IEEE-NANOMED 2018

Invited Sessions

Invited session 1- Integrative studies of image and information processes for the bio/nano engineering and medicine. 4

Session chairs: Koji Sakai, Kyoto Prefectural University School of Medicine, Japan and Jonghoon Choi, Chung-Ang University, Korea. 4

Invited session 2 – Peptides in Nanomedicine and Biomedical Applications. 5

Session chair: Eun Ji Chung, Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California. 5

Invited session 3 – Micro/Nanotechnologies for Diagnostic Biosensing. 6

Session chair: Peter B. Lillehoj, Michigan State University. 6

Invited session 4 – Multidimensional responsive tool in nano/biotechnology. 7

Session chair: Wook Park, Kyunghee University. 7

Invited session 5 Nanoscale Hybrid Composite Materials in Bio/Nano medicine: Design, Assembly and Application. 8

Invited Session Chair: Haewook HAN, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang, Korea and Jin-Woo KIM, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA. 8

Invited session 6 – Micro/Nano Systems for Biomedical Applications. 9

Session chair: Hyungsoon Im, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School 9

Invited session 7 – Microfluidics enabled single-cell studies / Encompassing a wide range of microfluidics-based technologies for single-cell studies. 10

Session chair: Aram Chung, Korea University. 10

Invited session 8 – Nanomaterials for Immunotherapy. 11

Session chair: Luo Gu, Johns Hopkins University. 11

Invited session 9 – Multiplexing imaging at nano- and micron- scale. 12

Session chair:  Yun Chen, Johns Hopkins University. 12

Invited session 10 – Micro/nanofabricated biosensing platforms for point-of-care diagnostics. 13

Session chair:  Jungkyu (Jay) Kim, Texas Tech University. 13

Invited session 11 – Nanomedicine for drug delivery and therapy. 14

Session chair:  Hansang Cho, University of North Carolina at Charlotte. 14

Invited session 12 –  Microfluidic platforms for NanoMed. 15

Session chair: Wonhee Lee, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology. 15

Invited session 13 – Emerging nanomaterials and nanotechnologies for engineering bio-integrated devices and systems. 16

Session chair:  Chi Hwan Lee, Purdue University. 16

Invited session 14A/B – Nanoparticles for Imaging and Therapy B. 17

Session chair:  Sungjee Kim, Dept. of Chemistry, POSTECH, Korea and Seung-Jae Myung, University of Ulsan College of Medicine. 17

Invited session 14B – Nanoparticles for Imaging and Therapy B. 17

Session chair:  Sungjee Kim, Dept. of Chemistry, POSTECH, Korea and Seung-Jae Myung, University of Ulsan College of Medicine. 17

Invited session 15 – Portable or wearable bio-medical sensor systems. 18

Session chair:  Woo Soo Kim, SFU.. 18

Invited session 16 – Cell Biology in Microfluidics. 19

Session chair:  Kin Fong Lei, Chang Gung University, Taiwan. 19

Invited session 17 – Advanced Materials for Translational Medicine. 20

Session chairs: ZHAO, Xin, Department of Biomedical Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University; ZHANG, Yu, Harvard Medical School, Harvard University. 20

Invited session 18 – Nanomaterials for Stimuli-Responsive Biomedical Applications. 21

Session chairs: Chenjie Xu, Nanyang Technological University; Edward Chow, National University of Singapore. 21

Invited session 19 – Nano- and microdevices for bio-object manipulation and sensing. 22

Session chair: Aaron Ohta, University of Hawaii at Manoa. 22

Invited session 20 – Microfluidics for Biomedical Applications. 23

Session chair: Liang Zhao, University of Science and Technology Beijing. 23

Invited session 21 – Micro-engineered Platform for Soft Matters and Cell Research. 24

Session chair: Ting-Hsuan Chen, City University of Hong Kong. 24

Invited session 22 – Micro Nano and Molecular System for Diagnostics and Therapeutics. 25

