Granular Hydrogels and Soft Particle Assemblies

Presentations

• Jam it all in there: an active material made from packed microgels, a protein network, and contractile cells

  Invited-In-person · Invited

  March 16, 2026, 3:30 PM – March 16, 2026, 4:06 PM

  Presenters

  • Thomas Angelini

    • University of Florida

  Authors

  • Thomas Angelini

    • University of Florida

  • Vignesh Subramaniam

    • University of Florida

  • Tia Monjure

  • Chih-Yi Wang

  • Andrea Noy

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• How do growth conditions control the mechanics of biohybrid hydrogels?

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 4:06 PM – March 16, 2026, 4:18 PM

  Presenters

  • Samson Adelani

    • University of Colorado, Boulder

  Authors

  • Samson Adelani

    • University of Colorado, Boulder

  • Morgan Riffe

  • Jason Burdick

  • Kōnane Bay

    • University of Colorado Boulder

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• To Swell or Not to Swell: Intermediate "Swelling Alloy" Phases in Microgel Crystals

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 4:18 PM – March 16, 2026, 4:30 PM

  Presenters

  • Andrew Blake

    • Texas A&M University College Station

  Authors

  • Andrew Blake

    • Texas A&M University College Station

  • Michael Dimitriyev

    • Texas A&M University College Station

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• Reversibility in the oscillatory motion of 2-D granular hydrogel packings

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 4:30 PM – March 16, 2026, 4:42 PM

  Publication: we are currently working on a paper with intention to have it pre-print ready or submitted by the March conference.

  Presenters

  • Sara Hashmi

    • Northeastern University

  Authors

  • Kenneth Liang

  • Arkadeep Paul

  • Sara Hashmi

    • Northeastern University

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• All Cracked Up: How Solvents Stress Out Hydrogels

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 4:42 PM – March 16, 2026, 4:54 PM

  Presenters

  • Haley Shamah

    • Northwestern University

  Authors

  • Haley Shamah

    • Northwestern University

  • Samira Khan

    • Northwestern University

  • Michelle Driscoll

    • Northwestern University

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• Emergent properties from architected active microgel aggregates

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 4:54 PM – March 16, 2026, 5:06 PM

  Presenters

  • Kathy Liu

    • Harvard University

  Authors

  • Kathy Liu

    • Harvard University

  • Joanna Aizenberg

    • Harvard University

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• Structure and Dynamics in Soft Systems on Approach to Jamming

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 5:06 PM – March 16, 2026, 5:18 PM

  Presenters

  • Sylvie Shaya

    • Wellesley College

  Authors

  • Sylvie Shaya

    • Wellesley College

  • Katherine Xiaoxin Wang

  • Julia Dshemuchadse

    • Cornell University

  • Erin Teich

    • Wellesley College

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• PVA Cryo-microgels for rapidly fabricating solid soft tissue phantoms using embedded 3D-Printing

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 5:18 PM – March 16, 2026, 5:30 PM

  Presenters

  • Mujtaba Rafique Ghoto

    • University of Missouri

  Authors

  • Mujtaba Rafique Ghoto

    • University of Missouri

  • Christopher O'Bryan

    • University of Missouri

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• Distinct Chemical Cues Reprogram Cellular and Multicellular Phenotypes in Ovarian Cancer Spheroids

  Oral-In-person · Withdrawn

  March 16, 2026, 5:30 PM – March 16, 2026, 5:42 PM

  Publication: M. Sreepadmanabh, M. Ganesh, J. Langthasa, R. Bhat, and T. Bhattacharjee, " Distinct Chemical Cues Reprogram Cellular and Multicellular Phenotypes in Ovarian Cancer Spheroids." Small (2025): e06120
  https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/smll.202506120

  Presenters

  • Meenakshi Ganesh

    • Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR)

  Authors

  • Meenakshi Ganesh

    • Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR)

  • M Sreepadmanabh

  • Jimpi Langthasa

  • Ramray Bhat

  • Tapomoy Bhattacharjee

    • National Centre For Biological Sciences (TIFR)

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• Simulations and Topological Data Analysis for Characterization of Particle-Stabilized Emulsion Gels

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 5:42 PM – March 16, 2026, 5:54 PM

  Publication: [1] Karthikeyan, N. & Schiller, U. D. Formation of bijels stabilized by magnetic ellipsoidal particles in external magnetic fields. Soft Matter 20, 8952–8967 (2024).
  [2] Karthikeyan, N. & Schiller, U. D. Structural analysis of bijels stabilized by magnetically responsive ellipsoidal particles. Physics of Fluids 37, 083303 (2025).
  [3] Karthikeyan, N. & Schiller, U. D. Structural Response of Bijels Stabilized by Ellipsoidal Magnetic Particles. in Computational Science – ICCS 2025 Workshops (eds Paszynski, M., Barnard, A. S. & Zhang, Y. J.) 237–251 (Springer Nature Switzerland, Cham, 2025).

  Presenters

  • Ulf Schiller

    • University of Delaware

  Authors

  • Nikhil Karthikeyan

    • University of Delaware

  • Ulf Schiller

    • University of Delaware

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