2014 AIChE Annual Meeting

Session: Hydrogel Biomaterials

This session invites papers with focus on hydrogel systems for the study of cell mechanics, three dimensional culture, and tissue engineering.

Chair

Silviya Petrova Zustiak, Saint Louis University

Co-Chair

Kyle Lampe, University of Virginia

Presentations

12:30 PM

(690a) Gradually Softening Hydrogels for Understanding Cell Behavior during Fibrosis Regression

Steven R. Caliari, Gi yun Lee, Maryna Perepelyuk, Rebecca G. Wells, Jason A. Burdick

12:48 PM

(690b) Tunable Hydrogels to Understand the Role of the Microenvironment in Regulating Breast Cancer Dormancy and Recurrence

Lisa A. Sawicki, April Kloxin

01:06 PM

(690c) Peg-Based Tumor Millibeads for Three-Dimensional Cancer Cell Culture

Shantanu Pradhan, Jacob M Clary, Chloe S Chaudhury, Elizabeth A. Lipke

01:24 PM

(690d) Injectable Thermo-Sensitive Hydrogel As an Adjuvant: In Situ Modulation of Dendritic Cells for Cancer Vaccine

Yarong Liu, Kye Il Joo, Liang Xiao, Pin Wang

01:42 PM

(690e) Novel 2.5D Cell Culture Platforms to Investigate the Role of Stiffness Gradients on Cell Migration

Prashanth Asuri, Mark-Phillip Pebworth, Sabrina Cismas, Justus Carlisle

02:00 PM

(690f) Theoretical and Experimental Evaluation of the Influence of Material Properties on Hydrogels for Use As an Artificial Pancreas

Kaitlin M. Bratlie, Scott P. Beckman

02:18 PM

(690g) Visible-Light-Induced Synthesis of pH Responsive Hydrogels with Crosslink Density Gradients

Seda Kizilel, Ozlem Cevik

02:36 PM

(690h) A High Throughput Combinatorial ECM Screening Platform for Optimizing 3D Microenvironment for Tissue Engineering Applications

Sriram Ramamoorthy, Pankaj Karande, Deanna M. Thompson, Glenn Saunders, Christopher Bertucci, Raymond Jacobson, John Malcovitch