Sunday
2:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Staff / Welcome and Introduction from the Chairs
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm
Keynote Session: Engineering ECM for the future
7:40 pm - 7:45 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:45 pm - 8:20 pm
"Engineering Epithelial Organoids"
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:05 pm
"Design of Synthetic Hydrogels as ECM Mimetics"
9:05 pm - 9:15 pm
Discussion
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Human Organoid-Based Systems
9:00 am - 9:20 am
"Engineering a Dynamic Neurovascular Unit with Multi-Scale Vasculature"
9:20 am - 9:25 am
Discussion
9:25 am - 9:45 am
"Reconstructing Human Development Through Engineered Microenvironments"
9:45 am - 9:50 am
Discussion
9:50 am - 10:10 am
"Morphodynamics of Human Brain Organoid Development"
10:10 am - 10:15 am
Discussion
10:15 am - 10:45 am
Coffee Break
10:45 am - 11:05 am
"Engineering Organoid Microenvironments to Decode ECM-Driven Programs in Cancer"
11:05 am - 11:10 am
Discussion
11:10 am - 11:30 am
"Print to PerfusionTM Biofabrication of Functional Human Lungs for Transplantation"
11:30 am - 11:35 am
Discussion
11:35 am - 11:50 am
"Building and Breaking Barriers: Engineering Brain Microvascular Models for Malaria Research"
11:50 am - 11:55 am
Discussion
11:55 am - 12:05 pm
"Programmed Self-Organization of Polarized and Perfusable Human Intestinal Organoids with Functional Mesenchyme"
12:05 pm - 12:10 pm
Discussion
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm
General Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Group Photo / Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Free Time
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
6:00 pm - 6:20 pm
"Fresh 3D Bioprinting Functional Human Tissue and the Path Towards Translation"
6:20 pm - 6:25 pm
Discussion
6:25 pm - 6:45 pm
"A Theory On How To Build Functional Tissues Using 3D Immune System Responses In Vitro As A Guide"
6:45 pm - 6:50 pm
Discussion
6:50 pm - 7:10 pm
"Tracing Vascular Networks in 3D Image Data"
7:10 pm - 7:15 pm
Discussion
7:15 pm - 7:35 pm
"Design and Translation of New Biomaterials for Therapeutics and Tissue Regeneration"
7:35 pm - 7:40 pm
Discussion
7:40 pm - 8:00 pm
General Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
9:00 am - 9:20 am
"Matter to Life: Bottom-Up Assembly of Synthetic Cells and Skin"
9:20 am - 9:25 am
Discussion
9:25 am - 9:45 am
"Matrix Viscoelasticity Controls Cell Phenotype via Mechanotransduction and Epigenetic Remodeling"
9:45 am - 9:50 am
Discussion
9:50 am - 10:10 am
"How Glioma Tumor and Stromal Cells Re-Engineer the 3D Material Microenvironment for Invasion"
10:10 am - 10:15 am
Discussion
10:15 am - 10:45 am
Coffee Break
10:45 am - 11:05 am
"Single-Cell Network Expansion Reveals Pathways to Fibrosis"
11:05 am - 11:10 am
Discussion
11:10 am - 11:30 am
"PIEZO Channel Mediated Regulation of Transcription Through a Family of Auxiliary Subunits"
11:30 am - 11:35 am
Discussion
11:35 am - 11:50 am
"Matrix Viscoelasticity Governs YAP-Dependent Organoid Invasion and Myeloid Recruitment"
11:50 am - 11:55 am
Discussion
11:55 am - 12:05 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
12:05 pm - 12:10 pm
Discussion
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm
General Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Free Time
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Synthetic Replication of Matrix Dynamics
6:00 pm - 6:20 pm
"Mechanosignaling in Pulmonary Fibrosis"
6:20 pm - 6:25 pm
Discussion
6:25 pm - 6:45 pm
"Leveraging Polymer Dynamics to Engineer ECM Mimics"
6:45 pm - 6:50 pm
Discussion
6:50 pm - 7:10 pm
"The Silent Dialogue Between Matrix Architecture and Cell States in Dormancy and Movement"
7:10 pm - 7:15 pm
Discussion
7:15 pm - 7:35 pm
"From Adhesion to Action: Engineering Cell Behavior with Integrin-Targeting Biomaterials"
7:35 pm - 7:40 pm
