5F: Engineering Cells and Their Microenvironments SIG
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Date: Friday, March 27, 2026
Time: 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM
Room: Hanover FG

Description

The Engineering Cells & Their Microenvironments Special Interest Group focuses on technologies and approaches at the single-cell level and the engineering of cellular microenvironments. This includes designing dynamic cues within biomaterials to regulate cell signaling and stem cell fate, as well as advancing stem cell manufacturing and differentiation, immunoengineering, and biomaterials for cell-based detection and diagnosis.

Moderators:

Taylor Hebner
Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering
Purdue University

Chelsea Magin
Associate Professor | CEDC-Bioengineering
University of Colorado Denver | Anschutz

  • 8:15 AM. 256. Dynamically Mechanically Tunable Synthetic Hydrogels Support Organoid Culture.Michael Seitz1, Susan Moradi1, Dominic Tigani, M.S.1, Tessa DeCicco1, Zhen Ma, Ph.D1, Michael Blatchley, Ph.D1, Era Jain, Ph.D.1 1Syracuse university

  • 8:45 AM. 258. Biomaterial-Mediated Temporal Deposition of Precise Matrix by Meniscal Fibrochondrocytes.Saitheja Pucha, B.S.1, Rehaan Jain1, Kyley Burkey, B.S2, Jenny Robinson, Ph.D.2, Jay Patel, Ph.D.1 1Emory University, 2University of Washington

  • 9:00 AM. 259. Aging of the human blood and immune system in a nonlinear, synthetic hydrogel system.Truc Dinh1, Dallin Jacobs2, Charlotte Stevens1, Connor George1, Aidan Gilchrist, Ph.D.2 1University of California, Davis, 2Univeristy of California, Davis