BMES

October 20 – 24, 2026

Orlando, FL

Platform Presentations:

“Estrogen attenuates ascending aortic aneurysm progression by preserving the extracellular matrix integrity and aortic wall biomechanics in a mouse model of Marfan Syndrome”

Krashn Dwivedi, Yufan Wu, Jessica Wagenseil

Krashn Dwivedi, a researcher at the University of Utah, presenting his work at the 2026 BMES conference.

“Patient-specific fluid-structure-interaction simulations suggest potential wall-shear-stress related metrics as biomarkers for aorta with Marfan Syndrome”

Yufan Wu, Krashn Dwivedi, Hadi Wiputra, Marisa Bazzi, Alan Braverman, Victor Barocas, Jessica Wagenseil

Viola Wu, a researcher at Washington University, presenting her work at the 2026 BMES conference.

"Continuous normalizing flow (CNF)-based aortic shape representation learning uncovers cross-sectional disease signatures and anomalous remodeling trajectories in thoracic aortic aneurysms"

Yufan Wu, Yusuf Ozturk, Krashn Dwivedi, Alan Braverman, Fanwei Kong, Jessica Wagenseil

Funding Panel:

“How do I fund my research”

Jessica Wagenseil, Derek Dosdall, Netta Gurari, Karli Gillette

Profs Netta Gurari, Jessica Wagenseil, Karli Gillette, and Derek Dosdall presenting a panel on how to fund your research.

Poster Presentation:

Mechanobiological pathways are significantly upregulated in ascending thoracic aortic aneurysm single cell and bulk RNA-sequencing datasets

Luis Castro, Daphanie Hsieh, Jessica Wagenseil

Luis Castro, a researcher at Washington University, presenting his work at the 2026 BMES conference.