Global Summit on Mechanobiology and Mechanomedicine Conference
Thursday, March 6 – Friday 7, 2025
Location: Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Complex (ISEC); 805 Columbus Ave., Boston, MA
Registration is now open! Please register here by Tuesday, March 5th!
This event aims to bring together global leaders and experts in mechanobiology to discuss the latest research findings and envision the future of mechanobiology in enhancing health and advancing medicine. The conference will be run like a shortened version of Gordon conference and will have deep and engaging discussion on mechanobiology; any unpublished work is welcome. The registration fee will be $250 for faculty, research scientists, and postdocs, while students will be charged $100. The conference will be conducted in a dual format, allowing participants to attend both in-person and virtually. Abstract submissions for being selected as short talks and a poster session are welcome. Registration includes breakfast, coffee breaks, and lunch for both days, with a networking reception on the first day featuring appetizers and drinks. For any further questions or concerns, please email coe-conferences@northeastern.edu .
Topics
Experts will discuss the following topics related to Mechanobiology and Mechanomedicine:
- Immunomechanobiology
- Mechanostasis in Cardiovascular Mechanobiology
- Mechanomemory and Mechanointelligence
- Tissue Mechanobiology
- Mechanics and Mechanotransduction of Cells
- Tumor Microenvironment Mechanobiology
- Mechanodiagnostics & Mechanotherapeutics
Confirmed Speakers & Panel Discussion Chairs:
Shu Chien, Professor Emeritus of Bioengineering, University of California San Diego
Dennis Discher, Rober D. Bent Professor, Director of Physical Sciences Oncology Center/Project @ Penn, University of Pennsylvania
Donald Ingber, Founding Director, Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University; Judah Folkman Professor of Vascular Biology, Harvard Medical School & Vascular Biology Program, Boston Children’s Hospital; Hansjörg Wyss Professor of Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
David A. Weitz, Mallinckrodt Professor of Physics and of Applied Physics, Harvard University
Martin Schwartz, Robert W. Berliner Professor of Medicine (Cardiology) and Professor of Biomedical Engineering and of Cell Biology, Yale University
Herbert Levine, University Distinguished Professor of Physics and Bioengineering, Northeastern University in Boston
Mary L. Bouxsein, Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Jay Humphrey, John C. Malone Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Yale University
Elliot Elson, Professor Emeritus of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Washington University in St. Louis
Christopher S. Chen, Founding Director, The Biological Design Center; William F. Warren Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University; Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University
Guy Genin, Harold and Kathleen Faught Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis
Jeffrey Ruberti, College of Engineering Distinguished Professor of Bioengineering, Northeastern University in Boston
C. Ross Ethier, Lawrence L. Gellerstedt, Jr. and Mary Duckworth Gellerstedt Chair in Bioengineering, Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar in Biomechanics and Mechanobiology
Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology & Emory University School of Medicine
Peter Yingxiao Wang, Dwight C. and Hildagarde E. Baum Chair in Biomedical Engineering and Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Molecular Microbiology & Immunology, University of Southern California
Xuanhe Zhao, Uncas and Helen Whitaker Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cheng Zhu, Regents’ Professor, J. Erskine Love Jr. Endowed Chair in Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
Pere Roca-Cusachs Soulere, Group Leader, Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia; Professor, University of Barcelona, Spain
Kevin Chalut, Group Leader, the Altos Labs Cambridge Institute of Science, United Kingdom
Ming Guo, Associate Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Kandice Tanner, Senior Investigator, National Cancer Institute, NIH
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Organizing Committee of the Global Summit on Mechanobiology and Mechanomedicine
Erin Cram, Professor of Biology and Associate Dean for Research College of Science, Northeastern University
Eno Ebong, Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering, Northeastern University
Herbert Levine, University Distinguished Professor of Physics and Bioengineering, Northeastern University
Jeffrey Ruberti, College of Engineering Distinguished Professor of Bioengineering, Northeastern University
Sandra Shefelbine, Professor of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering and Bioengineering, Associate Dean of Space and Special Initiatives, College of Engineering, Northeastern University
Ning Wang, Professor of Bioengineering, Director of Institute for Mechanobiology, Northeastern University
Emily Zimmerman, Associate Professor of Neurodevelopment, Northeastern University