AVS 57th International Symposium & Exhibition
    Biomaterial Interfaces Tuesday Sessions

Session BI-TuM
Cells on Surfaces

Tuesday, October 19, 2010, 8:00 am, Room Taos
Moderator: M.R. Alexander, University of Nottingham, UK


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8:00am BI-TuM1
Co-Culturing of Osteocytes and Neurons on a Unique Micropatterned Surface: Bone Pain in Cancer
M.E. Boggs, W. Thompson, University of Delaware, M.C. Farach-Carson, Rice University, R.L. Duncan, T.P. Beebe, University of Delaware
8:20am BI-TuM2
Fabrication of Patterned Surfaces for the Growth of Human Neural Stem Cells
A. Ruiz, University Milan, Italy, L.M. Buzanska, M. Zychowicz, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland, G. Ceccone, EC-JRC-IHCP, Italy, P. Colpo, F. Rossi, Joint Research Centre, Italy
9:00am BI-TuM4
Biomolecule Microarrays in Neural Stem Cell Assay Development
D. Mehn, J. Nowak, Joint Research Centre, Italy, L.M. Buzanska, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland, A. Ruiz, H. Rauscher, G.R. Marchesini, P. Colpo, F. Rossi, Joint Research Centre, Italy
9:20am BI-TuM5
Imaging Conformational States of Fibronectin on Patterned Poly(dimethylsiloxane) Surfaces
J. Dechene, A. Leclair, P.R. Norton, University of Western Ontario, Canada
9:40am BI-TuM6
Measuring Contractile Cell Forces on Rigid Substrates
B. Müller, University of Basel, Switzerland, J. Köser, University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland
10:40am BI-TuM9 Invited Paper
Biological Cell Detachment from Poly(N-Isopropyl Acrylamide) and its Applications
H.E. Canavan, University of New Mexico
11:20am BI-TuM11
Rare Earth Nanoparticles - Biocompatibility Studies: Interaction with Human Neutrophil Granulocytes
N. Abrikossova, C. Skoglund, M. Ahren, L. Selegård, Linköping University, Sweden, T. Bengtsson, Örebro University, Sweden, K. Uvdal, Linköping University, Sweden
11:40am BI-TuM12
Synchrotron Radiation X-Ray Fluorescence Mapping of Cobalt Ferrite Nanoparticles in BALB 3T3 Fibroblast Cells
G. Ceccone, P. Marmorato, J. Ponti, F. Rossi, EC-JRC-IHCP, Italy, B. Kaulich, A. Gianoncelli, M. Kiskinova, Elettra Sincrotrone Trieste, Italy, M. Salomé, ESRF Grenoble France, R. Ortega, G. Deves, A. Carmona, University of Bordeaux, France, L. Pascolo, Elettra Sincrotrone Trieste, Italy