AVS 51st International Symposium
    Biomaterial Interfaces Wednesday Sessions

Session BI1-WeM
Cell-Surface Interactions

Wednesday, November 17, 2004, 8:20 am, Room 210D
Moderator: A. Chilkoti, Duke University


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8:20am BI1-WeM1
Study of Confluent Cell Culture Monolayers by XPS and SIMS
M. Greenfeld, H.E. Canavan, X. Cheng, B.D. Ratner, D.G. Castner, University of Washington
8:40am BI1-WeM2
Modeling of Bacterial Attachment Using Lewis Acid-Base Models of Colloidal Adhesion
L.K. Ista, K. Artyushkova, T.M. Madrid, J.E. Fulghum, G.P. Lopez, The University of New Mexico
9:00am BI1-WeM3 Invited Paper
Deconstruction the Cell-Biomaterial Interface
J.Y. Wong, Boston University
9:40am BI1-WeM5
Supramolecular Structure of Adsorbed Collagen Layers and Influence on Endothelial Cells Behavior
C.C. Dupont-Gillain, E. Gurdak, Z. Keresztes, P.G. Rouxhet, Universitat Catholique de Louvain, Belgium
10:00am BI1-WeM6 Invited Paper
Using Thin Films of Fibrillar Type I Collagen to Investigate a Signaling Mechanism that Mediates Growth Arrest in Smooth Muscle Cells
J.T. Elliott, National Institute of Standards and Technology
10:40am BI1-WeM8
Engineering of Functional Three Dimensional Cell Structures by Inkjet Printing
T. Boland, P. Kesari, T. Xu, Clemson University, D. Varghese, Southampton General Hospital
11:00am BI1-WeM9 Invited Paper
Nanofabrication of a Novel Cell Array on Ultrathin Hydrophilic Polymer Gels Utilizing Electron Beam Irradiation and UV Excimer Laser Ablation
M. Yamato, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Japan
11:40am BI1-WeM11
Evaluation of PDMS as a Model Substrate to Investigate Effects of Substrate Compliance on Cell Behavior: Interplay of Surface Chemistry and Substrate Mechanics
X.Q. Brown, J.Y. Wong, Boston University