8C: Engineering Cells and Their Microenvironments SIG 2

Date: Saturday, March 28, 2026
Time: 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM

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:

Brian Kwee, Ph.D
Assistatn Professor | Biomedical Engineering
University of Delaware

Julianne Holloway
Associate Professor | School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy
Arizona State University

11:00 AM. 417. Neural Stem Cell Expansion in Granular Scaffold Reveals Porosity-Dependent Viability.Jonathan Florian, B.S.1, Remington Martinez, B.S.1, Chris Highley, Ph.D.1, Kyle Lampe, PhD1 1University of Virginia
11:30 PM. 419. Topographic Priming Imprints Migratory Memory for Navigating Discontinuous Cues in Heterogeneous Extracellular Matrix.Poorya Esmaili Bambizi1, mehran mansouri, PhD1, Vinay Abhyankar, PhD1 1Rochester Institute of Technology
12:15 PM. 422. Hematopoietic Stem Cell Aging in a Bone Marrow-Mimetic Model.Truc Dinh1, Charlotte Stevens1, Dallin Jacobs2, Nathan Bribiesca2, Aidan Gilchrist, Ph.D.2, Connor George1 1University of California, Davis, 2Univeristy of California, Davis
A Simple, High-Accuracy Patterning Technique to Investigate Interfacial Guidance of Collective Migration.Dinindu De Silva1, Vinay Abhyankar, PhD1, Poorya Esmaili Bambizi1, Indranil M. Joshi, PhD1, Sami Farajollahi1 1Rochester Institute of Technology
Behavior of engineered adipose-derived stem cells in mineralized collagen-glycosaminoglycan scaffolds.Jaejung Kim1, Dhyanesh Baskaran1, Hua Wang1, Brendan Harley2 1University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 2University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
Viscosity-Tuned Transfection and Optimized Lipid Nanoparticles Enable DNA Delivery to Suspension T Cells.Jingyao Ma, M.S.1, Yining Zhu, PhD1, Junru Liao1, Milun Jain1, Wu Han Toh1, Leonardo Cheng1, Hai-Quan Mao, PhD1 1Johns Hopkins University

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11:00 AM. 417. Neural Stem Cell Expansion in Granular Scaffold Reveals Porosity-Dependent Viability.Jonathan Florian, B.S.1, Remington Martinez, B.S.1, Chris Highley, Ph.D.1, Kyle Lampe, PhD1 1University of Virginia

11:30 PM. 419. Topographic Priming Imprints Migratory Memory for Navigating Discontinuous Cues in Heterogeneous Extracellular Matrix.Poorya Esmaili Bambizi1, mehran mansouri, PhD1, Vinay Abhyankar, PhD1 1Rochester Institute of Technology

12:15 PM. 422. Hematopoietic Stem Cell Aging in a Bone Marrow-Mimetic Model.Truc Dinh1, Charlotte Stevens1, Dallin Jacobs2, Nathan Bribiesca2, Aidan Gilchrist, Ph.D.2, Connor George1 1University of California, Davis, 2Univeristy of California, Davis

A Simple, High-Accuracy Patterning Technique to Investigate Interfacial Guidance of Collective Migration.Dinindu De Silva1, Vinay Abhyankar, PhD1, Poorya Esmaili Bambizi1, Indranil M. Joshi, PhD1, Sami Farajollahi1 1Rochester Institute of Technology

Behavior of engineered adipose-derived stem cells in mineralized collagen-glycosaminoglycan scaffolds.Jaejung Kim1, Dhyanesh Baskaran1, Hua Wang1, Brendan Harley2 1University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 2University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign

Viscosity-Tuned Transfection and Optimized Lipid Nanoparticles Enable DNA Delivery to Suspension T Cells.Jingyao Ma, M.S.1, Yining Zhu, PhD1, Junru Liao1, Milun Jain1, Wu Han Toh1, Leonardo Cheng1, Hai-Quan Mao, PhD1 1Johns Hopkins University

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