Saturday
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
3:30 pm - 3:45 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome from the GRS Chair
3:45 pm - 4:30 pm
Approaches to Precisely Control Single-Cell Behavior
Discussion Leaders: Marc Fernandez (Centre for Research in Medical Devices (CÚRAM) / National University of Ireland Galway, Ireland) and Abbygail Foster (Stanford Cardiovascular Institute, Stanford University, USA)
3:45 pm - 4:05 pm
Mary Regier (University of Washington, USA)
"Spatially Directing Cell Fates with Straightforward and Tunable Soluble Factor Patterning"
4:05 pm - 4:10 pm
Discussion
4:10 pm - 4:25 pm
Jared Shadish (University of Washington, USA)
"Bioactive Site-Specifically Modified Proteins for 4D Patterning of Gel Biomaterials"
4:25 pm - 4:30 pm
Discussion
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Designing Multicellular and Tissue Platforms to Study Cell Function
Discussion Leaders: Ana Fokina (University of Toronto, Canada) and Aaron Morris (University of Michigan, USA)
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm
Brad Krajina (Stanford University, USA)
"Interrogating Cell-Mediated Remodeling of the Extracellular Matrix by Dynamic Light Scattering Microrheology"
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 8:20 pm
Claudia Loebel (University of Pennsylvania, USA)
"Nascent Protein Secretion and Remodeling Guide Mesenchymal Stromal Cell Behavior and Fate in Three-Dimensional Microenvironments"
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:50 pm
Sungmin Nam (Stanford University, USA)
"Interplay Between Mechanotransduction and Force Generation Underlies Mitosis in Three Dimensional Microenvironments"
8:50 pm - 9:00 pm
Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:20 pm
H.H. Greco Song (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA)
"Scalable Engineering of Vascularized, Perfusable 3D Organ-on-a-Chip Platform for Supporting Tissue-Specific Functions In Vitro "
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Sunday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Engineering Strategies to Model and Treat Disease
Discussion Leaders: Brian Aguado (University of Colorado Boulder, USA) and Amanda Chen (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA)
9:00 am - 9:20 am
Mai Ngo (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA)
"Developing a Biomaterial Model of the Glioblastoma Perivascular Niche"
9:20 am - 9:30 am
Discussion
9:30 am - 9:50 am
Juhi Samal (Centre for Research in Medical Devices (CÚRAM) / National University of Ireland Galway, Ireland)
"Biomaterial Intervention for Improved Graft Survival in Parkinson's: Special Focus on Brain N-Glycans"
9:50 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:20 am
Ryan Stowers (Stanford University, USA)
"Matrix Stiffness Induces Malignant Phenotypes Through Changes in Chromatin Accessibility"
10:20 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 10:50 am
Ricardo Cruz-Acuna (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA)
"Synthetic Hydrogels for Human Intestinal Organoid Generation and Colonic Wound Repair"
10:50 am - 11:00 am
Discussion
11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Poster Session
Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Mentorship Component: Learning to Network
Discussion Leader: Ana Porras (Cornell University, USA)
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Panel Discussion
Succesful Scientific Networking
David Belair (Celgene Corporation, USA)
Cole DeForest (University of Washington, USA)
Anjelica Gonzalez (Yale University, USA)
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Evaluation Period
Fill in GRS Evaluation Forms
3:00 pm
Seminar Concludes
