ABSTRACTS: Basic Science and Translational Research (Non-CME)

Abstract Chair(s)

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  Walfre Franco, PhD

  University of Massachusetts Lowell
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  Guillermo Aguilar, PhD (he/him/his)

  Texas A & M University

Presentations:

• 2:32 PM – 2:38 PM EDT

  ROLE OF TGF-β1 SIGNALING IN MACROPHAGES MEDIATING PHOTOBIOMODULATION THERAPY AFTER EXPOSURE TO BOTHROPS JARARACUSSU VENOM
  

  Presenting Author: Amanda C. David, PhD student (she/her/hers) – 1 - Universidade Nove de Julho, Programa de Pós Graduação em Medicina 2 – University at Buffalo, New York, USA Departments of Oral Biology, Surgery and Biomedical Engineering
• 2:39 PM – 2:45 PM EDT

  VASODILATION BY LASER-INDUCED TEMPERATURE INCREASE IN MOUSE DORSAL SKINFOLD CHAMBER MODEL
  

  Presenting Author: Junsoo Lee – University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA
• 2:46 PM – 2:52 PM EDT

  PHOTOBIOMODULATION INCREASES MUSCLE REGENERATION AND MITIGATES MUSCULAR INJURIES IN MICE
  

  Presenting Author: Nashwa Cheema, PhD – Massachusetts General Hospital
• 2:53 PM – 2:59 PM EDT

  OBJECTIFYING IMMEDIATE SKIN RESPONSES FROM A 532-NM KTP LASER IN VASCULAR LESIONS USING DYNAMIC OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY AND QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS
  

  Presenting Author: Merete Haedersdal, MD, PhD, DMSc (she/her/hers) – Copenhagen University Hospital - Bispebjerg
• 3:00 PM – 3:06 PM EDT

  LASER-ASSISTED VERSUS NEEDLE-BASED METHODS FOR POLY-L-LACTIC-ACID DELIVERY: A COMPARATIVE EVALUATION USING OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY AND HISTOLOGY
  

  Presenting Author: Parita T.Suwan, MD (she/her/hers) – Massachusetts General Hospital
• 3:12 PM – 3:18 PM EDT

  OPTIMIZING WOUND HEALING PROTOCOLS USING THE EINSTEIN DOSIMETRY FOR PHOTOBIOMODULATION THERAPY
  

  Presenting Author: Dipti D. Kalshetti (she/her/hers) – University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, New York
• 3:19 PM – 3:25 PM EDT

  EXPERIMENTAL CHARACTERIZATION OF A TISSUE PHANTOM FOR STUDYING LARGE CUTANEOUS AND SUBCUTANEOUS DEFORMATIONS
  

  Presenting Author: Edidiong Etim – University of Massachusetts Lowell
• 3:26 PM – 3:32 PM EDT

  CHANGES IN ARTICULAR CARTILAGE DUE TO NON-ABLATIVE FRACTIONAL LASER TREATMENT
  

  Presenting Author: Maryem Mahhou – University of Massachusetts Lowell
• 3:33 PM – 3:39 PM EDT

  OPTIMIZED VERHOEFF VAN GIESON STAINING FOR DEMARCATION OF THERMALLY DENATURED COLLAGEN IN ENERGY-BASED DEVICE RESEARCH
  

  Presenting Author: Ga Ram Ahn, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – Massachusetts General Hospital
• 3:40 PM – 3:46 PM EDT

  INSIGHTS INTO DERMAL TISSUE REMODELING: FINAL GENE EXPRESSION ANALYSIS FOLLOWING DERMAL MICRO-CORING
  

  Presenting Author: Julie B. de la Cruz, MD (she/her/hers) – Miami Dermatology and Laser Institute
• 3:52 PM – 3:58 PM EDT

  755-NM PICOSECOND LASER COMBINED WITH BIOACTIVE POLYMER DOTS REVERSES PHOTO-DAMAGE IN NUDE MICE
  

  Presenting Author: Chang-Cheng Chang, MD, PhD, FACS – China medical university, Taichung Taiwan
• 3:59 PM – 4:05 PM EDT

  SEEING IS BELIEVING: USING BACTERIA-SPECIFIC "PRO-PHOTOSENSITIZERS" (PP) TO MONITOR AND MANAGE DIABETIC WOUND INFECTION
  

  Presenting Author: Yongli Li, PhD – Massachusetts General Hospital
• 4:13 PM – 4:19 PM EDT

  EXPLORING EPIDERMAL THICKNESS ACROSS AGES IN HEALTHY NON-DISEASED FACIAL SKIN REGIONS USING OPTICAL COHERANCE TOMOGRAPHY
  

  Presenting Author: Olamide Sonuga, BS (she/her/hers) – University of California-Irvine Department of Dermatology, Irvine, California
• 4:20 PM – 4:26 PM EDT

  ADIPOSE TISSUE BEIGING AFTER CRYOLIPOLYSIS: INSIGHTS FROM EXPLORATORY RESEARCH
  

  Presenting Author: Joel Jimenez Lozano, PhD – Abbvie