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SUMMARY:ISRIF FAIR 2026
DESCRIPTION:Date: Saturday\, September 26\, 2026\nVenue: DoubleTree by Hilt
 on Los Angeles – Rosemead\nAddress: 888 Montebello Blvd.\, Rosemead\, CA 
 91770\, USA\nHost: International Student Research and Innovation Foundation
  (ISRIF)\nELIGIBILITY\n\nOpen to high school students (or equivalent to sec
 ondary school level).\nProjects may be submitted individually or by teams o
 f up to three students.\nWork must be primarily student driven. Reasonable 
 guidance from teachers or mentors is acceptable and should be acknowledged 
 in the project materials.\nProjects may originate from school programs\, in
 dependent work\, or another research initiative\, provided the student(s) c
 an clearly articulate their own contributions. \n\n\nCOMPETITION FORMAT\nP
 oster Presentation — Primary Judging Round\nEach project will be presente
 d as a printed scientific poster displayed on-site. Students must be availa
 ble for one-on-one or small-panel interviews with the judges\, typically la
 sting 5–10 minutes per visit. Each poster will be evaluated independently
  by three judges\, and the judges’ scores will be averaged to determine t
 he preliminary ranking. \nJudges’ Caucus and Final Ranking\nThe highest-s
 coring posters will advance to the judges’ caucus for further review and 
 discussion. During the caucus\, the judges will compare the top projects an
 d determine the final rankings.\nSUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS\nSubmission deadli
 ne: extended to September 13\,2026\nAll materials must be submitted by the 
 announced deadline. Incomplete submissions may not be accepted for judging.
 \n\nETHICS STATEMENT QUESTIONNAIRE\nStudents must answer every question and
  obtain the required signatures before submission.\n( Please Click Here Dow
 nload )\n \nKeynote Speaker\n\n        Dr. Song Li is a Chancellor’s
  Professor in the Department of Bioengineering and Associate Dean of the Sa
 mueli School of Engineering at UCLA. He chaired the Department of Bioengine
 ering from 2016 to 2024 and directed the Bioengineering Institute for Calif
 ornia from 2022 to 2025. Dr. Li’s work reveals how mechanical forces and 
 engineered biomaterials regulate stem cell fate\, epigenetic plasticity\, a
 nd immune responses\, translating mechanobiology into regenerative medicine
 \, immunoengineering\, and disease therapy. He has published over 200 peer-
 reviewed articles and filed 23 patents. His achievements have been recogniz
 ed by many awards and honors\, including the Global Biomaterials Leadership
  Award from the Chinese Association of Biomaterials\, and election as a Fel
 low of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE)
 \, the Biomedical Engineering Society\, and the International Academy for M
 edical and Biological Engineering (IAMBE). Dr. Li is also the Co-Editor-in-
 Chief of Med-X Journal.\nAbstract\nMultidisciplinary Evolution and Integrat
 ion: From Biomechanics to Mechanomedicine\n        Over the past six de
 cades\, biomechanics has evolved from the study of mechanical principles go
 verning biological systems to a multidisciplinary field that reveals how ph
 ysical forces regulate cellular behavior and drive health and disease. This
  presentation traces this remarkable journey—from classical biomechanics 
 to mechanobiology and the emerging era of mechanomedicine. Pioneering studi
 es by Dr. Shu Chien established how hemodynamic shear stress governs endoth
 elial mechanotransduction\, providing a molecular basis for vascular homeos
 tasis and atherosclerosis and transforming our understanding of cardiovascu
 lar disease. Building on these foundations\, recent advances illustrate how
  mechanobiological principles can be harnessed therapeutically\, exemplifie
 d by engineering the mechanical properties of artificial cells for immunoth
 erapy of cancer. Together\, these examples highlight the convergence of eng
 ineering\, biology\, and medicine\, and illustrate a future in which mechan
 ical cues become programmable therapeutic targets and design principles for
  next-generation diagnostics\, regenerative medicine\, immunotherapy\, and 
 precision mechanomedicine.
LOCATION:DoubleTree by Hilton Los Angeles – Rosemead
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