184 Engineering Cells and Microenvironments for Tissues

Monday, November 17, 2014: 3:15 PM
207 (Hilton Atlanta)
Description:
This session focuses on approaches for engineering cells and microenvironments for tissue engineering applications. Topics of interest include but are not limited to: engineered microenvironments to control cell differentiation and function, chemical and mechanical cues for guiding cell phenotype, novel agents to promote cell differentiation and function, and co-culture systems for the development of complex tissues.

Sponsor:
Engineering Fundamentals in Life Science

Chair:
Esther W. Gomez
Email: ewgomez@engr.psu.edu

Co-Chair:
Ipsita Banerjee
Email: ipb1@pitt.edu


3:15 PM
(184a) Synovial Mesenchymal Stem Cells for Bone Regeneration
Tanmay Gharat, Andrea C. Jimenez-Vergara, Dany J. Munoz-Pinto, Melissa Grunlan and Mariah S. Hahn

3:35 PM
(184b) Nanog Synergizes with the Myogenic Transcription Factor Machinery and Restores the Lost Stem Cell Function
Panagiotis Mistriotis, Mao-Shih Liang, Loukia G. Karacosta and Stelios T. Andreadis

3:55 PM
(184c) Transdifferentiated Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Micropatterned Nerve Guidance Conduits for Peripheral Nerve Regeneration
Anup D. Sharma, Svitlana Zbarska, Surya K. Mallapragada and Donald S. Sakaguchi

4:15 PM
(184d) Cationic Induced Osteoblastic Differentiation of Valvular Interstitial Cells
Matthew N. Rush and Elizabeth L. Hedberg-Dirk

4:35 PM
Break

4:55 PM
(184f) Studying the Effect of Media Systems on Multiple Cell Types within an Advanced Allergy Tissue Model
Mina Derakhshan and Heather Gappa Fahlenkamp

5:15 PM
(184g) Spatial Variation of Protein Expression in an in Vitro Model of Breast Cancer
Suhas Rao, Pankaj Karande and Patrick T. Underhill

5:35 PM
(184h) Novel Integrated in Vitro Gastrointestinal and Hepatic Cellular Models for Investigating Drug Toxicity
Rebekah Less and Padmavathy Rajagopalan
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