172 Quantitative Approaches to Disease Mechanisms and Therapies II


Description:
This session highlights applying conventional – e.g., reaction and transport phenomena – and emerging – e.g., dynamical systems and statistical mechanics – concepts from (bio)chemical engineering to aid in understanding disease mechanisms and designing therapies. Submissions that integrate experimental work with simulation and that demonstrate a clear connection between engineering fundamentals and disease pathophysiology are particularly encouraged.

Sponsor:
Engineering Fundamentals in Life Science


Chair:
Jennifer Pascal
Assistant Professor in Residence
University of Connecticut
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Storrs, CT
87111
Phone Number: 860-486-3604
Email: jennifer.pascal@uconn.edu

Co-Chair:
Ardemis A. Boghossian
Assistant Professor
Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL)
Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering (ISIC)
77 Mass Ave, Room 66-580
Lausanne
02139
Email: ardemis.boghossian@epfl.ch


Papers:
ERK1/2-Driven Sprouty2 Expression Mediates Resistance to Receptor Tyrosine Kinase-Targeted Therapeutics in Glioblastoma
Evan K. Day, University of Virginia; Matthew J. Lazzara, University of Virginia
Single-Cycle Growth Kinetics of Infection By Zika Virus
Huicheng Shi, University of Wisconsin-Madison; John Yin, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Dynamic Modeling of Pancreatic Cancer Metabolism to Investigate Optimal Therapeutic Strategies
Mahua Roy, University of Southern California; Stacey D. Finley, University of Southern California
Regulation of Amyloidogenesis and Proteolysis in the Beta-Amyloid/Cathepsin B/Cystatin C Network
Tyler Perlenfein, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Jacob Mehlhoff, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Regina M. Murphy, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Receptor Endoyctosis and Cell Memory in Growth Factor Signaling
Purushottam Dixit, Columbia University; Eugenia Lyashenko, Columbia University; Mario Niepel, Harvard University; Dennis Vitkup, Columbia University
Gut Microbiota-Derived Tryptophan Metabolites Modulate Inflammatory Response in Hepatocytes and Macrophages
Smitha Krishnan, Tufts University; Yufang Ding, Texas A&M University; Maria Choi, Tufts University; Nima Saedi, Massachusetts General Hospital; Martin L. Yarmush, MGH/Harvard Medical School; Arul Jayaraman, Texas A&M University; Kyongbum Lee, Tufts University
Integrated Modeling Framework for Signaling, Transcription and Cell Fate and Their Clinical Significance
Alokendra Ghosh, University of Pennsylvania; Ravi Radhakrishnan, University of Pennsylvania
Abstract Submissions Closed
See more of this Group/Topical: Food, Pharmaceutical & Bioengineering Division