2024 Cohort

End of Summer REU Symposium

At the end of the summer, REU participants presented their research.

Thursday, August 1, 2024, 10:00 am – 12:30 pm (Central Standard Time)
View Recording: YouTube

In Person: Whitaker Hall, Room 100, Washington University in St. Louis
Virtual: by Zoom

AGENDA:

10:00 am – 10:15 – Welcoming Remarks
Guy Genin, CEMB Co-Director and Ram Dixit, CEMB Co-Director of Education
Patricia Widder, CEMB Education Program Coordinator and Teaching Professor in Biomedical Engineering

10:15 am – 10:30 am – Abria Granger, University of Texas-San Antonio
Fuzhong Zhang Lab
Development of Strategies for Targeted Delivery and Retention Enhancement of Mitsugumin 53 for Tissue Regeneration
Abstract | Slides | Poster

10:30 am – 10:45 am – Ross Aiello, The Ohio State University
Amit Pathak Lab
Examining the Role of Hypoxia in Extracellular Matrix Remodeling and Cell Motility in the Context of Breast Cancer Metastasis
Abstract | Poster

10:45 am – 11:00 am – Yuvan Chali, Yale University
Marcus Foston Lab
AFM-IR preprocessing using a convolutional neural network
Abstract | Poster

11:00 – 11:15 – Elizabeth Bennett, Georgia Institute of Technology
Ram Dixit Lab
Integrating a mechanosensitive reporter and a plant cell-on-a-chip system for quantitative
mechanobiology studies in plants
Abstract | Slides | Poster

11:15 am – 11:30 am – Break

11:30 am – 11:45 am – Alison Stevens, University of the Incarnate Word
Marcus Foston Lab
Understanding micromechanical property enhancement of pectin based renewable nanomaterials by surface modified cellulose nanocrystals
Abstract | Slides | Poster

11:45 am – 12:00 pm – Stephen Wheat, Louisiana State University
Jessica Wagenseil Lab
PIEZO1 Activation in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells Leads to Alteration of Synthetic Gene Expression”
Abstract | Slides | Poster

12:00 pm – 12:15 pm – Huamin Gao, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Fuzhong Zhang Lab
Heterologous expression of engineered titin immunoglobulin domain mutants for sequence-property relationship analysis 
Abstract | Poster

12:15 pm – 12:30 pm – Aliza Mujahid, New Jersey Institute of Technology
Guy Genin Lab
Understanding Fibroblast Activation in Cardiac Fibrosis: A Cluster Model Approach”
Abstract | Poster

12:30 – 12:35 – Best Bench Mentor Award & Closing Remarks
Ram Dixit, PhD, CEMB Associate Director of Education
Patricia Widder, CEMB Education Program Coordinator and Senior Lecturer in Biomedical Engineering

Lunch and beverages will be available afterwards in Green Hall, 2^nd Floor Collaboration Space Lounge.