On September 19th and 20th, the TARE Lab had the opportunity to attend SFB’s Northwest Regional Symposium in Seattle, WA. We had a great time, with our members providing 3 rapid-fire talks and 2 poster presentations, including 2 of our undergraduates. Check out the topics of our presentations below.

We are very happy to announce that Kyley was awarded a 2nd place poster award for her poster presentation! We also want to thank the SFB organizers for their time and planning, including Dr. Robinson, who served as the regional co-chair!

Rapid Fire Sessions:

Aidan – Modulating Macrophage Polarization Using Surface Roughness on Electrospun Fibers to Promote Healing in Soft Connective Tissue Injuries

Rylie – Optimization of Applied Strain on Electrospun Fibrous Scaffolds for the Development of an In vitro Meniscus Injury Model

Nitya – Tuning Viscoelasticity in a Hyaluronic Acid-Based Hydrogel System to Investigate Meniscal Fibrochondrocyte Mechanotransduction

Posters:

Katherine – Surfactant Modified Electrospun Fibrous Scaffolds for Use in In vitro Tissue Models

Kyley – Investigation of Meniscal Cell Traction Forces on Substrates of Varied Stiffness