2025 AIChE Annual Meeting

Session: 15C Poster Session: Bioengineering

This poster session highlights experimental, theoretical, and computational advances in bioengineering research. This includes, but is not limited to; biocatalysis and biobased products; cell culture engineering and biomanufacturing; metabolic engineering; protein science and engineering; biosensors and biodiagnostics; synthetic biology; systems and quantitative biology; and bioinformatics. We encourage the submission of high quality abstracts that describe quantitatively and specifically the research work to be presented.

Chair

Qing Sun, Texas A&M University

Co-Chairs

Molly Kozminsky, University of California, Berkeley
Wheaton Schroeder, The Pennsylvania State University
Thomas Mansell, Iowa State University
Kevin Solomon, University of Delaware
Chris Kieslich, Auburn University
Mattheos Koffas, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Presentations

(182x) Deamidation of Amino Acid Side-Chain in Alzheimer’s Amyloid Beta(1-42) Alters Aggregation Pathways and Reduce Toxic Oligomer Formation
Daniel Manogaran Dinakarapandian, Pranay Ramaswamy, Tarunya Rao Sudarshan, Anant Paravastu
(182b) High-Accuracy Nanopore Sequencing to Quantify Replication Fidelity of Unnatural Base Pairs
Nicholas Kaplan, Jayson R. Sumabat, Jorge A. Marchand
(182af) Thermally Stable Microporous Microgels for Cell Encapsulation and Tissue Engineering
Ziqiang Guan, Seth Edwards, Mrinal Ganash
(182ah) An Icosaplex (20-plex) Environmental Surveillance Assay Using Non-Standard Nucleic Acids
Hinako Kawabe, Luran Manfio, Sebastian Magana Pena, Nicolette A. Zhou, Steven A. Benner, Karen Levy, Zunyi Yang, Jorge A. Marchand, Erica R. Fuhrmeister
(182aw) High-Throughput Operator Engineering for Tunable Atf-Based Biosensors
Warisha Tahir, Allison Dennis
(182ak) Predicting the Effects of Mutations on Helper T Cell Immune Recognition of H1N1 Influenza Virus
Mercedes Haley, Robert J. Pantazes
(182h) Enhancing mRNA Stability of RBD Protein for Improved COVID-19 Vaccine Development
Zahra Ghiasi, Shujun He, Qing Sun
(182m) Dynamic Control of Bioink Stiffness in 3D Bioprinting for Enhanced Cell Spreading and Mechanical Strength
Mrinal Ganash, Seth Edwards, Kyung Jae Jeong, Ziqiang Guan, Young Jo Kim
(182ao) Optimization of methane production through anaerobic co-digestion of giant salvinia and actively digesting anaerobic digester solids
Xiaobo Lei, William Holmes, Emmanuel D. Revellame, Daniel Dianchen Gang, Wayne Sharp, Rafael Hernandez, Dhan Lord Fortela, Ashley P. Mikolajczyk, Mark E. Zappi
(182o) Cryopreservation of Self-Assembled Glioblastoma Organoids (GBOs)
Alexandra Avera, Alexander Guirgues, Amiya Ford, Yonghyun Kim
(182u) Expanding ER Sequestration and Screening for Enzyme Engineering through Nanobody or Spy Tag-Mediated ER Retention.
Raymond Pho, David Arceo Zamora, Sarah Murphy, Carl Denard
(182ab) Challenges in Microbial Production of Aniline
Sean A. Wirt, Kristala L. J. Prather
(182z) Comparative Analysis of Genetic Circuit Behavior across Bacterial Species
Alexandria Adams, Eric Young
(182c) Recombinant ELP Bolaamphiphiles for the Controlled Construction of Globular Protein Vesicles
Luis Lopez de la Maza, Bornita Deb, Jackson Powers, Ariory Hood, Yeongseon Jang, Carl Denard
(182e) Bioconversion of Lignocellulose Biomass into Biodegradable Plastics
Halle Hill, Mairui Zhang, Jikai Zhao, Bo Wang
(182at) Paper-Based Microfluidic Device for Blood Plasma Multi-Nutrient Assay By Colorimetry: Towards Resource-Efficient Disease Diagnostics
Kalpita Nath, Sunando DasGupta, Debasish Sarkar
(182f) Expression of Human Tryptophan Hydroxylase 2 (hTPH2) in the Probiotic Strain Lactobacillus Plantarum
Marifah Albalawi, Faisal Alqhtani, Hazim Aljewari, Robert Beitle
(227l) A Light Soft Actuated Bionic Regenerative Engineering (LIGHT SABRE) Brace System Promotes Cartilage Regeneration and Reversal of Pathology in Rabbit Model of Osteoarthritis
Madison Hicks
(227k) Next-Generation Bio-Mimetic Scaffold for Long-Bone Regeneration: Harnessing Piezoelectric Self-Charging and Osteo-Inductive Cues
Nitu Bhaskar, Zhiming Li, Thanh Nguyen
