AVS 49th International Symposium
    Biomaterials Wednesday Sessions

Session BI-WeA
Polyelectrolyte Surfaces/Cell-Surface Interactions

Wednesday, November 6, 2002, 2:00 pm, Room C-201
Moderator: A. Chilkoti, Duke University


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2:00pm BI-WeA1 Invited Paper
Polyelectrolyte Multilayers: Design of Biofunctional Surfaces
G. Decher, Université Louis Pasteur, France
2:40pm BI-WeA3
Poly-(L-Glutamic Acid)/Poly-(L-lysine) Multilayers used as Biomaterial Coating
P. Schaaf, Institut Charles Sadron (CNRS), France, J.C. Voegel, C. Picart, Ph. Lavalle, Unite INSERM U424, France, F. Boulmedais, Institut Charles Sadron (CNRS), France
3:00pm BI-WeA4
Cellular Interactions with Multilayered Polyelectrolyte Films
C. Picart, Université Louis Pasteur, France, Ph. Lavalle, INSERM Unite 424, France, L. Richert, D. Vautier, Université Louis Pasteur, France, P. Schaaf, CNRS, France, J.C. Voegel, INSERM Unite 424, France
3:20pm BI-WeA5
Entrapment of Phosphate Ester Hydrolyzing Enzymes in Polyelectrolyte Multilayers Deposited on Glass Beads and Extended Retention of Their Enzymatic Activity
A. Singh, Y. Lee, I. Stanish, Naval Research Laboratory, T.C. Cheng, Edgewood Research Development & Engineering Center, APG, MD
3:40pm BI-WeA6
In-situ Measurements of Polyelectrolyte Multilayer Build-up using Ellipsometry and QCM-D : 9
T.J. Thurell, U. Elofsson, YKI, Sweden
4:00pm BI-WeA7 Invited Paper
Nanoscale Surface Properties of Microbial Cells
Y.F. Dufrene, Universita Catholique de Louvain, Belgium
5:00pm BI-WeA10
Development of a Fluorescent Based Assay for Quantifying Ligand Surface Density on IPN-Modified PS for High Throughput Applications
G.M. Harbers, Northwestern University, T.A. Barber, University of California, Berkeley and University of California, San Francisco, K.E. Healy, University of California, Berkeley, S.L. Golledge, D.G. Castner, University of Washington