Biomaterials Forum, the official news magazine of the Society For Biomaterials, is published quarterly to serve the biomaterials community. Society members receive Biomaterials Forum as a benefit of membership. Non-members may subscribe to the magazine at the annual rate of $48. For subscription information or membership inquiries, contact the Membership Department at the Society office (e-mail: [email protected]) or visit the The official news magazine of the SOCIETY FOR BIOMATERIALS • Volume 39, Issue 4 Society’s Website, www.biomaterials.org. It is the policy of the Society For Biomaterials Executive Editor Liisa T. Kuhn, University of Connecticut Health Center, that all articles reflect only the views of Reconstructive Sciences, Biomaterials and Skeletal Development the authors. Publication of articles or 236 Farmington Ave. MC1615, Farmington, CT 06030-1615 Phone: (860) 679-3922 • Fax: (860) 679-1370 advertisements within Biomaterials Forum does E-mail: [email protected] not constitute endorsement by the Society or its Managing Editor Sarah Black, Society For Biomaterials agents of products, services or views expressed 1120 Route 73, Suite 200, Mt. Laurel, NJ 08054 herein. No representation is made to the Phone: (856) 380-6905 • Fax: (856) 439-0525 accuracy hereof, and the publication is printed E-mail: [email protected] subject to errors and omissions. Articles that do Government News Carl G. Simon Jr, NIST not have an author byline may originate from Contributing Editor Biosystems & Biomaterials Division press releases. The Society For Biomaterials E-mail: [email protected] retains press releases on file for a period of one Industrial News Steve T. Lin, Exactech Inc. year from the date of publication. Contributing Editor E-mail: [email protected] Society Business & Membership Horst von Recum, Case Western Reserve University Editorial contributions to Biomaterials News Contributing Editor Department of Biomedical Engineering Forum are always welcome. Contributions E-mail: [email protected] should be sent to the Executive Editor and Special Interest Group News Steve Little, University of Pittsburgh are subject to the terms and conditions of the Contributing Editor Department of Chemical Engineering Editorial and Publication Release. Authors E-mail: [email protected] should refer to the Author Guidelines, which Book Review Editor Lynne Jones, Johns Hopkins University are available on the Society’s website, when Department of Orthopaedic Surgery writing submissions. The publisher accepts no E-mail: [email protected] responsibility for return or safety of artwork, AIMBE News Contributing Editor Lynne Jones, Johns Hopkins University photographs or manuscripts. Submission Department of Orthopaedic Surgery of editorial content does not guarantee E-mail: [email protected] acceptance or publication. Education News Contributing Editor Yusef Khan, University of Connecticut Department of Chemical, Materials and Biomolecular Engineering Address corrections should be sent to E-mail: [email protected] Biomaterials Forum, 1120 Route 73, Suite 200, Mt. Laurel, NJ 08054. Historical Flashback Editor Guigen Zhang, Clemson University Department of Bioengineering E-mail: [email protected] Requests for advertising information should be Student News Contributing Editor Jordan Gilmore directed to Sarah Black at [email protected] or E-mail: [email protected] (856) 439-0500, ext. 4240. Information is also available on the Society’s website, www.biomaterials.org. Special Interest Group Reporters Unauthorized reproduction of this magazine in whole or in part is prohibited without the Biomaterials & Medical Products Commercialization Nihar Shah • [email protected] permission of the publisher. Requests for Biomaterials Education Greg Hudalla • [email protected] permission should be directed to the Biomaterial-Tissue Interaction Floyd Karp • [email protected] Managing Editor. Cardiovascular Biomaterials Natalie Artzi • [email protected] Dental/Craniofacial Biomaterials Sachin Mamidwar • [email protected] Scientific photos may be submitted for cover Drug Delivery Scott Guelcher • [email protected] consideration in future issues. Submit color Engineering Cells & Their Microenvironments Adam Feinberg • [email protected] photo, no larger than 4” x 6”, along with credit Immune Engineering Julie Stenken • [email protected] information and scientific description, to the Nanomaterials Steven Eppell • [email protected] Executive Editor. Ophthalmic Biomaterial Morgan Fedorchak • [email protected] Orthopaedic Biomaterial Jessica Amber Jennings • [email protected] Copyright© 2014 • ISSN 1527-6031 Protein & Cells at Interfaces Sumona Sarkar • [email protected] Society For Biomaterials Surface Characterization & Modifications