AVS 49th International Symposium
    Biomaterials Monday Sessions

Session BI+VT-MoA
Protein Surface Interactions

Monday, November 4, 2002, 2:00 pm, Room C-201
Moderator: D. Grainger, Colorado State University


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2:00pm BI+VT-MoA1 Invited Paper
Self-Assembled Monolayers of Carboxy-Terminated Poly(ethylene glycol): Protein Resistance, Biospecific Functionalization and Application to Immunodiagnostics
R. Dahint, University of Heidelberg, Germany
2:40pm BI+VT-MoA3
ToF-SIMS and XPS Analysis of Enzymatic Digests of Adsorbed Protein Films
M.S. Wagner, D.G. Castner, University of Washington
3:00pm BI+VT-MoA4
Protein Adsorption on Colloidal Oxide Particles
K. Rezwan, L.P. Meier, M. Textor, L.J. Gauckler, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
3:20pm BI+VT-MoA5
Prediction of Adsorption Behavior of Fibronectin as a Function of Surface Functionality Using a Customized Protein Adsorption Force-Field
R.A. Latour, K.A. Wilson, Clemson University, A.J. Garcia, Georgia Institute of Technology, S.J. Stuart, Clemson University
3:40pm BI+VT-MoA6 Invited Paper
Analysis of Organic and Biological Materials in Ultra-High Vacuum
D.G. Castner, University of Washington
4:20pm BI+VT-MoA8
PEG-ylated Surfaces with Graded Protein Interactiveness : A ToF-SIMS, XPS and Optical Waveguide Sensor Study
S. Pasche, S.M. De Paul, J. Vörös, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, P. Hug, B. Keller, Swiss Federal Laboratory for Material Testing and Research, H.J. Griesser, University of South Australia, N.D. Spencer, M. Textor, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
4:40pm BI+VT-MoA9
Time-of-Flight Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry Analysis of Conformational Changes in Adsorbed Protein Films
N. Xia, University of Washington, C.J. May, Yale University, S.L. McArthur, D.G. Castner, University of Washington
5:00pm BI+VT-MoA10
Study of the Adsorption Kinetics and Conformational Changes of Human Serum Albumin and Human Plasma Fibronectin using PM-RAIRS, Radiolabelling and Atomic Force Microscopy
R.J. Manning, C.M.J. Fauroux, M.J. Pilling, P. Gardner, G.J. Leggett, University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, UK