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Biomaterials for Drug Delivery

Thursday, November 12, 2009: 8:30 AM
Tennessee A (Gaylord Opryland Hotel)

Description:
This session focuses on the design and evaluation of biomaterials that can be used in drug delivery and controlled release applications. Examples of topics include biocompatibility, degradation, targeting, intracellular delivery, formulation, self-assembly, encapsulation, cell/tissue-material interactions, bioactivity, gene delivery, temporal delivery, and biomimetics.


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


Chair:
Steven Little
Email: srlittle@pitt.edu

Co-Chair:
Ying Chau
Email: ying.chau@ust.hk


8:30 AM
(500a) Electrostatic Assembly as a Platform for Universal Multiagent Release
Paula T. Hammond

8:55 AM
(500b) Antibiotic Delivery From Degradable Polyelectrolyte Multilayer Films
Anita Shukla and Paula Hammond

9:20 AM
(500c) Electrohydrodynamic Co-Jetting: A Design Platform for Multifunctional Structures for Drug Delivery and Tissue Engineering Applications
Srijanani Bhaskar, Kelly Marie Pollock, Jonathan Hitt, Mutsumi Yoshida, Sei-Won Laura Chang and Joerg Lahann

9:45 AM
(500d) Breath Figure Thin Films of Biodegradable Polymers for Controlled Antibiotic Release
Thiruselvam Ponnusamy, Timothy N. Tate, Louise B. Lawson, Lucia C. Freytag, Lisa A. Morici and Vijay T. John

10:10 AM
(500e) Developing a Hydrogel System for Controlled Release of Thymosin Beta-4 to the Corneal Epithelium
David P. Tefft, Gabriel Sosne and Howard WT Matthew

10:35 AM
(500f) Extended Ophthalmic Drug Delivery by Silicone-Hydrogel Contact Lenses
Cheng-Chun Peng, Jinah Kim and Anuj Chauhan
See more of this Group/Topical: Materials Engineering and Sciences Division