Session chair: Yi Zhang, Nanyang Technological University. 25

Invited session 23 – Nanomedicine for Drug Delivery and Immunotherapy. 26

Session chair:  Ji Ho Park, KAIST. 26

Invited session 24 – When Physicians Meet Engineers. 27

Session chair:  Chih-Hao Chiu, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital 27

Invited session 25 – Printed sensors and flexible microdevices for biomedical applications. 28

Session chair: Hideaki Tsutsui (University of California, Riverside, USA) 28

Invited session 26 – Micro/nanofabricated biomedical systems for sensing and biomimicry. 29

Session chair:  Jungkyu (Jay) Kim, Texas Tech University and Hong Nam Kim, Korea Institute Science and Technology. 29

Invited session 27 – Functional nanomaterials for 3D bioprinting. 30

Session chair:  Deok-Ho Kim, University of Washington and Nam-Joon Cho, Nanyang Technological University. 30

Invited session 28A Micro/Nanosystems Mechanobiology A. 31

Invited Session Chair: Deok-Ho Kim, Bioengineering, University of Washington. 31

Invited session 28B Micro/Nanosystems Mechanobiology B. 31

Invited Session Chairs: Esak (Isaac) Lee, Biomedical Engineering, Cornell University; Dong-Hwee Kim, KU-KIST Graduate School of Converging Science and Technology, Korea University. 31

 

 

 

Invited session 1- Integrative studies of image and information processes for the bio/nano engineering and medicine

Session chairs: Koji Sakai, Kyoto Prefectural University School of Medicine, Japan and Jonghoon Choi, Chung-Ang University, Korea

 

Invited Speakers:

Ichio Aoki, National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology, Chiba, Japan.

Functional and Theranostic Nano-Contrast Agents for MRI

 

Amnon Bar-Shir, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel

Nanofluorides as nano-sized tracers for in vivo 19F-magnetic resonance imaging

 

Masayuki Fukuzawa, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Kyoto, Japan

Image and data processing for liposome-based expendable bio-sensing system, Masayuki

 

Jonghoon Choi, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Korea

Oxygen nanobubbles for the reverse of hypoxia and delivery of therapeutic molecules with ultrasound imaging modalities 

 

Koji Sakai, Kyoto Prefectural University School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan

Radio-X-omics: Multidisciplinary collaboration on radiology 

 

 

 

Invited session 2 – Peptides in Nanomedicine and Biomedical Applications

Session chair: Eun Ji Chung, Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California

 

Invited Speakers:

Lorraine Leon, Assistant Professor

University of Central Florida, Materials Science and Engineering

Electrostatically Driven Peptide Based Materials in Nanomedicine

 

Andrew MacKay, Associate Professor

University of Southern California, Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences

Design of Thermally-Responsive Proteins to Control Cellular Uptake and Signaling

 

Jian Yang, Professor

Penn State University, Biomedical Engineering

Multimodal Imaging Enabled Citrate Biomaterials and Their Applications

 

He Dong, Associate Professor

University of Texas, Arlington, Chemistry and Biochemistry

Fabrication of Cytocompatible Antimicrobial Nanofibers via Peptide Self-assembly

 

Greg Hudalla, Assistant Professor

University of Florida, Biomedical Engineering

Adapting peptide assembly to integrate proteins and carbohydrates into supramolecular biomaterials

 

 

 

Invited session 3 – Micro/Nanotechnologies for Diagnostic Biosensing

Session chair: Peter B. Lillehoj, Michigan State University

 

Invited Speakers:

Seokheun “Sean” Choi, State University of New York, Binghamton

Powering point-of-care diagnostic devices with disposable biobatteries

 

Tim Yeh, University of Texas, Austin

Assessing metastatic potential of breast cancer cells based on EGFR dynamics,

 

Megan Y. P. Ho, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Diagnosis of Malaria in Saliva via a New Biomarker: the Activity of Topoisomerase I

