Posters

Post Doctorate Posters

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Presenting Author

Department/Affiliation

Title of Poster

Co-Authors

PI

1

Seth Edwards

Chemical Engineering

Laminin-Decorated Gelatin Microporous Injectable Hydrogel for the Encapsulation and Differentiation of Neural Progenitor Cells

 

Kyung Jae Jeong

2

Remya Ann Mathews Kalapurakal

Chemical Engineering University of New Hampshire

Light induced ‘ON’-‘OFF’ clustering of photo-responsive ligand-coated nanoparticles: A simplistic model

Prateek K. Jha

Harish Vashisth

3

Lev Levintov

Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering

Coarse Grained Simulations Reveal Spontaneous Dimerization of Transmembrane Helices in Receptor Tyrosine Kinases

Biswajit Gorai

Harish Vashisth

4

Jyoti Verma

Chemical Enigineering and Bioengineering

Molecular Basis for Allosteric Inhibitor Selectivity in IGF1R Kinase

 

Harish Vashisth

5

Guo Wu

Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering

reprogramming of interactions between transcription factor proteins and their cognate DNA sequences

 

Kang Wu


Graduate Students (Group 1)

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Presenting Author

Department/Affiliation

Title of Poster

Co-Authors

PI

1

Zahraa Albeshir

Chemistry

Investigating The impact of Surface Modifications on Surface Stability

Nate Oldenhuis

Jeffrey Halpern

2

Sarah Bramlitt-Harris

Chemistry

Characterization of the Dynamic Stimuli-Response of Surface-Immobilized Elastin-Like Polymer V40

Zahraa Albeshir, Corinne Fernald, Eva Rose Balog

Jeffrey Mark Halpern

3

Saniya Yesmin Bubli

Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering

Interplay between microscale structure and interfacial mechanics in phase-separated materials for enhanced cellular response

 

Linqing Li

4

Borna Fardsadegh

Chemical Engineering

Design of lobed colloidal particles with core-shell morphologies

 

Harish Vashisth

5

Stanley Feeney

Chemical Engineering

Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy Transduction towards Industrial Bioreactor Protein Sensing

Zahraa Albeshir, Sarah Bramlitt-Harris, Katarina Jovic, Henry Roell, Jeffrey Mark Halpern, Eva Rose M. Balog

Jeffrey Halpern

6

Mrinal Ganash

Bioengineering

Novel 3D Printing Process for Improved Mechanical Properties

 

Kyung Jae Jeong

7

ziqiang Guan

che

Highly porous injectable microgels for tissue engineering

 

Dr. Jeong

8

Yuri Kwon

Molecular, Cellular, and Biomedical Sciences

Investigating protein robustness in Bacillus subtilis

Katarina Jovic, Logan Brown, Jack Sylvester, Emma Arsenault

Krisztina Varga

9

Jaxson Libby

Biochemistry

Investigation of Mechanical Regulation on STAT3 Activity

 

Linqing Li, Sarah Walker


Graduate Students (Group 2)

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Presenting Author

Department/Affiliation

Title of Poster

Co-Authors

PI

10

Rabeya Sharmin Lima

Chemical and Bioengineering

Dimensionality and matrix stiffness jointly regulate cell migration from aggregates

Caleb Morrill

Linqing Li

11

Son Nguyen

Chemistry

Simulation Studies of a Mitomembrane Targeting Bioconjugated Peptide

Lev Levintov

Roy Planalp, Harish Vashisth

12

Kendall Reidenbach

Molecular, Cellular, and Biomedical Sciences

Examining the role of TgAP2VIIa-7 in gene expression regulation in Toxoplasma gondii

 

Victoria Jeffers

13

Brunno Rocha

Department of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering

Tuning Lobed Colloid Design to Achieve Porous Morphologies

 

Harish Vashisth

14

Henry Roell

Chemistry

Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy Response from pH and Salt of Surface-Modified Elastin-Like Polymers

Katarina Jovic, Carolyn Curley, Eva Rose M. Balog

Jeffrey M. Halpern

15

Haley Royce

Chemical & Bioengineering

 

