|
Sunday, June 17th
2:30 PM REGISTRATION BEGINS
Moderators: To be announced
4:00 PM Michael Sefton
University of Toronto, Canada
New, New Biomaterials
4:45 PM Rigoberto
Advincula
University of Houston
Nanostuctured Bio-resistant and Bio-specific Surfaces by Electrochemical Grafting of PEG-Dendron Precursors
5:15 PM Karen
Burg, K. Neser, C.
Parzel, and C. C. Yang
Clemson University
Polymer Design for Tissue Test Systems
5:45 PM BIOMATERIALS, MEDICAL DEVICES AND DIAGNOSTICS - Reception hosted by the Polymer Technology Group, INC.
7:00 PM Dinner on your own
Monday, June 18th
7:30 AM Continental Breakfast
Morning Session I - Polymers for Vascular Regeneration and Healing
moderators: Jeff Linhardt, Bausch and Lomb, Rochester, NY
8:15 AM Kathryn Uhrich
Rutgers University, and Polymerix Corp.
Welcome and Introductory Remarks
8:30 AM John
Rabolt,
Chair, University of Delaware
Structure/Processing/Property Relationships in Electrospun Polymer Nanofibers with
Engineered Properties for Vascular Regeneration
9:00 AM Joyce
Wong, Brett C
Isenberg, Corin Williams, and Edward Lee
Boston University
Building Structure into Small Diameter Blood Vessels
|
|
Monday, June 18th, contÕd
9:30 AM James Bryers, Tyler Swanger, Thelma Valdes, Kathryn Uhrich and Kristy Katzenmeyer
University of Washington
Emerging Biomaterials Strategies to Promote Healing and Prevent Infection
10:00 AM Annelise
Barron, Nicolynn
Davis, Sheng Ding, Russell Haynes, and Phillip B. Messersmith
Northwestern University
Enzymatically Crosslinked Protein Polymer Hydrogels for Tissue
Engineering and In-situ
MRI
10:30 AM BREAK
Morning Session II - Polymers in Drug Delivery and Therapeutics
moderators: Sue Mecham, Polymer Solutions, Inc., Blacksburg, VA
10:45 AM Alexander
Kabanov
University of Nebraska
Polymer Nanomaterials for Drug Delivery
11:15 AM Suzie Pun, J.M. Bergen, I. K. Park, J. M.
Saul, K. Wang, and C. P. Ng
University of Washington
Controlled Trafficking of Synthetic Gene Delivery Systems
11:45 AM David
Putnam, Sharon
Wong, Anne Doody, and Peter Zawanah
Cornell University
Design and Synthesis of Functional Biomaterials: From Nucleic Acid Delivery to
Bioadhesives
12:15 PM LUnch on your own
Afternoon Š Polymers with Designed Surfaces
Moderator: David Gale, Abbott Vascular Devices, Mountain View, CA
3:30 PM Buddy Ratner, Shrojal Desai, Scott Curtin, Felix Simonovsky, and Wei He
University
of Washington
Two Novel Biodegradable Polymers for Tissue
Engineering
4:00 PM Robert Ward (CEO), Keith McCrea, Yuan Tian, James Parakka, and Shanger Wang
The
Polymer Technology Group
Modification of Biomedical Polymer Surfaces by Self-Assembling Monolayer End
Groups (SAMEŖ)
|
Monday, June 18th, contÕd
4:30 PM Gabriel
Lopez
University of New
Mexico
Model Stimuli-Responsive Polymer Surfaces
Evening
Moderator: to be announced
5:30 PM Reception
Speaker, Vince Bryan
inventor of Polymeric Cervical Disc Replacements and Winemaker, Cave B Estate
Winery
Polymeric Cervical Disc Replacements
6:00 PM Poster Session and Reception
7:00 PM Dinner on your own
Tuesday, June 19th
7:30 AM Continental Breakfast
Morning Session I - Polymer Nanoconstructs for Medical Uses
Moderators: Jeff Hrkach, Momenta Pharmaceuticals, Cambridge, MA
8:30 AM Judy
Riffle, Richey
Davis, and Alan Esker
Virginia Tech
Actuation of Magnetic Nanoparticles in Biological Media
9:00 AM Robert
PrudÕhomme
Princeton
University
Drug Delivery and Imaging Using Nanoparticles Produced by Block-copolymer Directed Flash NanoPrecipitation
9:30 AM Joe
DeSimone
University of North Carolina
Adapting Lithographic Processes to Fabricate Organic, Highly Functional Targeted Carriers for Use in Nanomedicine
10:00 AM Tim
Deming, Eric P.
Holowka, Victor Z. Sun, and Daniel T. Kamei
UCLA
Polypeptide Vesicles for Drug Delivery
|
Tuesday, June 19th , contÕd
10:30 AM Break
Morning Session II - Polymer in Drug Delivery and Therapeutics
moderator: Keith McCrae, The Polymer Technology Group, Berkeley, CA
10:45 AM Kazunori
Kataoka
The University of
Tokyo
Smart Supra-Macromolecular Assemblies as Nanocarriers for Gene and Drug Delivery
11:15 AM Justin
Hanes
Johns Hopkins
University
Pulmonary Nanotherapeutics
11:45 AM Tanya
Bronich
University of
Nebraska Medical Center
Crosslinked Polymer Micelles for Cancer Therapeutics
12:15 AM Lunch on your own
Afternoon Š New Materials and Polymer Interactions with Biological Structures
moderator: to be announced
3:00 PM Becky
Bergman
Medtronics, Inc.
Perspectives from the Medical Device Industry
3:30 PM Jay
Kunzler and Jeff
Linhardt
Bausch and Lomb
Recent Advances in the Design of Polymers for Ophthalmic Applications
4:00 PM Mark
Grinstaff
Boston University
Biodendrimers for Ocular Wound Repair
4:30 PM Kathryn
Uhrich
Rutgers University
Functionalized Amphiphilic Macromolecules for Targeted Cellular Interactions
|
Tuesday, June 19th , contÕd
Evening
Moderator: to be announced
5:30 PM Reception
speaker, Julio Palmaz
inventor of the vascular stent and winemaker, Palmaz Vineyards
Stents and Cabernets
6:00 PM Reception
7:00 PM Dinner on your own
Wednesday, June 20th
7:30 AM Continental Breakfast
Morning - Polymers and Tissue Engineering
Moderators: Shri Renade,
8:30 AM Ken
Wynne
Virginia Commonwealth University
Contact Biocidal Surface Modifiers: Polyurethanes Containing 2,2-Substituted-1,3-Propylene Oxide Soft Blocks with Alkylammonium Side Chains
9:00 AM
Joe Kennedy
University of Akron
Novel Membranes for Biology and Medicine
9:30AM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kam
Leong
Duke University
Response of Stem Cells to Nanostructures
10:00 AM Theresa
Reineke, Y. Liu, S.
Srinivasachari, K. Fichter, and R. Lucas
University of Cincinnati
PGAAs: Versatile Glycopolymers for DNA and Imaging Agent Delivery
10:30 AM Urs
Hafeli and Katayoun
Saatchi
University of British Columbia Canada
Synthesis of Biodegradable Metal-Specific Ligand Polymers
|
|
11:00 AM W.-M.
Kulicke, S.
Scholtz, T. Liebert, and Th. Heinze
University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany and Friedrich-Schiller-Universitat Kompetenzentrum
Polysaccharidforschung, Germany
Synthesis of Regioselectively Synthesized 2-O-acetyl Starches for Clinical and in
Particular Parenteral Application
11:30 AM Judy Riffle, Concluding remarks
11:45 AM Meeting ends Š Lunch on your own
