Preliminary Program subject to change
15D20 Cardiovascular Tissue Engineering
OverviewThis session will highlight research involving tissue engineering in the cardiovascular system with particular emphasis on experimental and computational strategies employed to increase understanding of normal function and aid in design of tissue engineered products for intervention of disease.
Primary SponsorEngineering Fundamentals in Life Science (15d)

Chair

Kristina D. Rinker
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
University of Calgary
2500 University Dr. N.W.
Calgary, AB T2N 1N4
Canada
Phone Number: 403-210-9733
Fax Number: 403-284-4852
Email: kdrinker@ucalgary.ca

CoChair

Milica Radisic
Assistant Professor
IBBME and Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry
University of Toronto
200 College St. Rm 368
Toronto, ON M5S 3E5
Canada
Phone Number: (416)946-5295
Email: milica@chem-eng.utoronto.ca
Functional Tissue-Engineered Blood Vessels Derived-from Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cells
Jin Yu Liu, Chemical and Biological Engineering, SUNY at Buffalo, 916 Furnas Hall, Amherst, NY 14260, Amherst, NY 14260, Daniel D. Swartz, Buffalo Children's Hospital, 916 Furnas Hall, Amherst, NY 14260, Lan Yao, SUNY at Buffalo, 916 Furnas Hall, Amherst, NY 14260 and Stelios T. Andreadis, SUNY at Buffalo, 908 Furnas Hall, Amherst, NY 14260
Strength Enhancement for Arterial-Implantable Fibrin Based Tev
Lan Yao, SUNY at Buffalo, 916 Furnas Hall, Amherst, NY 14260 and Stelios T. Andreadis, SUNY at Buffalo, 908 Furnas Hall, Amherst, NY 14260
How Differences in Vessel Wall Void Space between the Aorta and the Pulmonary Artery Induce Differences in Filtration and Macromolecular Transport
Zhongqing Zeng, Dept. of Chem. Eng., the City College of City University of New York, 140th St. at Convent Ave., New York, NY 10031, Kung-Ming Jan, College of Physician and Surgeons, Columbia University, 3675 Riverdale Ave. Suite 5, Bronx, NY 10463 and David Rumschitzki, Department of Chemical Engineering, City College of City University of New York, 140 St & Convent Avenue, New York, NY 10031
Engineering Functional Myocardium
Christopher Cannizzaro1, Hyoungshin Park1, Sharon Gerecht-Nir1, Nicola Elvassore2, Robert Langer1 and Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic1, (1)Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, E25-342, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139, (2)Department of Chemical Engeneering, University of Padova, via Marzolo, 9, Padova, 35131, Italy
Intermission
Oxygen Gradients Correlate with Decrease in Cell Density and Viability in Engineered Cardiac Tissue
Milica Radisic, IBBME/Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, University of Toronto, 200 College St. Rm. 368, Toronto, ON M5S 3E5, Canada, Jos Malda, Queensland University of Technology,, Tissue BioRegeneration and Integration. Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation,, Brisbane, Australia, Eric Epping, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Den Hoorn, Netherlands, Wenliang Geng, Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Robert S. Langer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Room E25-342, Cambridge, MA 02139 and Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic, M.I.T., E25-342, Cambridge, MA 02142
Development of a Bioactive Polysaccharide-Based Tissue Engineered Aortic Valve
Dinesh Aggarwal, Chemical Engineering & Materials Science, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202, Jeff Clark, Internal Medicine, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, MI 48201, Henry L. Walters III, Cardiovascular Surgery, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, MI 48201 and Howard W.T. Matthew, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Wayne State University, 5050 Anthony Wayne Drive, Detroit, MI 48202
Quantifying the Effect of Aortic Valve Degradation Using Signal Processing Techniques
Reetu Singh1, Michael VanAuker1, Babu Joseph1, Leo Ondrovic2 and Joel Strom2, (1)Chemical Engineering Department, University of South Florida, 4202 E. Fowler Avenue, ENB 118, Tampa, FL 33620, (2)College of Medicine, University of South Florida, 4202 E. Fowler Avenue, Tampa, FL 33620

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