The inaugural Oregon Bioengineering Symposium will be held at the CH2M Alumni Center on the Oregon State University Campus on November 22, 2019. The meeting will cover all areas of bioengineering/biomedical engineering, with an emphasis on technologies for precision health. The goal of the meeting is to promote collaboration and exchange of ideas between students, researchers and practitioners in Oregon and the surrounding region.

There will be oral presentations throughout the day, and poster presentations in the evening. To be considered for a presentation, an abstract (<250 words) must be submitted. Abstract submission for oral presentations is now closed. Abstract submission for poster presentations will remain open until November 8. All participants, including undergraduate and graduate students, are encouraged to submit abstracts for the poster session. There will be awards for the best student posters. Note that there are a limited number of slots available for oral and poster presentations; early abstract submission will increase the likelihood that your abstract will be selected for a presentation.

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Advanced registration costs are $25 for students and post-docs, $60 for faculty and $125 for non-academic registrants for early registration. After November 8, the registration fee goes up by $25. The registration fee is waived for the first 100 people to submit an approved abstract.

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Program

(subject to change)

8:00 am	Tour of OSU Bioengineering Laboratories (Tour is now full)
9:00 am	Registration Desk Opens
9:20 am	Welcome
9:30 am	Tim Gardner, University of Oregon High Precision Interfaces to Brain and Nerve
9:55 am	Elain Fu, Oregon State University Porous Microfluidic Sensors for Field Use
10:20 am	Summer Gibbs, Oregon Health and Science University Fluorescence Guided Surgery for Improved Clinical Outcomes
10:45 am	Coffee Break
11:00 am	Matt Johnston, Oregon State University Emerging Toolkit for Integrated Electronic Biosensors and Lab-on-Microchip
11:25 am	Peter Jacobs, Oregon Health and Science University Precision Drug Delivery through AI and Integrated Sensing and Drug Delivery in Type 1 Diabetes
11:50 am	Mike Pluth, University of Oregon Chemical Tools for Detection and Delivery of Reactive Sulfur Species
12:15 pm	Lunch

There will be parallel sessions throughout the afternoon programming; from 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm and again from 3:30 pm to 5:00 pm You will be able to attend either the Industry Panels or the Research Talks.

1:30 pm to 3:00 pm	Industry Panel: Strengths and Opportunities for the Biomedical Industry in Oregon Moderator: Charla Triplett, Founder and President of Catalyze Liisa Bozinovic, Executive Director at Oregon Bioscience Association Julianne Brands, Partner at Oregon Venture Fund Kyle Gee, Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Oregon Nanoscience and Microtechnologies Institute (ONAMI) Robert Guldberg, VP at Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact, University of Oregon Bill Newman, Director at Northwest Technology Ventures and Entrepreneur-in-residence OTRADI
1:30 pm to 3:00 pm	Research Talks: (Times and Topics Listed Below) Engineering for Biological Insight
1:30 pm	Calin Plesa, University of Oregon Abstract Title – Multiplexed Engineering and Characterization of Protein Families
1:43 pm	Connor Barth, Oregon Health and Science University Abstract Title – Clinical Translation of Nerve-Specific Fluorophores for Image-Guided Nerve Sparing Surgical Procedures
1:56 pm	Morgan Giers, Oregon State University Abstract Title – Preoperative Metrics Predicting Intervertebral Disc Reherniation Complications in Microdiscectomy Patients
2:09 pm	Shawn Lockery, University of Oregon Abstract Title – High-throughput Electrophysiological Measures of Health for Basic Research and Drug Development in Nematodes
2:22 pm	WanTai AuYeung, Oregon Health and Science University Abstract Title – Identifying Digital Markers and Precipitants for Agitation: Preliminary Results from the MODERATE Study
2:35 pm	Kaitlin Fogg, Oregon State University Abstract Title – Ovarian Cancer Cells Direct Macrophage Differentiation and Polarization to a Pro-tumorigenic Phenotype Through Non-canonical Pathways
2:48 pm	Damien Callahan, University of Oregon Abstract Title – Predicting Human Myosin Heavy Chain Isoform during Single Fiber Mechanical Dissection
3:00 pm	Coffee Break
3:30 pm to 5:00 pm	Industry Panel: How to Get a Job in the Biotech and Biomedical Industries Moderator: Charla Triplett, Founder and President of Catalyze Catherine Acosta, Senior Manager MSAT at Genentech Anthony Amsberry, Process Engineer at Juno Therapeutics Debra Gale, Senior Staff Scientist in Research and Development at Thermo Fisher Scientific Anna Hickerson, Assistant Professor and Program Director at Keck Graduate Institute (KGI) Maddie Midgett, Senior Applied Research Engineer at Micro Systems Engineering Inc., Biotronik Samantha Wallace, Product Engineer at Acumed
3:30 pm to 5:00 pm	Research Talks: (Times and Topics Listed Below) Engineering for Precision Health
3:30 pm	Ravi Balasubramanian, Oregon State University Abstract Title – Robotics-inspired Implantable Passive Mechanisms to Surgically Re-Engineer the Human Body
3:43 pm	Marian Hettiaratchi, University of Oregon Abstract Title – Affinity-Controlled Protein Delivery Enhances Spatial Localization of Bone Formation in Rat Femoral Bone Defects
3:56 pm	Stuart Ibsen, Oregon Health and Science University Abstract Title – Pancreatic Cancer Detection Using Dielectrophoresis to Recover Tumor Derived Exosomes Directly from Undiluted Patient Plasma
4:09 pm	Conroy Sun, Oregon State University Abstract Title – Engineering Nanomaterials for Molecular Imaging and Drug Delivery
4:22 pm	Ramesh Subbiah, Oregon Health and Science University Abstract Title – Fabrication and Characterization of Mineralized and Vascularized Cell-laden Collagen Scaffold
4:35 pm	Dipankar Koley, Oregon State University Abstract Title – Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy (SECM): A New Tool to Study Microbial Metabolism
4:48 pm	Alexander (Alex) Govyadinov, HP Abstract Title – HP Advanced Microfluidics and Applications
5:00 pm	Poster Session
6:30 pm	Program Ends

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