GENERAL INFORMATION

Accommodations

The conference participants will be staying at the Helona Beach Hotel, which is located in Kardamena, 11 km from the airport. Please take a taxi from the airport to the Helona Beach Hotel (~25 EUR)

Arrival and Check-in

Attendees are expected to arrive/check-in on Friday after 3:00 pm local time. Registered participants arriving after 10:30 pm Friday night should make alternative dinner arrangements.

Conference Venue

The Double Tree Conference Center is located at the hotel.

Handicapped Accessibility

The site is fully handicapped accessible.

Posters

Posters should be mounted Friday, June 20 between 7:00 – 8:00 PM, on the designated boards and dismounted at the closing of the conference. The dimensions of the boards are 90 cm wide X 120 cm high. Adhesive tape for mounting the posters on the boards will be available at the poster area.

Oral Presentations

Speakers are asked to bring their USB flash drive to the reception desk at least 30 minutes prior to the session. The allocated time for all presentations, unless otherwise indicated, includes five minutes Q&A.

City Tour

Buses for the city tour will depart from the hotel front lobby on Monday, June 23 at 2:45 pm. Badges are required for participation.

Breakfast

Breakfast for registered participants and registered accompanying persons will be served at the Double Tree Hotel main restaurant during the hours scheduled in this program.

Lunches/Informal Discussions

Lunches for registered participants and registered accompanying persons will be served during the times indicated in this program at the main restaurant. Badges are required for admission.

Dinners/Informal Discussions

Three of the dinners/informal discussion will be served during the times indicated in the program. Vegetarian entrees are available only upon request in advance of the meeting. Please contact info@aegeanconferences.org.

Internet, Phone, & Computer

Wireless Internet access is located throughout the conference center free of charge during meeting hours. There are computers available in the hotel’s business center for the use of the attendees. Phone service is available for an additional charge from your hotel room.

Certificate of Participation

A Certificate of Participation will be distributed to a participant for those sessions that the participant has attended. A participant must attend an entire session to receive credit for that particular session. Late arrivals and early departures from a session will preclude a participant from receiving credit for that session.

Other Information

Animals are not permitted on site.

Badges are required for admission to all events.

All Aegean Conferences events are non-smoking.

No Photographs and Recording Devices

Participants are not allowed to photograph and/or record using cameras, mobile telephones and other recording devices during the slide and poster presentations.

Friday, June 20

6:00-8:00 PM

Conference Registration at Hotel Lobby

8:00 PM

Welcome Reception/Dinner

Saturday, June 21

7:30 AM

Breakfast

8:15 AM

Welcome and Opening Remarks

Session I

Cardiovascular tissue regeration

Chair: Nenad Bursac, Carlijn Bouten

8:30 AM

1

Supramolecular biomaterials; a modular approach to bioactivity

Bert EW Meijer

9:15 AM

2

Human Heart Tissue Engineering for Physiological Studies and Cardiac Repair

Nenad Bursac

9:30 AM

3

Endothelial Cell Specification

Karen K Hirschi

9:45 AM

4

Injectable multifunctional microgel for enhanced neovascularization

Hyun-Gu Lim, Young-Hwan Choi, and Nathaniel Hwang

10:00 AM

5

Controlling the body’s response to injury

Guillermo A Ameer

10:15 AM

6

Synthetic human elastin: promoted vascular cell recruitment, signaling, compliance and versatility

Anthony S Weiss

10:30 AM

7

A novel technique for the just in time engineering of fibrin-based bioartificial vascular grafts

Thomas Aper, Mathias Wilhelmi, Klaus Hoeffler, Christin Gebhardt, Nils Benecke, and Axel Haverich

10:45 AM

8

In situ tissue engineering of valves and vessels – from biomaterial ‘devices’ to first in-vivo results: the iValve concept. 

Carlijn V Bouten, Henk Janssen, Tonny Bosman, Mark Post, Marianne Verhaar, Patricia Dankers, Anita Driessen, Jolanda Kluin, and Frank Baaijens

11:00 AM

Coffee Break

Session II

Immunology and cancer treatment

Chair: Jacqueline Alblas, Sharon Gerecht

11:45 AM

9

The role of tissue architecture and the immune system in bone regenerative strategies

Jacqueline Alblas

12:00 PM

10

Prevention of infection and immune-dysregulation around biomaterials utilizing novel synthetic antimicrobial antibiofilm peptides from BALI

Sebastian A.J. Zaat

12:15 PM

11

Materials engineering of liposomal chemotherapy and the associated transport considerations

