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The workshop will be held at the Sonoma Doubletree Hotel in Northern California. Hotel reservations should be made directly with the Doubletree by phone (707) 584-5466 or fax (707) 586-9726, requesting the ACS Division of Polymer Chemistry rate of $114.00 (single) or $124.00 (double) plus energy surcharge and applicable taxes per night. A scenic hour drive from the world famous San Francisco Golden Gate Bridge and only 20 minutes from the Sonoma County Airport, the Doubletree Resort affords guests the opportunity to visit over 190 wineries in the area. For more information about the hotel, visit its website at http://www.dtsonoma.com.

Preliminary Program:

SUNDAY, JUNE 26, 2005

4:30 PM Allan Hoffman, University of Washington, "A Perspective on Polymers in Medicine"

5:15 PM Thomas Fogarty, Thomas Fogarty Winery, Woodside, CA, "Origins of Innovations: Translational Pathways to Success"

5:45 PM Poster Session I and Reception

7:00 PM Dinner on your own

7:30 AM Continental Breakfast

8:30 AM Buddy Ratner, University of Washington, "Polymeric Biomaterials 2005 in Context"

9:00 AM Kristi Klick, University of Delaware, "Assembly of Polysaccharide-derivatized Hydrogels for Protein Delivery"

9:30 AM Pat Stayton, University of Washington, "Smart Delivery Systems for Biomoleculer Therapeutics"

10:00 AM BREAK

10:20 AM Judy Riffle, Virginia Tech, "Magnetic Macromolecular-Metal Complexes in Biotechnology"

10:50 AM Alyssa Panitch, Arizona State University, "Environmentally Responsive Biomimetic Materials"

11:20 AM Cassandra Fraser, University of Virginia, "Synthesis and Reactivity of Polymeric Metal Complex Biomaterials"

11:50 AM William Wagner, University of Pittsburgh, "Processing thermoplastic elastomers for soft tissue engineering applications"

12:20 PM Lunch on your own

3:30 PM Julia Kornfeld, California Institute of Technology, "Sculpting Implants In Vivo: Light-Adjustable Silicones for Intra-Ocular Lenses"

4:00 PM J. P. Dailey, NanoMedics, Inc., and Case Western Reserve University, "Overview of Diseases of the Retina"

4:30 PM Jay Kunzler, Bausch and Lomb. Rochester, NY, "Recent Advances in the Design of Polymers for Ophthalmic Applications"

5:30 PM Robert Sinskey, M.D., Ophthalmologist and Founder of Robert Sinskey Vineyards, Napa, CA, "How a Patent on a Polymer Device Led to Winemaking"

6:00 PM Poster Session II and Reception

7:00 PM Dinner on your own

7:30 AM Continental Breakfast

8:30 AM Kathryn Uhrich, Rutgers University, "PolyNSAIDs: Biodegradable Polymers for Localized Drug Delivery"

9:00 AM Mark Davis, California Institute of Technology, "Design of Synthetic Materials for the Systemic Delivery of Short-Interfering RNA (siRNA)"

9:30 AM Gabriel Lopez, University of New Mexico, "Design of Biomimetic Microspheres for Biosensing"

10:00 AM BREAK

10:20 AM Ashutosh Chilkoti, Duke University, "Elastin Actuators for Targeted Drug Delivery"

10:50 AM Tatiana Bronich, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, "Crosslinked Polymer Micelles for Delivery of Anti-cancer Drugs"

11:20 AM Ken Wagener, University of Florida, "The Design and Synthesis of Bio-olefin Structures as Bio-engineered Materials"

11:50 AM Lunch on your own

3:00 PM James Bryers, University of Washington, "Controlled Substratum Orientation of Fibronectin Can Control Bacterial Specific Adhesion"

3:30 PM Ken Wynne, Virginia Commonwealth University, "Introduction to Biocidal Surfaces"

4:00 PM Bob Ward, The Polymer Technology Group, "Accelerated Degradation of Biomedical Polymers: SFG Analysis of Strained Polyurethane Elastomers"

4:30 PM Phil Messersmith, Northwestern University, "Biologically Inspired Polymers for Interfacial Control"

5:30 PM Julio Palmaz, M.D., Founder of Palmaz Winery, "Stents and Cabernets"

6:00 PM Poster Session III and Reception

7:00 PM Dinner on your own

7:30 AM Continental Breakfast

8:30 AM Stephen Badylak, University of Pittsburgh, "Host Soft Tissue Response to Biologic Scaffolds vs. Synthetic Scaffolds"

9:00 AM Jeannie Stephens, NIST, "Developing Metrology for Tissue Engineering"

9:30 AM Gary Bowlin, Virginia Commonwealth University and Nanomatrix, Inc., "The New 'Spin' on Tissue Engineering and Wound Repair"

10:00 AM BREAK

10:20 AM Heather Maynard, University of California, Los Angeles, "Organizing proteins on polymer surfaces at the micro- and nanoscale"

10:50 AM Dawn Applegate, Regene Med, Inc., "Entrepreneurial Aspects of Tissue Engineering"

11:20 AM Concluding Remarks

11:50 AM Meeting Ends

The registration fee is $675 for Members of the Division of Polymer Chemistry and $725 for Non-Members ($150 Student Members, $200 Student Non-Members). There is a $150 fee for a Non-Participating Guest that may accompany you. Written cancellation or registrations after May 16, 2005, will cost an additional $50. Checks may be made payable to the Division of Polymer Chemistry.

To register send the completed registration form (below) with remittance to Lesia Linkous, Division of Polymer Chemistry, Inc., Virginia Tech, 410 Davidson Hall, M.C. 0279, Blacksburg, VA 24061, Phone: 540-231-3052, Fax: 540-231-2588, e-mail: lesiar@vt.edu. Or, use the on-line registration form (preferred).

REGISTRATION FORM
Polymers in Medicine and Biology
June 26-29, 2005