Mechanotherapeutics: From Drugs to Wearables: Full Schedule

Our 7th annual international symposium will focus on advances in the field of Mechanobiology that have resulted in the development of new types of pharmaceuticals, drug delivery systems, engineered tissues, and wearable therapeutic devices that leverage physical forces or target mechanical signaling pathways as a core part of their mechanism of action. Organized by Wyss Institute Core Faculty members Dave Mooney and Don Ingber, the day will include a number of distinguished speakers who will provide examples of how mechanics is being harnessed in ways that can transform the future of medicine.

3:30pm EDT

Biological Restoration and Regeneration with Soft Wearable Robots

Session Chair

Conor Walsh (Session Chair)

Wyss Institute, Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering & Applied Sciences

Conor Walsh is the John L. Loeb Associate Professor of Engineering and Applied Sciences at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and a Core Faculty Member at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering. He is the founder of the Harvard... Read More →

Tuesday September 20, 2016 3:30pm - 4:00pm EDT
Joseph B. Martin Conference Center 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston, Ma 02115

Implantable and Wearable Devices

4:00pm EDT

Implantable devices with self-remodeling capacity

Speakers

Simon P. Hoerstrup

Chair and Director, Co-Director, Institute for Regenerative Medicine, University of Zurich, ETH, Wyss Zurich, Wyss Institute at Harvard University

Simon P. Hoerstrup, MD, PhD, is a physician and leader in the field tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. He is Chair and Director of the Institute for Regenerative Medicine and Co-Director of the recently founded Wyss Translational Center Zurich in Switzerland. Hoerstrup... Read More →

Tuesday September 20, 2016 4:00pm - 4:30pm EDT
Joseph B. Martin Conference Center 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston, Ma 02115

Implantable and Wearable Devices

4:30pm EDT

Preventing Infant Apnea Using the Laws of Mechanics

Speakers

David Paydarfar

Wyss Institute, University of Massachusetts Medical School

David Paydarfar is an Associate Faculty Member at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University, and Professor and Executive Vice Chair of Neurology at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. He studies oscillatory neural systems at the... Read More →

Tuesday September 20, 2016 4:30pm - 5:00pm EDT
Joseph B. Martin Conference Center 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston, Ma 02115

Implantable and Wearable Devices