Committee & Speakers
Conference Chairs
JZ
Jie Zhao
Ninth People’s Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Executive Editor-in-Chief of Mechanobiology in Medicine, China
YQ
Yixian Qin
The State University of New York at Stony Brook, Executive Editor-in-Chief of Mechanobiology in Medicine, USA
Co-Chairs & Local Organizing Committee
ZJ
Zonglai Jiang
Institute of Mechanobiology and Medical Engineering Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
ZY
Zhifeng Yu
Ninth People’s Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, China
Committee Members
FP
Fei Pan
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
AE
Adam Engler
Title: Adhesion Strength of Tumor Cells Predicts Metastatic Disease in vivo
University of California, San Diego, USA
LCT
LIM Chwee Teck
Title: Cell Clusters on the Move: Decoding Mechanobiological Cues
National University of Singapore, Singapore
DD
Dennis Discher
Title: Clustered macrophages durably eliminate cohesive tumors via coordinated intrudopodia
University of Pennsylvania, USA
XF
Xiqiao Feng
Title: Mechanochemobiological theory of cells and tissues
Tsinghua University, China
KF
Kristian Franze
Title: The mechanical regulation of neuronal development and regeneration
Institute of Medical Physics and Microtissue Engineering，Germany
GG
Guy Genin
Title: The role of tension anisotropy in fibrosis
Washington University in St. Louis, USA
PR
Pere Roca-Cusachs
Title: Understanding and controlling integrin-nucleus force transmission and mechanotransduction
Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia, Spain
SL
Song Li
Title: Mechanical reprogramming of immune cells for cancer therapy
University of California, Los Angeles, USA
HM
Henning Madry
Title: Mechanical regulation of knee osteoarthritis - translational data from a large animal model
Institute of Medical Physics and Microtissue Engineering, Germany
SE
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
NW
Ning Wang
Title: What are the biological principles for living cells?
Northeastern University, USA
YW
Yingxiao Wang
Title: Mechanogenetics for Cell ImmunoTherapy
University of Southern California, USA
DAW
David A. Weitz
Title: Vimentin intermediate filaments, filamentous actin, and the new view of the cell cortex
Harvard University, USA
YF
Yubo Fan
Title: Biomechanical and mechanobiological research for innovation of implantable and interventional devices
Beihang University, China
YD
Yanan Du
Title: Mechano-programming of cellular destiny and function
Tsinghua University, China
JZ
Jing Zhou
Title: Mechanosensing in Vascular Homeostasis and Remodeling: Role of the Tyrosine Kinase Receptors
Peking University, China
XEG
X. Edward Guo
Title: Crying Wolff: 130 Years of Wolff’s Law
Columbia University, USA