Heather Wanczyk, MS

Graduate Assistant
University of Connecticut Health Center
Farmington, Connecticut, United States

Heather Wanczyk is a 4th year PhD candidate in Biomedical Science at the University of Connecticut Health Center in Farmington, CT. Her research is focused on novel tissue engineering approaches for treating congential defects and acquired diseases of the lung and esophagus in pediatric patients. She has experience with 3D bioprinting, organoid culture, biomaterial development and the differentiation of stem cells to distal and proximal lung phenotypes.

Presentation(s):

• S1 - REGIONALLY ISOLATED HUMAN AIRWAY-DERIVED DECELLULARIZED LUNG BIOINKS INFLUENCE THE MORPHOLOGY AND TRANSCRIPTIONAL PROFILE OF EMBEDDED HUMAN AIRWAY ORGANOIDS.

  Wednesday, May 7, 2025
  2:00 PM – 2:08 PM East Coast USA Time

• S2 - The Role of Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition (EMT) in Esophageal Tissue Regeneration

  Wednesday, May 7, 2025
  2:08 PM – 2:16 PM East Coast USA Time