Conference Programme (updated 06.05.2008)

Time	Programme
08.30 – 09.00	Welcome and Registration of the Participants; Coffee
09.00 – 09.15	Opening Address: Prof. G. Richards, SSB President Welcome Addresses: Prof. B. Müller (Host) and Prof. A.U. Dan Daniels (Head Scientific Committee)
09.15 – 09.45	Invited Talk: Prof. M. Lewandowska-Szumiel (Warsaw, Poland) Mechanics of material/cell/tissue interactions in vitro
09.45 – 10.35	Session 1: Chair B. Mueller (University Basel)
	A.-K. Born (EMPA St. Gallen) Cellular mechanosensing: Analysis of molecular interactions between fluorescently-tagged focal adhesion proteins talin and vinculin
	E. Thomasson (ETH Zurich, University of Zurich) Stretch-induced cell sheet alignment
	A. Bruinink (EMPA St.Gallen) Effect of ridges on spinal cord neuron growth
	D. Gourdon (ETH Zurich) Fibronectin unfolding plays a major role in fibrils formation and anastellin binding
10.35 – 11.05	Coffe Break
11.05 – 11.55	Session 2: Chair A.U. Daniels (University Basel)
	M. Benoit (EPFL) Experimental characterization of pressure wave generation and propagation in biological tissues
	H. Ardura-Garcia (University of Basel) Dual-mode dynamic functional stiffness of articular cartilage
	D. Mohn (ETH Zurich) Nano- versus micron-sized bioactive glass reinforcement of P(3HB) - Are nano-fillers the way forward?
	U. von Ah (University Hospital Basel) Effects of silver nitrate and a silver nanoparticle biomaterial additive on E. coli growth, determined by isothermal micro-nano calorimetry (IMNC)
12.00 – 12.50	General Assembly of the SSB
13.00 – 14.30	Poster Session and Buffet Lunch (presenters at their posters 13.30-14.30)
14.35 – 16.00	Session 3: Chair A. Zumbühl (University of Geneva)
	C. Sinescu (Timisoara, Romania) Optical coherence tomography: Applications in dentistry
	S. Schweizer (University of Basel) Polyelectrolyte multilayers on Nitinol
	G. Guibert (Institut des Microtechnologies Appliquées Arc, La Chaux-de-Fonds) Control of human osteoblast adhesion on polymers after ion beam irradiation
	F. Weber (University Hospital Zurich) A bioactive biodegradable guided bone regeneration membrane: From the bench to dental practice
	S. Madduri (ETH Zurich) Neurotrophic factors releae from nerve conduits for peripheral axonal regeneration
	T. Waltimo (University of Basel) Fine-tuning of bioactive glass for root canal disinfection
	M. Nolff (University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover) Comparison of computed tomography and microradiography for ß-TCP graft evaluation after mandibular reconstruction
16.15 – 16:30	G. Bestetti Swiss Medtech Landscape and the CTI Medtech
16.30 – 17.00	Invited Talk: Prof. I. Martin (University Basel, University Hospital Basel, Switzerland) Bioreactor-based tissue engineering strategies
17.00 – 17.30	Student Prizes and Farewell Apéro sponsored by Straumann AG and Synthes GmbH