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Biomaterials go NANO
4th Scientific Meeting 
May 4-6, 2011
Fiskebäckskil, Sweden

 

Wednesday May 4th

11.00 - 12.00   Arrival and registration

12.00 - 13.00   Lunch

13.00 - 13.15   Welcome, introduction & updates, Organizing Committee

Session 1: Nanomaterials for tissue replacement & regeneration
Martin Andersson, Associate Professor, Chalmers University of Technology, SE

13.15 - 14.00  Plenary lecture: Thomas Webster, Brown University USA
Nanotechnology in regenerative medicine: What have we learned and where are we going?

14.00 - 14.20  Invited lecture: Jan Skov Pedersen, iNANO Aarhus, Denmark
What can we learn about bone nano-structure from position-resolved small-angle x-ray scattering?

14.30 - 14.50  Contributed talk
Nanocellulose as scaffolds for tissue engineering and organ replacement
Paul Gatenholm, Chalmers University of Technology

14.50 - 15.10  Contributed talk
Why even difficult to avoid nanostructures in chemically bonded bioceramics?
Leif Hermansson, Doxa AB

15.10 - 15.30  Contributed talk
Effects of nanosized hydroxyapatite coatings on osseointegration
Per Kjellin, Promimic AB


Coffee & poster viewing

Session 2: Nanomaterials in drug/gene delivery and nanomedicine
Sofia Svedhem, Assistant Professor, Chalmers University of Technology, SE

16.15 - 17.00  Plenary lecture: Ruth Duncan, Cardiff University, UK
Designing nanomedicines as therapeutics and to promote tissue repair


17.00 - 17.20
  Invited lecture: Martin Hassellöv, Associate Professor, Environmental Nanochemistry Group, Department of Chemistry, University of Gothenburg, SE
Detection and characterization of nanoparticles in complex sample matrices


17.30 - 17.50
  Contributed talk
Polymersomes for Drug Delivery
Michael Stolzenburg, Chempilots A/S, DK

17.50 - 18.10
  Contributed talk
Nanobiomaterial – lipid membrane interactions
Rickard Frost, Chalmers University of Technology, SE

18.10 - 18.30 Contributed talk
Nanoparticle encapsulation strategy improves biointerfacial properties of poly(ethylene glycol) hydrogels
Nam-Joon Cho, Stanford University, USA

Dinner

 

Thursday May 5th

Session 3: Nanoscale cell-surface & tissue-material interactions
Julie Gold, Associate Professor, Chalmers University of Technology

8.45 - 9.00 Corporate sponsor highlights

9.00 - 9.45  Plenary lecture: Joachim Spatz, MPI Stuttgart & Univ Heidelberg, Germany
Induction of cellular responses by molecularly defined nanopattern

Coffee and poster viewing

10.20 - 10. 40 Invited lecture: Georg Kuhn, University of Gothenburg, SE
Cell Road: Biomaterials for neural stem cell migration

10.40 - 11.00 Contributed talk
A simple methodological system for topographic and chemical nanomodifications of solid surfaces
Hans Elwing, University of Gothenburg, SE

11.10 - 11.30 Contributed talk
Role of alumina nanoporosity in acute cell response
Natalia Ferraz, Uppsala University, SE

11.30 - 11.50 Contributed talk
Influence of Well-Defined Titanium-Coated Topographical Nanostructures on Bone Formation in vivo
Ahmed Ballo, University of Gothenburg, SE

Lunch

Session 4: Young Scientist Forum [Download the YSF Program]
Necati Harmankaya, Doctoral Student, University of Gothenburg, SE

13.00 - 15.00 Young Scientist Forum

15.30 - 18.30 Excursion

Conference dinner

21.00 - 21.30 General Assembly ScSB

21.30 - 22.30 Poster Session


Friday May 6th

Session 5: Biomaterials-related infections and novel antimicrobial approaches
Pentti Tengvall, Professor, University of Gothenburg, SE

8.45 - 9.00 Corporate sponsor highlights

9.00 - 9.45 Plenary lecture: Sebastian Zaat, University of Amsterdam, NL
Peri-implant tissue colonization: “hide and seek” for biofilm bacteria

Coffee & poster viewing

10.20 - 10.40 Invited lecture: Gunnel Svensäter, Malmö Högskola, SE
Infection control on the biofilm level

10.40 - 11.00 Contributed talk
In vitro modeling of soft tissue infection; test model for new antimicrobials?
Maria Werthén, Mölnlycke Health Care AB, SE

11.10 - 11.30 Contributed talk
A novel chemical debridement solution shows high efficiency on contaminated titanium surface
Håvard Haugen, University of Oslo, Norway

11.30 - 11.50 Contributed talk
Photocatalytic Activity of Low Temperature Oxidized Ti-6Al-4V
Erik Unosson, Uppsala University, SE

11.50 - 12.15 Summary of the meeting
Organizing committee

Lunch

End of meeting

 

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