2008 Annual Meeting

Session: Self-Assembled Biomaterials

This session describes the synthesis, design, and characterization of self-assembled biomaterials. This topic includes both materials that self-assemble for biological applications and materials that are constructed from biomolecular components.

Chair

Raymond Tu, City College of New York (of CUNY)

Co-Chair

Harry Bermudez, University of Massachusetts Amherst

Presentations

08:00 AM

(745a) Controlling Microbial Adhesion and Biofilm Formation by Self-Assembled Monolayers of Alkanethiols Presenting Mannitol Group
Shuyu Hou, Erik A. Burton, Yan-Yeung Luk, Dacheng Ren

08:20 AM

(745d) Tailoring of Self-Assembling Peptide Scaffolds with Biofunctional Epitopes
Ying Chau, Ying Luo, Qianqian Li, Alex C.Y Cheung

08:40 AM

(745e) Self-Assembly and DNA Binding Properties of Bzip Peptide Amphiphiles
Rachel S. Marullo, Raymond Tu, Matthew Tirrell

09:00 AM

(745f) Self-Assembly of Comb-Rod Dendritic Block Copolymers
Shujun Chen, Paula T. Hammond

09:20 AM

(745g) Structure and Nanomechanics of Collagen Complexes for Novel Biomaterials
David V. Svintradze, Vamsi K. Yadavalli, Ramana Pidaparti