Conference Agenda

AFM-BASED NANOMECHANICAL BIOMARKERS

A. Stylianou

European University Cyprus / EUC Research Centre, Cyprus

A HYBRID CONTINUUM/DISCRETE MODEL OF A VASCULARIZED ORGANOID EMBEDDED IN A HYDROGEL

A. Carrasco-Mantis, E. Reina-Romo, J. A. Sanz-Herrera

University of Seville, Spain

INCREASED CONTROL OF SPROUTING ANGIOGENESIS THROUGH STIFFNESS PATTERNS: AN IN SILICO STUDY

M. M. Passier¹, K. Bentley², S. Loerakker¹, T. Ristori¹

¹Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands, The; ²Francis Crick Institute, United Kingdom

DISC HEIGHT AND MATERIAL PROPERTY EFFECTS ON THE METABOLIC TRANSPORT IN PATIENT-SPECIFIC INTERVERTEBRAL DISCS

Z. Workineh¹, E. Muñoz-Moya¹, C. R. Wills¹, D. Lialios², J. Noailly¹

¹University of Pompeu Fabra, Spain; ²Barcelona Supercomputing Centre, Spain

INCREASED COMPRESSIVE STIFFNESS IN CELL SPHEROIDS FROM HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY

D. Giannopoulos¹, M. Schlittler², M. De Bortoli², R. Coppini³, E. Cerbai³, P. J. Thurner¹, A. Rossini², O. G. Andriotis¹

¹Institute of Lightweight Design and Structural Biomechanics, TU Wien, Vienna, Austria; ²Eurac Research, Institute for Biomedicine, 39100 Bolzano, Italy; ³Department of Neuroscience, Psychology, Drug Sciences and Child Health (NeuroFarBa), University of Florence, Italy

IPSC-EC MULTI-CELL NETWORKS SYNERGISTICALLY MODIFY THEIR BASAL CONTRACTILITY AND EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX IN 3D

T. M. West, J. Han, G. Peery, R. Tuscher, J. Zoldan, M. S. Sacks

University of Texas at Austin, United States of America

THE POWER OF HYBRID COMPUTATIONAL MODELS TO PREDICT THE BEHAVIOUR OF EPITHELIAL CELL MONOLAYERS DURING INFECTION

R. Aparicio-Yuste^1,2, L. Hundsdorfer², E. Bastounis², M. J. Gómez-Benito¹

¹Multiscale in Mechanical and Biological Engineering (M2BE), University of Zaragoza, Spain; ²Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine, Cluster of Excellence “Controlling Microbes to Fight Infections” (CMFI, EXC 2124), University of Tübingen, Germany

MICROGROOVE SUBSTRATES AS A NOVEL PLATFORM TO STUDY THE MECHANISMS OF DYNAMIC 3D NUCLEAR DEFORMATIONS

C. Leclech¹, B. Roellinger¹, J. Frederick¹, C. Coirault², A. I. Barakat¹

¹LadhyX, Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau; ²Institut de Myologie, INSERM UMRS-974, Paris

A NOVEL APPROACH FOR THE MECHANICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF SINGLE-CELLS THROUGH MICROFLUIDIC DEVICES.

A. Abarca-Ortega^1,2,3, B. González-Bermúdez^1,2,4, C. Castro-Domínguez^1,5, A. Álvarez-López^1,2, G. R. Plaza^1,2,4

¹Center for Biomedical Technology, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain; ²Departamento de Ciencia de Materiales, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain; ³Departamento de Ingeniería Mecánica, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Chile; ⁴Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Spain; ⁵Neuro-Computing and Neuro-Robotics Research Group, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain

INFLUENCE OF MECHANICAL STIMULATION ON EXTRACELLULAR VESICLE PRODUCTION BY MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS

L. Blanchard¹, A. May¹, C. Loubière¹, E. Guedon¹, G. Barreto², N. de Isla², J. Schiavi-Tritz¹

¹University of Lorraine, CNRS, LRGP, F-54000 Nancy, France; ²University of Lorraine, CNRS, IMoPA, F-54000 Nancy, France

MECHANICAL ADAPTATION AND MATRIX PRODUCTION IN HETEROGENEOUS CARTILAGE TISSUE MODELS

M. Boos¹, S. Lamandé^2,3, K. Stok¹

¹Department of Biomedical Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Australia; ²Musculoskeletal Research, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Australia; ³Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne, Australia