 

Sung-Yong Park, National University of Singapore

Lab on a Smartphone (LOS): A low-cost portable platform for light-driven biological sample preparation and on-chip microscopic detection

 

Wen Li, Michigan State University

Wearable, wireless strain sensors for real-time intraocular pressure monitoring

Invited session 4 – Multidimensional responsive tool in nano/biotechnology

Session chair: Wook Park, Kyunghee University

 

Invited Speakers:

HaeLin Jang, Medicine at Harvard Medical School, United states of America

Engineering tissue interfaces by nanobiomaterials and microfluidic bioprinting

 

Prof. Daeshik Kang, Ajou University, Korea

Ultrasensitive mechanical crack-based sensor inspired by the spider sensory system

 

Francesca Santoro, Center for Advanced Biomaterials for Healthcare (CABHC), Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Italy

Characterization of the cell-device interface at the nanoscale

 

Jiyun Kim Ulsan, National Institute of Science and Technology, Korea

“Programable soft matter with magnetic nanoparticle assembly for biological application”

 

Kyongok Kang Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH, Germany

“Protein-diffusion & aggregation kinetics in low electric-field frequency modulations”

 

 

 

 

 

Invited session 5 Nanoscale Hybrid Composite Materials in Bio/Nano medicine: Design, Assembly and Application

Invited Session Chair: Haewook HAN, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang, Korea and Jin-Woo KIM, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA

 

Russell Deaton, University of Memphis, USA

Jangho KIM, Chonnam National University, Korea

Ki-Taek LIM, Kangwon National University, Korea

Haewook HAN, POSTECH, Korea

Jin-Woo KIM, University of Arkansas, USA

 

 

Invited session 6 – Micro/Nano Systems for Biomedical Applications

Session chair: Hyungsoon Im, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School

 

Invited Speakers:

Cesar M. Castro, MD, Center for Systems Biology, Cancer Center, Massachusetts General Hospital

Digital diffraction diagnostics for point-of-care cancer detection,

 

Sangmoo Jeong, PhD Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Real-time quantitative analysis of metabolic flux in live cells using a hyperpolarized micromagnetic resonance spectrometer,

 

Nate Cira, PhD, Rowland Institute at Harvard

Elastomeric focusing enables portable microfluidic valves,

 

Hyungsoon Im, PhD, Massachusetts General Hospital

Nanoplasmonic exosome (nPLEX) analysis for cancer diagnosis

 

Huilin Shao, PhD, National University of Singapore

TBD

 

 

 

 

Invited session 7 – Microfluidics enabled single-cell studies / Encompassing a wide range of microfluidics-based technologies for single-cell studies

Session chair: Aram Chung, Korea University

 

Invited Speakers:

Professor Ye Ai

Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore

Biophysical phenotyping for high-throughput and label-free single cell analysis

 

Professor Levent Yobas

Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong

Robust Biochips for Dielectrophoretic Sorting and Mechanical Poration of Cells

 

Sung Yong Choi at Kyung Hee University, Korea

Affordance microfluidics, redesigning microfluidics with intuitive user experiences

 

Dr. Seung-min Park, Stanford University, USA

A Novel Workflow for Circulating Tumor Cells Analysis

 

Professor Aram Chung, Korea University, Korea

Intracellular delivery from inertial microfluidics

 

 

 

Invited session 8 – Nanomaterials for Immunotherapy

Session chair: Luo Gu, Johns Hopkins University

 

Invited Speakers:

  1. Jonathan Schneck, Johns Hopkins,jschnec1@jhmi.edu

Talk title: TBD

 

  1. Darrell Irvine, MIT,djirvine@mit.edu

Talk title: “Roles for nanomaterials in cancer immunotherapy”

 

  1. Omar Ali, Wyss Institute,dr.omar.a.ali@gmail.com

Talk title: “Macroporous scaffolds for Cancer Vaccination: from concept to clinical testing”

