Engineered Biopolymers and Living Materials

Presentations

• Biomolecules for non-biological things: Peptide ‘Bundlemer’ design for model colloidal particle creation and interparticle lattice assembly

  ORAL

  March 18, 2025, 3:00 PM – March 18, 2025, 3:12 PM

  Publication: ACS Nano 2024, 18, 37, 25695–25707
  Nature Communications, accepted

  Presenters

  • Darrin John Pochan

    • University of Delaware

  Authors

  • Darrin John Pochan

    • University of Delaware

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• Mechanics of Biomineralized Mycelium Materials

  ORAL

  March 18, 2025, 3:12 PM – March 18, 2025, 3:24 PM

  Presenters

  • Kōnane Bay

    • University of Colorado, Boulder
    • University of Colorado Boulder

  Authors

  • Kōnane Bay

    • University of Colorado, Boulder
    • University of Colorado Boulder

  • Olivia Pear

    • University of Colorado Boulder

  • Alyssa Libonati

    • University of Colorado Boulder

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• Tailoring the Microstructures of Biocoatings using Coagulant Dipping and Wet Sintering by Immersion

  ORAL

  March 18, 2025, 3:24 PM – March 18, 2025, 3:36 PM

  Presenters

  • Alexia Beale

    • University of Surrey

  Authors

  • Alexia Beale

    • University of Surrey

  • Emily Brogden

    • University of Warwick

  • Kathleen Dunbar

    • University of Surrey

  • Richard Sear

    • University of Surrey

  • Stefan Bon

    • University of Warwick

  • Joseph Keddie

    • University of Surrey

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• Biomatter Plastics: Building Sustainable Materials with Biomacromolecules

  ORAL · Invited

  March 18, 2025, 3:36 PM – March 18, 2025, 4:12 PM

  Publication: Iyer, H., Grandgeorge, P., Jimenez, A.M., Campbell, I.R., Parker, M., Holden, M., Venkatesh, M., Nelsen, M., Nguyen, B. and Roumeli, E., 2023. Fabricating strong and stiff bioplastics from whole spirulina cells. Advanced Functional Materials, 33(40), p.2302067.
  
  Campbell, I.R., Dong, Z., Grandgeorge, P., Jimenez, A.M., Rhodes, E.R., Lee, E., Edmundson, S., Subban, C.V., Sprenger, K.G. and Roumeli, E., The Role of Biomolecular Building Blocks on the Cohesion of Biomatter Plastics. Available at SSRN 4734573.
  
  Grandgeorge, P., Campbell, I.R., Nguyen, H., Brain, R., Parker, M., Edmundson, S., Rose, D., Homolke, K., Subban, C. and Roumeli, E., 2024. Adhesion in thermomechanically processed seaweed-lignocellulosic composite materials. MRS Bulletin, pp.1-15.

  Presenters

  • Eleftheria Roumeli

    • University of Washington

  Authors

  • Eleftheria Roumeli

    • University of Washington

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• Isothermal phase separation of protease-responsive elastin-like polypeptides

  ORAL

  March 18, 2025, 4:12 PM – March 18, 2025, 4:24 PM

  Publication: Protease-driven phase separation of elastin-like polypeptides. B. M. Wirtz, A. G. Yun, C. Wick, X. J. Gao, D. J. Mai. Biomacromolecules, 25(8), 4898–4904 (2024).

  Presenters

  • Danielle J Mai

    • Stanford University

  Authors

  • Brendan M Wirtz

    • Stanford University

  • Jesse D Grayson

    • Stanford University

  • Ally G Yun

    • Stanford University

  • Chloe Wick

    • Stanford University

  • Xiaojing J Gao

    • Stanford University

  • Danielle J Mai

    • Stanford University

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• Biomacromolecular engineering via high-throughput experimentation for protein-based materials

  ORAL

  March 18, 2025, 4:24 PM – March 18, 2025, 4:36 PM

  Presenters

  • Melody A Morris

    • University of Massachusetts Amherst

  Authors

  • Melody A Morris

    • University of Massachusetts Amherst

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• The Effects of Lignin Nanoparticle Contents on Microstructure and Properties of Polymers with Different Molecular Weights

  ORAL

  March 18, 2025, 4:36 PM – March 18, 2025, 4:48 PM

  Presenters

  • InJun Lee

    • Seoul Natl Univ

  Authors

  • InJun Lee

    • Seoul Natl Univ

  • So Youn Kim

    • Seoul Natl Univ

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• Oral: Poroelasticity and permeability of fibrin and collagen hydrogels

  ORAL

  March 18, 2025, 4:48 PM – March 18, 2025, 5:00 PM

  Publication: "Poroelasticity and permeability of fibrous polymer networks under compression," submitted to peer-reviewed journal.

  Presenters

  • Jakub A Kochanowski

    • University of Pennsylvania

  Authors

  • Jakub A Kochanowski

    • University of Pennsylvania

  • Paul Mollenkopf

    • University of Pennsylvania

  • Yifei Ren

    • University of Pennsylvania

  • Kyle H Vining

    • University of Pennsylvania

  • Paul A Janmey

    • University of Pennsylvania

  • Prashant Purohit

    • University of Pennsylvania

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• Modeling of Polymer–Porous Nanoparticle Interactions for Improved Tissue Sealant Adhesion

  ORAL

  March 18, 2025, 5:00 PM – March 18, 2025, 5:12 PM

  Presenters

  • Raehyun Jung

    • Chonnam National University

  Authors

  • Raehyun Jung

    • Chonnam National University

  • Vikram Thapar

    • Chonnam Natl Univ

  • Se Eun Kim

    • School of Chemical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Republic of Korea

  • Seulgi Kim

    • School of Chemical engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Republic of Korea

  • YeChan Chang

    • Department of Chemical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Republic of Korea

  • Gi-Ra Yi

    • Department of Chemical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Republic of Korea

  • Jin-Woong Kim

    • School of Chemical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Republic of Korea

  • Su-Mi Hur

    • Chonnam Natl Univ

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• Engineered Core-Shell Nanostructures through Bio-Inspired Self-Assembly

  ORAL

  March 18, 2025, 5:12 PM – March 18, 2025, 5:24 PM

  Presenters

  • Camila Faccini de Lima

    • Indiana University Bloomington

  Authors

  • Camila Faccini de Lima

    • Indiana University Bloomington

  • Vikram Jadhao

    • Indiana University Bloomington

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