Domenico Bullara, Mihail Kavousanakis, Michelle Sempkowski, Charles Zhu, Yannis Kevrekidis, and Stavroula Sofou

12:30 PM

12

Physical alterations of the extracellular matrix on cancer cell invasion: An in vitro model

Aereas Aung, Juan Carlos del Alamo, and Shyni Varghese

12:45 PM

13

In vitro models for the study of brain tumor microenvironment

Yoonjee Oh, Eunjeong Lim, Ji-Hyun Lee, Seungwon Jeong, Seok-Gu Kang, Su-Jae Lee, and Pilnam Kim

1:00 PM

14

Redox and pH dual responsive self-assembling drug carrier with active targeting for ovarian cancer therapy

Chun-Jui Lin, Hsi-Chin Wu, and Tzu-Wei Wang

1:15 PM

15

hydrogel stiffness and oxygen tension affect cancer and angiogenic fate

Sharon Gerecht

1:30 PM

Lunch / Informal Discussions

Session III

Rapid Fire Session 1

Chair: Heungsoo Shin, Manuela Gomes

3:30 PM

16

Real-time bioluminescence imaging of cell distribution and behavior in a three-dimensional scaffold under interstitial perfusion.

Olaia F Vila, Nuria Rubio, and Jerónimo Blanco

3:35 PM

17

Tissue Engineered BioStents – Cost Analysis as a Prospective View on the Future Translation Hurdle

Sebastian Gatzer, Stefan Weinandy, Lisanne Rongen, Valentine Gesche, Julia  Frese, and Stefan Jockenhoevel

3:40 PM

18

Cellular Behavior on Polymeric Soybean Oil-g-Polystyrene Membranes

Seda R Tığlı Aydın, Baki Hazer, Merve Acar, and Menemşe Gümüşderelioğlu

3:45 PM

19

The future of dental tissue engineering

Rajneesh Malhotra

3:50 PM

20

Custom designed skin substitutes for difficult to heal wounds:ulcers and burns

Susan Gibbs

3:55 PM

21

Enzymatic control over gelation of chitosan-based hydrogels for the delivery of periodontal ligament cells

Xiangzhen Yan, Arnold Nijhuis, Jeroen van den Beucken, Sanne Both, John Jansen, Sander Leeuwenburgh, and Fang Yang

4:00 PM

22

In vivo endochondral bone formation: the influences of scaffold structure and chondrogenic priming time

Wanxun Yang, Sanne K Both, John A Jansen, and Fang Yang

4:05 PM

23

Antibiotic-loaded silica nanoparticles/collagen composite hydrogels with prolonged antimicrobial activity for wound infection prevention

Christophe Helary, Gisela S Alvarez, Andrea M Mebert, Xiaolin Wang, Thibaud Coradin, and Martin F Desimone

4:10 PM

24

Design, production and in vitro evaluation of bilayer bacterial nanocellulose scaffolds for ear cartilage tissue engineering

Héctor D Martínez-Ávila, Eva-Maria Feldmann, Athanasios Mantas, Silke Schwarz, Nicole Rotter, and Paul Gatenholm

4:15 PM

25

Quantitative Nanomechanical Characterization of Living Cells and Biomaterials by Atomic Force Microscopy

Torsten Mueller, Dimitar Stamov, Marc Richter, and Ben Holmes

4:20 PM

26

Elastin peptide improves the bio-mechanical properties through up-regulation of elastic proteins

Francesca Boccafoschi, Martina Ramella, Luca Fusaro, Margherita Botta, Cinzia Giannini, Antonella Bandiera, and Mario Cannas

4:25 PM

27

Studies of the potential driven effects of electrical polarization in collagen films

Ana V Roque, Alicia Alves, Javier Perez de la Cruz, Nathalie Barroca, Odete da Cruz e Silva, Maria Helena V Fernandes, and Paula Maria Vilarinho

4:30 PM

28

The role of recipient cells in the mechanism of pathological calcification of heart valve and blood vessels grafts: atherosclerosis-like pathway

Irina S Fadeeva, Roman S Fadeev, Anton S Sachkov, and Vladimir S Akatov

4:35 PM

29

Self-assembly ability of cells encapsulated by EHDJ method for organ printing application

Volha Liaudanskaya, Luca Gasperini, Antonella Motta, and Claudio Migliaresi

7:30 PM

Dinner / Informal Discussions at a local Greek Taverna

Buses depart from the hotel lobby at 7:30 PM

Sunday, June 22

7:30 AM

Breakfast

Session IV

Musculoskeletal tissue regeneration

Chair: Darja Marolt, Johnna Temenoff

8:30 AM

30

Bone tissue engineering with human pluripotent stem cells

Darja Marolt

8:45 AM

31

Novel methodologies to induce osteodiffentiation of human adult mesenchymal stem cells