 

  1. Jaeyun Kim, Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU),kimjaeyun@skku.edu

Talk title: “Mesoporous silica as a versatile tool for cancer vaccine”

 

 

 

 

 

Invited session 9 – Multiplexing imaging at nano- and micron- scale

Session chair:  Yun Chen, Johns Hopkins University

 

Invited Speakers:

Richard Superfime, University of North Carolina

Mechanobiology in 3D: Combined Light Sheet Microscopy/AFM for insights into Phagocytosis and Cell Nuclear mechanics

 

Yun Chen, Johns Hopkins University

Versatile and High-throughput Microfluidics Platform for Dorsal Cell Mechanics

 

Sergey Plotnikov, University of Toronto

Motility, Mechanics and Microscopes: Local activation of calcium signaling at focal adhesions mediates cell mechanosensing and migration

 

Ryan Petrie, Drexel University

Myosin II governs intracellular pressure and traction by distinct tropomyosin-dependent mechanisms

 

Lara Gamble, University of Washington

Characterization of Biologically Related Systems with Imaging TOF-SIMS and Complementary Techniques

 

 

 

Invited session 10 – Micro/nanofabricated biosensing platforms for point-of-care diagnostics

Session chair:  Jungkyu (Jay) Kim, Texas Tech University

Invited Speakers:

Seunghyun Kim, Baylor University

An optical cavity-based biosensor for point-of-care (POC) diagnostics

 

Tae sung Kim, UNIST

Rapid and Dynamic Switching of diffusiophoresis for Particle Manipulation on a Chip

 

Dong Yun Lee, Hanyang University

Colorimetric contact lens biosensor for tear glucose detection

 

Jesse Ault, Oak Ridge National Lab

Bioseparation in microflows by diffusiophoresis

 

Jungkyu (Jay) Kim, Texas Tech University

A capillary-driven microfluidics for integrated biosensing platforms

 

 

 

 

Invited session 11 – Nanomedicine for drug delivery and therapy

Session chair:  Hansang Cho, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

 

Invited Speakers:

Hansang Cho, Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Science, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

3D Human Brain models and Nanoplatforms for Prognostics and Therapeutics of Neurological Disorders

 

Hye Young Lee, Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

Nanoparticle delivery of CRISPR into the brain rescues behavioral phenotypes of a mouse model of fragile X syndrome

 

Young Kim, Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University

Silk is a therapeutic metamaterial

 

 

 

 

Invited session 12 –  Microfluidic platforms for NanoMed

Session chair: Wonhee Lee, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

 

Invited Speakers:

SJ Claire Hur, schur@jhu.edu, Johns Hopkins

Vortex-integrated Bioeditor for personalized therapy

 

Jong Wook Hong, Department of Bionano Engineering, Hanyang University

New Tools and New Exosome Biology for Nanomedicine

 

Wonhee Lee, Graduate School of Nanoscience and Technology, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

Chip calorimeters for cellular metabolic rate measurements and cell-based assay

 

Jessie Sungyun Jeon, KAIST

Investigation of cancer cell metastasis in microfluidic system,

 

 

 

Invited session 13 – Emerging nanomaterials and nanotechnologies for engineering bio-integrated devices and systems

Session chair:  Chi Hwan Lee, Purdue University

 

Invited Speakers:

Prof. Bozhi Tian Department of Chemistry, University of Chicago; email: btian@uchicago.edu;

Rational design of silicon-based materials for non-genetic optical neuromodulation

 

Prof. Sangyong Jon, Department of Biological Science, KAIST,

Bio-inspired theranostic nanomedicine for cancer and inflammatory diseases

 

Prof. Dong Rip Kim, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Hanyang University

Fabricating bio-responsive devices for effective biochemical reaction

 

Prof. Hui Fang, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering and Bioengineering, Northeastern University

Scalable, Functional Nanomeshes for Next Generation, Transparent and Stretchable Bioelectronics

