Registration is open for in-person or virtual attendance! Please register here by Wednesday, February 26th!

***Attention China-based attendees: Due to internet restrictions, attendees from China may encounter difficulties completing payment on our conference registration page. To resolve this, please use a different browser that supports Google reCAPTCHA or a specific VPN. If you are attending in person and are unable to complete your payment, you can register on-site at the conference, however, please be sure to confirm your attendance via email before the February 26^th deadline. Please email coe-conferences@northeastern.edu to confirm whether you will be attending in person or virtually as well as your name, email, phone number, and your registration fee amount. Once that information is received from virtual attendees only, you will receive a separate link for payment. This applies only to attendees based in China. All other attendees should be able to register without any issues. Thank you!

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be run like a shortened version of Gordon conference and will have deep and engaging discussion on mechanobiology; any unpublished work is welcome.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 per person for faculty, research scientists, and postdocs, and $100 per person for students. The conference will be conducted in a dual format, allowing participants to attend both in-person and virtually. Abstract submission deadline has passed. Registration includes breakfast, coffee breaks, and lunch for both days, with a networking reception on the first day featuring appetizers and drinks and a poster session. For any further questions or concerns, please email coe-conferences@northeastern.edu .

Confirmed Speakers & Panel Discussion Chairs:

Shu Chien, Professor Emeritus of Bioengineering, University of California San Diego

Dennis Discher, Robert 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

Song Li, Chancellor’s Professor, University of California Los Angeles

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

Bo Huang, Professor of Immunology, Vice Director of Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, China

Kevin Chalut, Group Leader, the Altos Labs Cambridge Institute of Science, United Kingdom

Ming Guo, Associate Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Ning Wang, Professor of Bioengineering, Director of Institute for Mechanobiology, Northeastern University in Boston

Nikolai Slavov, Professor of Bioengineering, Northeastern University in Boston; Founding Director of Parallel Squared Technology Institute; Allen Distinguished Investigator, Allen Frontiers Group

Mian Long, Professor, Institute of Mechanics, Director of Center for Biomechanics and Bioengineering, and of Beijing Key Laboratory of Engineered Construction and Mechanobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Wengong Jin, Assistant Professor of Computer Sciences, Northeastern University in Boston

Amir Vahabikashi<a.vahabikashi@northeastern.edu>, Assistant Professor of Bioengineering, Northeastern University in Boston

Lei Wang<a.vahabikashi@northeastern.edu>, Assistant Professor of Bioengineering and Biology, Northeastern University in Boston

Hyeon Yu Kim<a.vahabikashi@northeastern.edu>, Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering and Bioengineering, Northeastern University in Boston

 

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

 

We would like to extend our sincerest gratitude and appreciation to our sponsors.