TALKS

ScheduleCurrent AgendaTitle
9:00 – 9:10INTRODUCTIONS
9:10 – 9:40Jane Maienschein, PhD and Kate MacCord, PhD (SOLS, ASU)Rethinking Regeneration
9:40 – 10:00Madeline Andrews, PhD (SBHSE, ASU)Using stem cell models to study human brain development
10:00 – 10:20Connor Dolan, PhD (SOLS, ASU)Induced Digit Regeneration
10:20 – 10:40BREAK
10:40 – 10:55Jake Klemm, PhD Candidate (SOLS, ASU)Necrosis-induced apoptosis promotes tissue regeneration in Drosophila imaginal discs
10:55 – 11:15Jordan R. Yaron, PhD (SEMTE, ASU)Silk-based biomaterials: Case studies in therapeutics and discovery
11:15 – 11:35Rebecca Wachs, PhD (SBSHE, ASU)Novel targets for treating low back pain
11:35 – 11:50Sally Wang, PhD CandidateBiomimetic Nanoparticles Targeting Atherosclerosis
11:50 – 11:55Alan Gillman, PhD (Evident, Olympus Sponsor Talk)
11:55 – 11:58Mohammad Abbasi, PhD Candidate (SBHSE, ASU)Nucleate: A Biotech Community
11:58 – 12:05Data Blitz – Taylor Pennington, Saahithi Mallapragada, Dominic Saiz, Jinal Mehta
12:05 – 2:00LUNCH, POSTERS
12:40-1:20POSTERS: Group A
1:20 – 2:00POSTERS: Group B
2:05 – 2:25Noah Snyder Mackler, PhD (SOLS, ASU)Modifiers of molecular aging in dogs
2:25 – 2:45Chris Plaisier, PhD (SBHSE, ASU)Drug repurposing for mesothelioma
2:45 – 3:05Nick Banovich, PhD (TGen)Characterizing disease driven alveolar remodeling in situ using spatial transcriptomics
3:05 – 3:20BREAK
3:20 – 3:40Rosy Krajmalnik-Brown, PhD (HTM, ASU)Improving the Microbiome to Manage Autism Spectrum Disorder Symptoms
3:40 – 4:00Henry Tseng, PhD (SOLS, ASU)Tau evolution during normal aging and its implication in neurodegeneration
4:00 – 4:40Mayssa Mokalled, PhD (WashU.)Out of the tank approaches to promote spinal cord repair
4:40 – endAWARDS, Wrap-Up

POSTERS

  1. Taylor Pennington (Andrews Lab) Using hPSC-derived organoids to characterize age-associated changes  in cortical cell metabolism and their role in neurodegeneration
  2. Si Cave (Harris Lab) Characterizing the Novel Protein Asperous Involved in Tissue Regeneration
  3. John Weston Quinn (Harris Lab) A threshold level of JNK activates damage-responsive enhancers via JAK/STAT to promote regeneration.
  4. Saahithi Mallapragada (Banovich Lab) Spatial transcriptomic analysis of the molecular drivers of bronchopulmonary dysplasia
  5. Maksym Dankovskyy (Harris Lab) Visualizing recruitment of immune cells to regenerating tissue in Drosophila
  6. Sydney Caparaso (Wachs Lab) Understanding the role of mechanical loading and inflammation in a rodent chronic low back pain model
  7. Jordan Hieronymus (Harris Lab) The role of p53 in regenerating necrotic tissue
  8. Isabel Rogler (Harris Lab) Exploring Regeneration Mechanisms in Drosophila Melanogaster: Testing a Novel 3rd Ablation System with Glur1
  9. Sophia Cerna (Andrews Lab) Using human cortical organoids to understand the impact of glucose metabolism on progenitor developmental trajectories
  10. Santiago Ochoa (Bartelle Lab) Engineering a Recombinant Zika Virus for Immune Modulation in Microglia
  11. Zeinab Tashi (Bartelle Lab) Lipid Metabolic Readouts in Humanized Models of Neuroimmune Function
  12. Dominic Saiz (Mana Lab) PPARsing Epigenetic Memory in Intestinal Stem Cells: High-Fat Diet and Oncogenic Susceptibility
  13. Fernando Esteban Flores-Mora (Bartelle Lab) Generation of nanobodies in E coli using Surface Display Phage Assisted Continuous Evolution (SurPhACE)
  14. Swathi Sankar (Mana Lab) Directed differentiation of human embryonic stem cells to colon organoids as a model of development in an obesogenic environment
  15. Shreya Sharma (Ingber Lab) A Novel Paradigm for Mechanistic Studies of Myalgic Ecephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
  16. Jinal Mehta (Weaver Lab) Macroencapsulation of human stem cell-derived beta cells ameliorates rejection in CAR T cell humanized mice
  17. Chishiba Chilimba (Weaver Lab) Tolerogenic Human Placental Trophoblast Survival and Engraftment in a Xenograft Model
  18. Gourab Lahiri (Mana Lab) Maternal Obesity Programs Intestinal Stem Cells and Epithelial Composition in Offspring, Driving Long-term Colorectal Cancer Susceptibility
  19. David Ruiz - Pardo (Weaver Lab) Overrepresentation analysis of inferred Ligand - receptor pairs between JAR cells and immune receptors unveil a role of polymorphonuclear leukocytes in delaying xenograft rejection
  20. Mohammad Abbasi (Bartelle Lab) Unveiling microglial heterogeneity in spatial context
  21. Alexandria Morales (Andrews Lab) The role of glycolysis in human cerebral cortex development using in vitro and in vivo PSC models
  22. Gradi Bamfonga (Andrews Lab) Evaluating the Molecular Impact of PTEN Heterozygosity on Cortical Cell Populations via mTOR Signaling in ASD Brain Organoids
  23. Kaila Marie Gemenes (Andrews Lab) Exploring the impact of subarachnoid hemorrhage on neural tissue
  24. Mauri Spendlove (Bartelle Lab) Drug synergy demonstrated between EGFR inhibitors and CRIPTO antagonist ALK4L75A-Fc in patient-derived triple-negative breast cancer organoids
  25. Rori Hoover (DIY Bio) Open Lab
  26. Amberlynn Simmons (Stabenfeldt Lab) Characterization of Sex-specific Hormone and Gene Expression Alterations in Experimental Model of Traumatic Brain Injury
  27. Kelly Lintecum (Stabenfeldt Lab) Immunomodulatory vaccine for traumatic brain injury

Sponsors

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