Session: Biomaterial-Cell Interactions in Tissue Engineering (2009 Annual Meeting)

Wednesday, November 11, 2009: 8:30 AM

Bayou A (Gaylord Opryland Hotel)

Description:

This session welcomes submissions pertaining to the wide range of interactions that occur when cells come in contact with biomaterials. This session is a subgroup of tissue engineering areas focusing on material cell interactions.

Sponsor:

Engineering Fundamentals in Life Science

Chair:

Padma Rajagopalan
Email: padmar@vt.edu

Co-Chair:

Milica Radisic
Email: milica@chem-eng.utoronto.ca

8:30 AM

(347a) A Materials-Based Approach for Immunotherapeutics Design: Tailoring Nanoparticle Surface Chemistry-Associated Complement Activation for Immune Modulation
Susan N. Thomas, Andre van der Vlies, Sachiko Hirosue, Sai Reddy, Jeffrey A. Hubbell and Melody A. Swartz

8:50 AM

(347b) The Design of Three-Dimensional Liver Mimics Using Nano-Scale Polyelectrolyte Scaffolds
Yeonhee Kim and Padma Rajagopalan

9:10 AM

(347c) The Effect of Nanothin Biofunctional PEG Coating of Pancreatic Islets On Insulin Secretion Capability
Seda Kizilel, Andrew Scavone, Xiang Liu, Jean-Manuel Nothias, Diane Ostrega and Michael Millis

9:30 AM

(347d) A Multiscale Mechanical Model Predicts Tissue-Level and Fiber-Level Reorganization in Stretched Cell-Compacted Collagen Gels
Edward A. Sander, Triantafyllos Stylianopoulos, Robert T. Tranquillo and Victor H. Barocas

9:50 AM

Break

10:00 AM

(347e) Macrophage Interrogation of PEG-Based Hydrogels Used in Tissue Engineering Applications
Aaron D. Lynn, Anna K. Blakney, Themis R. Kyriakides and Stephanie J. Bryant

10:20 AM

(347f) Relative Influence of Scaffold Bioactivity Versus Modulus On Cell Behavior
Dany Munoz-Pinto and Mariah S. Hahn

10:40 AM

(347g) Tumor Cells Alter Expression Patterns in Response to Bone Mechanical Properties
Nazanin S. Ruppender, Julie A. Sterling, Patrick D. Boyer, Jeffry S. Nyman, Gregory R. Mundy and Scott A. Guelcher

See more of this Group/Topical: Food, Pharmaceutical & Bioengineering Division