26-30 July 2026

EMBC 2026

Toronto, Canada
Th.2.8: Biomaterials, Biomechanics & Targeted Therapies
Thursday, 30 July, 10:15 - 11:45
Location: Room 803AB
Session Type: Oral
Session Co-Chairs: Dorin Panescu and Rei Ukita
Theme 8: Therapeutic & Diagnostic Systems and Technologies
Thu, 30 Jul, 10:15 - 10:30

Th.2.8.1: MR-GUIDED TRANSMIT/RECEIVE HEMISPHERICAL PHASED ARRAY FOR MICROBUBBLE-MEDIATED ULTRASOUND BRAIN THERAPY: PRECLINICAL EVALUATION AND INITIAL CLINICAL EXPERIENCE
Ryan Jones, Dallan McMahon, Sunnybrook Research Institute; Pedro Saldanha-Castro, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; Yuexi Huang, Rohan Ramdoyal, Samuel Gunaseelan, Thomas Lin, Sunnybrook Research Institute; Lorne Zinman, Agessandro Abrahao, Nir Lipsman, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; Kullervo Hynynen, Sunnybrook Research Institute
Thu, 30 Jul, 10:30 - 10:45

Th.2.8.2: A BIOCOMPATIBLE AND SYNERGISTIC STRATEGY COMBINING ULTRASOUND AND MINOXIDIL-LOADED LIPOSOMES FOR RAPID ALOPECIA TREATMENT
Jingru Li, Lin Gan, Nianou Wang, Xiang Ji, Jingfeng Bai, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Thu, 30 Jul, 10:45 - 11:00

Th.2.8.3: FORCE-MEDIATED THERMAL COUPLING FOR RAPID CRYOGENIC COOLING TOWARD CLOSED-FORM VITRIFICATION OF CELL THERAPIES
Anita Dey Barsukova, Jennifer Murphy, Mark Belanger, Yubin Cai, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Michael Scott, Novo Nordisk; Giovanni Traverso, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Thu, 30 Jul, 11:00 - 11:15

Th.2.8.4: A PHYSICS-INFORMED NEURAL NETWORK FRAMEWORK FOR DENTAL CROWN BIOMECHANICS UNDER VARIABLE OCCLUSAL LOADING
Hyunbin Yun, Ji Yong Han, Heejin Yun, Sungho Oh, Taeyeon Lee, Won-Jin Yi, Seoul National University
Thu, 30 Jul, 11:15 - 11:30

Th.2.8.5: Biomimetic Platelet-Camouflaged Nanocarriers for Targeted TGF-β1 Delivery and Immunomodulation in Ischemic Stroke
Liqi Chen, Guojun Huang, Hong Pan, Lintao Cai, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Nanomedicine, CAS-HK Joint Lab of Biomaterials, Institute of Biomedicine and Biotechnology, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology (SIAT), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
Thu, 30 Jul, 11:30 - 11:45

Th.2.8.6: MITIGATING RF-INDUCED HEATING IN PEDIATRIC EPICARDIAL PACEMAKERS DURING 1.5 T MRI VIA SURGICAL REORIENTATION AND PLACEMENT
Kaitlyn Mowry, Fuchang Jiang, Pia Sanpitak, Safa Hameed, Kaylee Henry, Northwestern University; Gregory Webster, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago; Giorgio Bonmassar, Harvard Medical School; Laleh Golestanirad, Bhumi Bhusal, Northwestern University