The BMES meeting recently held in Atlanta, Georgia was attended by six faculty members of the IGERT Biofabrication Program. Five Professors from Biomedical Engineering had presentations.
Assoc. Professor Kris Billiar had the following poster presentations:
1. Regulation of Valvular Interstitial Cell Phenotype by Boundary Stiffness.
Kural, M., Billiar, K.
2. Cell Ensing on Strain-Stiffening Substrates is not Fully Explained by the Nonlinear Mechanical Property
Rudnicki, M., Billiar, K.
Assoc. Professor Glenn Gaudette had the following Podium Talk:
The Biomechanical Effects of Fibrin Biological Sutures on the Infarcted Rat Heart
John T. Favreau, Jacques P. Guyette, Zewei Tao, Angelica Demartino, Nancy Duffy, John Fitzpatrick, Justin Stedman, George D. Pins, Glenn R. Gaudette
Assoc. Professor George Pins had the following:
Posters:
1. Tunable Carbodiimide Crosslinking of Fibrin Microthreads Increases Myoblast Attachment, Proliferation, and Outgrowth
J. M. Grasman, R. L. Page, T. Dominko, and G. D. Pins
2. Characterizing Collagen Biopolymer with Microscale Surface Topographies
J. Forte, J. M. Grasman, G. D. Pins
Oral:
The Effect of Fibrin Biological Sutures on the Infarcted Rat Heart
J. Favreau, J. Guyette, Z. Tao, A. Demartino, N. Duffy, J. Fitzpatrick, J. Stedman, G. Pins, G. R. Gaudette
Asst. Professor Marsha Rolle had the following poster presentation:
Development of Cell Self-Assembled, 3-Dimensional Skeletal Muscle tissue Models in Vitro
C. Malcuit1,2, T. Gwyther1, M. McCorry1, C. Ohlson1, K. Larson1, S. Delfosse1, M. Aschettino3, C. Quinn1, S. Higginbottom1, S. Gunnel1, M. Rolle1, and R. Page1
1Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA, 2Kent State University, Kent, OH, 3Worcester Polytechnic Institute,Worcester
Asst. Professor Anjana Jain had the following poster presentation:
One Step Acrylation of Hyaluronic Acid Hydrogels for Neural Tissue Engineering
A. M. Dede1, C. M. Valmikinathan2, and A. Jain1
1Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA, 2Johnson and Johnson, Summerville, NJ
