Poster Sessions

Powell-Focht Bioengineering Hall

  Cardiovascular Bioengineering
1. The Biomechanical Compares of a New Method to Induce Endothelial Injury with Balloon Injury
Xiao Lu and Ghassan S. Kassab
Department of Biomedical Engineering
UC Irvine
2.

The Effect of Passive Myocardium on the Compliance of Porcine Coronary Arteries
Leila H. Hamza, Quang Dang, Xiao Lu, Ayesha Mian, Sabee Molloi(1) and Ghassan S. Kassab
Department of Biomedical Engineering and (1)Radiological Sciences, Medicine (Cardiology), Electrical and Computer Engineering
UC Irvine

3. The Experimental Measurement on Shear Modulus of Porcine Coronary Artery
Xiao Lu and Ghassan S. Kassab
Department of Biomedical Engineering
UC Irvine
4. The Longitudinal Variation of the Mechanical Properties of the C57BL/6 Mouse Aorta
Xiaomei Guo and Ghassan S. Kassab
Department of Biomedical Engineering
UC Irvine
5. Microcirculatory Stasis, Selectins, and Apoptosis in the Dexamethasone-Dependent Model of Hypertension
Edward D. Tran and Geert W. Schmid-Schönbein
Department of Bioengineering
Whitaker Institute of Biomedical Engineering
UC San Diego
6.

Reconstruction of the Porcine Coronary Vasculature Based on Detail Anatomical Data
Kaimovitz Benjamin, Lanir Yoram and Ghassan S. Kassab (1)
Department of Biomedical Engineering Technion
Israel Institute of Technology Haifa 32000, ISRAEL
(1)Department of Biomedical Engineering
UC Irvine

7. Stent Implantation Activates Akt Pathway in The Vessel Wall: The Role of Mechanical Stretch on Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells
Rui-Hai Zhou, Tzong-Shyuan Lee, François Rannou, and John Y.-J. Shyy
Division of Biomedical Sciences
UC Riverside
8.

Vessel Quantification In The Vicinity Of Sensor Elements In The Hamster Window
Chamber
F. Nicholas Rahaghi, Jared Goor, Milan Makale Ph.D., David Gough Ph.D.
Department of Bioengineering
UC San Diego

  Cellular Bioengineering
9. Application of Microfluidic Chambers for Cancer Cell Migration
Wajeeh Saadi, Shur-Jen Wang, Frank Lin, Minh-Canh Nguyen, and Noo Li Jeon
Department of Biomedical Engineering
UC Irvine
10. Cooperativity Between Selectins and Integrins During Neutrophil Capture and Arrest in Shear Flow
Daniel McDonough and Scott I. Simon
Department of Biomedical Engineering
UC Davis
11. Halo: A Directionality Determinant of Organelle Transport
Joel Martinez(1), Steven Gross(1), Yi Guo(2), Michael Welte(1)
(1)Department of Biomedical Engineering, UC Irvine
(2)Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Central Florida
12. Inflammatory Potential of Neutrophils Detected in Sickle Cell Disease
Aaron F. H. Lum, Ted Wun, Donald Staunton(1), Scott I. Simon
UC Davis
(1) ICOS Inc.
13. Mathematical Modeling of Vascular Endothelial Cell Responsiveness to Flow
John S. Tamaresis and Abdul I. Barakat
UC Davis
14. Neutrophil Migration in Overlapping Chemoattractant Gradient 
Connie Minh Nguyen, Francis Lin, Wajeeh Saadi, Shur-jen Wang, and Noo Li Jeon
Department of Biomedical Engineering
UC Irvine
15. Neutrophils Participate in Wound Healing
Yue Shen and Scott I. Simon
Department of Biomedical Engineering
UC Davis
16. PDGF-Induced Rac Activation is Inhibited by Cyclic Mechanical Strain
Jason H. Haga, Vishal Khiatani, Shu Chien
Department of Bioengineering
Whitaker Institute of Biomedical Engineering
UC San Diego
17. Receptor Targeting of Neutrophils with Antibody-Coated Microspheres
Nadine B. Christensen and Scott I. Simon
Department of Biomedical Engineering
UC Davis
18. Regulation of FLJ10111 Expression, a Candidate Breast Cancer Marker
Limin Lin, H. Garrett R. Thompson, Josheph W. Harris, James P. Brody
Department of Biomedical Engineering
UC Irvine
19. Regulation of Trophoblast Migration and Integrin Expression by Shear Stress
Arlen Soghomonians, Gordon C. Douglas, and Abdul I. Barakat
UC Davis
20. Rho Regulates the Direction of Actin Filaments in Stretched Endothelial Cells
Roland Kaunas, Shunichi Usami, Shu Chien
Department of Bioengineering
Whitaker Institute of Biomedical Engineering
UC San Diego
21.

