2009 Annual Meeting

Session: Biomaterial-Cell Interactions in Tissue Engineering

Co-Chair

Milica Radisic, University of Toronto

Presentations

08:30 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, Jeffrey A. Hubbell, Melody A. Swartz, Sachiko Hirosue, Sai Reddy

08:50 AM

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

09:10 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, Michael Millis

09:30 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, Victor H. Barocas

10:00 AM

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

10:20 AM

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

10:40 AM

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