(227j) Graphene Matrix Promotes Muscle Regeneration and Reverses Degeneration in Chronic Massive Rotator Cuff Tears
Elnaz Mirdamadi, Cato T. Laurencin
(182ay) From Plastic-Ingesting Worms to Engineered Microbiomes: Artificial Worm Gut As a Microbial Resource Reservoir for Bio-Upcycling of Plastics
Bin Cao
(182az) Engineering a High-Activity Photosensitive C-Di-GMP Synthase for Precise Optogenetic Control of Biofilm Dynamics
Bin Cao
(182v) In-Vitro Citrullination of Human Epidermal Protein Using Recombinant Peptidyl Arginine Deiminases and the Crude Extract-Based Cell-Free System
Kassidy Porche, Yongchan Kwon
(182av) Systems-Level Analysis of Yeast Metabolism Under Carbon and Nitrogen Limitations Via Coarse-Grained Modeling
Yi-Hui Lai, Yifei Li, Ting Lu
(182ar) The Structural Basis of Polymorph Selection Hypothesis in Amyloid-?42 Aggregation Via in Situ AFM
Radhika Sunil Menon, Peter G. Wolynes, Peter G. Vekilov
(182ai) Fluorogenesis - Photoinduced Chromophore Dissociation Enables Aggregation-Driven Red Fluorescence
Krishna Agrawal, Yashwant Kumar, Manisha Ojha, Reman Kumar Singh, Karthik S. Pushpavanam
(182n) Designing CRISPR-Based Activation Tools to Target Transcription Factors in Catharanthus Roseus
Natalie Soens, Krystyna Traverse, Carolyn Lee-Parsons
(182p) Overexpressing a Bottleneck Gene in Catharanthus Roseus with CRISPR Activation
Emma Meehan, Carolyn Lee-Parsons
(182d) Hyperspectral Reporters for Long-Distance and Wide-Area Detection of Gene Expression in Living Bacterial Biosensors
Yonatan Chemla, Itai Levin, Christopher A. Voigt, Connor Coley
(182ac) Engineering a Coenzyme Biosensor for Dynamic Monitoring and Regulation of the Redox Ratio in Bioproduction
Jianli Zhang, Yuan Dou, Qi Gan, Xinyu Gong, Yusong Zou, Nicolas Lopez, Jason Gardner, Yajun Yan
(182s) Designer Bioplastics: Exploring Biodiversity of Cupriavidus Necator for Next Generation PHA Producers.
Elizabeth Walker, Hyeongmin Seo, Rhea Fisch
(182ap) Engineering Probiotics and Microbiota for Real-World Applications
Austin Rottinghaus, Chenggang Xi, Matthew Amrofell, Austin Gluth, Steven Vo, Tae Seok Moon
(182au) Engineering Non-Model Microbes for Upcycling Plastic Waste on Earth and for Space Exploration
Yuxin Tian, Jinjin Diao, Yifeng Hu, Tae Seok Moon
(182j) Innovative Strategies to Unlocking the Full Potential of Plant Cell-Based Bioproduction for Valuable Recombinant Proteins
Jianfeng Xu
(182y) Molecular Modeling of Enzyme Co-Localization for Improved Therapeutics Biosynthesis
Samiyah Siddiqui, Ashley Guo
(182ag) Process Development of an Integrated Gas Fermentation Using Eubacterium Callanderi KIST612 for the Complete Utilization of MSW-Derived Syngas
Gwon Woo Park, Myounghoon Moon, Min-Sik Kim
(182aj) Integrated Extraction and Distillation for Carboxylic Acids Recovery from Acetogenic Fermentation Broth
Myounghoon Moon, Gwon Woo Park, Min-Sik Kim
(182al) Phytoremediation of Wastewater and Co-Generation of Sustainable Bioenergy Using an Algae-Assisted Microbial Fuel Cell
Abdul Aziz Chan, Kundan Kumar, Ali Raza Shah, Preety Kumari, Ming-Hsun Cheng, Sheeraz Ahmed Memon
(182am) Modular Triple-Layered Bioadheisve Hydrogel Patch for Controlled Durg Release and Enhanced Wound Healing
Yujin Shin, Kye Il Joo
(182i) High-Throughput Isolation of Antibodies That Neutralize Influenza
Shelbe Johnson, Matias Gutiérrez-González, Ivan Kosik, Jonathan Yewdell, Brandon DeKosky
(182l) Multi-Modal AAV Capsid Reprogramming for Tumor-Selective Gene Delivery in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma
Juwon Kang, Yujin Shin, Kye Il Joo
(182an) Energizing Enzyme Dynamics to Synthesize Ultra-High-Molecular-Weight Hyaluronic Acid in Vitro
Kaiyi Zhu, Guoqiang Jiang, Diannan Lu, Zheng Liu
(182t) High-Throughput Discovery of Autoreactive T-Cell Receptors in Membranous Nephropathy
Gene Lee, Blythe Irwin, Katerina Rincones, Sunwoo Lee, Paolo Cravedi, Brandon DeKosky
(182w) Arming Engineered Natural Killer Cells with Immunocytokines for Treatment of Acute Myeloid Leukemia
Henry McEacheron, Monika Kizerwetter, Anjali Shenoy, Amelia McCue, Jamie Spangler

05:00 PM

(182ax) From Medicine to Agriculture: Microfluidic-Produced N-Loaded Liposomes as an Enhanced-Efficiency Fertilizer
Alireza Mohammadzadeh