7:30 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.
Breakfast
8:00 a.m. – 8:15 a.m.
Welcome and Introduction
Mary C. Boyce, PhD
Dean, Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science
Columbia University
X. Edward Guo, PhD
Stanley Dicker Professor and Chair, Department of Biomedical Engineering
Columbia University
Session 1
Session Chair: Nandan Nerurkar, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering
Columbia University
8:15 a.m. – 8:40 a.m.
Cell-Matrix Interactions in Fibrosis and Cancer: Multiscale mechano-chemical models
Vivek Shenoy, PhD
Eduardo D. Glandt President's Distinguished Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering
University of Pennsylvania
8:40 a.m. – 9:05 a.m.
The growth and remodeling of the murine cervix during pregnancy
Kristin Myers, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Columbia University
9:05 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
Mechanobiology of macrophages in wound healing
Wendy Liu, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering
University of California at Irvine
9:30 a.m. – 9:55 a.m.
Superheroes of the human microbiota: mechanics of bacterial interactions
Nicolas Biais, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Biology
Brooklyn College CUNY
9:55 a.m. – 10:05 a.m.
Coffee Break
Session 2
Session Chair: Clark Hung, PhD
Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering
Columbia University
10:05 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Mechanogenomics in Health and Disease
GV Shivashankar, PhD
Deputy Director, Mechanobiology Institute
National University of Singapore
10:30 a.m. – 10:55 a.m.
Mechnaobiology of hiPSC cardiomyocytes for cardiac disease modeling
Beth Pruitt, PhD
Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
University of California at Santa Barbara
10:55 a.m. – 11:20 p.m.
Stem Cell and Cancer Cell Mechanobiology and Mechanomedicine
Ning Wang, ScD
Leonard C. and Mary Lou Hoeft Professor, Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
11:20 a.m. – 11:45 p.m.
Optical Imaging for Applications in Cardiac Electrophysiology
Christine Hendon, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering
Columbia University
11:45 p.m. – 12:45 p.m.
Lunch
12:45 p.m. – 12:55 p.m.
Welcome Back Remarks
G. Michael Purdy, PhD
Executive Vice President for Research
Columbia University
Session 3
Session Chair: Barclay Morrison, PhD
Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering
Columbia University
12:55 p.m. – 1:20 p.m.
Osteocyte Ca2+ Response to Mechanical Load: Novel insights and unexpected findings
Mitchell B. Schaffler, PhD
Wallace H. Coulter and Presidential Professor and Chair, Department of Biomedical Engineering
City College CUNY
1:20 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.
Bone and Stress
Gerard Karsenty, MD, PhD
Paul A. Marks Professor and Chair, Department of Genetics and Development
Columbia University
1:45 p.m. – 2:10 p.m.
MechanoMedicine: Therapeutic Targeting of Leaky Ryanodine Receptor Channels
Andrew Marks, MD
Professor and Chair, Department of Physiology and Cellular Biophysics
Columbia University
2:10 p.m. – 2:35 p.m.
Aging, Senescence, and Nuclear Mechanosensing to Protect the Genome
Dennis Discher, PhD
Robert D. Bent Professor, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
University of Pennsylvania
2:35 p.m. - 2:50 p.m.
Coffee Break
Session 4
Session Chair: James Hone, PhD
Wang Fon-Jen Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Columbia University
2:50 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.
Mechanogenetics for the remote control of cellular functions in cancer immunotherapy
Yingxiao (Peter) Wang, PhD
Professor, Department of Bioengineering
University of California at San Diego
3:15 p.m. – 3:40 p.m.
Mechanics for translational applications: from miniaturized soft machines to mobile diagnostics
Samuel Sia, PhD
Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering
Columbia University
3:40 p.m. – 4:05 p.m.
Engineering adaptive immunity through mechanobiology
Lance Kam, PhD
Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering
Columbia University
4:05 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Mechanics of morphogenesis: spatiotemporal control of the forces that shape epithelial tissues
Karen Kasza, PhD
Clare Boothe Luce Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Columbia University
4:30 p.m. – 4:55 p.m.
Engineering mechanically responsive human tissue for medical impact
Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic, PhD
University Professor and Mikati Foundation Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering
Columbia University
4:50 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Closing Remarks
X. Edward Guo, PhD
Stanley Dicker Professor and Chair, Department of Biomedical Engineering
Columbia University
Reception
5:00 p.m. – 5:15 p.m.
Travel
5:15 p.m. – 8:15 p.m.
Reception and Celebration of Christopher R. Jacobs' Life
Arts and Crafts Beer Parlor - Morningside Heights
1135 Amsterdam Avenue (at West 116th Street)