Engineered Biopolymers and Living Materials

Presentations

• Biomolecules for non-biological things: Peptide ‘Bundlemer’ design for model colloidal particle creation and interparticle lattice assembly

  ORAL

  March 18, 2025, 6:00 PM – March 18, 2025, 6:12 PM

  Publication: ACS Nano 2024, 18, 37, 25695–25707<br>Nature Communications, accepted

  Presenters

  • Darrin John Pochan

    University of Delaware

  Authors

  • Darrin John Pochan

    University of Delaware

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• Mechanics of Biomineralized Mycelium Materials

  ORAL

  March 18, 2025, 6:12 PM – March 18, 2025, 6:24 PM

  Presenters

  • Kōnane Bay

    University of Colorado, Boulder, University of Colorado Boulder

  Authors

  • Kōnane Bay

    University of Colorado, Boulder, University of Colorado Boulder

  • Olivia Pear

    University of Colorado Boulder

  • Alyssa Libonati

    University of Colorado Boulder

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• Tailoring the Microstructures of Biocoatings using Coagulant Dipping and Wet Sintering by Immersion

  ORAL

  March 18, 2025, 6:24 PM – March 18, 2025, 6:36 PM

  Presenters

  • Alexia Beale

    University of Surrey

  Authors

  • Alexia Beale

    University of Surrey

  • Emily Brogden

    University of Warwick

  • Kathleen Dunbar

    University of Surrey

  • Richard Sear

    University of Surrey

  • Stefan Bon

    University of Warwick

  • Joseph Keddie

    University of Surrey

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• Biomatter Plastics: Building Sustainable Materials with Biomacromolecules

  ORAL · Invited

  March 18, 2025, 6:36 PM – March 18, 2025, 7:12 PM

  Publication: Iyer, H., Grandgeorge, P., Jimenez, A.M., Campbell, I.R., Parker, M., Holden, M., Venkatesh, M., Nelsen, M., Nguyen, B. and Roumeli, E., 2023. Fabricating strong and stiff bioplastics from whole spirulina cells. Advanced Functional Materials, 33(40), p.2302067.<br><br>Campbell, I.R., Dong, Z., Grandgeorge, P., Jimenez, A.M., Rhodes, E.R., Lee, E., Edmundson, S., Subban, C.V., Sprenger, K.G. and Roumeli, E., The Role of Biomolecular Building Blocks on the Cohesion of Biomatter Plastics. Available at SSRN 4734573.<br><br>Grandgeorge, P., Campbell, I.R., Nguyen, H., Brain, R., Parker, M., Edmundson, S., Rose, D., Homolke, K., Subban, C. and Roumeli, E., 2024. Adhesion in thermomechanically processed seaweed-lignocellulosic composite materials. MRS Bulletin, pp.1-15.

  Presenters

  • Eleftheria Roumeli

    University of Washington

  Authors

  • Eleftheria Roumeli

    University of Washington

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• Isothermal phase separation of protease-responsive elastin-like polypeptides

  ORAL

  March 18, 2025, 7:12 PM – March 18, 2025, 7:24 PM

  Publication: Protease-driven phase separation of elastin-like polypeptides. B. M. Wirtz, A. G. Yun, C. Wick, X. J. Gao, D. J. Mai. Biomacromolecules, 25(8), 4898–4904 (2024).

  Presenters

  • Danielle J Mai

    Stanford University

  Authors

  • Brendan M Wirtz

    Stanford University

  • Jesse D Grayson

    Stanford University

  • Ally G Yun

    Stanford University

  • Chloe Wick

    Stanford University

  • Xiaojing J Gao

    Stanford University

  • Danielle J Mai

    Stanford University

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• Biomacromolecular engineering via high-throughput experimentation for protein-based materials

  ORAL

  March 18, 2025, 7:24 PM – March 18, 2025, 7:36 PM

  Presenters

  • Melody A Morris

    University of Massachusetts Amherst

  Authors

  • Melody A Morris

    University of Massachusetts Amherst

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• The Effects of Lignin Nanoparticle Contents on Microstructure and Properties of Polymers with Different Molecular Weights

  ORAL

  March 18, 2025, 7:36 PM – March 18, 2025, 7:48 PM

  Presenters

  • InJun Lee

    Seoul Natl Univ

  Authors

  • InJun Lee

    Seoul Natl Univ

  • So Youn Kim

    Seoul Natl Univ

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• Oral: Poroelasticity and permeability of fibrin and collagen hydrogels

  ORAL

  March 18, 2025, 7:48 PM – March 18, 2025, 8:00 PM

  Publication: "Poroelasticity and permeability of fibrous polymer networks under compression," submitted to peer-reviewed journal.

  Presenters

  • Jakub A Kochanowski

    University of Pennsylvania

  Authors

  • Jakub A Kochanowski

    University of Pennsylvania

  • Paul Mollenkopf

    University of Pennsylvania

  • Yifei Ren

    University of Pennsylvania

  • Kyle H Vining

    University of Pennsylvania

  • Paul A Janmey

    University of Pennsylvania

  • Prashant Purohit

    University of Pennsylvania

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• Modeling of Polymer–Porous Nanoparticle Interactions for Improved Tissue Sealant Adhesion

  ORAL

  March 18, 2025, 8:00 PM – March 18, 2025, 8:12 PM

  Presenters

  • Raehyun Jung

    Chonnam National University

  Authors

  • Raehyun Jung

    Chonnam National University

  • Vikram Thapar

    Chonnam Natl Univ

  • Se Eun Kim

    School of Chemical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Republic of Korea

  • Seulgi Kim

    School of Chemical engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Republic of Korea

  • YeChan Chang

    Department of Chemical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Republic of Korea

  • Gi-Ra Yi

    Department of Chemical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Republic of Korea

  • Jin-Woong Kim

    School of Chemical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Republic of Korea

  • Su-Mi Hur

    Chonnam Natl Univ

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• Engineered Core-Shell Nanostructures through Bio-Inspired Self-Assembly

  ORAL

  March 18, 2025, 8:12 PM – March 18, 2025, 8:24 PM

  Presenters

  • Camila Faccini de Lima

    Indiana University Bloomington

  Authors

  • Camila Faccini de Lima

    Indiana University Bloomington

  • Vikram Jadhao

    Indiana University Bloomington

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