1D: Advances in Dynamic Crosslinking of Hydrogels

Date: Wednesday, March 25, 2026
Time: 1:30 PM to 3:30 PM
Room: Hanover AB
Session Type: Concurrent Session 1

Description

This session will highlight recent progress in dynamic crosslinking strategies for hydrogels that enable tunable mechanics, adaptive remodeling, and improved cell–matrix interactions. Presentations will cover reversible chemistries, stimuli-responsive networks, and their applications in tissue engineering and drug delivery. The goal is to showcase how dynamic bonding enhances functional performance and biological integration of hydrogels.

Moderators:

Muhammad Rizwan
Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Chien-Chi Lin, PhD
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Purdue University

Eben Alsberg, PhD
UIC Distinguished Professor
University of Illinois, Chicago

  • 1:30 PM. 20. Talk by Professor Cole DeForest, University of Washington

  • 2:00 PM. 21. Leveraging tunable reactivity of intrinsic thioether bonds for on-demand degradation of PEG hydrogels with spatiotemporal control and semi-orthogonality.Tayler Hebner, Ph.D.1 1Purdue University

  • 2:30 PM. 23. Purely synthetic and fast-relaxing hydrogels for induced pluripotent stem cell culture.Nathan Dimmitt, PhD1, Chien-Chi Lin, PhD1 1Purdue University

  • 3:15 PM. 26. Extracellular vesicle–crosslinked supramolecular hydrogels with tunable network mechanics.Artemis Margaronis1, Santiago Correa1 1Columbia University