 

Prof. Sei Kwang Hahn, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, POSTECH

Smart Contact Lens for Theranostic Application

 

 

 

Invited session 14A/B – Nanoparticles for Imaging and Therapy B

Session chair:  Sungjee Kim, Dept. of Chemistry, POSTECH, Korea and Seung-Jae Myung, University of Ulsan College of Medicine

Invited speakers:

Young-wook Jun, UCSF School of Medicine, California, USA

Mechanogenetics to interrogate operating principles of biomolecular machines in cells

 

Seung-Jae Myung, Department of Gastroenterology, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Korea

Molecular Imaging Endoscopy using Nanomaterials for the Early Detection of Colon Tumors

 

Ki Hean Kim, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, POSTECH, Korea

High-resolution optical tissue imaging for biology and medicine

 

In Su Lee, Dept. of Chemistry, POSTECH, Korea

Liver-specific MRI Contrast Agents Based on Mn2+-Containing Nanoparticles

 

Sungjee Kim, Dept. of Chemistry, POSTECH, Korea

Quantum Dot Conjugates for Imaging Applications

 

Invited session 14B – Nanoparticles for Imaging and Therapy B

Session chair:  Sungjee Kim, Dept. of Chemistry, POSTECH, Korea and Seung-Jae Myung, University of Ulsan College of Medicine

 

Euiheon Chung, Dept. Biomedical Science & Engineering, GIST, Korea

In vivo oncophotonics with endoscopic approaches for translational medicine

Woosung Kwon, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Sookmyung Women’s University, Korea

Biocompatible carbon nanoparticles for diagnostics and therapeutics

 

Jung Soo Suk, Johns Hopkins University

Human Ferritin Nanocage for Cancer Therapeutic Delivery

 

Zong-Hong Lin, National Tsing Hua University

Self-Powered Healthcare Sensing System for Humidity, Sweat, and Gait Phase Detection

 

Jae-Hyun Lee, Yonsei University.

Seamless Nano-Biointerface and Highly Localized Stimulation of Neuronal Cells

 

 

Invited session 15 – Portable or wearable bio-medical sensor systems

Session chair:  Woo Soo Kim, SFU

 

Invited speakers

Jeong-Yun Sun, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Seoul National University (Invited)

Stretchable Ionics – A promising candidate for oncoming wearable devices

 

Hyun-Joong Chung], Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Alberta (Invited)

Hydrogels and e-Textiles in Wearable Healthcare and Energy Device Applications

 

Ui Hyun Jung; Srinivas Gandla; Naqi Siddiqi; Hyeok Ju Chae; SunJu Kang; Sunkook Kim, School of Advanced Materials Science & Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU) (Invited)

Wearable Mobile Healthcare Emergency Sensor

 

Youngdo Jeong, Biomedical Research Institute, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (Invited)

Nanoparticle Building-blocks for Bio-functional Structures and Biosensors

 

Woo Soo Kim, School of Mechatronic Systems Engineering, Simon Fraser University (Invited)

3D-printed Portable Sensor Systems

 

 

 

 

Invited session 16 – Cell Biology in Microfluidics

Session chair:  Kin Fong Lei, Chang Gung University, Taiwan

 

Invited speakers

Mandy Hei Man Leung and Amy Shen, Micro/Bio/Nanofluidics Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, Japan

Microfluidic Synthesis of Polymer Nanoparticles for the Delivery of Curcumin

 

Pin-Chuan Chen, Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan

Novel Fabrication of Nonplannr Microfluidic Chip toward Artificial Organ

 

Li Ren, Associate Professor, Key Laboratory for Space Bioscience & Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, China

Microfluidic Models of Bone Disease

 

Jeffrey Da-Jeng Yao, Professor, Department of Power Mechanical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan

EWOD on IVF and Embryo Diagnostic

 

Kin Fong Lei, Associate Professor, Graduate Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Chang Gung University, Taiwan

