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Cornell University

Van Vliet Group

Laboratory for Material Chemomechanics

Meeting Schedule

Group meetings are held via Zoom every Wednesday from 5:00pm – 6:30pm during the academic year.

2025 Group Meeting Calendar

February

DateDayTalk TitleSpeaker
February 5Wednesday​​​Enhancing Cell Therapy for Treatment of Acute Respiratory Distress SyndromeBrandon Krupczak
February 12 WednesdayProject Proposal: MSC-based Cell Therapy for Multiple Sclerosis (MS)Junsung (John) Lee
February 19WednesdayMesenchymal Stromal Cells (MSCs) 
in Multiple Sclerosis and myelination
Anna Jagielska
February 26WednesdayInternal Group MeetingInternal Group Meeting

March

March 5Wednesday

Advancing Biomaterials: From Polymer Coacervation to Mimicking Neuronal Axons

Kenny Loo
March 12WednesdayLabArchives –
Electronic Lab Notebook
Julia Dias
March 19WednesdayMultiple Sclerosis: Pathophysiology and Therapeutic ImplicationsKshama Gupta
March 26WednesdayThe Clinical Impact of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)Dr. Junaid Razzak

April

April 2WednesdayThe Biofoundry Lab: Biomaterial Design, Processing, and ApplicationDr. Yadong Wang
April 9WednesdayInternal Group MeetingInternal Group Meeting
April 16WednesdayResearch Updates: Plan for MSC-based Cell Therapy for Multiple Sclerosis & Printing Artificial Axons with an Ionically Conductive PolymerJohn Lee
April 23WednesdayInternal Group MeetingInternal Group Meeting
April 30WednesdayUpdates on Breez Parameter Optimization and Heterogeneity AnalysisBrandon Krupczak

May

May 7WednesdayThe Schaffer-Nishimura LabDr. Chris Schaffer & Dr. Nozomi Nishimura
May 14WednesdayExploring Live Imaging of Myelination with Artificial Axons and Third Harmonic GenerationAnna Jagielska
May 21WednesdayInternal Group MeetingInternal Group Meeting
May 28WednesdayInternal Group MeetingInternal Group Meeting

June – August

DateMeetings
June – AugustVan Vliet Group meetings will be temporarily paused for the summer and will resume with the start of the academic semester on August 26th.

If you are interested in attending a group meeting, please contact Principal Investigator Krystyn Van Vliet and lab manager Julia Dias to obtain meeting information.