Committee & Speakers
Conference Chairs
Jie Zhao
Ninth People’s Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Executive Editor-in-Chief of Mechanobiology in Medicine, China
Yixian Qin
The State University of New York at Stony Brook, Executive Editor-in-Chief of Mechanobiology in Medicine, USA
Co-Chairs of the Academic Committee
X. Edward Guo
Columbia University, USA
Dennis Discher
Title: Mechanoregulation of cancer mutations &Macrophage clusters durably eliminate cohesive tumors
University of Pennsylvania, USA
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Tingting Tang
Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
Members of the Academic Committee
Yanan Du
Title: Deciphering, Reconstruction, and Regulation of Mechanical Niches in Tissue Fibrosis
Tsinghua University, China
Adam Engler
Title: Adhesion Strength of Tumor Cells Predicts Metastatic Disease in vivo
University of California, San Diego, USA
Yubo Fan
Title: Biomechanical and mechanobiological research for innovation of implantable and interventional devices
Beihang University, China
Xi-Qiao Feng
Title: Mechanochemobiological theory of cells and tissues
Tsinghua University, China
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Guy M. Genin
Title: The role of tension anisotropy in fibrosis
Washington University in St. Louis, USA
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Lidan You
Queen's University, Canada
Song Li
Title: Mechanical reprogramming of immune cells for cancer therapy
University of California, Los Angeles, USA
LIM Chwee Teck
Title: Mechanobiological Insights into Collective Cell Dynamics
National University of Singapore, Singapore
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Ning Wang
Title: What are the biological principles for living cells?
Northeastern University, USA
Yingxiao Wang
Title: Mechanogenetics for Cell ImmunoTherapy
University of Southern California, USA
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Jing Zhou
Title: Mechanosensing in Vascular Homeostasis and Remodeling: Role of the Tyrosine Kinase Receptors
Peking University, China
Read more about Jing ZhouCo-Chairs & Local Organizing Committee
Zonglai Jiang
Institute of Mechanobiology and Medical Engineering Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
Zhifeng Yu
Ninth People’s Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, China
Committee Members
XW
Xiaolong Wang
Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
PM
Peixiang Ma
Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
QX
Qi Xu
Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
SZ
Shuhong Zhang
Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
ZM
Zhenjiang Ma
Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
ZL
Zhihao Liang
Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
Plenary Speakers
Taiji Adachi
Title: Roles of Osteocyte Mechanosensing and Communication in Bone Adaptation and Damage Repair by Remodeling
Japan，Kyoto University
Guillermo A. Ameer
Title: Modulating Tissue Regeneration via Microtopography Engineering
Northwestern University, USA
Adam Engler
Title: Adhesion Strength of Tumor Cells Predicts Metastatic Disease in vivo
University of California, San Diego, USA
LIM Chwee Teck
Title: Mechanobiological Insights into Collective Cell Dynamics
National University of Singapore, Singapore
Read more about LIM Chwee TeckDennis Discher
Title: Mechanoregulation of cancer mutations &Macrophage clusters durably eliminate cohesive tumors
University of Pennsylvania, USA
Read more about Dennis DischerXi-Qiao Feng
Title: Mechanochemobiological theory of cells and tissues
Tsinghua University, China
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Kristian Franze
Title: The mechanical regulation of neuronal development and regeneration
Institute of Medical Physics and Microtissue Engineering，Germany
Guy M. Genin
Title: The role of tension anisotropy in fibrosis
Washington University in St. Louis, USA
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Pere Roca-Cusachs
Title: Understanding and engineering ECM-nucleus force transmission and mechanotransduction
Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia, Spain
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Title: Mechanical reprogramming of immune cells for cancer therapy
University of California, Los Angeles, USA
Henning Madry
Title: Mechanical regulation of knee osteoarthritis - translational data from a large animal model
Institute of Medical Physics and Microtissue Engineering, Germany
Sandrine Etienne-Manneville
Title: Mechanobiology in cancer progression: the role of intermediate filaments in glioblastoma invasion and therapeutic resistance
Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS)，France
Ning Wang
Title: What are the biological principles for living cells?
Northeastern University, USA
Yingxiao Wang
Title: Mechanogenetics for Cell ImmunoTherapy
University of Southern California, USA
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David A. Weitz
Title: Vimentin intermediate filaments, filamentous actin, and the new view of the cell cortex
Harvard University, USA
Yubo Fan
Title: Biomechanical and mechanobiological research for innovation of implantable and interventional devices
Beihang University, China
Yanan Du
Title: Deciphering, Reconstruction, and Regulation of Mechanical Niches in Tissue Fibrosis
Tsinghua University, China
Jing Zhou
Title: Mechanosensing in Vascular Homeostasis and Remodeling: Role of the Tyrosine Kinase Receptors
Peking University, China
Read more about Jing ZhouX. Edward Guo
Columbia University, USA