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
  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.
  
  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.
  
  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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