Proliferation of Tumor Spheroids Inhibited by Alternating Electric Field

 

 

 

 

Invited session 17 – Advanced Materials for Translational Medicine

Session chairs: ZHAO, Xin, Department of Biomedical Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University; ZHANG, Yu, Harvard Medical School, Harvard University

 

Invited speakers

Xin Zhao, Department of Biomedical Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Photocrosslinkable Gelatin for Regenerative Medicine: Manipulating Interactions between Cells, Drugs and Scaffolds,

 

Xiaohui Zhang, School of Life Science and Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong University

Silk-Based Biomaterials for Cardiovascular Tissue Engineering,

 

Jiankang He, School of Mechanical Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University

Multiscale Additive Manufacturing for Biomedical Applications

 

Guoqing Pan, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jiangsu University

Smart Synthetic Biointerfaces: From Reversible Chemical Interactions to Dynamic Biological Effects

 

Yu Shrike Zhang, Harvard Medical School, Harvard University

Microphysiological Systems for Emulating Human Tissues and Diseases

 

 

 

Invited session 18 – Nanomaterials for Stimuli-Responsive Biomedical Applications

Session chairs: Chenjie Xu, Nanyang Technological University; Edward Chow, National University of Singapore

Invited speakers

Prof. Yu Gao, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications

Controlled nanoparticle release from stable magenetic microbubble oscillations

 

Prof. Chester Lee Drum, National University of Singapore

Biocompatible Nanoparticles for Cellular Delivery of Macromolecules

 

Prof. Kui Luo, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, China

Stimuli-Responsive Dendritic Polymer-Drug Conjugates as Nanomedicines

 

Prof. Yanglong Hou, Peking University Beijing 100871, CHINA

Stimuli-regulated Cancer Theranostics Based on Multifunctional Nanoparticles

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Invited session 19 – Nano- and microdevices for bio-object manipulation and sensing

Session chair: Aaron Ohta, University of Hawaii at Manoa

 

Invited Speakers:

Sangwoo Shin, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA

Targeted delivery and release of lipid-encapsulated molecules in deep pores using chemical gradients

 

Yong Lin Kong, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Utah, USA

Additive Manufacturing of Nanomaterials-based Biomedical Devices

 

Daniel Jenkins, Department of Molecular Biosciences & Bioengineering, University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA
Portable molecular diagnostics tools for under-resourced settings

 

Jeff Weldon, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA

An Ultrasonic Sensor System for Early Detection of Loosening in Orthopedic Implants

 

Zhidong Wang, Department of Advanced Robotics, Chiba Institute of Technology, Japan

Robust control of optically controlled bubble microrobots

 

 

 

Invited session 20 – Microfluidics for Biomedical Applications

Session chair: Liang Zhao, University of Science and Technology Beijing

 

Invited Speakers:

 

Prof. Peng Fei, School of Optical and Electronic Information

Huazhong University of Science and Technology

A light-sheet illumination based microfluidic method for high-throughput cell culture and in situ 3-D imaging

 

Prof. Yongfan Men, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology

Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518055, China

Droplet Digital PCR Reaction Enabled by Microfluidic Printing

 

Prof. Liang Zhao, School of Chemistry and Biological Engineering

University of Science and Technology Beijing

Title: 3D printed microfluidic device for deciphering tumor microenvironment and 3D tumor culturing

 

Prof. Yi Zhang, School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Title: Beyond Conventional Medicine with Micro/Nano Technology

Invited session 21 – Micro-engineered Platform for Soft Matters and Cell Research

Session chair: Ting-Hsuan Chen, City University of Hong Kong

Invited Speakers:

Jiandong Ding, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Department of Macromolecular Science

Fudan University, China

Surface patterning on hydrogels for cell research

 

Deok-Ho Kim, Department of Bioengineering

University of Washington, USA

Structural and Functional Maturation of Human iPSC-derived Cardiomyocytes Using Biomimetic Matrices

 

