MONDAY, April 27th:
8:30 Selen Uman (Jay Humphrey) Two Models of Thoracic Aortic Dissections: Histological Consequences of diminished TGF-β signaling in TGFBRII model and of high-dose Angiotensin-II infusion in ApoE-/- model
8:45 Kevin Vargas (Jay Humphrey) Quantification of the change in soluble collagen production in unsorted aortic murine smooth muscle cells (SMCs) resulting from mechanical (6-12% cyclic stretch) and chemical (angiotensin-II) stimuli
9:00 Clinton Wang (Jay Humphrey) Interactions with Myosin and the Thin Filament may both contribute to the Role of MyBPC in Cardiac Contraction
9:15 Young-Eun Hyun (Jay Humphrey) Intraluminal Thrombus Formation and Progression in Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms, an Investigation on Effects of Lesion Morphology and Hemodynamics
9:30 Lauren Gardanier (Jay Humphrey/ Pramad Bonde) Evaluation of a new Left Ventricular Assist Device
9:45 Samantha Schumm (Jay Humphrey) Passive tri-axial mechanical response of porcine descending thoracic aorta subjected to osmotic loading
10:00 Brianna Chrisman (Stuart Campbell) Multi-scale Computational Model to Study Cardiac Remodeling
10:15 BREAK
10:30 James Ting (Stuart Campbell) Study of engineered heart tissues (EHTs)
10:45 Courtney McEachon (Steve Tommassini) Mechanism for mineral recovery in patients with XLH during pregnancy and lactation
11:00 Andrea Torres (Steve Tommassini) Predictor of patient risk for acetabular fracture
11:15 Yombe Fonkeu (Rong Fan) Characterizing the single cell phenotypes of cancer cells through DNA-encoded protein profiling
11:30 Kevin Boehm (Laura Niklason) Bio-chemo-mechanical induction of human mesenchymal stem cells toward a pulmonary epithelial phenotype with fate analysis by multiscale modeling
11:45 Elise Wilcox (Laura Niklason) Matrix “zip code” characterization on rat lung slices using immunofluorscent staining
12:00 Lunch (Provided)
12:45 Thomas Morley (Larry Staib/Joe Zinter) Laparoscopic Hernia Repair Device
1:00 Nimisha Ganesh (Larry Staib/Hitten Zaveri) Investigating the relationship between brain electrophysiology and neurochemistry in patients with medically intractable epilepsy
1:15 Kathi Jindachomthong (Fahmeed Hyder) Investigating the Relationship between Tourette Syndrome and the Histidine Decarboxylase Gene using Diffusion Tensor Imaging of Oligodendrocytes
1:30 Selin Isguyen (Doug Rothman/ Richard Kibbey) Towards the study of 13C Glucose from MR Spectroscopy
1:45 Jeff March (Todd Constable) Design of a Hand-Held MR Imaging System
2:00 Victoria Chu (Michael Choma) Designing Smartphone Adaptable Phase Contrast Imaging Microscope
2:15 Kevin Zhou (Michael Choma) Fluid flow velocimetry using optical coherence tomography
2:30 BREAK
2:45 Nafeesa Khan (Kathryn Miller-Jensen) Systems Biology
3:00 Smita Shukla (Kathryn Miller-Jensen) Changes in Interferon Response of Progressed HeLa cells to VSV Infection
3:15 Katelyn Chan (Anjelica Gonzalez) PremieBreathe: Developing a Low-Cost Humidified High Flow Nasal Cannula
3:30 Ian Cook (Anjelica Gonzalez) Studying the role of endothelial cells and pericytes in monocyte extravasation across post-capillary venules
3:45 Ilana Scandariato (Anjelica Gonzalez) Exploration of a solubilized ECM coating for implanted biomaterials
4:00 Shalmoli Halder (Paul Van Tassel) Nanofilm Biomaterials Project for creating rigid and bioactive nanofilms using surface shock technique
4:15 Weitao William Qiang (Andre Levchenko) Systems Biology
TUESDAY, April 28th:
8:30 Rajwant Majal (Themis Kyriakides) Utilization of electrospinning techniques in order to mitigate the foreign body response and accelerate would healing
8:45 Julie Chang (Themis Kyriakides) Characterization of Keratinocyte and Fibroblast Migration on TSP-2 KO Extracellular Matrix
9:00 Morgan Kiss (Tarek Fahmy) Structural and Functional Stability of Formulations for Cancer Immunotherapy
9:15 Andriana Lebid (Tarek Fahmy) Optimizing nanolipogel particles for delivery of a Bruton tyrosine kinase essential for activation of B cells
9:30 Chanjuan Joyce Li (Tarek Fahmy) Cell Culture Flow Device – Joint Senior Project
9:45 Brendan Shi (Tarek Fahmy) Cell Culture Flow Device – Joint Senior Project
10:00 Andrew Qi (Tarek Fahmy) Combined Losartan and IL-2 Delivery for Cancer Therapy
10:15 BREAK
10:30 Olufake Ogunmola (Tarek Fahmy) Development of Fe-Pt magnetic nanoparticles
10:45 Muneeb Mohideen (Mark Saltzman) Novel Poly(lactone-co-hydroxyamino esters) as Dual Delivery Vectors for Gene Therapy
11:00 Sophia Urry Szymkowiak (Mark Saltzman) Fabrication of siRNA-encapsulating PLGA nanoparticles for the prevention of herpes