Institute for Biology, Engineering and Medicine (I-BEAM)

BMES 2020 - Virtual Meeting October 14-17

The annual Biomedical Engineering Society meeting is being held virtually this year, but exciting research was still presented by Brown students and faculty.

On Demand Presentations and Posters

Anidulafungin Nanoparticles Exhibit Antifungal Activity Against Planktonic and Biofilm Candida albicans
Anita Shukla, Noel Vera-Gonzalez, Christina Bailey-Hytholt, Luc Langlois, Felipe de Camargo Ribeiro, Evelyn Luzia deSouza Santos, and Juliana Campos Junqueira

Engineered Micro/Nano Topographies for Programming Cellular Mechanophenotypes
Ian Wong

Immuno-Modulatory Role of Mechanical Stimulation in Aged Skeletal Muscle Regeneration
Stephanie McNamara, Bo Ri Seo, Christopher Payne, Herman Vandenburgh, Conor Walsh, and David Mooney

Alginate Biomaterials for Immunomodulatory and Angiogenic Intervention in Ischemic Tissues
Fabiola Munarin, Nora Bloise, Isobel Rountree, Collin Polucha, Giulia Montagna, Livia Visai, and Kareen Coulombe

Profiling Heterogeneous Cancer Cell Morphology in Tunable Silk Collagen Hydrogels
Shoham Benmelech, Amanda Khoo, and Ian Wong

Size-Based Chromosome Tags for Aneuploidy Detection Using Cell Free Fetal DNA for Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing
Lindsay Schneider and Anubhav Tripathi

An Engineering Approach to Next Generation Sequencing Library Preparation for Preimplantation Genetic Testing
Lindsay Schneider, Michelle Fraser, and Anubhav Tripathi

Parallel DNA Extraction from Whole Blood For Rapid Sample Generation In Genetic Epidemiological Studies
Kiara Lee and Anubhav Tripathi

A Microfluidic Platform for Solid-Phase Cell-Free Fetal DNA Extraction from Plasma for Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing
Thomas Usherwood, Lindsay Schneider, and Anubhav Tripathi

The Effect of Deep Brain Stimulation on Orbitofrontal Cortex in Individuals with Treatment-Resistant Depression
Michelle Akerman, Anusha Allawala, Joshua Adkinson, Nader Pouratian, Kelly Bijanki, Sameer Sheth, and David Borton

Characterization of the gDNA-Bound Magnetic Beads Transport Mechanism on a Microfluidic Device
Amy Oh, Kiara Lee, and Anubhav Tripathi