Chia-Hung Chen, Department of Biomedical Engineering

National University of Singapore, Singapore

Ultrafast Single-Cell Level Enzymatic Tumor Profiling

 

Cheng-han Yu, School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine

University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Nano-patterned RGD-membranes Control Adhesion Transformation and Integrin Signaling

 

Kannie Wai Yan Chan, Department of Biomedical Engineering

City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

MR-guided drug delivery in brain cancer

 

Barbara Pui Chan, Department of Mechanical Engineering

The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

A Platform Technology on Multiphoton Biofabrication of Protein Microstructures and Micropatterns with Sub-Micron Features

 

 

 

 

 

 

Invited session 22 – Micro Nano and Molecular System for Diagnostics and Therapeutics

Session chair: Yi Zhang, Nanyang Technological University

Invited Speakers:

Prof. Namjoon Cho, School of Material Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Title: Nanoplasmonic Sensor Technologies for Virus Detection and Analysis

 

Dr. Yugen Zhang, Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, Singapore

Title: Nanostructured Antimicrobial Technology

 

Dr. Jamie Mong, Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, Singapore

Title: Single-Cell RNA and Mutation Analysis in Circulating Cells of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Patients

 

Prof. Dehui Wan, Biomedical Engineering and Frontier Research Center on Fundamental and Applied Science of Matters, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan

Title: Cost-effective Plasmonic Sensors for Food, Environmental and Biomedical Applications

 

Prof. Kanyi Pu, School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Title: Semiconducting Polymer Nanoparticles for Biological Activation

 

 

 

Invited session 23 – Nanomedicine for Drug Delivery and Immunotherapy

Session chair:  Ji Ho Park, KAIST

 

Invited speakers

Dong-Hyun Kim, Department of Radiology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, USA

Image Guided Cancer Nano-Immunotherapy in Interventional Radiology

 

Yeu-Chun Kim, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, KAIST, Daejeon, Korea

Biomedical Application of Polypeptide for Cancer Therapy

 

Yoon Sung Nam, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, KAIST, Daejeon, Korea

Efficient In vivo Phage Therapy via Immunological Cloaking

 

Dongyun Lee, Departments of Bioengineering, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea

Oral Delivery of Macromolecules Using Lactoferrin-Based Platform Technology

 

Yongkyu Lee, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Korea National University of Transportation, Chungju, Korea

Oral Therapeutic Agents Delivery Using Transport System

Invited session 24 – When Physicians Meet Engineers

Session chair:  Chih-Hao Chiu, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital

Invited speakers

Chih-Hao Chiu, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan and Bone and Joint Research Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou, Taiwan

The Development of Personalized Best-fit Stimulation Screening Platform Facilitating Tenocytes Proliferation

 

Chia-Wei Lin, Attending physician, Orthopedic department of Taichung Tzu Chi Hospital and Cofounder, De Novo Orthopaedics Inc.

A novel implantable sensor for perioperative monitoring of rotator cuff repair surgeries

 

Chien-Hung Liao, Department of trauma and emergency surgery. Chang Gung Memorial hospital

Biodesign in surgical field – unmet need definition and application.

 

Kai-Jie Yu, Department of Urology. Chang Gung Memorial hospital

How to make Robot smarter and surgery safer? Incorporate AI to complicated surgeries in the future.

 

Yi-Hsun Yu, Biomaterial lab, School of Mechanical engineering, Chang Gung University and Department of orthopedic surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital

Back to laboratory: Novel applications of biomaterials in Orthopedics

 

 

 

 

Invited session 25 – Printed sensors and flexible microdevices for biomedical applications

Session chair: Hideaki Tsutsui (University of California, Riverside, USA)

 

Invited Speakers:

Zhugen Yang, School of Engineering, University of Glasgow

Point-of-use sensors for rapid medical diagnosis and environmental health

 

Waseem Asghar, Department of Computer & Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Florida Atlantic University

