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Stevens Interdisciplinary Biomaterials Research & Education

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2011


Conference Program (subject to change)

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Wednesday, 5 June, 2013
Time   Title   Presenter Affiliation
8:15 - 9:00   Registration and Continental Breakfast
Session 1   session chair = Matt Libera (Stevens)
9:00 - 9:15   Welcome and Overview   Matthew Libera Stevens
9:15 - 9:45   Invited:Impact and implications of bacterial infection following total joint replacement   Brian Evans Georgetown
9:45 - 10:15   Invited: Key-players and key-factors in biomaterial-associated infections – toward changing paradigms   Henk Busscher Groningen
10:15 - 10:20   RF: Silver Doped Titania – Siloxane Hybrids: Novel Coatings for Improving Antibacterial Property of Polyether Ether Ketone   John Jarrell BioIntraface
10:20 - 10:25   RF: Antibiofilm activity of ulvan polysaccharides covalently immobilized onto titanium surface   Virginie Gadenne CNRS, Normandy Univ.
10:25 - 10:30   RF: AMPs: Design of a novel antimicrobial titanium surface   Todd Alexander Worcester Polytechnic
10:30 - 10:35   RF: Conditions of Lateral Surface Confinement that Favor Tissue-Cell Integration over Biofilm Growth   Eva Wang Stevens
10:35 - 10:40   RF: Influence of Nanoparticles on Bacterial Phagocytosis by Macrophages   Joanna da Silva Domingues Groningen
10:40 - 11:15   Break and posters
Session 2   session chair =
11:15 - 11:30   Label-free Characterization of Extracellular Polymeric Substance in Streptococcus mutans Biofilms   Nancy Lin NIST
11:30 - 11:45   Natural products: the future in the development of antibiofilm surfaces?   Pascal Thebault CNRS, University de Rouen
11:45 - 12:00   Simulating Anti-adhesive and Antibacterial Bifunctional Polymers for Surface Coating using BioScape   Adriana Compagnoni Stevens
12:00 - 12:05   RF: New approach for antimicrobial biopolymers by grafting of antimicrobial peptides   Isabelle Lequeux CNRS, Universite de Rouen
12:05 - 12:10   RF: Novel Antimicrobial biocompatible PETA composite scaffolds for orthopaedic implants   Mollie Smoak LSU
12:10 - 12:15   RF: Intelligent Antibacterial Coating for Indwelling Devices   Christian Traba Stevens
12:15 - 1:15   working lunch
Session 3   session chair =
1:15 - 1:45   Invited: Animal Models of Orthopedic Implant Infections   Tom Schaer UPenn
1:45 - 2:15   Invited: 3D Microphysiological Human Tissue Reconstruction   Woo Lee Stevens
2:15 - 2:30   Paradoxical resistance associated with antimicrobial biomaterials   Roger Bayston Nottingham
2:30 - 2:45   Stress relaxation analysis facilitates a quantitative approach towards antimicrobial penetration into biofilms   Henny van der Mei Groningen
2:45 - 2:50   RF: Building an antimicrobial surface? Choose your test wisely.   Lauren De Stefano Orthobond
2:50 - 2:55   RF: Gold Nanoparticles as Photothermal Agents: Potential Toward New Methods for Killing Bacteria   Tabbitha Dobbins Rowan University
2:55 - 3:00   RF: Examination of periodontal pocket biofilm growth and effects of PDT for perio-infection control   Stephen Rogers SUNY Buffalo
3:00 - 3:30   break and posters
Session 4   session chair =
3:30 - 4:00   Invited: "Closed Access" Sterile Drainage: It works for Peritoneal Dialysis-It Should Work for the Urinary Bladder   Don Griffith Baylor
4:00 - 4:15   Fighting catheter-associated biofilms by antibiotic locks and surface treatment   Christophe Beloin Institut Pasteur, Paris
4:15 - 4:30   Modification of Silicone Surfaces to Promote Stable High Coverage Benign E. coli Biofilms against Pathogen Colonization   Chengzhi Cai Univeristy of Houston
4:30 - 4:45   Correlation of silver release and antimicrobial effect of silver-containing wound dressing in-vitro   Kristina Hamberg Molnlycke Health Care, Sweden
4:45 - 5:00   Efficacy of Silver Thin Films as Antimicrobial Surfaces   Gregory Caputo Rowan University
5:00 - 6:00   Break
6:00 - 7:00   Reception at W Hotel
7:00 - 9:30   Conference Banquet
Thursday, 6 June, 2013
8:15 - 9:00   registration and continental breakfast
Session 5   session chair =
9:00 - 9:30   Invited: Designing Antibacterial Coatings: A Multi-Directional Approach   Svetlana Sukhishvili Stevens
9:30 - 9:45   A new class of contact active antimicrobial polymer and coating   Peng Li Nanyang Tech. Univ. Singapore
9:45 - 10:00   Phosphonate self-assembled monolayers on biomaterial surfaces to inhibit bacterial adhesion and biofilm formation   Carmen-Mihaela Tilmaciu Montpellier, France
10:00 - 10:15   Reducing Bacterial Colonization of Tissue Scaffolds by Hierarchical Assembly of Microgels and Antimicrobials   Qichen Wang Stevens
10:15 - 10:20   RF: Guanylated Polymethacrylates: a class of potent antimicrobial polymers with low toxicity   Katherine Locock CSIRO
