2008 Annual Meeting

Session: Engineering the Stem Cell Niche

This session describes the creation of controllable environments to direct stem cell function.

Chair

Palmer, A. F., Graduate Student

Co-Chair

Tzanakakis, E. S., State University of New York at Buffalo

Presentations

03:15 PM

(145a) Elastic Niches and Capillaries Tuned for 3D Matrix Control of Mesenchymal Stem Cell Differentiation

03:35 PM

(145b) Combinatorial Biomaterials as An Engineered Niche Platform for Inhibition of Stem Cell Transformation and Promotion of Stem Cell-Based Regeneration

03:55 PM

(145c) Tendon Tissue Engineering Using Mechanical Stimulation of Mesenchymal Stem Cells

04:15 PM

(145d) Directed Differentiation of Embryonic Stem Cells to Cardiomyocytes in a Bioreactor

04:45 PM

(145e) Integrated Expansion and Differentiation of Embryonoic Stem Cells In Fibrous Bed Bioreactors

05:05 PM

(145f) Effect of Organismal Aging on Bone Marrow Derived Smooth Muscle Progenitor Cells

05:25 PM

(145g) Evoking a Mature Smc Phenotype in Mouse Embryonic Progenitor Cells