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Biomaterial-Tissue Interaction 2 (SIG)

Timeslot: Thursday, April 28, 2022 - 10:30am to 12:00pm
Room: Essex A-C, 4th Floor

About

The Biomaterial-Tissue Interaction SIG session will consider abstracts that investigate, in vitro and in vivo, the effects of biomaterial properties, characteristics or modifications on molecular, cellular, and physiological process. These events initiate with specific interactions between biomaterials and molecules present in tissues after biomaterial implantation, followed by cell biological recognition and activation of cellular processes such as cell attachment, proliferation, activation, polarization, differentiation, and necrosis. Understanding these events is the purpose of the Biomaterial-Tissue Interaction (BTI) Special Interest Group.

Abstracts

Abstracts will be available for download on April 27, 2022.

Biomaterials Approaches to Address Health and Healthcare Disparities

Timeslot: Thursday, April 28, 2022 - 10:30am to 12:00pm
Room: Laurel A-B, 4th Floor

About

The unprecedented nature of the COVID-19 pandemic has reintroduced/continued the conversation about the health inequities that disproportionately affect individuals with social, economic, and/or environmental disadvantages. This session will showcase the current status and future of purposefully designed biomaterials to address both health and healthcare disparities that disproportionately affect individuals with social, economic, and/or environmental disadvantages. The session will begin with a keynote speaker addressing the importance and future of biomaterials in disparity research, followed by short oral presentations. This session will encompass a diverse portfolio of topics including (but not limited to) cheaper alternative materials for medical care in the Global South and remote areas, sex-specific cell-biomaterial interactions, the development of biomaterial in vitro models to study diseases relevant to global health, oral vaccine delivery, and the fabrication of antiviral biomaterials to combat HIV and COVID-19.

Abstracts

Abstracts will be available for download on April 27, 2022.

Biomaterials for Trauma, Surgery and Would Healing Applications 1 *BTI*

Timeslot: Thursday, April 28, 2022 - 10:30am to 12:00pm
Room: Harborside Ballroom A-B, 4th Floor

About

Stopping bleeding (hemostasis) and providing spatio-temporal wound care via passive and/or bioactive mechanisms is an important translational area of biomaterials-based technologies and includes external, intracavitary and intravascular hemostats, dressings, powders, foams, fibers and gels. The goal of this session is to highlight recent advances in biomaterials, biosystems/microdevices and related technologies that focus on hemostasis, thrombosis, and/or wound healing. The proposed session will invite presentations from researchers in this field that emphasize biomaterials design, structure-property-function relationships, device/technology design, and relevant translation pathways. Presentations focused on material considerations for microdevices for investigating hemostatic pathways are also of interest for this session.

Abstracts

Abstracts will be available for download on April 27, 2022.

Cardiovascular Biomaterials 1 (SIG)

Timeslot: Thursday, April 28, 2022 - 10:30am to 12:00pm
Room: Kent A-C, 4th Floor

About

Cardiovascular therapies harness biomaterials for optimizing biocompatibility, releasing drugs and as scaffolds for tissue regeneration. The session will provide a forum for research on the development and assessment of cardiovascular biomaterial applications across this entire spectrum.

Abstracts

Abstracts will be available for download on April 27, 2022.

Drug Delivery 2 (SIG)

Timeslot: Thursday, April 28, 2022 - 10:30am to 12:00pm
Room: Harborside Ballroom D-E

About

The Drug Delivery SIG session will consider abstracts that fall with the broad areas of therapeutic development, formulation, and application testing. Drug delivery from medical devices, tissue engineering scaffolds/hydrogels, films, microparticles, nanoparticles, environmentally responsive materials, and other types of biomaterial assemblies are all invited. Studies testing drug targeting, drug combinations, and drug/cell combinations are all also welcomed to submit. Drug delivery application areas of interest include but are not limited to regenerative medicine/tissue engineering, cell and tissue transplant, cardiovascular stents and other devices, cancer, microbial infection, and autoimmune diseases.

Abstracts

Abstracts will be available for download on April 27, 2022.

Engineering the Lung Microenvironment

Timeslot: Thursday, April 28, 2022 - 10:30am to 12:00pm
Room: Laurel C-D, 4th

About

The COVID-19 pandemic has put lung health in the spotlight. Advances in biomaterial design and microfabrication offer the potential to create in vitro models of the pulmonary microenvironment. These models can be used to develop treatments for acute conditions such as COVID-19, to investigate mechanisms of chronic disease progression, for toxicology testing, and may even eliminate the need for animal experimentation in the future. This symposium will focus on the opportunities associated with using biomaterials to engineer the lung microenvironment and potential impacts on pulmonary medicine.

Abstracts

Abstracts will be available for download on April 27, 2022.

Orthopaedic Biomaterials (SIG)

Timeslot: Thursday, April 28, 2022 - 10:30am to 12:00pm
Room: Dover A-C, 3rd Floor

About

Orthopaedic biomaterials may include all kinds of biomaterials for orthopaedic applications (e.g., bone implant/scaffold, 3D printing, drug delivery) and related biological effects. Such biomaterials may include metals, ceramics, polymers, composites, coatings, biodegradables, etc.

Abstracts

Abstracts will be available for download on April 27, 2022.

Panel Discussion: Biomaterials Standards: Using them, Teaching Them, and Getting Involved