Rising Stars in Biomedical

9:00-9:15

Welcome remarks
Ian A Waitz, Polina Golland, Martha Gray

Audrey Fan, Stanford University

9:30-9:45

Take a deep breath – physiologically induced field fluctuations in spinal cord magnetic resonance imaging at ultra-high field

Johanna Vannesjo, Oxford University

9:45-10:00

Predicting Autism Behavioral Treatment Response from Baseline Functional MRI

Nicha (Chitphakdithai) Dvornek, Yale University

10:00-10:15

Detection and Delineation of Head and Neck Cancer with Hyperspectral Imaging and Machine Learning

Guolan Lu, Georgia Tech

10:15-10:30

A Portable Bioimpedance Spectroscopy Measurement System for Congestive Heart Failure Management

Maggie Delano, MIT

10:30-10:45

Coffee break

10:45-11:00

A paper-based diagnostic platform for analysis of the human gut microbiome

Melissa Takahashi, MIT

11:00-11:15

Electrospun Fibers for HIV Prevention

Anna Blakney, University of Washington

11:15-11:30

Targeted Nanosystems as Precision Tools for Diagnosis and Therapy in Ovarian Cancer

Ester Kwon, MIT

11:30-12:30

Navigating Careers in Biomedical

Tyler Jacks

12:30-1:30

Lunch

1:30-1:45

Genetic circuits for control of adoptive T cell therapy

Deboki Chakravarti, Boston University

1:45-2:00

Data-driven Mechanistic Models for T cell Receptor Proximal Signaling

Maria Frushicheva, MIT

2:00-2:15

Predicting evolution: from influenza to cancer

Marta Luksza, Institute for Advanced Study

2:15-2:30

mAGNETs exploit differential microRNA profiles to target the expression of virally transduced transgenes in the rodent brain

Marianna Keaveney, Boston University

2:30-2:45

Determination of developmental phosphate transport mechanisms

Mary Wallingford, University of Washington

2:45-3:15

Coffee break

3:15-3:30

Macrophages Drive Damage in the Spleen During HIV/SIV Infection

Dionna Williams, Johns Hopkins University

3:30-3:45

Designing Injectable Materials for Cell-Based Spinal Cord Injury Therapies

Laura Marquardt, Stanford University

3:45-4:00

Functional conduits of human organs engineered from induced pluripotent stem cells

Samira Musah, Harvard University

4:00-4:15

Engineering a Vascularized Anisotropic Human Induced Stem Cell-Derived Cardiac Patch

Maureen Wanjare, Stanford University

4:15-4:30

Writing in the Disciplines for Biomedical Engineers

Jordan Trachtenberg, Rice University

4:30-5:30

Junior faculty panel

Thomas Heldt, Angela Koehler, Paul Blainey, Alex K. Shalek, Michael Birnbaum, Kwanghun Chung

6pm

Dinner at Catalyst

November 10

8:30-9:30

Breakfast with senior women faculty

Polina Golland, Martha Gray, Hazel Sive, Leona Samson, Jacqueline Lees, Paula Hammond, Krystyn Van Vliet

9:30-12:30

Interview skills workshop

HFP consulting

12:30-1:30

Lunch

1:30-2:15

Navigating Careers in Biomedical

Arup Chakraborty & Leona Samson

2:15-3:00

How to get a faculty position

Polina Golland

3:00-3:30

Final remarks and feedback

Martha Gray and Polina Golland