8:15 AM. 398. Engineered Colorectal Cancer Tissue Model in Obesity-linked Insulin-Resistant Microenvironment for Mechanistic Investigation of Disease Progression.Kwaghtaver Desongu1, Ifeoluwa Odeniyi, PhD1, Callie Pope, Student1, Peter Peter Abraham, B.Sc1, Grace Hester, B.Sc1, Michael . Greene, PhD1, Elizabeth Lipke1 1Auburn University