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
2:15 PM. 22. Hyaluronic acid-based, double network hydrogels with tunable viscoelasticity for neural cell culture.Stephanie Seidlits, PhD1, Talia Sanazzaro, BS1, Sabrina Pietrosemoli Salazar, BS1, Ze Zhong Wang, PhD1, Neha Arvinth1, Arushi Nath1 1University of Texas at Austin
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
2:45 PM. 24. Dynamic covalent crosslinked hydrogels for the sustained delivery of bacteriophage to treat wound infections.Lucy Zhang1, Yung-Hao Lin1, Qingquan Chen1, Tejas Dharmaraj1, Cas de Leeuw2, Zhiwei Li1, Paul Bollyky1, Ovijit Chaudhuri1 1Stanford University, 2Radboud Universiteit
3:00 PM. 25. Stimuli-Responsive Hydrogel to Improve Host Integration of Transplanted Corneal Endothelial Graft.Saad Asim1, Jodhbir Mehta, MBBS, FRCOphth, FRCS(Ed), FAMS, PhD (UK)2, Gary Peh, BSc, GradDip Reprod Sci, PhD3, Muhammad Rizwan, Ph.D.1 1UT Southwestern Medical Center, 2Singapore Eye Research Institute, 3Singapore Eye Research Institute,
3:15 PM. 26. Extracellular vesicle–crosslinked supramolecular hydrogels with tunable network mechanics.Artemis Margaronis1, Santiago Correa1 1Columbia University

Description

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

2:15 PM. 22. Hyaluronic acid-based, double network hydrogels with tunable viscoelasticity for neural cell culture.Stephanie Seidlits, PhD1, Talia Sanazzaro, BS1, Sabrina Pietrosemoli Salazar, BS1, Ze Zhong Wang, PhD1, Neha Arvinth1, Arushi Nath1 1University of Texas at Austin

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

2:45 PM. 24. Dynamic covalent crosslinked hydrogels for the sustained delivery of bacteriophage to treat wound infections.Lucy Zhang1, Yung-Hao Lin1, Qingquan Chen1, Tejas Dharmaraj1, Cas de Leeuw2, Zhiwei Li1, Paul Bollyky1, Ovijit Chaudhuri1 1Stanford University, 2Radboud Universiteit

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