Marissa E Wechsler, Brian P Hermann, and Rena Bizios

9:00 AM

32

Guided bone regeneration by using electrospun fiber meshes

Heungsoo Shin

9:15 AM

33

How to create new bone on artificial surfaces

Karl-Heinz Schuckert

9:30 AM

34

Ultrasound-based techniques for characterizing and thermally altering properties of tissue-engineered constructs of articular cartilage

A B Nover, Y Han, S Wang, G A Ateshian, C T Hung, and Elisa E Konofagou

9:45 AM

35

Tailoring the Biochemical and Morphological Hierarchy in Hydrogels for Musculoskeletal Regeneration

Kai Stuckensen, Jenny Reboredo, Andrea Schwab, Uwe Gbureck, Heike Walles, and Jürgen Groll

10:00 AM

36

Gradients and ‘Raw Materials’ in Tissue Engineering

Michael S Detamore, Vineet Gupta, BanuPriya Sridharan, Jeremiah Easley, Ross H Palmer, Richard Galbraith, Vincent H Key, Cory J Berkland, and Neethu Mohan

10:15 AM

37

Gradient Microspheres-based Composite Scaffolds for in vivo Reconstruction of Articular Cartilage/Subchondral Bone

Yingying Du, Haoming Liu, and Shengmin Zhang

10:30 AM

38

Novel Strategies Using Stem Cells, Hydrogels and Scaffolds, Aimed for the Regeneration of Specific Tissues

Rui L Reis

10:45 AM

39

Characterization of Proteolytic Activity in Overused Tendons

Manu O Platt and Johnna S Temenoff

11:00 AM

Coffee Break

Session V

Neurological tissue/Digestive organ regeneration

Chair: Seung-Woo Cho, Bart Spee

11:45 AM

40

Bio-inspired Materials for Regulating Self-renewal and Differentiation of Neural Stem Cells

Seung-Woo Cho

12:00 PM

41

Platelets and their microparticles promote angiogenesis and neuro-regenerations in a stroke model

Yael Hayon, Ela Shai, Ronen Leker, and David Varon

12:15 PM

42

Leukomyelitis; severity, inhibition and considerations for the spinal cord engineering

Jacek M Kwiecien, Lucia Urdzikova Machova, Bozena Jarosz, Radoslaw Rola, and Wojciech Dabrowski

12:30 PM

43

Electrically conducting nanofibrous scaffolds for potential neural tissue engineering applications

Jae Young Lee

12:45 PM

44

Matrix Stiffness Regulates PSC differentiation towards Smooth Muscle Cell Lineage

Soah Lee, Xinming Tong, and Fan Yang

1:00 PM

45

Generating bioengineered human intestinal tissue using intestinal organoids and acellular scaffolds.

Stacy R Finkbeiner, Jennifer J Freeman, Ashley M Cornett, Eric S White, Daniel H Teitelbaum, and Jason R Spence

1:15 PM

46

Cellular Strategies for Functional Restoration of Liver

Baukje A Schotanus, Chen C Chen, Hedwig Kruitwagen, Louis C Penning, Niels Geijsen, and Bart Spee

1:30 PM

Lunch / Informal Discussions

Session VI

Travel Award Recognition

Chair: Wouter Dhert, Tony Mikos

3:30 PM

47

Identification and Characterization of Circulating Stem/Progenitor Cells

Claudia Lo Sicco, Roberta Tasso, Daniele Reverberi, Michele Cilli, and Ranieri Cancedda

3:35 PM

48

Dendritic cell responses to biomaterials in presence of staphylococcal infection is influenced by the nature of the biomaterial

Payal Balraadjsing, EC de Jong, DW Grijpma, and SAJ Zaat

3:40 PM

49

An Optogenetic Approach to Bone Tissue Engineering

Esther J Lee, Jan Zimak, Michael R Diehl, Jeffrey J Tabor, and Antonios G Mikos

3:45 PM

50

Dual Purpose TFGG-Curcumin Microcomplex Embedded Chitosan Scaffold

Muthukumar Amirthalingam, Narayanan Kasinathan, Ayyadurai, and Udupa Nayanabhirama

3:50 PM

51

Guidance of directional sense on osteogenic differentiation of human mesenchymal stem cells and invio bone regeneration using chemically functionalized nanofibers.

