Welcome to theTenth International

Frontiers in biomedical Polymers Symposium
Vancouver Canada, June 3-5
LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Sasha Kabanov, Cochair
Ray Ottenbrite, Cochair
Donald Brooks, Univ. BC Liaison
Kathryn Ulrich, Academic Liaison
Art Coury, Industrial Liaison
FBPS INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEERay Ottenbrite, Meeting Chair
Claudio Migliaresi, Italy
Daniel Cohn, Israel
Emo Chiellini, Italy
Julio Roman, Spain
Rui Reis, Portugal
Teruo Okano, Japan
Coordinators
Daria Alakhova (Filonova)
Jubina Bergu

Monday June 3Location: Bunchanan A-Building, Room A103 signs will be up.
8:00 AM – 8:15 AM

Opening Remarks by Ray Ottenbrite and Sasha Kabanov

Session 1

Biomedical Polymers and Polymer Drug Systems

Session chair

Teruo Okano

8:15 AM – 8:45 AM

Keynote: “Engineering "Smart" Biomedical Systems”
Daniel Cohn (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel)

8:45 AM – 9:15 AM

Keynote: "Polymeric Micelles for Drug delivery”
Alexander Kabanov (UNC Chapel Hill, USA)

9:15 AM – 9:35 AM“N-Halamine Polymers for Use in Antimicrobial Applications”
Dave Worley (Auburn University, USA)9:35 AM – 9:55 AM“PCL Nano-Particles Loaded with Menthol to Improve
Compression Stockings Comfort”
Raffaella Mossotti (Institute for Macromolecular Studies, Italy)

9:55 AM – 10:15 AM“Block Copolymers of Poly(amino acid)s – a Platform for
Biomedical Materials”
Carmen Scholz (University of Alabama, USA)

10:15 AM - 10:45 AM
Session chair

Coffee BreakCarmen Scholz

10:45 AM – 11:05 AM“Biomaterials with Sustainable Anti-fouling Surfaces”
Ronald A. Siegel (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA)

11:05 AM – 11:35 AM

Keynote: - "Strategies and Technologies for Improved
Convection Enhanced Delivery of Nanoparticulate
Therapeutics in Brain"
William C. Broaddus, (Virginia Commonwealth University, USA)11:35 AM – 12:05 AM

Keynote: “Polymers Developed as Biomaterials from First
Principles: Successes and Future Promise.”
Arthur Coury (Genzyme, USA)

12:05 AM-1:30 PM

Lunch

Session 2a Tissue Engineering & Regenerative biomaterials
Session chair

Jonathan Fitzsimmons

1:30 PM – 2:00 PM

Keynote: “Biomaterials for Ophthalmic and Wound Care”
Joseph C. Salamone, (Rochal Industries, USA)

2:00 PM – 2:20 PM“Biomaterials Technology Necessary for Regeneration
Therapy and Research”
Yasuhiko Tabata (Kyoto University, Japan)

2:20 PM – 2:40 PM"Novel Approaches to Polymeric Scaffolds for Tissue
Regeneration: Hybridizing and Biomimicking"Naoki Kawazoe (Tissue Regeneration Materials Unit, Tsukuba,Japan)

2:40 PM – 3:00 PM“Scaffold Design for the Reduction of Host Tissue Response
for Regenerative Medicine.”
Gilson Khang (Chungbuk University, Korea)

3:00 PM – 3:30 PM

Coffee BreakSession chair

Kazunari Akiyoshi

3:30 PM – 4:00 PM

Keynote: "Intelligent Surfaces for 3D Vascularized Layering
Cell Sheets Tissue"
Teruo Okano (Tokyo Women’s Medical University, Japan)

4:00 PM – 4:30 PM

Keynote: “Natural-Derived Polymers: an Option forRegenerative Scaffold Fabrication”
Antonella Motta (University of Trento, Italy)

4:30 PM – 4:50 PM“Cell Sheet-Based Regenerative Medicine: the Current Statusand Future of Clinical Applications”
Masayuki Yamato (Tokyo Women’s Medical University, Japan)

6:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Welcoming Reception
Fort Camp Lounge

Tuesday June 4
Location: Bunchanan A Building, Room A102
Session 2b Tissue Engineering & Regenerative Biomaterials
Session chairJoão Mano

8:00 AM – 8:30 PM

Keynote: “Choline Phosphate-decorated Polymers as
Universal Cell Adhesives”
Donald Brooks, (University of British Columbia, Canada)

8:30 AM – 9:00 AM

Keynote: "Cell Assembling Techniques for Complex Organ
Manufacturing”
Xaiohong Wang (Tsinghua University, Beijing, China)

9:00 AM – 9:20 AM“Design Of Thermo-Responsive Cell Culture Surfaces forRegulation of Affinity Binding by Temperature Changes”
Jun Kobayashi (Tokyo Women's Medical University, Japan)

9:20 AM – 9:40 AM"Biomimetic Scaffolds for Ligament Tissue Engineering"
Brian Amsden (Queen’s University, Canada)

9:40 AM – 10:00 AM“Design and Development of a Synthetic Universal Heparin
Reversal Agent”
Jayachandran N. Kizhakkedathu (University of British Columbia,Canada)

Coffee Break

10:00 AM – 10:30 AM
Session chair

Yasuo Suda

10:30 AM – 10:50 AM"Melt Electrospinning Writing: An Emerging Technique toFabricate Three-Dimensional Structures for TissueEngineering"
Paul Dalton (Queensland University of Technology, Australia)

10:50 AM – 11:20 AM

Keynote: “Learning with Nature to Produce New Polymeric
Substrates for Tissue Engineering Applications”
João Mano (University of Minho, Portugal)

11:20 AM – 11:40 AM“LbL Assemblies using van der Waals or Affinity Interaction
and Their Application for Fabrication of Three-dimensional
Tissue Models”
Mitsuru Akashi (Osaka University, Osaka, Japan)

11:40 AM – 12:00 AM“Micro Encapsulation of Cells in Alginate Through an ElectroHydrodynamic Process”
Claudio Migliaresi (University of Trento, Italy)

Lunch

12:00 PM – 1:00 PM

Session 3

Nanotechnology and Biomedical Applications

Session chair

Claudio Migliaresi

1:00 PM – 1:30 PM

Keynote: “Sugar-Chain Immobilized Nano-Particles for Clinical
Diagnosis of HIV/Flu”
Yasuo Suda (Kagoshima University; SUDx-Biotec Corp., Japan)

1:30 PM – 2:00 PM

Keynote: “Designing Next Generation Carriers for Vaccines
and Therapeutics”
Joseph DeSimone (UNC at Chapel Hill, USA)

2:00 PM – 2:30 PM

Keynote: “Recent Advances in Contact Lens Materials”
Jay Kunzler (Bausch & Lomb Research, Rochester, USA)

2:30 PM – 2:50 PM“Health and Safety via Surface Modification of Polyurethanes”
Kenneth Wynne (Virginia Commonwealth University, USA)

2:50 PM – 3:20 PM

Coffee BreakSession 4 Bioassembly systems for Biomedical Applications,
Biosensors and Stimuli-Responsive Polymers
Session chair

Kenneth Wynne

3:20 PM – 3:40 PM“Morphological Control in Aggregates of Polymer-TetheredGold Nanorods with Potential Biomedical Applications”
Adi Eisenberg (McGill University, Montreal, Canada)

3:40 PM – 4:00 PM“Shape-Memory Surfaces for Dynamic Cell Culture”
Mitsuhiro Ebara (National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS),Tsukuba, JAPAN)

4:00 PM – 4:20 PM“Biosensing Using DNA-Carrying Nanoparticles”
Mizuo Maeda (RIKEN Institute, Japan)

5:00 PM – 7:00 PM

Guided tour of the Museum of Anthropology

7:00 PM -- 9:00 PM

Après La Musee Repas
Fort Camp Lounge

Wednesday June 5
Location: Bunchanan A Building, Room A103
Session 5

Targeted and Controlled Drug Delivery Systems

Session chair

Mitsuru Akashi

8:00 AM – 8:30 AM

Keynote: “Complex Polymer-Drug Conjugates for Active
Tumor Targeting”
Karel Ulbrich (Institute of Macromolecules, Prague, Czech)

