{"id":2,"date":"2025-05-27T09:59:59","date_gmt":"2025-05-27T13:59:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/nebec2026\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2026-04-16T09:24:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T13:24:23","slug":"sample-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/nebec2026\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 Northeast Bioengineering Conference (NEBEC 2026)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Location:<\/strong>
Howard Gittis Student Center
Main Entrance on 13th St
1755 N 13th St
Philadelphia, PA 19122<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Date:<\/strong>
April 16-17, 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/add-to-calendar-button>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Registration Open<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Abstract decisions announced, please register if you plan to attend<\/strong><\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Highlights<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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  • Networking Events<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Awards<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Career Fair<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Scientific Sessions<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Senior Design Poster Competition<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • High School Poster<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    Organizing Committees<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
    Technical Committee<\/summary>\n

    Anita Singh
    Bojana Gligorijevic
    Peter Lelkes
    Andrew Spence
    Ruth Ochia
    Evangelia Bellas
    Erkan Tuzel
    Yah-el Har-el
    Iyad Obeid
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    Organizing Committee<\/summary>\n

    Anita Singh
    Jonathan Gerstenhaber
    Yah-el Har-el
    James Furmato
    Ruth Ochia
    Helen Freitas<\/p>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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    Scientific Sessions<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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    Cancer Engineering<\/strong><\/div><\/summary>
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    • Cancer cell adhesion, migration and invasion <\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Cancer-host cell interactions <\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Mechanobiology and cancer-ECM interactions <\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Translational engineering: patient-derived organoids, iPSCs <\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Cancer on a chip <\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • New biomaterials for studying cancer <\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • 3D cultures mimicking cancer <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/details>\n\n\n\n
      Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering<\/strong><\/div><\/summary>
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      • Biomaterials <\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Tissue Engineering <\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • In Vitro Disease Models <\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Microphysiological Systems (MPS), Tissue\/Organ on a chip, Functional Organoids (non-cancer models) <\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Drug Delivery <\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Endocrine Tissue Engineering <\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Cell & tissue mechanics\/mechanobiology (non-cancer) <\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Engineering biomaterials and tissues for space biology <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/details>\n\n\n\n
        Imaging Across\u00a0Scales<\/strong><\/div><\/summary>
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        • Single molecule microscopies <\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Super-resolution microscopy <\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Novel tools for molecule and cellular imaging (DNA origami, new probes etc) <\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Tissue and whole animal imaging <\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Multimodal imaging <\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Biomedical Imaging and Instrumentation <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/details>\n\n\n\n
          Biomechanics & Physiological Systems<\/strong><\/div><\/summary>
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          • Biomechanics \n
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            • Kinematics and Kinetics of Human Motion <\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • Musculoskeletal Modeling and Simulation <\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • Injury Biomechanics and Prevention <\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • Rehabilitation and Assistive Device Design <\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • Tissue and Joint Mechanics <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • Cardiovascular Engineering \n
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              • Hemodynamics and Blood Flow Modeling <\/li>\n\n\n\n
              • Cardiovascular Devices (stents, valves, grafts) <\/li>\n\n\n\n
              • Vascular Biology and Mechanics <\/li>\n\n\n\n
              • Computational and Imaging-Based Cardiovascular Analysis <\/li>\n\n\n\n
              • Cardiopulmonary Interaction <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
              • Neural Engineering \n
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                • Injury, Repair, and Regeneration <\/li>\n\n\n\n
                • Neuroprosthetics  <\/li>\n\n\n\n
                • Neural Signal Processing and Stimulation <\/li>\n\n\n\n
                • Spinal Cord and Peripheral Nerve Repair <\/li>\n\n\n\n
                • Neurorehabilitation Technologies <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/details>\n\n\n\n
                  Emerging Technologies<\/strong><\/div><\/summary>
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