Meeting Program (updated 31.05.2013)
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25th of June 2013
| 15:15-16:15 |
Registration of Participants |
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16:15-16:20 |
Welcome to Davos |
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16:20-16:30 |
Opening Address from SSB President |
| Young Scientists, Session 1 - Talks 1 to 8 | ||
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16:30-16:45 |
Laëtitia Galea, RMS Foundation, CH |
Recrystallization and polymer impregnation improve strength and toughness of calcium phosphate ceramics |
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16:45-17:00 |
Philippe Chavanne, FHNW, CH | Gelatin infiltration of 3D printed hydroxyapatite scaffolds for potential use in regenerative medicine |
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17:00-17:15 |
Nick Walters, UCL Eastman Dental Institute, UK | Novel fibre-reinforced dental and orthopaedic composites with improved toughness and fatigue properties |
| 17:15-17:30 | William Querido, CNRS LRC7228, Universite de Haute-Alsace, FR | Potential role of strontium ranelate for bone tissue engineering approaches |
| 17:30-17:45 | Joanna Idaszek, Warsaw University of Technology, PL | PCL-based scaffolds with degradation profiles tuned to various treatment strategies of bone |
| 17:45-18:00 | Xiao-Hua Qin, TU Vienna, Austrian Cluster for Tissue Regeneration, AT |
Two-photon microfabrication of artificial ECM hydrogel via thiol-ene chemistry |
| 18:00-18:15 | Timothée Esteva, ETHZ, CH | Coated ã-PGA-Phe nanoparticles for siRNA delivery |
| 18:15-18:30 | Daniel Morrison, University of Glasgow, UK | Can we alter the cell’s response to PEEK with nanopatterning and plasma treatment? |
| 19:30-23:00 | Dinner, Restaurant Schatzalp |
26th of June 2013
|
08:00-08:30 |
Registration of Participants |
| Polymer and Biomaterials, Session 2 - Talks 9 to 13 | ||
| 08:30-09:15 | M. Lutolf |
Keynote: Rapid discovery of 3D artificial stem cell niches |
| 09:15-09:30 |
Prof. Manfred Zinn, University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland, CH |
Soft polymeric surface coatings made from olefinic medium-chain-length poly(3-hydroxyalkanoate) |
| 09:30-09:45 |
Dr. Redouan Mahou, EPFL, CH |
Engineering polymer hydrogels for MSC immobilization and transplantation |
| 09:45-10:00 | Dr. Mathieu Cuénoud, EPFL, CH | Hybrid polylactide foams for osteochondral tissue engineering |
| 10:00-10:30 |
Coffee Break |
| 10:30-10:45 | Prof. Marcy Zenobi-Wong, ETHZ, CH |
Cartilage mimetic hydrogels promote a proliferative, chondrogenic phenotype |
| 10:45-11:00 |
Dr. Urwyler Prabitha, University of Basel, CH |
Comparing physical properties of PEKK and PEEK |
| 11:00-11:45 | General Assembly of the SSB |
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11:45-13:30 |
Poster Session and Buffet Lunch |
| Biomaterials, Session 3 - Talks 14 to 16 | ||
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13:30-14:14 |
M. Dalstra |
Keynote |
| 14:15-14:30 | Prof. Efrain Carreño-Morelli, University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland, CH | Porous titanium by powder injection moulding of titanium hydride and PMMA space holders |
| 14:30-14:45 | Dr. Françoise Borcard, EPFL, CH | Chemical functionalization of bioceramics for the development of bone implants |
| 14:45-15:00 | Dr. Magdalena Obarzanek-Fojt, EMPA, CH | From implantation to degradation – Are PLLA/MWCNT composite materials really cytocompatible? |
| 15:00-15:45 | Concluding Remarks and Awards |
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