Invited Speakers

Kazunari Akiyoshi

Institute of Biomaterials and Bioengineering, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Japan; Nanogel-Based Materials for Drug Delivery Systems

Dawn Balazs

EMPA, St. Gallen, Switzerland; Multi-Functional Nanocomposite Plasma Coatings for Biomaterials

Marcela Bilek

University of Sydney, Australia; Plasma Surface Treatment Process for Linker-Free, Covalent Attachment of Proteins to Polymeric Surfaces

Barbara D. Boyan

Georgia Institute of Technology, USA; Basic Mechanisms Mediating Cell Response to Surface Microstructure and Surface Energy

Henk Busscher

Department of Biomedical Engineering, University Medical Center Groningen, Netherlands; Mechanisms of and Means to Prevent Microbial Adhesion and Biofilm Formation on Surfaces

Markus Ehrat

Zeptosens - A Division of Bayer (Schweiz) AG, Switzerland; Protein Microarrays to Elucidate Drug Effects on Cellular Signaling Events

Bruno Gander

Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, ETH Zurich, Switzerland; Strategies for Controlling and Enhancing the Immune Response Against Encapsulated Antigens by Surface Modifications of Particulate Delivery Systems

Jan Genzer

Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, North Carolina State University, USA; Combinatorial Polymer Brushes as a Novel Platform for Studying Partitioning of Biomolecules on Man-Made Surfaces

David W. Grainger

University of Utah, USA; DNA Microarray Assays: What does Fluorescent Signal mean?

Dan A. Hammer

University of Pennsylvania, USA; Traction Force Microscopy of Cell Motility and Cell Assembly on Hydrogels

Simon Hoerstrup

Department of Surgical Research and Clinic for Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland; Stem Cells for Cardiovascular Regenerative Medicine

Jeffrey A. Hubbell

Institute for Biomedical Engineering, EPF Lausanne, Switzerland; Functional and Immunofunctional Nanoparticles

Bengt Kasemo

Department of Applied Physics, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden; Supported Lipid Structures - Basic Aspects and Applications

Benoit Ladoux

Matière et Systèmes Complexes, CNRS Université Paris 7, France; Rigidity Sensing in Cell Migration Using Microfabricated Substrates

Regine Landmann

University Hospital Basel, Switzerland; Susceptibility of Titanium and Stainless Steel Implants to Staphylococcal Infection with Biofilm in a Mouse Tissue Cage Model

Deborah Leckband

Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana and Champaign, USA; Chemistry of Biological Adhesion

Matthias Lutolf

Institute of Bioengineering, EPF Lausanne, Switzerland; Engineering Artificial Stem Cell Niches Via Novel Hydrogel Microwell Arrays

Solomzi Makohliso

Ayanda Biosystems S.A., Lausanne, Switzerland; A Novel Biosensor Platform for Clinical Diagnostics Based on a Synthetic Ligand-Gated Ion Channel (SLIC)

Martin Malmsten

Department of Pharmacy, Uppsala University, Sweden; Biophysical Aspects of Proteolytically Derived Antimicrobial Peptides

Ivan Martin

Department of Surgery and of Research, University Hospital Basel, Switzerland; Bioreactors for Controlled Cell Culture Within 3D Porous Scaffolds

Milan Mrksich

Department of Chemistry and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The University of Chicago, USA; Label-free Detection of Protein-Protein Interactions on Biochips

Dominique Pioletti

Laboratory of Biomechanical Orthopedics, EPF Lausanne, Switzerland; Biocomposite Scaffolds as Biomimetic Environment for Fetal Cell Growth

Nicholas D. Spencer

Department of Materials, ETH Zurich, Switzerland; Surface-Chemical and -Morphological Gradients for Life-Science Applications

Horst Vogel

Institut Science Biomoléculaire, EPF Lausanne, Switzerland; Monitoring Cellular Proteins at Work

Janos Vörös

Department of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, ETH Zurich, Switzerland; Tailoring the Adsorption of Biomolecules and the Behavior of Cells by Electric Potentials

Stefan Zauscher

Duke University, USA; Mechanisms of Boundary-Lubrication of Articular Cartilage Surfaces: A Molecular View