Nihar Shah, PhD • [email protected] All rights reserved Tissue Engineering Abby Whittington • [email protected] Contents The Torch On the cover: Digital optical micrograph of inflammatory cell induced 2 From the Editor corrosion attack of a CoCrMo metal-on-metal total hip replacement 3 From the President acetabular component. Inflammatory cells (from the phagocytic 8 Staff Update mononuclear cell line, e.g., osteoclasts, neutrophils, macrophages, News & Updates and foreign body giant cells) have been demonstrated to attach to and directly corrode CoCrMo alloy implant surfaces in-vivo. These cells 5 History The Foundation for Society For Biomaterials all generate oxidative burst-like reactions generating reactive oxygen 6 Opinion species, and utilize Fenton reactions that can directly corrode CoCrMo The Tenth Question alloys in vivo. Scale bar = 50 μm. Photo courtesy of Professor Jeremy 10 Member News Gilbert, Syracuse University. 12 Historical Flashback Selective Luck Led One to Become a Pioneer in the Field of Biomaterials 13 New Approaches in Biomaterials Two Novel Calcium Phosphate Precipitation Techniques 14 Antioxidant Biomaterials Promote Healing By Combating Oxidative Damage 16 SIG News Biofunctional Relevance of Synthetic Mucin Mimics Formed by Affinity-Driven Filamentous Nanostructures 19 News from the Surface Characterization & Modification SIG 20 News From The Biomaterials & Medical Product Commercialization (BMPC) SIG 21 Student Chapter Update Professional Development Opportunities for Students 22 Government News 22 New Journal of Interest 23 Industrial News 25 Education News STEM Education and the Numbers Behind the Hype 27 Book Review: No Time to Die 29 Coming Up in 2015 BIOMATERIALS FORUM • Fourth Quarter 2014 1 From the Editor The Torch GREETINGS FELLOW and Past President, about what we’ve learned, or haven’t BIOMATERIALS SCIENTISTS, learned, over the past 20 years from studying the clinical outcomes of orthopaedic devices such as total hips or knees. As I compiled the content from the various editors for this issue of • Be sure to read Industrial News for an overview of the Society For Biomaterials (SFB) the latest product releases, mergers and acquisitions, Forum, I realized once again what a regulatory issues, job outlooks, and other notable corporate special group of members we have achievements or concerns. It may provide some direction or in the SFB and how fascinating the guidance for your next endeavor. world of biomaterials is. Our members have a great depth of knowledge that they are applying to solve the health problems • Student Chapter President, Jordon Gilmore presents an of the world; most importantly they are willing to take the advice-packed Student News column aimed at graduating time to share that knowledge through this publication and students. His message is that there’s no time like the present others. While our annual meeting only occurs once a year, for professional development. you can keep up to speed on the latest in biomaterials by reading the Forum or by browsing the SFB website. The • Our SFB members continue to receive prestigious Forum is a great way to find out what your colleagues have professional awards and advancements, and move on to been doing and to discover how various areas of biomaterials other new opportunities. Read Member News to learn more research are progressing from a multipronged perspective: and be inspired by what your colleagues have achieved. academic, industrial, clinical, and governmental. • I recently read a fun book on a long airplane flight that • The Government News article in this issue features an made the time speed by. Most of the main characters in announcement about a Cell Manufacturing Consortium the book are research scientists and entrepreneurs! And that is being planned by the Georgia Research Alliance yet the book is a thriller/murder mystery. Hard to imagine and funded by the National Institute of Standards and that combination, but that’s the case in “No Time to Die.” Technology to help establish the United States as the See the Book Review on the last few pages of this issue to leader in cell manufacturing technology. The goal of the learn more. consortium, with nine founding partners from across the country, is to “establish a collaborative public-private Please help us to make sure this publication continues to partnership that engages industry, academia, regulators, and reflect news of interest about the diverse and fascinating field other stakeholders in removing barriers to the advancement of biomaterials by contributing a short technical article or of the cell-manufacturing industry, thereby bringing new opinion piece. Send your draft articles or any questions about therapies and diagnostics to the