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10Th World Biomaterials Congress (WBC 2016) 10th World Biomaterials Congress (WBC 2016) Montreal, Canada 17 – 22 May 2016 Volume 1 of 5 ISBN: 978-1-5108-2619-9 Printed from e-media with permission by: Curran Associates, Inc. 57 Morehouse Lane Red Hook, NY 12571 Some format issues inherent in the e-media version may also appear in this print version. Copyright© (2016) by WBC 2016 Montreal Inc. All rights reserved. Printed by Curran Associates, Inc. (2016) For permission requests, please contact WBC 2016 Montreal Inc at the address below. WBC 2016 Montreal Inc 607 av Notre-Dame Saint-Lambert, QC J4P 2K8 Canada Phone: 450-550-3388 ext. 111 Fax: 514-227-5083 www.wbc2016.org Additional copies of this publication are available from: Curran Associates, Inc. 57 Morehouse Lane Red Hook, NY 12571 USA Phone: 845-758-0400 Fax: 845-758-2633 Email: [email protected] Web: www.proceedings.com WBC AWARD RECIPIENTS WBC 2016 - Developing Country Scholarship May 19 - 15:00 - Room 220bcd (P1) May 21 - 15:00 - Room 220bcd (P5) Poster Session 1B: Specific applications of biomaterials Poster Session 2B: Surfaces and interfaces P.0204 Chitosan-based electrospun nanofibers mats reinforced with P.2970 Local and systemic analysis of porous iron implantation in femoral phenytoin-loaded PLGA/Lecithin nanoeparn ticles as pot tial wound bone of rats dressings Deni Noviana, Division of Surgery and Radiology, Department of Isra H Ali, Center for Material Science, Zewail City for Science and Clinic Reproduction and Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Technology, El-Shrouk Egypt Bogor Agricultural University, Jawa Barat, Indonesia May 18 - 15:00 - Room 220bcd (P4) May 19 - 16:30 - Room 515 Poster Session 1A: Biomaterials and host response New Frontiers Symposium: Standardization in evaluations of P.0749Combining Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) with Anthrax (rPA) biodegradable metals for a single oral vaccine 18:00 233.7 Grain size distribution effects on the degradation and mechanical Vishal Bhargava, Guru Teg Bahadur Charitable Hospital, Kanpur, behavio urs of biodegradable metallic biomaterials India Camillus CSO Obayi, Department of Metallurgical & Materials Engineering, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria May 18 - 15:00 - Room 220bcd (P1) Poster Session 1A: Biomaterials for therapeutic and diagnostic May 19 - 15:00 - Room 220bcd (P5) delivery Poster Session 1B: Surfaces and interfaces P.0057 PolyLacticAcid for medical applications : mechanical properties as P.0982Laser lithography for dental alloy treatment – biological a function of degradation process response Anas El Maliki, Mechaniceaparl D tment, École Nationale Maksym V Pogorielov, Medical Institute, Sumy State University, Supérieure d’Électricité et de Mécanique, Casablanca, Morocco Sumy, Ukraine May 21 - 15:00 - Room 220bcd (P2) May 19 - 10:00 - Room 511e Poster Session 2B: Building blocks General Session: Biomaterialsp in gene thera y P.2358 Corrosion behavior of new beta type Ti-29Nb-13Ta-4.6Zr alloy in 10:30203.3 Pullulan-PEI-Histidine towards gene delivery: vector unpacking simulated body fluid solution with respect to molecular weight and cytoplasmic histones Gunawarman Gunawarman, Mechanical Engineering Rekha M Ramesan, Biosurface Technology Division, BMT Wing, Department, Andalas University, Padang, Indonesia Sree Chitra Tirunal In stitute for Medical Sciences & Technology, Thiurvananthapuram, India May 20 - 15:00 - Room 220bcd (P5) Poster Session 2A: Surfaces and interfaces May 18 - 15:00 - Room 220bcd P.2917 Silica functionalized ultra small iron oxide nanoparticles (IONPs) New Frontier Poster Session 1A for T1-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contrast agent NFP.1.53SEP cross-linked porous silk fibroin/PVA scaffolds for tissue Muhammad Zubair Iqbal, Division of Functional Materials and regeneration: fabrication, characterization and cyto-compatibility Nano-Devices, Ningbo Institute of Mate rials Technology & studies Engineering (NIMTE), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Ningbo, Mahesh K Sah, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Indian Pakistan Institute of Technology Hyderabad, Medak, India Copyright (c) 2016 World Biomaterials Congress WBC AWARD RECIPIENTS WBC 2016 - ASV Trainee Award May 21 - 10:30 - Room 516a General Session: Biomaterials for cardiovascular applications: May 18 - 15:00 - Room 220bcd (P3) materials innovation for stents and endovascular prostheses Poster Session 1A: Tissue engineering and regenerative medicine 10:45 406.2Proliferation and functionality of blood vasc ular cells on P.0661 Ceramic scaffolds containing sodium alendronate loaded Angiopoietin-1 modified 316L Stainless Steel poly(lactide-co-glycolide) microparticles for bone tissue Xin Li, Key Lab. of Advanced Technology for Materials of Education engineering Ministry, Southwest Jiaotong