Session: Skeletal Tissue Engineering (2009 Annual Meeting)

Monday, November 9, 2009: 8:30 AM

Cheekwood B (Gaylord Opryland Hotel)

Description:

This session will have presentations on the engineering of skeletal tissue, with topics such as the design of materials that promote osteroblast growth or mineralization.

Sponsor:

Biomaterials

Co-Sponsor(s):

Engineering Fundamentals in Life Science (15d)

Chair:

Vassilios I. Sikavitsas
Email: vis@ou.edu

Co-Chair:

Aaron S. Goldstein
Email: goldst@vt.edu

8:30 AM

(55b) Release Characteristics and Osteogenic Activity of rhBMP-2 Grafted to Resorbable Nanoparticles
Angel Mercado, Junyu Ma and Esmaiel Jabbari

8:51 AM

(55c) Resorbable Mineralized Bone Particle/Polyurethane Composites for Bone Tissue Engineering
J. Dumas, S. A. Guelcher and Ginger Holt

9:12 AM

(55d) Osteoblast Adhesion and Activity On Biomaterial Surfaces: Influence of Adsorbed Protein
Mathilde Hindie, Fabien Gaudiere, Marie-Christelle Degat, Olivier Gallet, Paul R. Van Tassel and Emmanuel Pauthe

9:33 AM

(55e) Effect of TNF-Alpha On in Vitro Osteogenic Differentiation of Mesenchymal Stem Cells
Paschalia M. Mountziaris and Antonios G. Mikos

9:54 AM

(55f) Understanding the Tissue Growth Process Via Fluid Shear and Nutrient Transport Simulation in 3D Porous Scaffolds Used in a Perfusion Bioreactor
Roman S. Voronov, Samuel VanGordon, Bonnie Landy, Vassilios I. Sikavitsas and Dimitrios V. Papavassiliou

10:15 AM

(55g) A Novel Optimization Algorithm to Assess the Stress Relaxation Characteristics of Soft Materials
Rahul D. Mirani, Prithwijit Ghoshal, Russell Rhinehart and Sundararajan. V. Madihally

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