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2026 CAP Congress / Congrès de l'ACP 2026

21–26 Jun 2026
U. Ottawa - Learning Crossroads (CRX) Building
America/Toronto timezone
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(DPMB) T2-11 Emergent Biological Behaviour II: Confined Molecular Systems to Aging Dynamics | Comportements biologiques émergents II: des systèmes moléculaires confinés aux dynamiques du vieillissement (DPMB)

T2-11
23 Jun 2026, 14:15
U. Ottawa - Learning Crossroads (CRX) Building

U. Ottawa - Learning Crossroads (CRX) Building

100 Louis-Pasteur Private, Ottawa, ON K1N 9N3

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(DPMB) T2-11 Emergent Biological Behaviour II: Confined Molecular Systems to Aging Dynamics | Comportements biologiques émergents II: des systèmes moléculaires confinés aux dynamiques du vieillissement (DPMB)

  • Maria Kilfoil (University of Prince Edward Island / Physics)

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  1. 599. Microfluidic High-Throughput Production of Mondisperse Encapsulated Cellular Spheroids
    Nicholas Soucy (University of Ottawa)
    23/06/2026, 14:15
    Physics in Medicine and Biology / Physique en médecine et en biologie (DPMB-DPMB)
    Oral Competition (Graduate Student) / Compétition orale (Étudiant(e) du 2e ou 3e cycle)

    Our work involves the formation and utilization of mass produced, monodisperse spheroids encapsulated in hollow hydrogel microcapsules for use in assays and drug response trials.
    Three-dimensional culture of cells into spheroids and organoids shows improved therapeutic and clinical relevance over two-dimensional culture. Heterogeneity of spheroids in size and structure is an issue for...

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  2. 600. Microfluidic sample compartmentalization for biomolecular concentration quantification using a nanopore sensor
    Morteza Safari (University of Ottawa)
    23/06/2026, 14:30
    Physics in Medicine and Biology / Physique en médecine et en biologie (DPMB-DPMB)
    Oral Competition (Graduate Student) / Compétition orale (Étudiant(e) du 2e ou 3e cycle)

    Determination of the concentration and physical characteristics of a biomolecule with single molecule sensitivity is a fundamental measurement in biophysics, analytical chemistry, and central to diagnostic applications. In this work, we introduce a microfluidic device with an integrated nanopore sensor, which leverages sample compartmentalization in known pL volumes allowing direct molecular...

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  3. 770. Effects of macromolecular crowding on protein fold switching
    Prof. Stefan Wallin (Memorial University of Newfoundland)
    23/06/2026, 14:45
    Physics in Medicine and Biology / Physique en médecine et en biologie (DPMB-DPMB)
    Oral (Non-Student) / Orale (non-étudiant(e))

    While most folded proteins adopt a single, conformationally homogeneous native state, a small but growing class of proteins is known to reversibly switch between two structurally distinct folds. These fold transitions are typically triggered by changes in the local environment, such as binding to a partner molecule or variations in salt concentration or temperature, and often enable new,...

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  4. 1094. Aging as a complex but interpretable dynamical system
    Andrew Rutenberg
    23/06/2026, 15:15
    Physics in Medicine and Biology / Physique en médecine et en biologie (DPMB-DPMB)
    Invited Speaker / Conférencier(ère) invité(e)

    We study the complex dynamics of human aging with a data-driven approach. We started with flexible deep-learning approaches to predict future health, and have used them to identify simpler stochastic dynamical models within interpretable latent spaces. I will tell you about our methods, our findings to date, and the open questions we continue to pursue.

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