PMSEWednesday, August 22, 2007

1:30 PM-5:25 PM Westin Boston Waterfront -- Grand Ballroom D, Oral
Beyond Biocompatibility: Characterization of Functional Biomaterials
Cell-Material Interactions
Organizer:Matthew L. Becker
Official:Sheng Lin-Gibson
1:30 PMIntegrin-specific bioadhesive polymer brushes on titanium implants to engineer cell responses and osseointegration
Andres J. Garcia, Timothy A. Petrie, Kellie L. Burns, Jenny E. Raynor, David M. Collard
2:00 PMOsteogenic differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells on biomineralized collagenenous scaffolds for bone tissue engineering
Harold Castano-Izquierdo, Chuanbin Mao
2:20 PMMapping cell distribution in amorphous scaffolds using confocal microscopy
Jirun Sun, Nancy J. Lin, Marcus T. Cicerone, Sheng Lin-Gibson
2:40 PMUnderstanding how materials properties can be used to control cellular behavior
Lisa M Pakstis, Darrin J. Pochan, Joy P Dunkers
3:10 PMIntermission
3:30 PMPhosphorlyation of reflectin proteins associated with changes in adaptive reflectance in the squid, Loligo pealeii
Michi Izumi, James C. Weaver, Daniel E. Morse
3:50 PMIdentifying "optimal" biomaterial properties using well-defined material gradients
Matthew L. Becker, Khaled A. Aamer, Nathan D. Gallant, Abby W. Morgan, Carl G. Simon Jr., Kristen E. Roskov, Yanyin Yang
4:20 PMShape effects of nanoparticles conjugated with cell-penetrating peptide (HIV Tat PTD) on CHO cell uptake
Ke Zhang, Zhiyun Chen, David S. Germack, Yanming Zhang, Huafeng Fang, John-Stephen A. Taylor, Karen L. Wooley
4:40 PMMicropatterned self-assembled monolayer gradient libraries
Kirsten L. Genson, Michael J. Fasolka
5:00 PMElucidating the effect of cooling rate on the morphologies of polyhydroxyalkanoates
Yuping Xie, Yvonne A. Akpalu
5:20 PMConcluding Remarks

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