Symposium SM05-Biomaterials for Tissue Interface Regeneration

Interface tissue engineering is a field that deals with repair or regeneration interface of different type of tissues. Examples of such interfaces for tissues are ligament-to-bone, tendon-to-bone and cartilage-to-bone, etc. Regeneration of such interfaces will require combination of different biomaterials, combination of different mechanical properties and combination of different biochemical signals. Thus, the use of conventional biomaterials approaches is limited. This symposium will focus on the development of materials and engineering of their surfaces to fabricate multi-functional scaffolds for tissue interface regeneration.

Topics will include:

Biomaterials for osteochondral defects
Gradient-responsive interfaces, chemical, biochemical, mechanical, thermal, or light-based for tissue regeneration
Multi-phase and multi-functional scaffolds for tissue engineering
In vitro models for interface tissue engineering
Biomaterials for ligament-to-bone, tendon-to-bone and cartilage-to-bone
Biomaterials for cardiac, vascular, and generally soft tissue
Biomaterials for dental, including antibacterial features
Natural cellularised polymers, or promoting interfaces from cell-side
Surface functionalization, by plasma, laser, wet-chemistry or other techniques

Invited Speakers:

Marisa Beppu (University of Campinas, Brazil)
Francesca Boccafoschi (UPO Medical School, Italy)
Emilio Bucio Carrillo (National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico)
Tejal A, Desai (University of California, San Francisco, USA)
Tammy Haut-Donahue (Michigan Technological University, USA)
Seok Hyun Kwang (Korean Institute of Science and Technology, Republic of Korea)
Huinan Liu (University of California, Riverside, USA)
Helen Lu (Columbia University, USA)
Geetha Manivasagam (Vallore Institute of Technology, India)
Lakshmi Nair (University of Connecticut, USA)
Federico Rosei (Universite du Quebec, Canada)
Craig Simmons (University of Toronto, Canada)
Carl Simon (National Institute of Standards and Technology, USA)
Regine Willumeit Römer (Metallic Biomaterials, Helmholtz Zentrum Geesthacht, Germany)
Marcia Wink (Federal University of Health Sciences of Porto Alegre - UFCSPA, Brazil)
Frank Witte (Berlin Charité, Germany)
Lijie Grace Zhang (George Washington University, USA)