Discussion
7:40 pm - 8:00 pm
General Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
9:00 am - 9:20 am
"Tunable Tissues to Track Tumor Tactics"
9:20 am - 9:25 am
Discussion
9:25 am - 9:45 am
"Decoding Dynamic Matrix Mechanics in Biological Systems"
9:45 am - 9:50 am
Discussion
9:50 am - 10:10 am
"Designing Injectable Therapeutics From Decellularized ECM"
10:10 am - 10:15 am
Discussion
10:15 am - 10:45 am
Coffee Break
10:45 am - 11:05 am
"A Tale of Two Glial Cells (and Designing Scaffolds with Their ECM Proteins to Promote Axon Growth)"
11:05 am - 11:10 am
Discussion
11:10 am - 11:30 am
"Differential Sensitivity of Epithelial and Mesenchymal Compartments to Matrix Stiffness and Adhesive Cues in Human iPSC-Derived Intestinal Organoids"
11:30 am - 11:35 am
Discussion
11:35 am - 11:50 am
"Niche Pathology Informed Biomaterials"
11:50 am - 11:55 am
Discussion
11:55 am - 12:05 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
12:05 pm - 12:10 pm
Discussion
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm
General Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Free Time
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Reproductive Health and Sex-Based Differences
6:00 pm - 6:20 pm
"Built to Spread: Engineering Mimics of Gynecological Cancers"
6:20 pm - 6:25 pm
Discussion
6:25 pm - 6:45 pm
"Organoid Systems as Windows into Women’s Reproductive Health"
6:45 pm - 6:50 pm
Discussion
6:50 pm - 7:10 pm
"Identifying Mechano-Modulators of Myometrial Contractility"
7:10 pm - 7:15 pm
Discussion
7:15 pm - 7:25 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
7:25 pm - 7:30 pm
Discussion
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
7:40 pm - 7:45 pm
Discussion
7:45 pm - 8:00 pm
General Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Business Meeting
Nominations for the Next Vice Chair(s); Complete the GRC Evaluation Forms; Election of the Next Vice Chair(s)
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Matrix Gone Awry: Mapping ECM Architecture and Controlling Fibrosis
9:00 am - 9:20 am
"Why the Tension of Fibronectin Fibers Matters: From Breast Cancer to Glioblastoma"
9:20 am - 9:25 am
Discussion
9:25 am - 9:45 am
"Fibroblast Dynamics Driving Regenerative Versus Fibrotic Healing"
9:45 am - 9:50 am
Discussion
9:50 am - 10:10 am
"GPNMB Expression in SPP1+ Scar-Associated Macrophages Promotes Fibrosis Across Organs"
10:10 am - 10:15 am
Discussion
10:15 am - 10:45 am
Coffee Break
10:45 am - 11:05 am
"Remodeling of the Female Reproductive System with Age and Postpartum Recovery"
11:05 am - 11:10 am
Discussion
11:10 am - 11:25 am
"Leveraging Deep Learning and Multiplex 3D Imaging to Better Understand the Combined Role of Cellular Organization, Stroma, and Molecular Signaling in Cancer Progression"
11:25 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 11:40 am
"Mapping Lung Scarring vs. Healing Across Time and Space"
11:40 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 12:05 pm
Late-Breaking Topic
12:05 pm - 12:10 pm
Discussion
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm
General Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Free Time
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Interconnection of ECM and Immunity
6:00 pm - 6:20 pm
"Using Bioluminescence Temporal Signaturing to Assess Biomaterial Related Foreign Body Responses"
6:20 pm - 6:25 pm
Discussion
6:25 pm - 6:45 pm
"Deciphering the Inflammatory Milieu: Tracking and Disrupting Tissue-Local Cytokine Regulation"
6:45 pm - 6:50 pm
Discussion
6:50 pm - 7:10 pm
"Engineering Platforms to Study Biological Variability Across Sex and Ancestry in Human Disease"
7:10 pm - 7:15 pm
Discussion
7:15 pm - 7:25 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
7:25 pm - 7:30 pm
Discussion
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
7:40 pm - 7:45 pm
Discussion
7:45 pm - 8:00 pm
General Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure