Biophysics and Medical Physics I

Presentations

• Mechanical limitation of bacterial sliding motility mediated by growing cell chains

  ORAL · Invited

  Nov. 3, 2022, 8:30 AM – Nov. 3, 2022, 9:00 AM

  Publication: McMahon SG, Melville SB*, and Chen J*, Mechanical limitation of bacterial motility mediated by growing cell chains. (2022) Biophysical Journal 121(12):2461-2473.

  Presenters

  • Jing Chen

    • Virginia Tech

  Authors

  • Jing Chen

    • Virginia Tech

  • Sean G McMahon

    • Virginia Tech

  • Stephen B Melville

    • Virginia Tech

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• Effect of aerogel’s topography and surface roughness on neurite extension in the presence and absence of applied DC bias.

  ORAL

  Nov. 3, 2022, 9:00 AM – Nov. 3, 2022, 9:12 AM

  Publication: [1] M. R. Sala, O. Skalli, and F. Sabri, "Optimal structural and physical properties of aerogels for promoting robust neurite extension in vitro," Biomaterials Advances, vol. 135, p. 112682, 2022, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msec.2022.112682.
  [2] M. Rodriguez Sala, S. Chandrasekaran, O. Skalli, M. Worsley, and F. Sabri, "Enhanced neurite outgrowth on electrically conductive carbon aerogel substrates in the presence of an external electric field," Soft Matter, vol. 17, no. 17, pp. 4489–4495, 2021, doi: 10.1039/D1SM00183C.
  [3] M. R. Sala, O. Skalli, N. Leventis, and F. Sabri, "Nerve response to superelastic shape memory polyurethane aerogels," Polymers (Basel), vol. 12, no. 12, 2020, doi: 10.3390/polym12122995.
  [4] M. Rodriguez Sala, C. Peng, O. Skalli, and F. Sabri, "Tunable neuronal scaffold biomaterials through plasmonic photo-patterning of aerogels," MRS Commun, vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 1249–1255, 2019, doi: 10.1557/mrc.2019.143.
  [5] K. Lynch, O. Skalli, and F. Sabri, "Growing Neural PC-12 Cell on Crosslinked Silica Aerogels Increases Neurite Extension in the Presence of an Electric Field," J Funct Biomater, vol. 9, no. 2, p. 30, Apr. 2018, doi: 10.3390/jfb9020030.
  [6] K. J. Lynch, O. Skalli, and F. Sabri, "Investigation of surface topography and stiffness on adhesion and neurites extension of PC12 cells on crosslinked silica aerogel substrates," PLoS One, vol. 12, no. 10, Oct. 2017, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0185978.
  
  

  Presenters

  • Martina Rodriguez Sala

    • The University of Memphis

  Authors

  • Martina Rodriguez Sala

    • The University of Memphis

  • Firouzeh Sabri

    • University of Memphis

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• Long Term Effects of Annealing Temperature, Storage Condition, and Antioxidants on Oxidative Behavior of Free Radicals in Medical Grade UHMWPE

  ORAL

  Nov. 3, 2022, 9:12 AM – Nov. 3, 2022, 9:24 AM

  Presenters

  • Afsana Sharmin

    • Dept. of Physics and Material Science, The University of Memphis, Memphis TN, USA

  Authors

  • Afsana Sharmin

    • Dept. of Physics and Material Science, The University of Memphis, Memphis TN, USA

  • Ben Walters

    • Dept. of Physics and Material Science, The University of Memphis, Memphis TN, USA

  • Muhammad Jahan

    • Dept. of Physics and Material Science, The University of Memphis, Memphis TN, USA

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• Modelling partitioning and diffusion into polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) for microfluidic devices

  ORAL

  Nov. 3, 2022, 9:24 AM – Nov. 3, 2022, 9:36 AM

  Presenters

  • Nathaniel G Hermann

    • Vanderbilt Univ

  Authors

  • Nathaniel G Hermann

    • Vanderbilt Univ

  • Shane Hutson

    • Vanderbilt Univ

  • Dmitry Markov

    • Vanderbilt University

  • Lisa McCawley

    • Vanderbilt University

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