SSB+RM

Meeting Program (updated 31.05.2013)

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25th of June 2013

15:15-16:15 Registration of Participants
16:15-16:20
Welcome to Davos
16:20-16:30
Opening Address from SSB President
 Young Scientists, Session 1 - Talks 1 to 8
16:30-16:45
Laëtitia Galea, RMS Foundation, CH 
Recrystallization and polymer impregnation improve strength and toughness of calcium phosphate ceramics
16:45-17:00
Philippe Chavanne, FHNW, CH Gelatin infiltration of 3D printed hydroxyapatite scaffolds for potential use in regenerative medicine
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
11:45-13:30
Poster Session and Buffet Lunch
Biomaterials, Session 3 - Talks 14 to 16 
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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Meeting News

Organizer

AO Foundation


Sponsors

nolax AG


RMS Foundation

Sunstar Degradable Solutions AG


Endorsed by

eCM

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