10:20 - 10:25   RF: Functional DNase I coating to prevent bacterial adhesion and biofilm formation   Jan Swartjes Groningen
10:25 - 10:30   RF: Impact of different immobilization parameters on Dhvar5 antibacterial activity   Fabiola Costa University of Porto
10:30 - 11:00   break and posters
Session 6   session chair =
11:00 - 11:30   Invited: Infection Associated with Orthopaedic Trauma   Michael Suk Geisinger Health
11:30 - 11:45   Provox ActiValve and Biofilm formation   Bernard van der Laan Groningen
11:45 - 12:00   Evaluation of pro-inflammatory mediators around Ti and ZrO2 dental implant abutments after 6 months of clinical function   Christopher Barwacz University of Iowa
12:00 - 12:05   RF: Silicon Nitride – A Unique Antibacterial Bioceramic   Sonny Bal University of Missouri
12:05 - 12:10   RF: Zirconium nitride/silver nanocomposites used in the design of antimicrobial external fixation pin coatings   David Wickens Manchester
12:10 - 12:15   RF: Improving the performance of silver-containing films for bactericidal applications   Jeffrey Hettinger Rowan University
12:15 - 1:15   working lunch
Session 7   session chair =
1:15 - 1:45   Invited: The Effects of Surface Topography on Bacterial Adhesion   Anthony Brennan University of Florida
1:45 - 2:00   Bacterial Adhesion Inhibition by Submicron Textured
Biomaterial Surfaces		   Li-Chong Xu Penn State Hershey
2:00 - 2:15   Understanding the infection mechanisms of silver nanoparticle-based antibacterial coatings   Lydie Ploux CNRS, Mulhouse, France
2:15 - 2:45   Invited: TBD   Michael Waters FDA
2:45 - 3:00   break
  Panel Discussion. Matthew Libera (moderator)
3:00 - 4:00   How Can We More Quickly Bring New Materials-Based Infection-Control Strategies to Clinical Practice?   Peter Tolias Stevens
  Marie Marlow M Squared Associates
  Sonny Bal University of Missouri
  Scott Phillips FDA
We anticipate additional FDA participation via teleconference
4:00   Conference closure
POSTERS
Bacterial ability to sense chemical heterogeneities   Lydie Ploux   CNRS, Mulhouse, France
Mechanical prevention of bacterial colonization upon surface tethering of vesicular structures through hybridization   Lydie Ploux   CNRS, Mulhouse, France
Mechanically responsive and antibacterial coating for textile biomaterials   Lydie Ploux   CNRS, Mulhouse, France
Antimicrobial loading and release from PEG-based hydrogels   Yong Wu   Stevens
Effects of hBD-3 on Staphylococcus aureus biofilm formation regulating genes dltBand icaA genes   Jun Fei   Daping Hospital, Chongqing, China
Evaluation of Surgical Instrument Handling on Polypropylene mesh using Scanned Electron Microscopy (SEM)   Laura Cornwell   University of Louisville
Combining Miniaturized Soil Quantification and Biofilm Analysis for Medical Device Testing   Scott Phillips   FDA
Silver Doped Titania - Siloxane Hybrids: Novel Coatings for Improving Antibacterial Property of Polyether Ether Ketone   John Jarrell   BioIntraface
Antibiofilm activity of ulvan polysaccharides covalently immobilized onto titanium surface   Virginie Gadenne   CNRS, Normandy Univ.
AMPs: Design of a novel antimicrobial titanium surface   Todd Alexander   Worcester Polytechnic
Conditions of Lateral Surface Confinement that Favor Tissue-Cell Integration over Biofilm Growth   Eva Wang   Stevens
Influence of Nanoparticles on Bacterial Phagocytosis by Macrophages   Joanna da Silva Domingues   Groningen
New approach for antimicrobial biopolymers by grafting of antimicrobial peptides   Isabelle Lequeux   CNRS, Universite de Rouen
Novel Antimicrobial biocompatible PETA composite scaffolds for orthopaedic implants   Mollie Smoak   LSU
Intelligent Antibacterial Coating for Indwelling Devices   Christian Traba   Stevens
Building an antimicrobial surface? Choose your test wisely.   Lauren De Stefano   Orthobond
Gold Nanoparticles as Photothermal Agents: Potential Toward New Methods for Killing Bacteria   Tabbitha Dobbins   Rowan University
Examination of periodontal pocket biofilm growth and effects of PDT for perio-infection control   Steven Rogers   SUNY Buffalo
Guanylated Polymethacrylates: a class of potent antimicrobial polymers with low toxicity   Katherine Locock   CSIRO
Functional DNase I coating to prevent bacterial adhesion and biofilm formation   Jan Swartjes   Groningen
Impact of different immobilization parameters on Dhvar5 antibacterial activity   Fabiola Costa   University of Porto
Silicon Nitride - A Unique Antibacterial Bioceramic   Sonny Bal   University of Missouri
Zirconium nitride/silver nanocomposites used in the design of antimicrobial external fixation pin coatings   David Wickens   Manchester
Improving the performance of silver-containing films for bactericidal applications   Jeffrey Hettinger   Rowan University

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Dept. of Chemical Engr.
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Stevens Institute of Technology
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