PMSETuesday, August 21, 2007

1:30 PM-5:25 PM Westin Boston Waterfront -- Grand Ballroom D, Oral
Beyond Biocompatibility: Characterization of Functional Biomaterials
Hydrogels and Nanoparticles
Organizer:Sheng Lin-Gibson
Official:Matthew L. Becker
1:30 PMIntroductory Remarks
1:35 PMControlling novel photocrosslinked biomaterial properties through macromer structure
Cindy Chung, Darren M. Brey, Jamie L. Ifkovits, Jason A. Burdick
2:05 PMTailoring the architecture of tissue engineering scaffolds using crosslinked carboxymethylcellulose hydrogels
Leonard Lombardo, Carla Guarraia, Robert Reeves, Andreia Ribeiro, Jennie B. Leach
2:25 PMBiopolymer gels and ions
Ferenc Horkay
2:55 PMNMR studies of RGD-functionalized hydrogels
Charles V. Rice, Shawn M. Carter, Kevin J. Meyer
3:15 PMIntermission
3:35 PMGlassy, block-copolymer surfactants as in vivo and in vitro nanoparticle stabilizers
T. Andrew Taton, Yuji Shibasaki, Byeong-Su Kim, Alexi J. Young, Ying Chen, Chao Zuo
4:05 PMPreparation and characterization of superparamagnetic iron oxide - containing polydiacetylenic liposomes
Yu Cai, Ebo D. de Muinck, Robert B. Grubbs
4:25 PMLabeling of shell crosslinked nanoparticles (SCKs) for MRI
Zicheng Li, Debasish Banerjee, Jie Zheng, Jinqi Xu, Guorong Sun, Pamela K. Woodard, Dennis A. Moore, Karen L. Wooley
4:45 PMPreparation of shell crosslinked nanoparticles containing pH-sensitive crosslinkers for drug delivery
Yali Li, Wenjun Du, Guorong Sun, Karen L. Wooley
5:05 PMDrug delivery with polymeric nanoparticles through cell surface tags
Yasuhiko Iwasaki, Haruki Maie, Kazunari Akiyoshi

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