University, chengdu, P.R. China Lucja D Rumian, Faculty of Materials Science and Ceramics, Department of Biomaterials, AGH - University of Science and May 20 - 16:30 - Room 511f Technology Krakow, Poland General Session: Drug-eluting devices 16:45 332.2Development of drug-eluting intraocular lens for improving post- May 18 - 15:00 - Room 220bcd (P3) cataract surgical complications Poster Session 1A: Tissue engineering and regenerative medicine Li-Jyuan Luo, Department of Chemical and Materials P.0661 Glow-discharge radio frequency plasma _x000B_polyether and Engineering, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan Taiwan fluoropolyether coated substrates prevent IgG protein adsorption Marvin Mecwan, Bioenginieering , University of Washington, May 20 - 10:00 - Room 524 Seattle, WA, United States New Frontiers Symposium: Injectable biomaterials for cell therapy and tissue engineering May 18 - 15:00 - Room 220bcd (P4) 10:30 313.2Matrix assisted transplantation of functional beige adipose tissue Poster Session 1A: Innovation in fabrication Kevin Tharp, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States P.0867Porphyrin micro-nano particles mimicking viral morphology and influence of their roughness on endocytosis May 18 - 11:00 - Room 519 Wenbo Zhang, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, General Session: Biomaterials and cellular signaling and Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, P.R. China programming 11:15 110.2 Structural extracellular matorinx c tributions to breast WBC 2016 - École de technologie supérieure Trainee tumorigenesis Karin Wang, Department of Environmental Health (MIPS), Award Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, United States May 22 - 10:30 - Room 516a New Frontiers Symposium: Bioceramics inducing osteogenesis, May 19 - 10:00 - Room 515 angiogenesis and immunomodulation New Frontiers Symposium: Next-generation biomaterials for islet 11:00 506.2 Biomaterial-mediated modulation of macrophage behavior to delivery and engraftment for diabetes promote bone regeneration 10:30 205.2 Vasculogenic degradable hydrogel to enhance islet engraftment Pamela L Graney, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Drexel and function within an alternative transplant site University, Philadelphia, PA, United States Jessica D Weaver, Mechanical Engineering and Bioengineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, United States May 19 - 10:00 - Room 510a New Frontiers Symposium: Reproductive tissue engineering WBC 2016 - Fondazione Democenter-Sipe Trainee 11:00 201.4 Design of biomaterial grafts to support transplantation of isolated Award primordial follicles that produce live births in a mouse infertility model May 19 - 10:00 - Room 220bcd (P1) Ekaterina Kniazeva, Obstetrics and Gynecolog y, Northwestern New Frontiers Symposium: Reproductive tissue engineering University, Chicago, IL, United States 11:45201.7Development of a transplantable artificial ovary: influence of follicle stage on transplantation outcome May 18 - 15:00 - Room 220bcd (P1) Maria Costanza Chiti, Gynecology, Université Catholique de Poster Session 1A: Biomaterials for therapeutic and diagnostic Louvain, Brussels, Belgium delivery P.0107 Fabrication of chitosan based nanoparticles for radiosensitizer May 22 - 10:30 - Room 510b siPCGF5 delivery New Frontiers Symposium: Bioinspired adhesive materials Eunsun Lee, Division of Radiation Effect, Korea Institute of 11:45 502.5Mussel-inspired Adhesive Epidermal Growth Factor for Biological Radiological & Medical Sciences, Seoul, Korea Surface Modification Hongli Mao, Nano Medical Engineering Laboratory, RIKEN Quantitative Biology Center, Wako, Japan Copyright (c) 2016 World Biomaterials Congress WBC AWARD RECIPIENTS May 18 - 14:00 - Room 524 WBC 2016 - Italian Society for Biomaterial (SIB) General Session: Self-assembling micellar systems 14:15 127.2Immobilization of polymersome in hydrogels via host-guest Trainee Award complexation for triggered drug delivery Meiling Zhu, Department of Mechanical and Automation We would like to thank the congress ambassador Francesca Boccafoschi for her efforts Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, in securing financial support towards trainee awards from the companies listed below. Hong Kong May 21 - 15:00 - Room 220bcd (P4) WBC 2016 - Institute of Biomaterials & Biomedical Poster Session 2B: Biomaterials and host response Engineering (IBBME) at the University of Toronto P.2688 Gallium as novel anti-bacterial and pro-osteointegrative agent for Trainee Award orthopedic devices: an in vitro and in vivo study Andrea Cochis, Department of Health Sciences, University of May 20 - 15:00 - Room 220bcd (P5) Piem onte Orientale “UPO”, Novara Italy Poster Session 2A: Surfaces and interfaces P.2885 Structural and mechanical characterization of Cr-Co alloy after May 21 - 15:00 - Room 220bcd
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