Selection of highly specific antibodies for Zika virus detection on flexible impedance sensor

 

Chi Hwan Lee, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University

Transfer-printed biosensors for wearable biomedical applications

 

Peter Lillehoj, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Michigan State University

Wearable biosensors for wound diagnosis and monitoring

 

Hideaki Tsutsui, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Riverside

Flow control tools for paper-based microfluidic devices

 

 

 

 

 

Invited session 26 – Micro/nanofabricated biomedical systems for sensing and biomimicry

Session chair:  Jungkyu (Jay) Kim, Texas Tech University and Hong Nam Kim, Korea Institute Science and Technology

 

Invited Speakers:

Hong Nam Kim, Korea Institute of Science and Technology

A biomimetic blood-brain barrier model for studying drug delivery into the brain tissue

 

Jong Hwan Sung, Hongik University

Body-on-a-chip systems for disease models

 

Sean Sun, Johns Hopkins University

Microfluidic investigation of trans-epithelial fluidic pumping and the mechanical basis of polycystic kidney disease

 

Jungkyu (Jay) Kim, Texas Tech University

A microengineered human cornea-on-a-chip

 

 

 

 

 

Invited session 27 – Functional nanomaterials for 3D bioprinting

 

Session chair:  Deok-Ho Kim, University of Washington and Nam-Joon Cho, Nanyang Technological University

Nam-Joon Cho, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

High-performance 3D printing of synthetic and biological polymer hydrogels

 

Alshakim Nelson, University of Washington

Synthetic Hydrogel Inks for Direct-Write 3D Printing

 

Sung Hoon Kang, Johns Hopkins University

Bioinspired “growing” cardiovascular implant devices by 3D printing

 

Jae Young Lee, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)

Remote transdermal hydrogel formation and cell delivery using electromagnetically responsive nanomaterials

 

Se-jun Lee and Dr. Lijie Grace Zhang, The George Washington University

Integrating Advanced 3D Bioprinting and Nanotechnology for Neural Engineering

 

 

 

 

Invited session 28A Micro/Nanosystems Mechanobiology A

Invited Session Chair: Deok-Ho Kim, Bioengineering, University of Washington

 

Chwee Teck Lim, Mechanobiology Institute, Biomedical Institute for Global Health Research and Technology, National University of Singapore

Mechanobiology of cell collectives on 2- and 3-D substrata

 

Jennifer H. Shin, Mechanical Engineering, KAIST (Invited)

Visualization of motions and forces in cellular collectives

 

Yubing Sun, Mechanical Engineering and Chemical Engineering, University of Massachusetts Amherst (Invited)

Autonomous alignment of mesenchymal cells mediated by cell-cell and cell-matrix interactions

 

JinSeok Park, Biomedical Engineering and Yale Systems Biology Institute, Yale University (Invited)

Topotaxis: a new mechanism of directed cell migration in topographic gradients of extracellular matrix

 

Invited session 28B Micro/Nanosystems Mechanobiology B

Invited Session Chairs: Esak (Isaac) Lee, Biomedical Engineering, Cornell University; Dong-Hwee Kim, KU-KIST Graduate School of Converging Science and Technology, Korea University

 

Thomas Gaborski, Biomedical Engineering, Rochester Institute of Technology (Invited)

Engineering porous membranes to optimize in vitro cellular barrier models

 

Dong-Hwee Kim, KU-KIST Graduate School of Converging Science and Technology, Korea University (Invited)

Mechanobiological approach into the subcellular nuclear mechanics

 

Princess I. Imoukhuede, Biomedical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis (Invited)

Probing cross-family signaling

 

Esak (Isaac) Lee, Biomedical Engineering, Cornell University (Invited)

Microphysiological systems for studying lymphatic biology

 

Ken-ichiro Kamei, Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (WPI-iCeMS), Kyoto University (Invited)

Transplantable nano cellular matrices for scaled-up culture of human ES/iPS cells