8:30 AM – 8:50 AM“Targeting Fluorescent Nanoprobes to Metastatic And
Autochthonous Tumors For Ultrasensitive Detection For
Treatment Based On EPR Effect”
Hiroshi Maeda (Sojo University, Kumamoto, Japan)

8:50 AM – 9:10 AM“Radioisotopes for Polymers: the Development of a Targeting
Polymer for Ac-225 Radioimmunotherapy”
Jonathan Fitzsimmons (Brookhaven National Laboratory, USA)

9:10 AM – 9:30 AM“Immunomodulation with HPMA COPOLYMER-BOUNDCYTOSTATICS”
Blanka Rihova (Institute of Microbiology, Prague, Czech)

9:30 AM – 9:50 AM“Advanced Nanogels for Intracellular Delivery ofBiomacromolecules”
Cornelus F. van Nostrum, (Utrecht University, The Netherlands)

9:50 AM – 10:10 AM“Change of the Enzyme Reaction Rate in Magnetic
Nanosuspensions by Non-Heating Magnetic Field”
Marina Sokolsky (Eshelman School of Pharmacy, UNC, USA)

10:10 AM – 10:40 AM
Session chair

Coffee BreakJay Kunzler

10:40 AM – 11:10 AM

Keynote: “Ionic Nanogels for Drug Delivery in Cancer”
Tatiana Bronich (Unniversity of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha,USA)

11:10 AM – 11:30 AM“Bio-nanotransporter by Polysaccharide Nanogel Engineering
for Vaccines and Immunotherapy”
Kazunari Akiyoshi (, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan)

11:30 AM – 11:50 AM“Poly (amino acid)-stabilized Magnetic Nanoclusters for
Stimuli-responsive Drug Delivery”
Hemant Vishwasrao (University of Nebraska, UNC, USA)11:50 AM – 12:40 PM

Lunch

Session 6

Tissue Engineering & Regenerative Biomaterials

Session chair

Jayachandran N. Kizhakkedathu

12:40 PM – 1:00 PM“Polymers for Functionalization of Titanium Implant Surfaces”
Henning Menzel (Technische Universität Braunschweig, Hannover,Germany)1:00 PM – 1:20 PM“Thermoresponsive Cationic Copolymer Brush on Monolithic
Silica Rods for High-Speed Separation of Acid Biomolecules”
Kenichi Nagase (Tokyo Women’s Medical University, Japan)

1:20 PM – 1:40 PM“Exploring Innovative Strategies to Regenerate Skin:
Biomaterials and Stem Cells as Key Players”
Alexandra Marques (University of Minho, Portugal)

1:40 PM – 2:00 PM“Collagen Modified Single-walled Carbon Nanotubes for
Improved Dispersibility and Cellular Uptake”
Hongli Mao (National Institute for Materials Science, Japan)

2:00 PM – 2:20 PM“International Collaboration of Cell Sheet Engineering forMedical Innovation”
Mime Egami (Tokyo Women's Medical University)

2:20 PM – 2:50 PM

Coffee BreakSession 7

Biomimetic and Natural Biomaterials

Session chairs

Karel Ulbrich

2:50 PM – 3:20 PM

Keynote: “The Art of Falling Apart: Controlled
Depolymerization of Biomaterials”
Adah Almutairi (University of California San Diego, USA)

3:20 PM – 3:40 PM“Keratin Viomaterials from Wool Fibrillation”
Alessia Patrucco (Institute for Macromolecular Studies, Italy)

3:40 PM – 4:00 PM“Elasticity of PAAm- Kappa Carrageenan Composites”
Gülşen Evingür (Piri Reis University, İstanbul, Turkey)

4:00 AM – 4:20 PM“Silk as Natural Biomedical Materials for Regenerative
Medicine”
S.C. Kundu (Indian Institute of Technology,Kharagpur, India)

4:30 PM

Closing Remarks