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Final Program (PDF) FINAL PROGRAM MEETING AL & U EX N H N I A B I 9 T I 1 O 0 N 2 SOCIETY FOR BIOMATERIALS 2019 ANNUAL MEETING & EXPOSITION APRIL 3–6, 2019 • WASHINGTON STATE CONFERENCE CENTER • SEATTLE, WA www.biomaterials.org Visit us in Booth #32! APRIL 3–6, 2019 • WASHINGTON STATE CONFERENCE CENTER • SEATTLE, WA WELCOME TO THE SOCIETY FOR BIOMATERIALS 2019 ANNUAL MEETING & EXPOSITION We would like to extend a warm welcome to everyone attending the Society For Biomaterials 2019 Annual Meeting & Exposition: The Pinnacle of Biomaterials Innovation and Excellence! Seattle has always been a high spot for global health, medical innovations, and cutting-edge biomedical research. Similarly, the Society has been the core hub for excellence in biomaterials by bringing together an international community of academic researchers, industry scientists, clinicians, regulatory professionals, and entrepreneurs to share knowledge and to learn recent developments in basic and applied biomaterials research. Seattle thus provides an excellent setting for the 2019 Society For Biomaterials Annual Meeting, which will be a “pinnacle” of biomaterials innovation and excellence to educate, learn, and collaborate across various scientific disciplines including materials science, biology, engineering and medicine for improving human health. This year, there are sessions/panels with a focus on “Biomaterials Technology in Industry” in the program. These sessions promote greater participation from industry while taking into account the need to maintain the integrity of proprietary information. In addition, SFB is building on last year’s success with “Thought Leader Symposia” that allow leaders from across the diverse disciplines represented in the Society to share their perspectives on unsolved questions and emerging future directions in the field. We have emphasized a “Career Catalysis” set of sessions that is geared towards professional development for trainees and professionals. We are particularly excited about the addition of a session block dedicated to “Rapid Fire” presenters on the first day of the conference to further highlight the breadth and quality of the abstracts received this year. Finally, we invite you to take a break from the scientific sessions to connect with other attendees at the Seattle Art Museum during the Bash on Friday night. We would like to particularly thank the members of the Program Committee — Rebecca Carrier, James M. Curtis, Robert Hastings, Floyd Karp, Kurtis Kasper, David H. Kohn, Ankur Singh, Sarah E. Stabenfeldt, Johnna Temenoff, and SFB President Andres J. Garcia— for all their efforts and guidance in creating an engaging conference program this year. We are also grateful to the numerous individuals who have worked to create each session, workshop, and panel, as well as those who dedicated time to reviewing abstracts. It is through this process that we are best able to highlight the most exciting scientific findings each year and we are therefore truly grateful for your efforts. Of course, we are especially appreciative of our generous sponsors and exhibitors, without whom this meeting would not be possible. Finally, we would like to give our thanks to you, the attendees of the 2019 Annual Meeting & Exposition! You are the “pinnacle” of this meeting and we sincerely hope that you find that the program inspires further connections to enable your own future directions. Gopinath Mani, PhD William Murphy, PhD 2019 Program Co-Chair 2019 Program Co-Chair Abbott University of Wisconsin 2019.biomaterials.org 1 APRIL 3–6, 2019 • WASHINGTON STATE CONFERENCE CENTER • SEATTLE, WA TABLE OF CONTENTS General Information Welcome from the Program Chairs ....................................................... 1 Sponsors ............................................................................ 4 General Information ................................................................... 5 Floorplans ........................................................................... 7 Program Committee, Reviewers and Session Organizers ....................................... 9 SIG and Committee Meetings ........................................................... 11 Awards ............................................................................ 12 Summary of Tracks .................................................................... 14 Wednesday, April 3: Program at a Glance . 18 Full Program with Narrative Descriptions .................................................. 19 Concurrent Session Grids .............................................................. 24 Thursday, April 4: Program at a Glance . 30 Full Program with Narrative Descriptions .................................................. 