Poster Session 2

Poster Session 2 Abstracts

Biomaterials / Drug Delivery

Using real-time fluorescence measurements to monitor the structural dynamics of lipid nanocarriers during simulated gastric and intestinal digestion
Daniel A. Bricarello,
UC Davis

Quantifying the Effects of Transient Cellular Characteristics Using a Novel Streaming Potential Method
Nicole Carvajal, UC Riverside

Targeted Delivery of Drug‐Loaded Nanoparticles with a Transferrin Variant
Ricky Y.T. Chiu, UC Los Angeles

In Vitro Evaluation of Novel Magnesium-Zinc-Strontium Alloys for Next-Generation Biodegradable Medical Implants
Aaron F. Cipriano,
UC Riverside

Investigation of a Dynamic Biomimetic Apatite Nanoparticle Delivery System for Targeted Non-viral Gene Transfection
Debobrato Das,
UC Los Angeles

Forming Stable, Multi-Component Peptide Amphiphile Micelles Targeted to Atherosclerotic Plaques
Laurie B. Drews,
UC Berkeley

Function and viability of explantation of human islet alginate sheets following xenotransplantation
Jonathan R.T. Lakey,
UC Irvine

Detecting Multiple Cell Secreted Proteins Using Aptasensors and Electrochemical Spectroscopy
Ying Liu,
UC Davis

Co-Precipitation of Composite Magnetic Particles for Drug Delivery and Tissue Engineering Applications
Jaclyn Lock,
UC Riverside

Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Peptide Self-Assembly Under Confinement
Cade B. Markegard,
UC Irvine

Improving Survival Following Cerebral Edema Using a Hollow Fiber-Hydrogel Device
Devin W. McBride, UC Riverside

Doxorubicin Loading in Novel Block Copolypeptide Vesicles
Garrett Mosley,
UC Los Angeles

Degradation of Magnesium Alloy Screws in Phosphate Buffered Saline for Orthopedic Applications
Tejas Patel, UC Riverside

Delivery of Small and Large Molecules From A Hydrogel Via Light
Jessica L
. Schlosser, UC Los Angeles

Electrochemical peptide-based biosensors for detection of cell-secreted proteases
Dong-Sik Shin,
UC Davis

Microstructure of a Collagen Scaffold
Argus Sun,
UC Los Angeles

Integration of photoactivated membrane proton pump into silicon nanowire bio- nanoelectronic devices
Ramya Tunuguntla,
UC Davis

Photoresponsive Dispersion and Acutation of Graphene‐Elastin Hybrid Materials
Eddie Wang,
UC Berkeley

Thermal Stress of Supported Lipid Bilayer Induces Uniform Radius Tubules
Kimberly L. Weirich, UC Santa Barbara

Characterizing Phenotype of Hepatocytes Cultured on Heparin Hydrogels of Varying Stiffness
Jungmok You,
UC Davis


 

Biomechanics / Mechanobiology

Trypsin And Mmp-9 Levels Increase In Plasma And Lung After Hemorrhagic Shock: Potential Mechanism For Membrane Receptor Damage


Angelina E. Altshuler,
UC San Diego

A 3D Model of Reach Loads for Workstation Design
Matt Camilleri,
UC Berkeley

Tumor cell motility is directed by fibrillar ECM architecture
Luke Cassereau,
UC San Francisco

Isoform specific Contributions of Non muscle Myosin II to Viscoelastic Properties of Stress Fibers
Ching Wei Chang,
UC Berkeley

Stress-Induced Whitening occurs in Demineralized Bone
Michael Hardisty,
UC Irvine

CD44-based Adhesion and Mechanotransductive Signaling on Engineered Hyaluronic Acid Matrices
Yushan Kim,
UC Berkeley

Computationally Evaluating Effects of Osteoconductive Bulking Agents on Stress Distribution in Reconstructed Mandible
Ryan Kozaka,
UC Riverside

Experimentally Validated Computational Simulation of Lumbar Spine Intervertebral Disc Puncture
Kristen Lipscomb,
UC Davis

Identification of a Mechanoresponsive Promoter Region in the Human Cartilage Oligomeric Matrix Protein Gene
Jeffrey C. Lu,
UC Davis

LABEL-FREE BIOMECHANICAL SINGLE CELL MICROFLUIDIC MEASUREMENTS FOR DIAGNOSIS OF CANCER STEM CELLS IN PATIENT TISSUES
Michael Masterman-Smith,
UC Los Angeles

Predicting the Crowded Protein Osmotic Pressure of Non-Interacting Binary Solutions
Harpal S. Sagoo,
UC Riverside

On-axis vs. Off-axis Strength Behavior of Human Trabecular Bone
Arnav Sanyal,
UC Berkeley

