Program

October 5: Virtual Poster Session

This event will take place in the SpatialChat Platform from 4:00 to 6:00 PM.

October 6: In-Person All-Day Event

8:00 AM/8:30 AM CHECK-IN/WELCOME
8:40 AM FEATURED PRESENTATIONS I
8:40 AM Paul Dalton
University of Oregon
High Resolution 3D Printing from Polymer Melts
9:00 AM Adam Higgins
Oregon State University
Microfluidics-enabled blood illumination for treatment of hyperbilirubinemia
9:20 AM Yali Jia
Oregon Health & Science University
Artificial Intelligence in Optical Coherence Tomographic Angiography
9:40 AM Kaitlin Fogg
Oregon State University
Engineering High Throughput Screening Platforms of Gynecological Cancer
10:00 AM Courosh Mehanian
University of Oregon
Introduction to Mehanian Lab @ Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact
10:20 AM COFFEE BREAK/SPONSOR TABLES AND RECRUITING BOOTHS
10:40 AM LIGHTNING TALKS I
10:40 AM ADVANCES IN BONE REGENERATION AND MODELING

Kylie Nash
University of Oregon
Utilizing Early Resistance Rehabilitation to Enhance Regeneration of Femoral Bone Defects 

Tyler Guyer
University of Oregon
Systemic Immunomodulation Alters Local Bone Regeneration in Delayed Treatment Composite Model of Non-Union Extremity Trauma 

Maria Elias Quezado Lima Verde
Oregon Health & Science University
An organ-on-a-chip model of prostate cancer metastasis into bone
11:05 AM ADVANCES IN FABRICATION METHODS FOR SENSING

Morgan Brown
University of Oregon
Direct laser writing of 3D electrodes on flexible substrates 

Paula Gonzalez
University of Oregon
Design of active microstructures by melt electrowriting with functional composites 

Lael Wentland
Oregon State University
Towards a field-use electrochemical sensor for carbamazepine quantification in saliva
11:30 AM ADVANCES IN BIOMATERIALS AND TISSUE ENGINEERING

Avanthamsa Athirasala
Oregon Health & Science University
Bioprinted hydrogel microarrays reveal interplay of matrix mechanics and geometry in regulating stem cell differentiation 

Meghan Fallon
Oregon Health & Science University
Hemocompatibility of micropatterned vascular grafts is dependent on topographical feature size

Katherine Huynh
Oregon Health & Science University
An Ultrasound-Mediated Gene Delivery Platform for 3D Tissue-Engineered Models of Early Cancer Progression
11:55 AM PICK UP BOX LUNCHES/SPONSOR TABLES AND RECRUITING BOOTHS
12:15 PM INDUSTRY PANELS
12:15 PM FOSTERING RESEARCH PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN ACADEMIA AND INDUSTRY
12:15 PM BEST PRACTICES FOR GETTING HIRED IN THE BIOTECH AND BIOMEDICAL INDUSTRIES
1:15 PM SPONSOR TABLES AND RECRUITING BOOTHS
1:30 PM FEATURED PRESENTATIONS II
1:30 PM Siyu Chen
Oregon Health & Science University
Ultrahigh resolution OCT imaging differentiates early age-related macular degeneration from normal aging
1:50 PM Felix Deku
University of Oregon
Materials that enable next-generation flexible neural Interfaces
2:10 PM Marilyn Mackiewicz
Oregon State University
Designing Safe Nanotechnologies for Bioimaging
2:30 PM Tania Vu
Oregon Health & Science University
Single Cell Functional Precision Imaging Platforms: Development, Translation, Value
2:50 PM LIGHTNING TALKS II
2:50 PM TOOLS AND METHODS FOR MEDICAL APPLICATIONS

Jessee Svoboda
Oregon State University
Developing cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. PCC 7120 as a heterologous expression system for drug lead discovery  

Nima Ahmadkhani
Oregon State University
Developing cryopreservation procedures with high throughput methods 

William Greer
Oregon Health & Science University
Functionalized Modifications of Small Molecules for use in Fluorescence Guided Surgery
3:15 PM ADVANCES IN BIOMATERIALS AND TISSUE ENGINEERING

Andrew P. Carpenter
Oregon State University
Mapping the Molecular Scale Impact of Mutations Relevant to Late-Onset Muscular Dystrophies

Carmen Resnick
University of Oregon
Mapping Sequence-Function Landscapes in the Dihydrofolate Reductase Family  

Tia C. L. Kohs
Oregon Health & Science University
Antiplatelet effects of inhibiting coagulation factor XI in a nonhuman primate model of atherosclerosis
3:45 PM POSTER SESSION/RECEPTION
5:45 PM AWARDS AND CLOSING REMARKS