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

This past week, members of the TARE Lab attended the Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society’s (TERMIS) World Congress, held here in Seattle. We were excited to see how different global perspectives generated so many cutting-edge ideas to improve universal healthcare quality! Check below for the presentations and posters our members delivered, and some photos.

Kyley – “Modulating Pentenoate-Functionalized Hyaluronic Acid Hydrogel Network Formation to Investigate Meniscal Cell Mechanotransduction”

John – “Sex Dependent Impacts of Exogenous Estrogens in Cell Culture Media on hMSC Metabolism and Proliferation”

Katherine – “Developing an In Vitro Meniscus Injury Model Using Modified Electrospun Fibrous Scaffolds”

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

Susy – “Genomic Characterization of Human Meniscus Tissues Reveals Distinct Clusters of Matrix-Producing Cell Subpopulations”

In late May, Dr. Robinson attended the World Biomaterials Congress in Daegu, South Korea. She had a great time and loved learning about other emerging research in women’s health.

Dr. Robinson was invited to be the keynote speaker for the “Biomaterials for Women’s Health Engineering” symposium, where she gave a presentation titled: “Biomaterials Tools for Women’s Health: Call to Action”. Check below for some pictures from her trip!