2014 AIChE Annual Meeting

Session: Development and Aging

This session will cover the applications of (bio)chemical engineering principles to understanding the biological processes associated with development (including but not limited to cell signaling, patterning and organogenesis) and aging.

Chair

Michelle Dawson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Co-Chair

Jeremiah Zartman, Northwestern University

Presentations

12:30 PM

(682a) Precision HOX Patterning in a Human Pluripotent Stem Cell Model of Posterior Neural Development
Ethan S. Lippmann, Maria C. Estevez-Silva, Clay E. Williams, Joshua J. Coon, Randolph S. Ashton

12:48 PM

(682b) Altered Nuclear Rheology and Cellular Force Transduction Highlight Reduced Mechanosensitivity in Premature Aging
Elizabeth Booth, Kris Noel Dahl, Stephen T. Spagnol

01:06 PM

(682c) A Systems Biology Approach to Central Nervous System Development and the Effects of Prenatal Alcohol Exposure
Mary M. Staehle, Rajanikanth Vadigepalli, Kevin Sweeney, Joseph Garrett

01:24 PM

(682d) Automated Mechanical Stimulus Microfluidic Platform for Inidividually Cultured Nematodes
Yongmin Cho, Daniel Porto, Hang Lu

01:42 PM

(682e) Ups and Downs of ERK Activation in Embryos
Bomyi Lim, Carmeline Dsilva, Stanislav Y. Shvartsman, Ioannis G. Kevrekidis, Thomas Levario, Hang Lu

02:00 PM

(682f) Bioinformatic Analysis of Polyamine Pathway Gene Expression Reveals Roles in Morphogenesis during Drosophila Development
Miranda Burnette, Jeremiah J. Zartman, Erica Smith, Gabrielle Dohmen, David Schmitz

02:18 PM

(682g) Robust Patterning of the Dorsal-Ventral Axis in the Drosophila Melanogaster Embryo
Sophia Carrell, Alexander S. Thomas, Jeramey Friedman, Gregory T. Reeves

02:36 PM

(682h) Nuclear Trapping of Cactus in the Early Drosophila Embryo May Modulate the Effective Concentration of Transcription Factor Dorsal
Michael D. O'Connell, Gregory T. Reeves