7A: Biomaterials and Nanotechnology for Cancer Modeling and Theranostics 2 

Date: Saturday, March 28, 2026
Time: 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM
Room: Centennial III/IV

Description

Moderators:

Sara Pedron-Haba
Research Assistant Professor
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  • 8:00 AM. 340. Morphology Effect of PEGylated Iron Oxide Nanoparticles on the Enhancement of MRI Contrast Signal in Breast Cancer.Juan Beltran-Huarac1 1East Carolina unIVERSITY

  • 8:15 AM. 341. Collagen Fiber Alignment and Internal Architecture Cooperatively Regulate Breast Cancer Cell Migration in a Subtype-Specific Manner.Poorya Esmaili Bambizi1, Indranil M. Joshi, PhD1, Tresa M Elias, PhD2, Edward Brown III, PhD2, Vinay Abhyankar, PhD1 1Rochester Institute of Technology, 2University of Rochester

  • 8:30 AM. 342. Aligned Microfiber Scaffolds for Directed Glioblastoma Cell Migration Assays.Maya Kasteleiner1, Charlotte Olds2, Patrick Hall1, Ievgenii Liashenko, PhD2, Paul Dalton, PhD2, Gabriella Lindberg, PhD1 1Knight Campus, University of Oregon, 2University of Oregon

  • 8:45 AM. 343. Biomaterial-Based Microengineered Tumor Models for Investigating Cancer Cell Invasion.Amir K. Miri, Ph.D.1, Elvan Dogan, Ph.D.1, Ayda Pourmostafa, M.Sc.1, Swaprakash Yogeshwaran, M.Sc.1 1New Jersey Institute of Technology

  • 9:00 AM. 344. Quantitative Evaluation of Nanoparticle Lymphatic Delivery Using Magnetic Particle Imaging.Esteban Bermudez-Berrios1, Hayden Good1, Taylor Shields1, Aniela Nozka1, Neel Eswaran1, Ambar Velazquez-Albino1, Eric Imhoff1, Victor Rivera-Llabres, PhD2, Christiana Shaw, MD MS FACS1, Elizabeth Maxwell, DVM, MS, DACVS-SA, CVPP, FFCP, CVA1, Carlos Rinaldi-Ramos1 1University of Florida, 2University of Illinois Ubana-Champaign

  • 9:15 AM. 345. Magneto-electric Silica Nanocarriers for Doxorubicin Delivery Inhibit Tumor Growth and Reduce Systemic Toxicity in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer.Aurelie Brownsberger, M.S.1, Carlie Kudary1, Ethan Rodriguez, B.S.2, Erin Howe, Ph.D.2, Lili Vajtai1, Bence Markus, Ph.D.1, Simon Ferenc, Ph.D.3, Ryan Roeder, PhD1, Prakash Nallathamby, Ph.D.1 1University of Notre Dame, 2Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, 3Budapest University of Technology and Economics

  • 9:30 AM. 346. Translational 3D Spheroids for Evaluating Curcumin and Celecoxib in Ovarian Cancer.Chipo Chapusha1, Gautam Ray1, Debarshi Roy2, Amol Janorkar, PhD1 1University of Mississippi Medical Center, 2Alcorn State University

  • 9:45 AM. 347. Towards Reliable Tracking of Natural Killer Cells Using Commercial Iron Oxide Nanoparticles and Magnetic Particle Imaging.Suzanne Lightsey1, Victoria Consalvo1, SK Rajab Ali, PhD1, Daniela Paula Valdes, PhD1, Jeremiah Oyer, PhD2, Alicja Copik, PhD2, Carlos Rinaldi-Ramos1, Blanka Sharma, PhD1 1University of Florida, 2University of Central Florida