Detection of ischemia using osmotic pressure data of patient blood samples. A Computational approach
Noriko U. Sausman,
UC Riverside

Synthesis of hyaluronic acid hydrogels for investigating the mechanobiology of glioblastoma multiforme
Gurshamnjot Singh,
UC Berkeley

Massively Parallel Polarization and Analysis of Single Cell Behavior under Magnetic Nanoparticle- mediated Mechanical Tension
Peter Tseng,
UC Los Angeles

Regulation of Growth Factor Dependent Tumor Cell Proliferation by ECM Mechanics
Vaibhavi Umesh,
UC Berkeley

Effects of Tissue-level Ductility on Vertebral Bone Strength
Haisheng Yang,
UC Berkeley


 

Molecular, Cell and Tissue Engineering

Enhancing Osteoconductivity of Fibrin Gels with Apatite‐Coated Polymer Microspheres
Bernard Y.K. Binder,
UC Davis

The physicochemical rules governing bilayer self-organization in the human mammary epithelium
Alec Cerchiari,
UC Berkeley

Intermittent hypoxia conditioning of in vitro vascularized fibrin gels
Seema M. Ehsan, UC Irvine

Oxygen sensing and control of engineered tissue
Seema M. Ehsan, 
UC Irvine

Self-Assembly of Peptide Amphiphiles Into Hydrogel Via Multiscale Simulations
Iris W. Fu,
UC Irvine

3D cardiac microtissue derived from human induced pluripotent stem cells
Or Gadish,
UC Berkeley

Myosin IIA deficient cells migrate without exerting traction force
Melissa Jorrisch,
UC  Davis

Analysis of maturing young porcine islet tissue by flow cytometry.
Jonathan R.T. Lakey, UC Irvine

Effects of cold storage duration on young porcine islet isolation and maturation.
Jonathan R.T. Lakey,
UC Irvine

Recruitment of Endogenous Progenitor Cells for In Situ Regeneration of Blood Vessels
Benjamin Li‐Ping Lee,
UC Berkeley

A Novel Quantitative Fӧrester Resonance Energy Transfer Assay for Protease Kinetics Determination
Yan Liu,
UC Riverside

The Statistical Optimization of Bioactive Regimens for Engineering Biomimetic Fibrocartilage
Regina F. MacBarb,
UC Davis

Development of High Sensitive FRET-based Assay to Study Protein-Protein Interactions in NEDD8 Conjugation Pathway
Harbani Kaur Malik-Chaudhry, UC Riverside

In vitro cardiac diseased tissue model generated from human induced pluripotent stem cells
Natalie C. Marks,
UC Berkeley

Tailoring Biophysical Properties of Fibrin Gels to Promote Bone Formation with Co-Cultured Cells
Kaitlin Murphy,
UC Davis,

Using Growth Factor-Encoded Surfaces to influence hepatic phenotype expression
Dipali G Patel,
UC Davis

Engineering Polymer Scaffolds and Activated Nanosensors to Improve Molecular Cancer Diagnostics
Maha Rahim,
UC Irvine

Tandem zyxin LIM sequences do not enhance the force sensitive accumulation
Amanda N. Steele,
UC Davis

Fibroblast and Pre-Osteoblast Cellular Activity on Graded Polydimethylsiloxane

Caleb Tam, UC San Francisco

Exploring Tissue Architecture via Programmed Assembly: Organotypic, Heterotypic, and Multiscale
Michael Todhunter,
UC San Francisco

Effect of Biaxial Mechanical Stimulation on Maturation of Human Embryonic Stem Cell-Derived Cardiomyocytes.
David Tran,
UC Irvine

Derivation and characterization of endothelial cell subpopulations from embryonic stem cells using serum-free conditions
Lian E. Wong,
UC Merced


 

Master’s or Undergraduate Capstone Projects

Equine Lameness Monitoring: Sensor Insert for Soft-Ride Boot
Anahid Ebrahimi,
UC Davis

Functional polyelectrolyte embedded in artificial nanochannel

Daniel Hwang, UC Santa Cruz

Microfluidic Immunomagnetic Escherichia coli Separation Using Shrink Induced Nano-magnetic Traps

Nazila Norouzi, UC Irvine

A Detachable, Magnetic Grasper for Single Incision Laparoscopic Surgery (SILS TM)

Matthew Sander, UC Berkeley

Home Monitoring: Early Detection of Asthma Flares
Charvi Shetty,
UC Berkeley

Protein Engineering of a Mesophilic DNA Polymerase For Increased Salt Tolerance in Nanopore DNA Sequencing.
Cleoma Spilman,
UC Santa Cruz

Q-Path: A Flow Through High-Throughput Quantitative Histology Platform
Andrew Tan,
UC Los Angeles