Con-current Rapid Fire Sessions 5 & 6
Friday, April 23, 2010, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Biomimetic Materials for Tissue Engineering
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A Quick Biomimetic Method for Hydroxyapatite Coating with Gradient Structure
F. Peng1, M. T. Shaw1, J. R. Olson2, M. Wei1;
1Dept. of Chemical, Materials, and Biomolecular Engineering, Storrs, CT, 2Teleflex Med., Coventry, CT.
233
Comparison of Ligament Fibroblast Response on PLGA and PCL Nanofiber Scaffolds
S. D. Subramony, M. Tracey, C. Erisken, M. Y. Elasmai, H. H. Lu;
Columbia Univ., New York, NY.
234
Osteoblast Interactions on Electrically Polarized Biphasic Calcium Phosphates
M. S. Tarafder, A. Bandyopadhyay, S. Bose;
Washington State Univ., Pullman, WA.
235
Tuning Properties of Poly(β-amino ester) Degradable Hydrogel Systems for Growth Plate Regeneration
A. M. Hawkins, J. Cordova, D. A. Puleo, T. A. Milbrandt, J. Hilt;
Univ. of Kentucky, Lexington, KY.
236
Reversible Addition-Fragmentation Chain Transfer in the Synthesis of Biodegradable Poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) Hydrogels for Cardiac Tissue Engineering Scaffolds
L. R. Madden, B. D. Ratner;
Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA.
237
Recapitulation of Endogenous Microvascular Structures Using Two Photon Absorption Laser Scanning Lithography
J. C. Hoffmann1, J. C. Culver2, M. E. Dickinson2, J. L. West1;
1Rice Univ., Houston, TX, 2Baylor Coll. of Med., Houston, TX.
238
Oxygen Generating Materials for Muscle Regeneration
C. L. Ward, B. Corona, V. Kesireddy, M. Machingal, W. Zhao, G. Christ, B. S. Harrison;
Wake Forest Inst. for Regenerative Med., Winston-Salem, NC.
239
Nanofiber Matrices for Tendon Augmentation: Effect of Cell Seeding and Extracellular Matrix Components on Proliferation and Tensile Properties
M. S. Peach1, S. Roberge2, B. Allen3, U. Toti4, C. T. Laurencin4, S. Kumbar4;
1Univ. of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 2Univ. of Conneticut, Storrs, CT, 3John Hopkins Univeristy, Baltimore, MD, 4Univ. of Conneticut Hlth.Ctr., Farmington, CT.
240
Electrospun Poly (2-Hydroxyethyl Methacrylate) as Non-fouling Scaffolds
B. Zhang1, R. Lalani2, L. Liu1;
1Dept. of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Univ. of Akron, Akron, OH, 2Dept. of Biology, Univ. of Akron, Akron, OH.
241
Aligned Electrospun Fibers Foster Axonal Regeneration in a Complete Transection Model of Spinal Cord Injury
J. M. Cregg1, A. Hurtado2, H. Wang1, D. Wendell2, M. Oudega3, R. J. Gilbert1;
1Michigan Technological Univ., Houghton, MI, 2Kennedy Krieger Inst., Baltimore, MD, 3Univ. of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.
Delivery and Immune Responses
242
Development of a novel pH-responsive diblock copolymer for plasmid DNA delivery
M. J. Manganiello, A. J. Convertine, A. S. Hoffman, P. S. Stayton;
Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA.
243
Integrin-Directed Modulation of Macrophage Response to Biomaterials
T. Zaveri, N. Dolgova, M. Clare-Salzler, B. Keselowsky;
Univ. of Florida, Gainesville, FL.
244
Rigidty-dependent Activation of CD4+ T Lymphocytes
A. L. Urick, K. Shen, E. Judokusumo, L. C. Kam;
Columbia Univ., New York, NY.
245
Pore Size of Implanted Biomaterials Modulates Macrophage Polarity
E. M. Sussman, L. R. Madden, B. D. Ratner;
Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA.
246
Patterns of Tissue Remodeling and Macrophage Polarization Following Implantation of Non-Crosslinked and Crosslinked Extracellular Matrix Scaffolds in a Model of Bilateral Rat Body Wall Defect Repair
B. N. Brown, K. A. Kukla, N. J. Turner, S. F. Badylak;
Univ. of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.
247
Modeling the effects of capsule formation on glucose transport to subcutaneously implanted sensors
M. T. Novak, F. Yuan, W. M. Reichert;
Duke Univ., Durham, NC.
248
Histone-Mimetic Conjugates as Self-Activating & Tailorable Non-Viral Gene Delivery Vehicles
M. J. Reilly, M. O. Sullivan;
Univ. of Delaware, Newark, DE.
249
Targeting Dendritic Cells with “Pathogen-Like” Polyanhydride Nanoparticles
B. R. Carrillo-Conde, A. V. Chavez-Santoscoy, E-H. Song, Y. Phanse, N. Pohl, M. J. Wannemuehler, B. H. Bellaire, B. Narasimhan;
Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA.
250
Sustaining the Release of Vancomycin from Polyurethane Scaffold for Infection Control
B. Li1, K. V. Brown2, J. C. Wenke2, S. A. Guelcher1;
1vanderbilt Univ., nashville, TN, 2US Army Inst. of Surgical Res., Fort Sam Houston, TX.
251
Histidine-Rich Glycol Chitosan Self-assembled with siRNA Decorated QDots as a vehicle for SiRNA Delivery
M. Sandros, F. Azari, M. Tabrizian;
McGill Univ., Montreal, QC, CANADA.
