Programme

For a full programme of the RSC Biomaterials Chemistry Group 3rd Annual Meeting 
including timings, please download the pdf from this page. 

Session 1

Welcome from Meeting Chair 
Brian Saunders
The University of Manchester, UK

Building new biomaterials from the bottom up 
Dek Woolfson
University of Bristol, UK

Cryo-TEM in the study of biomimetic materials
Nico Sommerdijk
Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands

Improved characteristics of salmon calcitonin by site specific PEGylation: stability, pharmacokinetics and in vivo hypocalcemic efficacy
Sinead Ryan, X Wang, G Mantovani, D M Haddleton and D J Brayden
University College Dublin, Ireland

Lactide polymerization co-initiated by carbohydrate esters and pyranoses
Min Tang, Molly Stevens and Charlotte K Williams
Imperial College, London, UK

Control of calcite crystallisation via self-assembled monolayers
Colin Freeman, John H Harding and Dorothy M Duffy
University of Sheffield, UK

Session 2

Using polymeric nanoparticles to sense the intracellular environment 
Jonathan Aylott
University of Nottingham, UK

Designing peptide nanomaterials for biological and non-biological applications
Rein Ulijn
The University of Manchester, UK

The use of novel ABA triblock copolymer gelators to prevent contraction in burns
Karima Bertal, Shelia MacNeil, Jeppe Madsen, Steven P Armes and Andrew L Lewis
University of Sheffield, UK

Designing the properties of hydrogels from self-assembling octa-peptides
Elisabeth Vey, A Miller and A Saiani
The University of Manchester, UK

Designing peptide actuators for enzyme-responsive gel microparticles
Tom McDonald, Brian Saunders and Rein Ulijn
The University of Manchester, UK

Session 3

Cell culture with amphiphilc polymer networks 
Steve Rimmer
University of Sheffield, UK