2025 AIChE Annual Meeting

Session: Biomolecular Engineering: Biophysical Environments and Cell-Material Interactions

This session examines how the physical and biochemical microenvironment influences cellular behavior, aggregation, and adhesion. Presentations will discuss experimental and modeling insights into cell migration, diffusion dynamics, and material interfaces.

Chair

Daniel Howsmon, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Co-Chair

Presentations

02:30 PM

(714a) Invited Talk: Engineering the Stem Cell Niche to Model Development and Disease
Quinton Smith

03:06 PM

(714h) 1,2-dithiolanes applied to the dynamic photocrosslinking of (bio)materials
Benjamin Nelson

03:24 PM

(714c) Mechanistic Insights into the Concentration-Dependent Anomalous Diffusion and Aggregation of Monoclonal Antibodies
Gaurav Kumar, Arezoo Ardekani

03:42 PM

(714d) Hypoxia Overrides Acidosis-Induced Suppression of Cancer Cell Migration and Dissemination
Debanik Choudhury, Alice Amitrano, Qinling Yuan, Bhawana Agarwal, Avery Tran, Se Jong Lee, Konstantinos Konstantopoulos

04:00 PM

(714e) Long-Term Effects of Exposure to Elevated Extracellular Fluid Viscosity on Cell Motility and Metastasis
Anindya Sen, Debanik Choudhury, Kaustav Bera, Konstantinos Konstantopoulos

04:18 PM

(714f) Mucin-HIV Interactions in Cervicovaginal Lavages from BV+ and BV- Patients
Sunniya Iftikhar, Preethi Chandran, Seble Kassaye

04:36 PM

(714g) Elucidating Material-Dependent Bacterial Surface Adhesion Using CRISPR Interference and Translation to a Clinical Uropathogen
Hyerim Ban, Stephen Rondthaler, Brandon Barajas, Jessica Schiffman, Lauren B. Andrews