Cell-Material Interactions

Wednesday, November 11, 2009: 12:30 PM
Tennessee C (Gaylord Opryland Hotel)

Description:
This session focuses on the interactions between cells and materials for biomedical applications. Areas include (but are not limited to) interactions between cells and materials, mechanisms of cell adhesion and migration, cell shape control, directing cell behavior with materials of defined mechanical properties, nano-scale topology and ligand presentation and the control of stem cell differentiation by biomaterials.


Sponsor:
Biomaterials
Co-Sponsor(s):
Engineering Fundamentals in Life Science (15d)


Chair:
Jessica O. Winter
Email: winter.63@osu.edu

Co-Chair:
Mariah S. Hahn
Email: mariah.hahn@chemail.tamu.edu


12:30 PM
(395a) In Situ Control of Hydrogel Modulus with Light to Direct Cell Phenotype
April M. Kloxin, Julie A. Benton and Kristi S. Anseth

12:55 PM
(395b) Transient Elasticity Gradients for Studying Cell Mobility
Matthew A. Reilly, Jingjie Zhang and Nathan Ravi

1:45 PM
(395d) Novel Cell Patterning Platform Employing Photocaged RGDS Peptides On a Hydrogel
Catherine Goubko, Swapan Majumdar, Ajoy Basak and Xudong Cao

2:10 PM

2:35 PM
(395f) Neurocompatibility Assessment of Insulating Polymer Coatings Using a Two-Dimensional Glial Scar Assay
Anil Kumar H. Achyuta, Vadim S. Polikov, Aleksandr White, Hilton G. Pryce Lewis and Shashi K. Murthy
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