 

 

16

Ferdows Sajedi

Chemical Engineering

Reusable Cyclodextrin-Mediated Electrochemical Sensor in Automated Flow Cell for Cortisol Detection

 

Jeffrey M. Halpern

17

Jack Sylvester

MCBS

Evaluation of AnAFP Structure and Function

Katarina Jovic

Krisztina Varga

18

Tran Truong

Chemistry

Tailoring Cell Responses with Dextran Hydrogels

 

Dr. Nathan J. Oldenhuis, Dr. Linqing Li


Undergraduate Posters

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Presenting Author(s)

Department/Affiliation

Expected Graduation Date

Title of Poster

Co-Authors

PI

1

Andrea Bartus

Chemical and Bioengineering

2026

Microgel Production for Precision 3D Bioprinting Applications

 

Kyung Jae Jeong

2

Eric Boheen

Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering

2027

Display of Therapeutic Enzymes on Bacterial Spore Surface For Oral Delivery

Guo Wu

Kang Wu

Jayden Hartigan

Chemical engineering and Bioengineering

2027

     

3

Ryan Brown

COLSA

2025

Improving Biosensor Reproducibility Through Automated Polishing

 

Jeffrey Halpern

Isabelle Hu

Mechanical Engineering

2025

4

Sydney Crotteau

Molecular, Cellular, and Biomedical Sciences

2024

Electrochemical Detection of L-Arginine via Cyclodextrin Mediated Platform

 

Jeffrey Halpern

5

Julia Edgar

SEEDS Lab, Biomedical Science Major

2026

Metabolomic Analysis Using Charged Cyclodextrins in an Electrochemical Biosensor

 

Jeffrey M. Halpern

6

Alisa Ivantsova

Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Biomedical Sciences

2025

Targeting Merkel Cell Carcinoma by Inhibiting PRMT5 and the ATR/CHK1/WEE1 Pathway to Promote R Loop Formation

 

Dr. Jingwei Cheng

7

Evan Kennedy

Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering

2026

Leveraging Phase Separation to Engineer Microstructures and Cell Encapsulation in Biomaterials

Saniya Yesmin Bubli

Linqing Li

8

Jack Reynolds

CEPS/Bioengineering

2026

Production of Small Scale Microgels for Applications in Cell Encapsulation

Seth Edwards

Dr. Jeong

9

Colin Webb

Department of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering

2024

Temporal Presentation of RGD Regulates Cell Behavior in 3D

 

Linqing Li

 

Bioengineering Design

 

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Group Members

Title of Poster

1

Caitlin Veneto, Colin Webb, Trey Loving, and Sydney Lane

Integrating Decellularized Spinach Leaves with Microfluidics to Model Angiogenesis

2

Christopher Bui, Edward Soucy, Brian Lee

BioCultiv8: 500 mL 3D Printed Bioreactor

3

Yassine Jakib, Ella Dandrade, Brigid Van Rees

BioGuard SmartShield Glove

4

Charlotte Martel, Lauren Mezquita, Charlotte Griffin, Tyler Johnson

Hydrogel Microneedle Patch for Oral Ulcer Treatment

 

Innovation Scholars

 

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Group Members

Title of Poster

1

Pearson  Franz, Paige Nelson, Ayden LaChance, Mackenzie Silcox

Matrix Composition and Stiffness Regulate Ovarian Cancer Behavior

2

Maeve White, Ariyana Greene, Jeremiah Sihotang, Madison Pageau

Assembly of Cell Aggregates within Biomaterial

3

Trey Countey and Emerson Dwyer

Engineering Microstructures in Biomaterials for Drug Delivery

4

Douglas Lafleur and Garrett Hunter

Integrating Electrospun Biocomposites Fibers with Microfluidics to Regulate Cell Behavior

5

Matthew Ryan, Ethan Boodey, Gregory Riddle, Claire Komar

Integrating Biomaterials and Microfluidics to Model Physiological Angiogenesis In Vitro