CCS group travels to Banff, Canada for ISACB conference

Dr. Michael Sacks and graduate research assistants Salma Ayoub and Bruno Rego traveled to Banff, Canada this month to attend the 2016 ISACB Conference.

Dr. Sacks presented the talks "An in-situ approach to estimate the layer-specific biophysical state of aortic valve interstitial cells" and "Stress fiber contractile behaviors in aortic valve interstitial cell"; Rego presented the poster "Evidence for interstitial cell-driven restoration of homeostasis in heart valve remodeling"; and Ayoub presented "Linking layer-specific mitral valve interstitial cell deformation to biosynthetic response: implications for mitral valve repair."

Salma Ayoub's poster received the Young Investigators Award as an Honorable Mention.

Details of the ISACB bienniel conference are at the association's website.