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| 15D12 Transport Phenomena in Tissue Engineering | ||||||||||
| Overview | The field of tissue engineering seeks to create clinically effective materials for the repair of damaged tissues and organs and the treatment of medical conditions brought on by trauma, disease or congenital defects. Tissue engineering strategies involve the incorporation of novel biomaterials with biologics and/or pharmaceutics, that upon implantation in the patient will stimulate angiogenesis, tissue integration, and/or tissue remodeling. Critical to the development of effective tissues is the regulation of transport phenomena. This includes delivery of oxygen, nutrients, transforming factors, genes, and cryoprotectants to cells, clearance of metabolic waste products, and intercellular communication via autocrine and paracrine factors. Concurrently, transport of cells represents another challenging component of tissue engineering and important considerations include the migration of cells through scaffolds and their spatial organization into tissue structures. This session seeks a broad range of research abstracts that encompass both experimental and computational aspects of transport phenomena. Tissues include but are not limited to liver, pancreas, retina, muscle, skin, tendon, cartilage, bone, vascular, and nerve. | |||||||||
| Primary Sponsor | Engineering Fundamentals in Life Science (15d) | |||||||||
ChairAaron S. GoldsteinAssistant Professor Department of Chemical Engineering, 0211 Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA 24061-0211 Phone Number: 540-231-3674 Fax Number: 540-231-5022 Email: goldst@vt.edu
CoChairVassilios I. SikavitsasAssistant Professor The University of Oklahoma School of Chemical, Biological, and Materials Engineering 100 East Boyd, Room T335 Norman, OK 73019 Phone Number: (405)-325-1511 Fax Number: (405)-325-5813 Email: vis@ou.edu | ||||||||||
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