The Effects of Over-the-Counter Phytoestrogens on Breast Cancer Cells: Black Cohosh Tracy Sinkewicz, Theresa Renna Advisors: Jill Rulfs, Mike Buckholt The Effects of Over-the-Counter Phytoestrogens on Breast Cancer Cells: Red Clover Nirali Parekh, Taylor Manning Advisors: Jill Rulfs, Mike Buckholt The Effects of Over-the-Counter Phytoestrogens on Breast Cancer Cells: Grape Seed Stephanie Lesage, Elena Musteata Advisors: Jill Rulfs, Mike Buckholt
Biomedical Engineering SESSION 1, 9:00am to Noon Salisbury Labs, Room 104
9:10am Designing a Fibrin Scaffold for Lung Resident Mesenchymal Stem Cell Therapy in Emphysema Patients Lauren McCarthy, Alyssa Tsiros, Kara Negrini Advisors: Glenn Gaudette, Andrew Hoffman (Tufts), David Adams (BBT)
9:30am Optimizing the MOLLE for the Female Soldier Marlisa Cardoso, Rachael Matty, Amy Babeu, Erin LaRoche Advisor: Karen Troy
9:50am Canine Stifle Stabilization System for the Circular Tibial Tuberosity Advancement (cTTA) Procedure Katie Wright, Katherine Newell, Olivia Durand Advisors: Glenn Gaudette; Andrew Kazanovicz, David Anderson, Olivia Doane (Securos)
10:10am Cell Seeding on Bioscaffolds Timothy Erlandson, Tatiana Vitorino Prata, Matthew Gagnon, Sean Kelly Advisor: Glenn Gaudette
10:45am Upconversion Nanoparticles in Photodynamic Therapy Hyungseok Lee, Mahmoud El-Rifai, Amira Tokatli-Apollon Advisors: Marsha Rolle, Gang Han (UMMS)
4
11:05am Device for Evaluating the Contraction of Cardiac Cell-Seeded Fibers John Krill, Juliana Fekete, Timothy O’Neil, Cameron Mills Advisor: Glenn Gaudette
11:25am Bone Loading in the Upper Extremities (B.L.U.E.) Maximilian Ardini, Amirhossein Farvardin, Charity Reed Advisor: Karen Troy SESSION II: 9:00 to Noon Salisbury Labs, Room 105
9:10am 3D Hydrogel System with Continuous Stiffness Gradient Claire Hambright, Lindsay Hock, Melanie Wiater, Christopher Gorgone Advisors: Sakthi Ambady, Qi Wen (PH)
9:30am Design of Ergonomic Tissue Forceps Luke Bogdanovich, Andrew Cayer, Jacob Aschettino, Timothy Granger Advisors: Kristen Billiar, Raymond Dunn (UMMS)
9:50am Fabrication of Hydrogel with Controllable Heterogeneity in Stiffness Amanda Ryan, Olivia Hart, Kathleen Hodge, Margaret McDonough Advisors: Sakthi Ambady, Qi Wen (PH)
10:10am Design of a Three Dimensional Scaffold to Grow Cartilaginous Thick Tissue Jeremy Kibby, Samuel Eisenberg, Andrew Leverone, Tara Meinck (ME) Advisors: Domhnull Granquist-Fraser, Sakthi Ambady, Gregory Fischer (ME)
10:45am A System for Dynamic Modulation of CellGenerated Tension in 3D Biopolymer Gels Emily Lurier, Megan Dempsey, Elisabeth Boulanger, Tara Jarobski Advisor: Kristen Billiar