDT

  Bioengineered GBM-Vascular Model Captures Glioblastoma Infiltration, Dormancy, and Gene Signatures
  

  Invited Speaker: Guohao Dai, PhD – Northeastern University

  Co-Author: Nathaniel Silvia – Northeastern University

  Last Author: Guohao Dai, PhD – Northeastern University

  Invited Speaker: Vivian Lee – Harvard Medical School
• 9:00 AM - 9:15 AM PDT

  Investigating the Effect of Interstitial Flow on Glioblastoma Stem Cell Dormancy in an In Vitro 3D Glioblastoma-Vascular Model
  

  Presenting Author: Nathaniel Silvia, NSF GRFP Fellow – Northeastern University

  Primary Investigator: Guohao Dai, PhD – Northeastern University
• 9:15 AM - 9:30 AM PDT

  Modeling Neural Pathology-Driven Glioblastoma Progression Using a 3D Microfluidic Co-culture System
  

  Presenting Author: Joonha Park – KAIST

  Co-Author: Ji Yeon Lee – KAIST

  Co-Author: Yoonsung Nam – KAIST

  Last Author: Jessie S. Jeon – KAIST

  Primary Investigator: Jessie S. Jeon – KAIST
• 9:30 AM - 9:45 AM PDT

  Bioengineered 3D Glioblastoma Multiforme Model
  

  Presenting Author: Autumn McManis – Texas A&M University

  Co-Author: Charles Jimenez – TX A&M College Station

  Co-Author: Abha A. Shirolkar – TX A&M College Station

  Co-Author: Raza ur Rehman Syed, Phd Candidate – TX A&M College Station

  Co-Author: Akhilesh Gaharwar – Texas A&M University

  Last Author: Irtisha Singh – TX A&M College Station

  Primary Investigator: Irtisha Singh – TX A&M College Station
• 9:45 AM - 10:00 AM PDT

  Microengineered Glioblastoma Perivascular Niche on-a-Chip for Dissecting the Role of Microglia in Tumor Progression
  

  Presenting Author: Twinkle Jina Minette Manoharan – Arizona State University

  Co-Author: Kalpana Ravi – Arizona State University

  Co-Author: Shwetal Mehta – Ivy Brain Tumor Center, Barrow Neurological Institute, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ

  Primary Investigator: Mehdi Nikkhah – Arizona State University