June 20, 2019
At the end of June, the University of California, Merced's School of Engineering will host the 20th Annual UC Systemwide Bioengineering Symposium. Many faculty and students from the NSF-CREST Center for Cellular and Biomolecular Machines will participate in many parts of the event - for the full schedule, please visit here: Official 2019 Symposium Schedule
THURSDAY, JUNE 27
12:00 p.m. – 12:20 p.m. Welcome Remarks
COB1 102
ARIEL ESCOBAR, PHD, UC MERCED
PROFESSOR AND CHAIR, DEPARTMENT OF BIOENGINEERING
1:15 p.m. – 2:35 p.m. Concurrent Oral Sessions I(Computational Bioengineering)
COB2, 110
VICTOR MUÑOZ, PHD, UC MERCED
PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT BIOENGINEERING
JOSE ZAMORA, UC MERCED
STOCHASTIC SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL POPULATION-BASED MODEL FOR THE CO-EMERGENCE OF VASCULAR PATTERNS
VICTOR MUÑOZ, UC MERCED
TRANSCRIPTION ANTENNAE: A NOVEL MOLECULARMECHANISM FOR GENE TRACKING AND CONTROL BY EUKARYOTIC TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS
1:15 p.m. – 2:35 p.m. Concurrent Oral Session I (Biomaterials and Drug Delivery I)
COB2, 130
ANAND SUBRAMANIAM, PHD, UC MERCED
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF BIOENGINEERING
ALEXANDER LI, UC MERCED
TEMPORALLY DECOUPLED GROWTH AND LOADING OF A PROTEIN CARGO INTO POLYMERSOMES USING CELLULOSEPAPER
2:40 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Concurrent Oral Session II (Molecular and Cellular Engineering I)
COB2, 130
EVA DE ALBA, PHD, UC MERCED
ACTING ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF BIOENGINEERING
ACTING ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF BIOENGINEERING
FRIDAY, JUNE 28
4:30 p.m. – 5:40 p.m.
Rapid-Fire Poster Presentations I
COB2, 392
CHRISTIAN BURNS, UC MERCED
IN VIVO THYMUS IMAGING AND HEMODYNAMICS IN MIC
NEGAR TEHRANI, UC MERCED
NEW APPROACHES TO STUDY THYMIC SEEDING ®ENERATION
BASHARAT JAHAN, UC MERCED
DIFFERENTIATION AND EXPANSION OF ENDOTHELIAL CELLS:DIFFERENCES AND CONSISTENCIES ACROSS MULTIPLE HUMAN PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL LINES
1:20 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Rapid-Fire Poster Presentations II
COB2, 392
DENIZ AKPINAROGLU, UC MERCED
EMERGENT DYNAMICS OF ELASTIC FILAMENTS ANIMATED BY DIRECTIONAL MOTOR INDUCED FORCES STUDIED USING BROWNIAN DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS
PARVEEN KUMAR, UC MERCED
SINGLE AND MULTI-PARTICLE TRACKING TO STUDY TRANSPORT PROPERTIES AND VISCOELASTICITY OF BIOPOLYMER SOLUTIONS
3:40 p.m. – 4:55 p.m.
Concurrent Oral Session IV (In vivo ex vivo microscopy)
COB 102
JOEL SPENCER, PHD, UC MERCED
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF BIOENGINEERING, UC MERCED
ARIEL ESCOBAR, UC MERCED
THERMODYNAMICS OF INTRACELLULAR CA2+ DYNAMICS ASSESSED BY FLUORESCENCE LOCAL FIELD OPTICAL MAPPING(FLOM) REVEALS MOLECULAR MECHANISMS OF CA2+ ALTERNANS GENESIS
5:00 p.m. – 6:20 p.m.
Concurrent Oral Session V (Molecular and Cellular Engineering II)
Lakireddy Auditorium, COB 102
ARVIND GOPINATH, PhD, UC MERCED
Assistant Professor, Department of Bioengineering
Assistant Professor, Department of Bioengineering
SUNDAY, JUNE 29
8:40 a.m. – 9:40 a.m.
Rapid-Fire Poster Presentations III
COB2, 392
FERESHTEH MEMARIAN, UC MERCED
BUCKLING AND COLLECTIVE MOTION OF MICROTUBULES DRIVEN BY MOTOR ACTIVITY
1:15 p.m.– 2:30 p.m.
Concurrent Oral Session VI (Biomedical Imaging II)
COB2, 110
ARIEL ESCOBAR, PHD, UC MERCED
PROFESSOR AND CHAIR, DEPARTMENT OF BIOENGINEERING
1:15 p.m.– 2:30 p.m.
Concurrent Oral Session VI (Biomaterials and Drug Delivery II)
COB2, 130
WEI-CHUN CHIN, PHD, UC MERCED
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF BIOENGINEERING
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF BIOENGINEERING
4:35 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Student Awards and Closing Remarks
Lakireddy Auditorium, COB 102
ARIEL ESCOBAR, PHD, UC MERCED
PROFESSOR AND CHAIR, DEPARTMENT OF BIOENGINEERING
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