Polymers for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine

Convener: 

Neil Cameron, Durham University, UK

Co-Convener: Kevin Shakesheff, University of Nottingham, UK

Co-Convener: Jöns Hiborn, Uppsala University, Sweden 

Programme:

Monday 12 July (afternoon)

Tuesday 13 July (morning)

Symposium Information

The symposium will address the following topics:

• Novel scaffolds for tissue engineering 
• Molecules and materials to control stem cell fate and function 
• Enhancing cell function using bioactive and responsive materials
• Nanotechnology in regenerative medicine 

Keynote Speakers

Defined Polymer Matrices for Guided Cell Growth and Differentiation in Regenerative Medicine
Molly Shoichet, University of Toronto, Canada

New Materials based Strategies for Regenerative Medicine
Molly Stevens, Imperial College London, UK
(Winner of the 2009 IUPAC - Polymer International Award for Creativity in Applied Polymer Science or Polymer Technology)

Invited Speakers

Clinical & Experimental Viewpoint of Bone Engineering by Combining Composite Scaffolds with Biological Competence
Jan-Thorsten Schantz, Technische Universität München, Germany

Polymers for Tissue Engineering and Wound Management
Sheila MacNeil, University of Sheffield, UK

Speakers

Development of an alternative to the amniotic membrane for delivering cultured epithelial cells to the cornea using poly(lactide-co-glycolide) electrospun scaffolds
Pallavi Deshpande, University of Sheffield, UK

Protein Coupling to Resorbable Polymer Surfaces
Ulrica Edlund, Royal Institute of Technology KTH, Sweden 

Photodegradable gels for studying the influence of gel structure on cell function
April Kloxin, University of Colorado at Boulder, USA

Biodegradable Thermosensitive Poly[(R)-3-hydroxybutyrate]-based Copolymers for Cell Sheet Technology
Xian Jun Loh, Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, Singapore

Development of Injectable and Mechanically Stable Composite Scaffolds for Bone Regeneration Applications
Cheryl Rahman, University of Nottingham, UK

Simultaneously physically and chemically cross-linked hydrogels based on thermosensitive triblock copolymers and hyaluronic acid
Tina Vermonden, Utrecht University, The Netherlands

Hydroxyappetite Pickering PolyHIPEs and "Thermo"HIPEs as Injectable Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering
Shengzhong Zhou, Imperial College London, UK

Poster Presenters

Highly-aligned Poly-gamma-Glutamic Acid Scaffolds for Musculoskeletal Tissue Engineering Applications
Jessica Rose May, Imperial College London, United Kingdom

A New Type Branched Biodegradable Photopolymers For Cell Growth
Gülay Bayramoglu, Yalova University, Yalova, Turkey

Modified Poly(2-Hydroxyethyl Methacrylate) Scaffolds with Oriented Pores for Spinal Cord Injury Repair
Daniel Horák, Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry ASCR, Czech Republic

Delivery of Mesenchymal Stem Cells (MSCS) using a Chemically Defined Cell Carrier
Paula Eves, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom

Formation and guest-release behaviour of supramolecular hydrogel core-shell particles
Mingyu Guo, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands

Cryogels: Multi-featured scaffolds as novel carrier for the bioengineering applications
Anuj Tripathi, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India

PLGA and PCL-based scaffolds for bladder tissue engineering
Neil Cameron, Durham University, United Kingdom

Electrospinning Photocrosslinkable Methacrylate Monomers for Tissue Engineering
Farina Muhamad, Imperial College London, United Kingdom

CO2-phlic poly(vinyl acetate)-based block copolymer surfactants synthesis by RAFT and their applications on preparation of emulsion-templated poly(acrylamide)
Bien Tan, Huazhong University of Science & Technology, China

Cell Adhesion on Nanopatterned Fibronectin Surfaces
Dan Liu, University of Surrey, United Kingdom

Bio-fabrication and Evaluation of Nano-cellulose Artificial Skin
Lina Fu, Huazhong University of Science & Technology, China

Development of polymer systems for use as cellular scaffolds to treat retinal degeneration
Andrew John Treharne, University of Southampton, United Kingdom

Nanopatterning of Emulsion Templated Scaffolds
Priya Viswanathan, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom

Interconnected Porous Monoliths of Poly(Potassium Acrylate) Prepared from Pickering High Internal Phase Emulsions
Wei Yuan, Imperial College London, United Kingdom

Retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells growth on Elastin-like recombinamers substrates
Girish K. Srivastava, IOBA-University of Valladolid, Castilla Leon Regenerative Medicine and Cell Therapy Network Center, Valladolid, Spain

Preparation and Characterization of High Strength Poly(acrylic acid)-Chitosan-Silica Hydrogels
Hong-Ru Lin, Southern Taiwan University, Taiwan

Chitosan-Based Nanofibrous Webs as Post-Operative Anti-Adhesion Membranes
Oh Hyeong Kwon, Kumoh National Institute of Technology, Republic of Korea

Modification of electrospun biodegradable polymers for potential biomedical applications
Gisela Buschle-Diller, Auburn University, United States

Responsive Particles Gels for Reversible Building and Deconstruction of 3D Cell Environments  
Racha Cheikh Al Ghanami, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom

Chemical cross-linking of collagen and elastin hydrolysates
Alina Sionkowska, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Poland

Highly Porous Scaffolds Based on Star-shaped Functional Poly(episilon-caprolactone)
Stefan Theiler, RWTH Aachen University, Germany

Synthesis and evaluation of thiolated poly(galacturonic acid) as an anti-adhesive film for preventing postsurgical adhesion
Hsiu-H Peng, Biomedical Engineering, Taipei, Taiwan

Photo curable molecules for use in biodegradable hybrid polymers
Matthias Beyer, University of Wuerzburg, Germany

Preparation of Porous Polylactide Materials for Biomedical Applications
Giada Lo Re, University of Palermo, Italy

Fatigue of hydrogel fibers
Laurent Corté, Mines-ParisTech, France

Nanofibrous composite scaffold made of resorbable polymers for bone tissue engineering
Izabella Rajzer, ATH - University of Bielsko-Biala, Poland

Bioactivity of modified PLA fibres
Izabella Rajzer, ATH - University of Bielsko-Biala, Poland

Tissue engineering in bone defects: Development of biodegradable porous copolymer scaffolds stimulating cell growth and bone regeneration
Staffan Dånmark, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden

Development of photocrosslinkable bioadhesives based on lactic acid
Dina Marques, University of Coimbra, Portugal

Synthesis, characterization and molecular architecture of electroactive and degradable polymers
Baolin Guo, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden

Protection of Amine-Functional Peptides with Novel Aryl Sulphonamides for Deprotection by the Enzyme Glutathione-S-Transferase
Katherine Brown, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom

Design of bioactive PCL scaffolds for ligament tissue engineering
Géraldine Rohman, Université Paris 13 - Institut Galilée, France

Surface modification of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) films for promoting adhesion of bladder urothelial cells
Isabel Quijada-Garrido, Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de Polímeros (ICTP), Spain

Micro- and nanofibres composed of polyaniline and polylactide
Jaroslaw Janicki, University of Bielsko-Biala, Poland