Engineering Fundamentals in Life Science | |||
| Session 50 - Tissue Engineering: Biomaterial-Cell Interactions in Tissue Engineering (I) | |||
| This session invites presentations on the design, development and application of tissue equivalents and artificial organs. Topics of interest include but are not limited to: functional micro- and nanostructured scaffolds, cell-matrix interactions, factor or gene delivery methodologies for tissue engineering, progenitor cell differentiation, novel bioreactor configurations for tissue expansion, storage and preservation of tissues, and in vivo implementation and analysis of artificial tissues/organs. | |||
| Chair: | Manolis S. Tzanakakis | ||
| CoChair: | Chia-Chi Ho | ||
| 50a | Heparin-Functionalized Peg Hydrogels Direct Three-Dimensional Human Mesenchymal Stem Cell Osteogenic Differentiation Danielle S.W. Benoit, Andrew R. Durney, Kristi S. Anseth | ||
| 50b | Highly Tunable Synthetic Hydrogels for Neural Stem Cell Control Krishanu Saha, Kevin E. Healy, David V. Schaffer | ||
| 50c | Three Dimensional Primary Hepatocyte Coculture in Synthetic Self-Assembling Hydrogel for Bioartificial Liver Sihong Wang, Deepak Nagrath, Pohun C. Chen, Francois Berthiaume, Martin L. Yarmush | ||
| 50d | Effect of Hepatocytes on Differentiation of Endothelial Cells in in Vitro Micropattern Co-Culture Girish Kumar, Carlos Co, Chia-Chi Ho | ||
| Break | |||
| 50e | Improving the Biocompatibility of Expanded Polytetrafluoroethylene Vascular Graft Via a Novel Biodegradable Elastomer Jian Yang, Delara Motlagh, Josephine B. Allen, Antonio R. Webb, Melina Kibbe, Oliver Aalami, Muneera Kapadia, Timothy J. Carroll, Guillermo A. Ameer | ||
| 50f | Cellular Encapsulation and Therapeutic Protein Secretion in Mtg-Gels Chong Wing Yung, Timothy Barbari, William E. Bentley | ||
| 50g | Initiator System for Encapsulation of Mesenchymal Stem Cells and Analysis of Osteoblastic Differentiation for Orbital Bone Repair Martha W. Betz, Parth C. Modi, John F. Caccamese, Domenick P. Coletti, John J. Sauk, John P. Fisher | ||
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