Session: Stem Cells in Tissue Engineering (2009 Annual Meeting)

Description:

This session focuses on bioengineering approaches aiming to utilize embryonic stem cells, adult progenitor cells and induced pluripotent cells in tissue engineering applications. Topics of interest include but are not limited to: the design of novel agents or biomaterials supporting stem cell self-renewal or promoting cell differentiation towards a particular lineage; methods for the expansion and/or differentiation of embryonic stem cells and tissue-residing progenitor cells in scalable systems; studies on stem cell-derived tissue development and morphogenesis; and novel methods of transplantation or therapeutics.

Sponsor:

Engineering Fundamentals in Life Science

Chair:

Debra T. Auguste
Harvard University
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
29 Oxford St.
Cambridge, MA 02138
Phone Number: 617-384-7980
Email: auguste@seas.harvard.edu

Co-chairs:

Manolis S. Tzanakakis and Yaakov Nahmias

Papers:

117a

Extracellular Matrix Mechanics Affect Stem Cell Lineage in 3D by Controlling Integrin Binding
Nathaniel Huebsch, Harvard University; Praveen R. Arany, Harvard University; Angelo S. Mao, Harvard University; Jose Rivera-Feliciano, Harvard University; David J. Mooney, Harvard University

117b

Affect of Hypoxia On Cardiomyocyte Differentiation and Its Extracellular Environment
Renita Horton, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University; Eleftherios Sachlos, McMaster Stem Cell and Cancer Research Institute; Debra T. Auguste, Harvard University

117c

Guided Cardiogenic Commitment of Human Embryonic Stem Cells for Heart Tissue Engineering
Donghui Jing, State University of New York at Buffalo; Abhirath Parikh, State University of New York at Buffalo; Emmanuel (Manolis) S. Tzanakakis, State University of New York at Buffalo

117d

Elasticity Effects On the Origin of Heartbeat
Christine I. Carag, University of Pennsylvania; Dennis Discher, University of Pennsylvania

Break

117e

Multivalency Enhances the in Vitro Potency of Recombinant Sonic Hedgehog On Stem Cells
Randolph Ashton, University of California at Berkeley; Ravi S. Kane, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; David Schaffer, University of California at Berkeley

117f

Extracellular Matrix Protein and Astrocyte Derived Soluble Factors Synergistically Affect Neural Progenitor Cells
Carlos A. Ariza, Iowa State University; Surya K. Mallapragada, Iowa State University; Donnald S. Sakaguchi, Iowa State University

117g

Engineering Stromal Cells for Targeted Differentation of Adult Bone Marrow Stem Cells Into Antigen-Specific Helper T Cells
Pin Wang, University of Southern California; Bingbing Dai, University of Southern California

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