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International Symposium on Polymeric Materials for Regenerative Medicine |
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Program
Day 1 - April 2, 2007
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08h00 |
Registration |
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Session Chair:
P. Vermette, Chemical Engineering Department, U. of
Sherbrooke, Canada |
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08h30 |
Plenary Lecture:
Foundation Ideas for Tissue Engineering as Applied to
Heart Muscle and Esophagus
B. D. Ratner, U. of Washington, USA |
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09h20 |
Invited: Biological Design Strategies for Bone
Engineering
J. Davies, U. of Toronto, Canada |
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09h40 |
Invited: Repair of Cartilage and Meniscus with Hybrid Biomaterials
M. D. Buschmann, École Polytechnique de Montreal, Canada |
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10h00 |
Break |
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10h20 |
Key Note Lecture:
Challenges of Bone Tissue Regeneration using Distraction
Osteogenesis
R. Hamdy, Shriner’s/U. McGill, Canada |
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11h00 |
Functionalized Dextrans as Biomaterials for Bone
Regeneration
F. Chaubet, M. Maire, D. Logeart-Avramoglou, M-C Degat,
P. Mary, C. Blanchat, A. Meunier, INSERM, CNRS, France |
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11h20 |
Invited: POSS-Polyurethanes as Biodegradable Nanocomposites
P. T. Mather, Case Western Reserve U., USA |
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11h40 |
In Vitro Mineralization of Phosphate-Containing PolymersIn
Vitro Mineralization of Soluble and Cross Linked Phosphate
Polymer
S. Suzuki, M. R. Whittaker, L. Grøndahl, M. J. Monteiro,
E. Wentrup-Byrne, Queensland U. of Technology, Australia |
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12h00 |
Lunch |
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Session Chair:
P. Beaulé, Orthopedic Surgery, U. of Ottawa, Canada |
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13h05 |
Key Note Lecture:
Stepping from Discovery into Development
M. Shive, BioSyntech Canada Inc., Canada |
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13h45 |
Highly Structured and Fully Interconnected Porous Polymer
Scaffolds From Co-Continuous Polymer Blends
P. Sarazin, X. Roy and B. D. Favis. Ecole Polytechnique
de Montreal, Canada |
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14h05 |
Physical and Numerical Simulation of 3D Polymeric
Scaffolds for Load-Bearing Tissue Engineering and Cell-Based
Gene Therapy
R. El-Ayoubi, A.-M. Yousefi, R. DiRaddo, IMI-NRC, Canada |
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14h25 |
Break |
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14h45 |
Invited: Biomimetic Processing of Biopolymer/Bioceramic Composites
R. Wang, U. of British Columbia, Canada |
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15h05 |
Osseointegration of Biomimetic HA-Coated Composite Hip
Implants
M. N. Bureau, H. Shen, J.F. Whitfield, C. Bihun, M.
Campbell, H. Bougherara, J.-G. Legoux, L’H. Yahia, IMI/NRC-IBS/NRC-École
Polytechnique, Canada |
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15h25 |
Plastic Compression: Rapid Fabrication of Native
Collagenous Tissue Templates
S. N. Nazhat, M. Bitar, V. Salih, R. A. Brown, U. McGill-University
College, UK |
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15h45 |
Biodegradable Poly(lactide-co-glycolide) as Bone Filling
Material
J. Holmbom, T. Tirri, T. Wilson, A. Rosling, T. Närhi, R.
Penttinen. U. of Turku, Finland |
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16h05 |
To be confirmed
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16h25 |
Cocktail - Poster Session |
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18h30 |
End of Day 1 |
Day 2 - April 3, 2007
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08h00 |
Registration |
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Session Chair:
J.-F. Cailhier, Faculty of Medicine, U. of Montreal, Canada |
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08h40 |
Key Note Lecture:
Drug Eluting Stents
L. Machan, U. of British Columbia and Angiotech, Canada |
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09h20 |
Invited: Critical Integrative Aspects: Unavoidable Challenges for
Clinically Successful Tissue Engineering
F. Auger, St-François d’Assise Hospital/U. Laval, Canada |
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09h40 |
Invited: Natural Polymer-Based Grafts for Vascular Applications
D. Letourneur, INSERM, France |
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10h00 |
Break |
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10h20 |
Invited: New Fibrous PET Structures for Vascular Grafts: Effect of
Fiber Structure on Endothelial and Smooth Muscle Cell
Attachment and Growth
M. Moreno, A. Ajji and M.N. Bureau, IBS/NRC and IMI/NRC, Canada |
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10h40 |
Modified PEG Thin Layers for the Evaluation of Platelet
Activation from Whole Blood Samples
Y. Martin, M. Lepine and P. Vermette. U. de Sherbrooke,
Canada |
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11h00 |
Aging of a Plasma Fluoropolymer Coating Developed for Stent
Applications
P. Hale, F. Lewis, P. Horny, S. Turgeon, D. Mantovani,
Institut des Biomatériaux du Quebec-CHUQ, Canada |
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11h20 |
Nitrogen-Rich Plasma Polymers (PPE:N) for
Bio-Medical Applications: Comparison of Films Deposited in
Atmospheric and Low Pressure Plasmas
P.-L. Girard-Lauriault,
F. Truica-Marasescu, S. Lerouge, F. Mwale, A. Lippitz, W.E.S. Unger, P.
Desjardins, and M.R. Wertheimer. Ecole Polytechnique and U.