Shear Stress Increases the Endothelial Release of Ligands for Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor Gamma
Yi Liu, Francois Rannou, Kitty Formentin, LingFang Zeng, Yi Zhu, and John Y.-J. Shyy
Division of Biomedical Sciences
UC Riverside

 

  Imaging
22. Creation of Vascular Replicas from Computed Tomographic Scan Data: A Tool to Teach, Rehearse, or Choose Potential Treatment Strategies
Kimberly Knox, Charles Kerber, Soren Singel, Michael Bailey, Steven Imbesi
San Diego Supercomputer Center
UC San Diego
23. POISe: Pulsed Optoacoustic Interferometric Spectroscopy and Imaging
Stefan Carp, Carole Hayakawa, Arnold Guerra, Vasan Venugopalan
Departments of Chemical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering
Beckman Laser Institute & Medical Clinic
UC Irvine
24. Robotic Microscopy: A New Way to Collaborate Between UC Campuses
Elliot Botvinick, Jagesh V. Shah, and Michael W. Berns
UC San Diego
UC Irvine
25.

Transmisson Through Cryogen Liquid Layer on Skin Model
Claire M. Nujpramul, Guillermo Aguilar, Brooke Basinger, J. Stuart Nelson
Beckman Laser Institute
UC Irvine

 

  Molecular Bioengineering
26. b2-Integrin Dynamics Studied in a Cell-free System
Melissa Sarantos, Scott Simon
UC Davis
27. Designed Heterogeneity in Supported Bilayer Membranes: Engineering Lipid Rafts in Membrane Patterns     ]
Annapoorna R Sapuri and Atul N Parikh
UC Davis
28. Glycosphingolipid Microdomains on Supported Lipid Bilayers, A Platform for Studying the Protein-Ligand Interaction Between HIV-1 Envelope Protein gp120 and Galactosyl Ceramide (GalCer)
Wan-Chen Lin, Marjorie Longo
UC Davis
29. ImmunoSensor: A Novel Immunoassay Based on CMOS Technology
Jonathan Foley(1), Turgut Aytur(4), Mekhail Anwar(2), Berhard Boser(1,4), Wilfredo Lim(3), Eva Harris(3), P. Robert Beatty(3)
(1)Department of Bioengineering, UC Berkeley
(2)Berkeley Sensor & Actuator Center, UC Berkeley
(3)School of Public Health, UC Berkeley
(4)Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, UC Berkeley
30. The Surface Morphology of the Microbubble Lipid Shell
Gang Pu, Mark Borden, Marjorie Longo
Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
UC Davis
31.

Use of a Single Ion Channel to Analyze the Structure and Dynamics of Individual DNA Molecules
Andrea Solbrig, Veronica DeGuzman, Stephen Winters-Hilt, Wesley Sughrue, David Deamer, David Haussler, and Mark Akeson
Center for Biomolecular Science & Engineering and HHMI
UC Santa Cruz

 

  Nanotechnology
32. Controlled Protein Release From Poly(Ortho-Ester) and its Block Copolymeric Microspheres
Yongxiang Liu(1), Jinping Wan(2)
(1)UC Irvine
(2)UC Los Angeles
33. Engineering Pore Proteins as Nanoscale Macromolecule Sensors
Dean Ho, Ben Chu, Jacob J. Schmidt, Carlo D. Montemagno
Department of Bioengineering
UC Los Angeles
34. Nano-Scale Domains in Supported Lipid Bilayers for Studying Obstructed Diffusion and Multivalent Ligand-Receptor Interaction of HIV Virus
Marjorie Longo, Timothy Ratto, Wan-Chen Lin
Biophysics Graduate Group and Chemical Engineering
UC Davis
35. Patterned Fluorescent Particles as Nanoprobes for Investigation of Molecular Interactions
Jaehyuck Choi(1), Yihua Zhao(2), Deying Zhang(1), Shu Chien(2), Y-H Lo(1)
(1)Departments of Electrical and Computer Engineering, (2)Bioengineering
UC San Diego
36. The Performance of a Nanomachined Bipolar Biopotential Electrode
George Akingba(1), David Wang(2), Peng-Sheng Chen(2), Hercules Neves(1), Carlo Montemagno(1)
(1)Biomedical Engineering Interdepartmental Program
(2)School of Medicine
UC Los Angeles
37.

Silica Sol-Gel GABA Sensors Using Encapsulated Recombinant Enzymes
Seok Won Yim(1), Erik S. Schweitzer(2), Bruce S. Dunn(3), Allan J. Tobin(2,4,5)
(1)Department of Biomedical Engineering IDP, UC Los Angeles
(2)Department of Neurobiology, UC Los Angeles
(3)Department of Materials Science and Engineering, UC Los Angeles
(4)Department of Physiology, UC Los Angeles
(5)Brain Research Institute, UC Los Angeles

 