31 Concurrent Session Grids .............................................................. 36 Friday, April 5: Program at a Glance . 42 Full Program with Narrative Descriptions .................................................. 43 Concurrent Session Grids .............................................................. 48 Saturday, April 6: Program at a Glance . 52 Full Program with Narrative Descriptions .................................................. 53 Concurrent Session Grids .............................................................. 56 Listings & Indexes Poster Sessions ...................................................................... 58 Author Index ........................................................................ 87 Exhibitor Listing ..................................................................... 99 2019.biomaterials.org 3 MEETING L & UA EX N H N IB SOCIETY FOR BIOMATERIALS A I T 9 I O THE PINNACLE OF BIOMATERIALS INNOVATION AND EXCELLENCE 1 0 N 2 SFB 2019 SPONSORS PLATINUM GOLD SILVER BRONZE SUPPORTER FRIEND 4 Society For Biomaterials 2019 Program APRIL 3–6, 2019 • WASHINGTON STATE CONFERENCE CENTER • SEATTLE, WA EXHIBITS ABOUT THE SOCIETY Each year, the Society For Biomaterials Annual Meeting & The Society For Biomaterials is a professional society that Exposition serves as the central gathering point for the entire promotes advances in biomedical materials research and biomaterials field. This year’s Annual Meeting in Seattle development by encouragement of cooperative educational promises to offer an exciting interaction between conference programs, clinical applications, and professional standards in the registrants and exhibitors. In order to provide exhibitors with GENERAL biomaterials field. Biomaterials scientists and engineers study steady exposure to conference attendees, coffee breaks INFORMATION cells, their components, complex tissues and organs, and their and poster sessions will be held in the exhibit area. This interactions with natural and synthetic materials and implanted format encourages frequent contact and dialogue between prosthetic devices, as well as develop and characterize the biomaterials scientists in industry, academia and the exhibiting materials used to measure, restore, and improve physiologic companies. All breaks and poster sessions will be held function, and enhance survival and quality of life. exclusively on the Tahoma Level of the Conference Center. EXHIBIT HOURS: PROGRAM OVERVIEW Wednesday, April 3, 2019 THE PINNACLE OF BIOMATERIALS Exhibit Set-Up .......................10:00 am – 5:00 pm Poster Set-Up .........................3:00 pm – 5:00 pm INNOVATION AND EXCELLENCE Opening Reception with Posters .........6:30 pm – 8:30 pm Seattle has always been a high spot for global health, medical innovations, and cutting-edge biomedical research. Thursday, April 4, 2019 Similarly, the Society has been the core hub for excellence in Exhibit Open ....... 10:00 am – 1:45 pm; 3:45 pm – 8:00 pm biomaterials by bringing together an international community of Exhibit Reception & Poster Session I ......6:30 pm – 8:00 pm academic researchers, industry scientists, clinicians, regulatory professionals, and entrepreneurs to share knowledge and to Friday, April 5, 2019 learn recent developments in basic and applied biomaterials Exhibit Open ....... 10:00 am – 1:45 pm; 3:45 pm – 5:15 pm research. Seattle thus provides an excellent setting for the Poster Session II .......................3:45 pm – 5:15 pm 2019 Society For Biomaterials Annual Meeting, which will Tear Down ...........................5:30 pm – 8:00 pm be a “pinnacle” of biomaterials innovation and excellence to educate, learn, and collaborate across various scientific disciplines including materials science, biology, engineering POSTER SESSIONS and medicine for improving human health. The Poster Sessions are an important educational event of this meeting. We hope you support and attend these scientific presentations. All poster presentations will be held in the GENERAL INFORMATION Exhibit Hall. All poster presentations have been assigned a chronological poster number for reference when locating the All sessions of the meeting, committee meetings and printed abstract in this program. Posters may be viewed during luncheons will take place at the Washington State Conference the entire meeting, and authors will be present during the Center (across from the Washington State Convention Center). exhibit poster session times. Photographs and/or videos of any slide or poster presentation are strictly prohibited. Wednesday, April 3, 2019 Opening Reception with Posters .........6:30 pm – 8:30 pm REGISTRATION All attendees are expected to register for the meeting. Thursday, April 4, 2019 Registration fees include: admittance to all scientific sessions, Poster and
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