Workshops and Presentations

Invited Talk · Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health · June 2026

The Modular μSiM as a Tool for Studying How Systemic Stressors Cause Brain Injury

James L. McGrath

Invited talk (Session IV: Human-Based Methods in Neurological Research) on using the modular μSiM platform to model how systemic stressors — inflammation and aging — drive blood-brain barrier dysfunction and brain injury.

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Workshop · Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health · June 2026

Summer Immersion 2026 — “Build Your Own MPS”

James L. McGrath, Alexis Feidler, and Ahmet Gurcan

A hands-on workshop on the modular μSiM platform for modeling barrier microphysiological systems — from membrane architecture and device assembly through live imaging of barrier function and organ-on-chip models.

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