This preliminary program is subject to change.

Biomaterial-Cell Interactions in Tissue Engineering


Description:
This session welcomes submissions pertaining to the wide range of interactions that occur when cells come in contact with biomaterials, in silico, in vitro or in vivo. This session is a subgroup of tissue engineering areas focusing on material cell interactions.

Sponsor:
Engineering Fundamentals in Life Science
Co-Sponsor(s):
Biomedical Applications of Chemical Engineering (T7)


Chair:
Mariah Hahn
Assistant Professor
Texas A&M University
Chemical Engineering
3122 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-3122
Email: mariah.hahn@chemail.tamu.edu

Co-Chair:
Omolola Eniola-Adefeso
Assistant Professor
University of Michigan
Chemical Engineering
2300 Hayward Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Fax Number: 7347641761
Email: lolaa@umich.edu


Papers:
The Kinetics of Fibrin Clot Formation On Surfaces Immobilized with Cell and Fibronectin Binding Domains
Anand Ramanathan, Illinois Institute of Technology; Nancy Wangechi Karuri, Illinois Institute of Technology
Injectable Thermo-Sensitive Hydrogel As an Adjuvant: In Vivo Modulation of Dendritic Cells for Cancer Vaccine
Kye-Il Joo, University of Southern California; Liang Xiao, University of Southern California; Yarong Liu, University of Southern California; Pin Wang, University of Southern California
Control of Adult Stem Cells with Polyurethane Gel Matrix
Rajesh Krishnan, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York; Sandeep Nalluri, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York; Debanjan Sarkar, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
Correlating Effects of Gel Microstructural Features with Specific Differentiation Patterning of Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells
Keith Task, University of Pittsburgh; Antonio D'Amore, University of Pittsburgh; Satish Singh, University of Pittsburgh; Maria Jaramillo, University of Pittsburgh; Prashant Kumta, University of Pittsburgh; Ipsita Banerjee, University of Pittsburgh
A Novel Application of Nanofiber Scaffolds for Gene Therapy
Mandula Borjigin, Delaware State University; Bryan Strouse, Delaware State University; Pawel Bialk, Delaware State University; Chris Eskridge, Delaware State University; Rohina Niamat, Delaware State University; Jingwei Xie, Marshall University; Eric Kmiec, Delaware State University
Topography Mediated Regulation of HER-2 Expression in Breast Cancer Cells
Amita Daverey, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Austin Mytty, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Srivatsan Kidambi, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
The Effect of Length and Terminal Group of Poly(ethylene glycol)-Terminated Self-Assembled Monolayers (SAMs) On Dendritic Cell (DC) Maturation and Function
Christina Yacoob, University of Washington; Jung Park, Emory University; Bingbing Sun, University of Washington; Hong Shen, University of Washington
An Interactive Engineered Protein Hydrogel: Controlling and Responding to Neurite Growth
Kyle J. Lampe, Stanford University; Sarah C. Heilshorn, Stanford University