2024 Biomaterials Day Agenda

April 5, 2024

 

8:00–8:30 AM

REGISTRATION, COFFEE, POSTER SET-UP

 

8:30–8:45 AM

WELCOME ADDRESS – DR. MARTIN KING

 

8:45–9:30 AM

INVITED SPEAKER – DR. DANIEL ABEBAYEHU

 

9:30–9:45 AM

GRADUATE STUDENT SPEAKER – MADDY VANBLUNK

“BIOMATERIAL-GENERATED CAR T CELLS FOR TREATING GLIOBLASTOMA“

 

9:45–10:00 AM

POSTDOC SPEAKER – DR. AMANDA HILL

“DEVELOPMENT OF A BIOLOGICAL CANINE TESTICULAR SCAFFOLD“

 

10:00–10:15 AM

GRADUATE STUDENT SPEAKER – DAXIAN ZHA

“DESIGN OF COLLAGEN AND TROPOELASTIN FUNCTIONALIZED THREE-DIMENSIONAL ELECTROSPUN SCAFFOLDS FOR CO-CULTURE OF SKIN CELLS FOR DERMAL TISSUE ENGINEERING“

 

10:30–11:15 AM

INVITED SPEAKER – DR. JESSICA LARSEN

 

11:15–11:30 AM

GRADUATE STUDENT SPEAKER – MELIKA OSAREH

“INJECTABLE SYNTHETIC PLATELET-BASED THERAPY ENHANCES HEALING POTENTIAL IN SYNOVIAL FLUID JOINT INJURY MODEL“

 

11:30–11:45 AM

GRADUATE STUDENT SPEAKER – KIRAN ALI

“RECAPITULATING CARDIAC MICROENVIRONMENT: ROLE OF ECM COMPONENTS AND FIBER ARCHITECTURE ON CM DIFFERENTIATION“

 

11:45–12:00 AM

GRADUATE STUDENT SPEAKER – AKANKSHA PRAGYA

“RESOLVING SOFT-HARD MISMATCH AT THE LIMB-PROSTHETIC INTERFACE THROUGH STIFFNESS GRADIENT INTERFACE MATERIALS“

 

12:00–1:00 PM

LUNCH

 

1:00–2:00 PM

POSTER SESSION

 

2:00–2:10 PM

UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT SPEAKER – ADRIAN ALIGWEKWE

“VANCOMYCIN DELIVERY INTO S. AUREUS BIOFILMS USING FIBRIN NANOPARTICLES“

 

2:10–2:20 PM

UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT SPEAKER – SAMANTHA WATSON

“COMPARISON OF AFM AND TENSILE TESTING METHODS ON MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF EQUINE SUPERFICIAL DIGITAL FLEXOR TENDONS“

 

2:20–2:30 PM

UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT SPEAKER – MASON HON

“FIBRIN-BASED NANOPARTICLE HYDROGELS TO PROMOTE WOUND HEALING“

 

2:30–3:15 PM

3-MINUTE THESIS COMPETITION

 

3:30–3:45 PM

AWARD CEREMONY