Con-current Oral Abstract Presentations Session 7

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Biomaterials and Scaffolding for Neural Regeneration

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Bioactive Hydrogel Microspheres for Support and Delivery of Neural Stem Cell-Based Therapeutics

C. L. Franco¹, N. Gorenkova², Z. Hassani², G. Akabawy², M. Modo², J. Price², J. L. West¹;

¹Rice Univeristy, Houston, TX, ²King's Coll., London, UNITED KINGDOM.

248

Sustained Release of VEGF and Pleiotrophin Stimulates Nerve Regeneration Across Long Gap Peripheral Nerve Defects using a Biodegradable Nerve Guide

S. Dash, A. Nguyen, A. Dawood, P. Lotfi, R. Tran, J. Yang, M. Romero-Ortega;

Univ. of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX.

249

Development of a Bioactive Hydrogel Scaffold as a Simulated Niche for Investigating Neural Stem Cell Behavior In Vitro

C. L. Franco, G. K. Lagoudas, J. L. West;

Rice Univeristy, Houston, TX.

250

Decellularized Porcine Brain Matrix as a Cell Culture Platform and Tissue Engineering Scaffold

J. A. DeQuach, S. H. Yuan, L. B. Goldstein, K. L. Christman;

Univ. of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA.

251

Biologic Scaffolds Derived from Mammalian CNS for Regenerative Medicine

P. M. Crapo, S. Tottey, C. J. Medberry, S. F. Badylak;

Univ. of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.

252

Photo-Crosslinkable Chitosan Hydrogels for Neural Tissue Engineering

C. Valmikinathan, V. J. Mukhatyar, R. V. Bellamkonda;

Georgia Inst. of Technology, Atlanta, GA.

253

A 3-Dimensional, Engineered Astrocyte Tissue Construct for CNS Repair

F. Meng, V. Hlady, P. A. Tresco;

Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT.

254

Culturing De-Differentiated Schwann Cells on Fibrin Scaffolds Promotes Differentiation into Mature Schwann Cells

N. J. Jesuraj, L. M. Marquardt, S. E. Sakiyama-Elbert;

Washington Univ. in St.Louis, St. louis, MO.

Tribocorrosion of Metallic Biomaterials

255

Fretting-Corrosion of 316L SS: The Role of Albumin on the Corrosive Wear

J. Geringer, J. Pellier;

ENSM-SE, Saint-Etienne, FRANCE.

256

Instrumented Fretting Corrosion Analysis of CoCr/Ti and Ti/Ti Metallic Couples

V. Swaminathan¹, B. Aboud², J. L. Gilbert¹;

¹Syracuse Univ., Syracuse, NY, ²Depuy Orthopedics, Warsaw, IN.

257

Toward a Better Understanding of Fretting-Crevice Corrosion of Titanium and Its Alloys

P. Kovacs;

SynergEthics, Louisville, KY.

258

Influence of the Presence of Biofilms on the Biotribocorrosion of Titanium

L. A. Rocha¹, H. V. Cruz¹, M. Henriques², J-P. Celis³;

¹Univ. of Minho, Guimarães, PORTUGAL, ²Univ. of Minho, Braga, PORTUGAL, ³Katholieke Univ.it Leuven, Leuven, BELGIUM.

259

Corrosion of Bioresorbable Magnesium Alloy (AZ91D) in pH-Buffered, Osteogenic Culture Medium

M. T. Ehrensberger, M. Tobias, S. Daoust, G. Rudolph, C. Hein, S. Yang, L. Bone;

Univ. At Buffalo, Buffalo, NY.

260

Tribocorrosion Behavior of a Low Carbon CoCrMo Alloy for Hip Joint Applications: Synergisms and Mechanisms

M. Mathew Thoppil, C. Nagelli, M. Laurent, J. Jacobs, M. Wimmer;

Rush Univ. Med. Ctr., Chicago, IL.

261

Study of Ion Release by Wear Debris Generated from Simulation Tests for Metal-on-Metal Orthopaedic Prostheses

Y. Yan¹, A. Neville², J. Hesketh², D. Dowson²;

¹Univ. of Sci. and Technology Beijing, Beijing, CHINA, ²Univ. of Leeds, Leeds, UNITED KINGDOM.

262

Fretting Corrosion Performance Test for Spinal Screw and Rod Implants: Method Assessment

S. A. Mali, J. Gilbert;

SYRACUSE Univ., SYRACUSE, NY.

Strategies to Promote Vascularization of Tissue Engineered Constructs (Symposium)

263

Vascularizing Engineered Tissues for In Vivo and In Vitro Applications

S. C. George;

Univ. of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA.

264

Polyethylene Glycol Maleimide Hydrogels for Vascularization of Transplanted Pancreatic Islets

E. A. Phelps¹, P. M. Thulé², A. B. Muir³, A. J. García¹;

¹Georgia Inst. of Technology, Atlanta, GA, ²Atlanta VA Med. Ctr., Emory Univ. Sch. of Med., Atlanta, GA, ³Children’s Hlth. Care of Atlanta, Emory Univ. Sch. of Med., Atlanta, GA.

265

Combined Delivery of Self-Assembling Peptide Nanofibers and Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF) Creates an Intramyocardial Microenvironment for Post-Infarction Neovascularization

Y-D. Lin¹, C-Y. Luo², M-L. Yeh¹, Y-C. Hsueh³, M. L. Springer⁴, P. C. H. Hsieh⁵;

¹Inst. of BioMed. Engineering, Natl. Cheng Kung Univ. & Hosp., Tainan, Taiwan, Tainan, TAIWAN, ²Depart of Surgery, Natl. Cheng Kung Univ. & Hosp., Tainan, TAIWAN, ³Inst. of Basic Med., Natl. Cheng Kung Univ. & Hosp., Tainan, Taiwan, Tainan, TAIWAN, ⁴Dept. of Med., Univ. of California–San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁵Inst. of Clinical Med. & Res. Ctr. of Clinical Med., Natl. Cheng Kung Univ. & Hosp., Tainan, TAIWAN.

266

Covalently Bound VEGF to Bioengineered Surfaces can Phosphorylate VEGFR-2 but it is Not Internalized

S. M. Anderson, M. Iruela-Arispe, T. Segura;

Univ. of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA.

267

Biomimetic Hydrogels with Immobilized EphrinA1 for Therapeutic Angiogenesis in Hydrogels

J. E. Saik¹, D. J. Gould¹, M. E. Dickinson², J. L. West¹;

¹Rice Univ., Houston, TX, ²Baylor Coll. of Med., Houston, TX.

268

Growth Factor Release from a Chemically Modified Elastomeric Poly(diol citrate) Scaffold Promotes Angiogenesis In Vivo

M. I. Bury¹, N. J. Fuller¹, P. V. Hota², D. M. Kolhoff³, N. Tapaskar⁴, S. Salah⁴, E. Y. Cheng¹, A. K. Sharma⁵;

¹Children's Mem. Hosp., Chicago, IL, ²Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ³Loyola Univ. Med. Ctr., Maywood, IL, ⁴Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL, ⁵Northwestern Univ. Feinberg Sch. of Med., Chicago, IL.

269

Microvascular Network Formation and Integration Within Perfused Microfluidic Poly(ethylene glycol) Hydrogels

M. P. Cuchiara, D. Gould, M. Dickinson, J. West;

Rice Univ., Houston, TX.