AVS 66th International Symposium & Exhibition
    Biomaterial Interfaces Division Wednesday Sessions

Session BI+AS-WeM
Microbes and Fouling at Surfaces

Wednesday, October 23, 2019, 8:00 am, Room A120-121
Moderators: David G. Castner, University of Washington, Kenan Fears, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory


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8:00am BI+AS-WeM1
Hydrophilic Polysaccharides as Building Blocks for Marine Fouling-release Coatings
Axel Rosenhahn, V. Jakobi, X. Cao, W. Yu, T. Gnanasampanthan, R. Wanka, J. Schwarze, J. Koc, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany, M. Grunze, Heidelberg University, Germany, J.A. Finlay, A.S. Clare, Newcastle University, UK, K.Z. Hunsucker, G.E. Swain, Florida Institute of Technology
8:20am BI+AS-WeM2
A Microfluidic Assay to Test the Adhesion of the Marine Bacterium Cobetia Marina Under Dynamic Shear Conditions
Jana Schwarze, K.A. Nolte, R. Wanka, V. Jakobi, A. Rosenhahn, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany
8:40am BI+AS-WeM3 Invited Paper
Biofilm Mechanics as a Mechanism for Survival on Surfaces from Medical Device to Ship Hulls
Paul Stoodley, Ohio State University
9:20am BI+AS-WeM5
Dendritic Polyglycerols as Fouling-release Coatings Against Marine Hard- and Soft Fouler
Robin Wanka, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany, N. Aldred, J.A. Finlay, Newcastle University, UK, K.A. Nolte, J. Koc, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany, H. Gardner, K.Z. Hunsucker, G.E. Swain, Florida Institute of Technology, C. Anderson, A.S. Clare, Newcastle University, UK, A. Rosenhahn, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany
9:40am BI+AS-WeM6
Nano- and Microscale ZnO with Controllable Abundance of Surface Polarity as a Platform to Study Antibacterial Action.
J.M. Reeks, B. Thach, Texas Christian University, W. Moss, Texas State University, R. Maheshwari, Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science, I. Ali, S.M. McGillivray, Yuri Strzhemechny, Texas Christian University
11:00am BI+AS-WeM10
Patterning Bacteria at Interfaces with Bio-Inspired Vascularized Polymers
K. Marquis, B. Chasse, Caitlin Howell, University of Maine
11:20am BI+AS-WeM11
Chemical Imaging of Root-Microbe Interactions
Vaithiyalingam Shutthanandan, A. Martinez, R. Boiteau, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
11:40am BI+AS-WeM12
Biocompatible Silver Nanoparticles-loaded Chitosan Membranes with Antibacterial Activity Produced by Directed Liquid-Plasma Nanosynthesis
Camilo Jaramillo, A.F. Civantos, A. Mesa, J.P. Allain, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
12:00pm BI+AS-WeM13
Multifunctional 2D MoS 2 -Based Nanoplatform for Multimodal Synergistic Inactivation of Superbugs
Paresh Ray, Jackson State University