de Montreal, Canada |
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11h40 |
Invited: Thrombo-Inflammation and in Stent Restenosis
Y. Merhi, MHI-ICM, U. de Montreal, Canada |
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12h00 |
Lunch |
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Session Chair:
M. Sikorska, Institute for Biological Sciences, National
Research Council, Canada |
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13h05 |
Key Note Lecture:
Engineering Approaches for Functional Nerve Regeneration
C. E. Schmidt, U. of Texas at Austin, USA |
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13h45 |
New Approach for Spinal Cord Regeneration Using a
Synthetic Macroporous PHPMA Hydrogel Matrix
É. Pinet, V. Tsymbaliuk, Y. Yaminskyy, V. Medvedjev, S.
Pouliot and M. Bousmina, Fiso Tech. & U. Laval, Canada |
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14h05 |
Invited: Repairing the Injured Brain with Ex Vivo-Engineered
Neuroscaffolds
M. Bani-Yaghoub, R. Tremblay, A. Ajji, T. Veres, E. Roy,
B. Zurakowski, L. Tay, A. Gruslin and M. Sikorska, IBS/NRC
and IMI/NRC, Canada |
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14h25 |
Break |
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14h45 |
Stem Cells in Tissue Engineering : Neuronal
Differentiation and a Preliminary Study on the Cell
Integration in a 3D Scaffold
C. Auclair-Daigle, M. Gingras, M.-F. Champigny, F.
Berthod, U. Laval, Canada |
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15h05 |
Invited: In Vitro Evaluation of Porous Scaffolds for Oral tissue
Regeneration
J.P. Santerre, C. Hui and E. Saxena, U. of Toronto, Canada |
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15h25 |
Endothelial Cells on Two- and Three-Dimensional Fibrin
Assemblies Coated with Ultrathin Protein Layers
E. Filová, L. Bačáková, J. Chlupá, ,T. Riedel, E. Brynda, M. Houska, Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic |
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15h45 |
The Biocompatibility of Microcapsules for Cellular
Therapy : A Closer Look at the Interface
S.K. Tam, P. de Vos, J.-P. Hallé, L’H. Yahia. ICM, U.
Medical Center Groningen, Ecole Polytechnique, The
Netherlands, Canada |
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16h05 |
Novel Biomimetic Responsive Hydrogel from Crosslinked
Protein Polymer Resilin
M.Y. Truong, N. K. Dutta, N. D. Tran N. R. Choudhury, A.
J. Hill, M. Kim, C. Elvin, U. of South Australia, Australia |
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16h20 |
Cocktail - Poster Session |
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18h30 |
End of Day 2 |
Day 3 - April 4, 2007
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Session Chair:
F. Berthod, Hôpital du Saint-Sacrement, Laval University,
Canada |
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08h40 |
Key Note Lecture:
Designing Cationic Polymers for Gene Delivery: Beneficial
Effects of Hydrophobic Ligands Conjugated to Polymers
H. Uludag, U. of Alberta, Canada |
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09h20 |
Invited: Synthetic Polymers and Cultured Endothelial Cells : a
Marriage of Convenience for Small-Diameter Arterial
Substitution
L. Bordenave, U. Victor Segalen, France |
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09h40 |
Spatially Controlled Cell Adhesion via Micropatterned
Surface Modification of Poly(dimethylsiloxane)
N. Patrito, C. McCague, N. O. Petersen, P. R. Norton, U.
Western Ontario, Canada |
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10h00 |
Break |
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10h20 |
Invited: Surface Modifications of Endovascular Biomaterials:
Bioactive Coatings to Foster Vascular Repair
S. Lerouge, Hôpital Notre-Dame – U. de Montreal, Canada |
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10h40 |
Invited: Micropatterning Cell Signal Onto Biomaterials
Surfaces to Improve Endothelialisation
V. Gauvreau, L. Gagné, G. Laroche, St-François d’Assise Hospital/U. Laval, Canada |
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11h00 |
Contribution of the Media and Adventitia Layers to
Mechanical Properties of Tissue Engineered Vascular
Constructs Reconstructed In Vitro by the Self-Assembly
Approach
R. Gauvin, D. Larouche, T. Ahsan, F. A. Auger, R. M. Nerem, L.
Germain, LOEX, Canada |
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11h20 |
Surface Modifications to Control Protein and Cell
Adhesion: Of the Importance of Polymer Chain Conformation
L. Deschenes, Food Research and Development Centre,
Canada |
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11h40 |
Development of 3D Bioactive Macroporous Scaffolds
H. Bramfeldt, P. Vermette, U. de Sherbrooke, Canada |
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12h00 |
Concluding Remarks |
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12h10 |
End of Conference |
Posters
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Improvement of Mechanical Properties of Dental PMMA by
Incorporation of Impregnated Reinforcements
A. Nematollahzadeh and S.A. Ramazani, Sharif U. of
Technology, Iran |
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Viscoelasticity and Biofouling of LIPOSOME Layers by
Quartz Crystal Microbalance and Multi Release Profiles
H. Brochu, P. Vermette, U. de Sherbrooke, Canada |
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Processing of Photopolymerizable, Injectable and
Bioresorbable Polyurethanes
R. L. Orefice, F. T. R. Kinoshita, I. Salgado, Federal U.
of Minas Gerais, Brazil |
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Structure of Glycerolized Irradiated Skin Allografts (GISA)
Z. Yaping, Shanxi Provincial Tissue Bank, China |
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Development of Oxygen Carriers for Tissue Engineering
V. Centis, P. Vermette, U. de Sherbrooke, Canada |
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Synthetic Hydrogels Prepared via Photopolymerisation
C. Witthayaprapakorn, R. Molloy, K. Nalampang, Chiang Mai
U., Thailand |
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In Vitro Development by Tissue Engineering of a Three-Dimensional
Model to Study Axonal Migration and Myelination of Motor
Neurons
M. Gingras, V. Gagnon, H. D. Durham and F. Berthod,
Laboratoire d'Organogénèse Expérimentale LOEX, U. Laval,
Canada |
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Enhancement of Surface Biocompatibility of PTFE by Low
Pressure Plasma Techniques
P. Jedrzejowski, P. Chevallier, F. Boccafoschi, C. Côté, D. Mantovani and A. Sarkissian, Plasmionique Inc & U.
Laval, Canada |
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In Vitro Modulation of Angiogenesis by Neurotrophins and
Schwann Cells in an Endothelialized Tissue-Engineered Connective
Tissue
M. Blais, P. Lévesque, M. Gingras, F. Berthod, U. Laval,
Canada |
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Elastomeric Materials Produced From Self-Assembling,
Recombinant Polypeptides Modeled on Elastin
F.W. Keeley and C. M. Bellingham, The Hospital for Sick
Children, Canada |
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Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells in Cultures on Synthetic
Polymers with Adhesive Microdomains
M. Parizek, L. Bacakova, V. Lisa, O. Kubova, V. Svorcik,
J. Heitz, Academy of Science, Czech Republic |
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Effect of the Conjugation Strategy on Immobilized
Fibronectin Orientation/ Conformation
K. Vallières, C. Sarra-Bournet, P. Chevallier, S. Turgeon,
G. Laroche, U. Laval, Canada |
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The Osteogenic Activities of bFGF and BMP-2 on Bone
Marrow Stromal Cells Grown in Aggregate Culture
A. Rajesh, M. Varkey, C. Kucharski, and H. Uludag, U. of
Alberta, Canada |
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Textile Micro-Texture Effects on Endothelial Cells
Adhesion and Proliferation
S. François, N. Chakfé, B. Durand, G. Laroche, U. Laval,
Canada |
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Oxidation of Polycaprolactone to Induce Compatibility
with Other Degradable Polyesters for Biomedical Applications
M. A. Sabino, U. Simon Bolivar, Venezuela |
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Collagen-Chondroitin Sulfate Coatings to Promote Vascular
Repair
C. Charbonneau, M.J. Hebert, X.X. Zhu, S. Lerouge, CHUM,
U. de Montreal, Canada |
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Extended Application of Porous PHEMA Hydrogels in Tissue
Engineering
X. Lou, C. Li, and Y.F. Zheng, Curtin U. of Technology,
Australia |
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In Vivo Chemiluminescent Imaging of the Microvascular
Network of an Endothelialized Tissue-Engineered Skin
O. Boa, F. Berthod, J. Symes, T. Galbraith, J. A. Medin,
F. A. Auger, LOEX, Canada |
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Novel Bioactive Polymer-Apatite Nanocomposite Fibres and
their Biocompatibility
S. Dimitrievska, A. Ajji, M. N. Bureau, A. Petit, L’H.
Yahia, IMI/NRC-École Polytechnique, Canada |
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Hemocompatibility of New Fibrous PET Structures with and
without Surface Modification
M. Maire, A. Ajji, M. N. Bureau, L. Robitaille, Y. Merhi,
L’H. Yahia, IMI/NRC-ICM-École Polytechnique, Canada |
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Various Porous Structures for Biomedical Applications
F. Sadeghi, A. Ajji, IMI/NRC, Canada |
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A Biomimetic Prosthetic Approach for Cartilage
Replacement: Soft Polyurethane Foam Processing
M.F. Champagne, M.N. Bureau, R. Gendron, IMI/NRC, Canada |
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A New Injectable Sclerosing Agent for the Prevention and
Treatment of Endoleaks after Endovascular Aneurysm Repair
M.-C. Bonneviot, G. Soulez, J. Raymond, S. Lerouge. U. de
Montreal, Canada |
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