  Neuro and Sensory Bioengineering
38. AM-FM Representation of Signals and its Applications to Cochlear Implants
Kaibao Nie and Fan-Gang Zeng
Hearing and Speech Research Laboratory
UC Irvine
39. Artificial Brain-On-A-Chip
Shalini Prasad, Xuan Zhang, Mo Yang, Cengiz Ozkan, Mihri Ozkan
Departments of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Chemical Engineering
UC Riverside
40. Clear Speech Perception in Acoustic and Electric Hearing
Sheng Liu(1), Elsa DelRio(1), Ann R. Bradlow(2), Fan-Gang Zeng(1),
(1)Hearing and Speech Research Laboratory, UC Irvine
(2)Northwestern University
41. Electric Field Assisted Patterning of Neuronal Networks for the Study of Brain Functions
Shalini Prasad, Mo Yang, Xuan Zhang, Cengiz Ozkan, Mihri Ozkan
Departments of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Chemical Engineering
UC Riverside
42. A Novel Axonal Isolation Chamber for Neurodegenerative Disease Research
Anne M. Taylor, Seog Woo Rhee, Christina H. Tu, David H. Cribbs, Carl W. Cotman, and Noo Li Jeon
UC Irvine
43. Polymer Mechanical Filter Array Based on MEMS Technology for Hearing Devices Application
Tao Xu, Mark Bachman, Fan-Gang Zeng(1), Guann-Pyng Li
Departments of Electrical Engineering and (1)Computer Engineering
UC Irvine
44. Restore Pitch Perception to Cochlear Implant Users
Hongbin Chen, Fan-Gang Zeng
Hearing and Speech Laboratory
Biomedical Engineering Center
UC Irvine
45. Single Neuron Based Biosensor
Xuan Zhang, Shalini Prasad, Mo Yang, Mihri Ozkan, Cengiz Ozkan
Departments of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering,
UC Riverside
46. Use of cfos to Map Activity-Dependent Spinal Neurons After Hindlimb Stepping in Rat
Sarah N. Ahn, Jasaon Guu, V. Reggie Edgerton, Niranjala Tillakaratne, Allan Tobin
Department of Physiology and Neurobiology
Brain Research Institute
UC Los Angeles
47. Microelectronic Retinal Implant Toward Useful Vision for the Blind
Wentai Liu, Mark Humayun
UC Santa Cruz
48.

Microvascular Abnormalities in Contact Lens Users 
Betty S. Hu and Anthony T. W. Cheung
UC Davis

 

  Orthopedic Bioengineering
49. Depth-Associated Variation in Chondrocyte Density in Bovine Articular Cartilage During Maturation
Kyle D Jadin, Benjamin L. Wong, Won C. Bae, Amanda K. Williamson, Barbara L. Schumacher, Jeffrey H. Price, Robert L. Sah
Department of Bioengineering
UC San Diego
50 Evidence for Protective Effect After One Bout of Eccentric Contractions
David Peters and Richard L. Lieber
UC San Diego
51 Gene Expression Changes After Eccentric Contractions
Ilona Barash and Richard Lieber
UC San Diego
52 High Pressure Shoulder Loads Imposed by Backpacks may Pose Serious Health Risks
Brandon R. Macias, Hank Chambers, and Gita Murthy
Department of Orthopaedics
UC San Diego
Children’s Hospital San Diego
53. The Innovation of a Back Pain Device. The EMSS Electro Magnetic Stimulator System
Obidimkpa U. Ikezuagu
Dept. of Mechanical Engineering & Technology
University of the District of Columbia
54. Intervertebral Disc Degeneration: Roles of Mitochondrial Pathway in Mechanical Stress-Induced Intervertebral Disc Cell Apoptosis
François Rannou, Tzong-Shyuan Lee, Ruihai Zhou, Jennie Chin(1), Jeffrey C Lotz(1), and John Y-J. Shyy
Division of Biomedical Sciences
(1)UC San Francisco
UC Riverside
55. Intra-Tissue Strain Distribution in Normal Human Articular Cartilage During Clinical Indentation Testing
Won C. Bae(1), Chad W. Lewis(2), and Robert L. Sah(1)
(1)Department of Bioengineering
(2)Whitaker Institute of Biomedical Engineering
UC San Diego*
56. Pre-Treatment with Beta-Aminopropionitrile Accelerates Integrative Cartilage Repair
Kevin B. McGowan and Robert L. Sah
Department of Bioengineering
UC San Diego
57. Resurfacing Articular Cartilage With Chondrocytes Expressing Superficial Zone Protein
Tannin A. Schmidt, Barbara L. Schumacher, Travis J. Klein, Michael S. Voegtline, Robert L. Sah
Department of Bioengineering
Whitaker Institute of Biomedical Engineering
UC San Diego
58. Transient Dynamic Response in a Surrogate Hip Model During a Simulated Lateral Fall
Bimal Gandhi
Department of Biomedical Engineering
UC Los Angeles
59.

Using a Noninvasive Ultrasound Technique to Measure Intracranial Pressure
Brandon R. Macias, Toshiaki Ueno, Tom W. Yost and Alan R. Hargens
Department of Orthopaedics
UC San Diego
NASA-Langley Research Center

 

  Systems Bioengineering
60. An Expanded Genome-Scale Metabolic Model of Escherichia Coli K-12
Jennifer L. Reed, Thuy D. Vo, and Bernhard O. Palsson
Department of Bioengineering
UC San Diego
61. Modeling Transcription and Translation in Prokaryotes: A Constraint-Based Framework and its Application to Data Analysis in Escherichia Coli
Timothy E. Allen, Markus J. Herrgard, Bernhard O. Palsson
Department of Bioengineering
UC San Diego