6F: Engineering Cells and Their Microenvironments (SIG) RAPID FIRE

Timeslot: Friday, April 21, 2023 - 11:30am to 12:30pm
Room: Coral 5

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The Engineering Cells & Their Microenvironments Special Interest Group concentrates on technologies and approaches focused at the single cell level and encompassing engineering cell microenvironments, biomaterial-induced cell signaling, stem cell manufacturing and differentiation, immunoengineering, and biomaterials for cell-based detection and diagnosis.

  • 11:30 AM 311. Spatial Confinement Modulates Macrophage Response in Microporous Scaffolds. Alejandra Suarez-Arnedo, Yining Liu, Lindsay Riley, Eleanor Caston, Tasman Miley, Michelle Schneider, Tatiana Segura,Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.

  • 11:35 AM 312. Optogenetically-Controlled Bacterial Persistence. Yousr Dhaouadi, BS Chemical Engineering, Dacheng Ren, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, USA.

  • 11:40 AM 313. Compressive Mechanical Load Modulates the Secretome and Cytoskeleton of MSC Spheroids. Sabrina Mierswa, Victoria Thai, J. Kent Leach, PhD, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, USA.

  • 11:50 AM 315. Nanoparticle Interaction with Extracellular Matrix Stabilizes Cartilage Tissue Integrity. Ula von Mentzer, Gizem Erensoy, PhD, Stefanny de Fatima Guedes Cunha, Sara Yousefialdashi, Alexandra Stubelius, PhD, PharmD, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden.

  • 12:00 PM 316. Tunable Gelatin Methacrylate Polyethylene Glycol Hydrogels for Cell Mechanosensing Applications. Eya Ferchichi, Silviya Petrova Zustiak, PhD, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO, USA.

  • 12:05 PM 317. Fibronectin’s EDA Region Mechanoregulates Matrix Microarchitecture During Wound Healing. Jennifer Patten, Michael Kegel, Fatima Ahmed, Patrick Halligan, Karin Wang, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

  • 12:10 PM 318. The Influence of Hyaluronic Acid Properties on Natural Killer Cell Function in an Engineered Hydrogel System. Suzanne Lightsey, Madison Temples, Benjamin Kaufman, Tiffany Conklin, Blanka Sharma, University of Florida, Gaineville, FL, USA.

  • 12:15 PM 319. Atomic Vacancy Rich 2D Nanoparticles Drive Mitochondrial Biogenesis and Bioenergetics. Kanwar Abhay Singh, John Soukar, Mohammad Zulkifli, Irtisha Singh, Vishal Gohil, Akhilesh Gaharwar, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA, Texas A&M Health Science Center, Bryan, TX, USA.

  • 12:20 PM 320. Co-assembled Peptide-Protein Granules for Cytosolic Protein Delivery. Stephanie Herrera, Renjie Liu, PhD, Jennifer Simonovich, Gregory Hudalla, PhD, Benjamin Keselowsky, PhD, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.