POLYMonday, August 20, 2007

1:00 PM-4:55 PM Westin Boston Waterfront -- Grand Ballroom B, Oral
Herman Mark Award in Honor of Robert Langer
Organizer:Christine Landry-Coltrain
Official:Joseph M DeSimone
1:00 PMIntroductory Remarks
1:05 PMRole of artificial proteins in dismantling the barriers between polymer chemistry and biology
David A. Tirrell
1:35 PMTissue engineering in the musculoskeletal system: Disease and repair
Jennifer Elisseeff
2:05 PMParadigm shifting medical device creation: Leveraging material science and technology into entrepreneurial opportunity
Michael S. Williams
2:35 PMDesigning novel biodegradable polymers: From polyanhydrides to polymer drugs
Kathryn E. Uhrich
3:05 PMIntermission
3:25 PMHydrogel-based local drug delivery: Guidance from the pioneer
Arthur J. Coury
3:55 PMOrganic delivery vehicles for probing and treating biological systems: Adapting fabrication processes from the electronics industry for use in nanomedicine
Joseph M. DeSimone
4:25 PMNovel biomedical materials
Robert S. Langer

Symposium Grid -- Division of Polymer Chemistry -- Session Listing

The 234th ACS National Meeting, Boston, MA, August 19-23, 2007