BIOSURF VII — Functional Interfaces for Directing Biological Response

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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

URL: http://www.biomaterials.ch/biosurf/speakers; Time: 22.12.24, 13:12