Madhurakkat Perikamana Sajeesh Kumar, Lee Jinkyu , Cho Hyeong Jin, and Shin Heungsoo

Session VII

Rapid Fire Session 2

Chair: Wouter Dhert, Tony Mikos

4:00 PM

52

Theoretical Modeling and Experimental Verification of an Ultrasound Assisted Bioreactor: Enhanced depth-dependent cellular colonization and chondrogenesis

Anuradha Subramanian, Sanjukta Guha Thakurta, Tobias Louw , and Hendrik Viljoen

4:05 PM

53

Preparation of Multilayer Biodegradable Nanofibers for Tissue Engineering by Triaxial Electrospinning

Wenwen Liu, Chaoying Ni, Bruce D Chase, and John F Rabolt

4:10 PM

54

Intelligent Bio-Materials for Tissue Engineering and Nanomedicine

Anna Tampieri, Simone Sprio, Monica Sandri, Michele Iafisco, and Sivia Panseri

4:15 PM

55

Electric Field Driven Assembly Involving Piezoelectric Polymers towards Tissue Growth: the case of Poly(L-lactic) acid

Nathalie V Barroca, Brian Rodriguez, Ana Marote, Sandra Vieira, Odete da Cruz e Siva, Alexei Gruverman, Paula Maria Vilarinho, and Helena MV Fernandes

4:20 PM

56

Preparation and Characterization of Hydroxyapatite/Sodium Alginate Porous Composite Scaffold Fabricated by Using Micro-syringe Extrusion System

Kui Zhou, Zhicao Chen, Yanlin Xu, Lei Shi, and Xianglin Zhang

4:25 PM

57

Attachment of Human Umbilical Cord Mesenchymal Stem Cells to tooth root surfaces

Joann Pauline George, Pornika Chakravarty, and Flemingson Lazarus

4:30 PM

58

Microfluidic Vascularized Niche Control of Self-renewal and Differentiation of Neural Stem Cells

Kisuk Yang, Yoojn Shin, Sewoon Han, Hyun-Ji Park, Seok Chung, and Seung-Woo Cho

4:35 PM

59

Fabrication of Scaffold-free Engineering Vascularized Bone Graft Based on Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cells

Liling Ren, Yuxia Feng, Qin Li, and Dan Zhang

4:40 PM

60

Xenogeneic Transplantation of Encapsulated Erythropoietin-Secreting Cells in Hydrogel-Based Scaffolds

A Acarregui, E Herrán, M Igartua, G Orive , JL Pedraz, and Rosa Maria Hernández

4:45 PM

61

Cell adhesion and growth enabled by biomimetic oligopeptide modification of protein repulsive surface 

Jana Musilkova, Katarina Novotná, Ilya Kotelnikov, Vladimír Proks, and Lucie Bačáková

7:30 PM

Dinner / Informal Discussions at a local Greek Taverna

Buses depart from the hotel lobby at 7:30 PM

Monday, June 23

7:30 AM

Breakfast

Session VIII

Translation into the clinic

Chair: Wout Feitz, Helen Lu

8:30 AM

62

Reconstructive and regenerative urology in 2014

Wout Feitz

8:45 AM

63

Treatment of stress urinary incontinence with autologous mesenchymal stroma cells. Pre-clinical studies in a large animal model

Wilhelm K. Aicher, Martin Vaegler, Melanie L. Hart, Karl D. Sievert, and Arnulf Stenzl

9:00 AM

64

Enhanced Tracheal Regeneration Using Asymmetrically Porous Membrane and Laminin

Seong Keun Kwon

9:15 AM

65

Cell-Compatible Hydrogels Designed for Tissue Regeneration

Dror Seliktar

9:30 AM

66

A new trend in tissue repair: stimulation of endogenous regenerative mechanisms

Ranieri Cancedda, Roberta Tasso, Maddalena Mastrogiacomo, and Fiorella Descalzi

9:45 AM

67

New Molecules to Harness Endogenous Stem Cell Capabilities for Bone Regeneration

Edward Botchwey, Anusuya Das , Tiffany Wang , Claire Segar , and Cheryl Lau

10:00 AM

68

Scaffold Design for Integrative Rotator Cuff Repair: Lessons Learned from Animal Models

Helen H Lu

10:15 AM

69

Tissue engineering approaches for enhanced tendon-to-bone repair

Stavros Thomopoulos

10:30 AM

70

Naturally occurring intervertebral disc degeneration in dogs: an opportunity for preclinical regenerative medicine research

Marianna Tryfonidou, BP Meij, FC Cumhur, WJA Dhert, and LC Creemers

10:45 AM

71

Bedside to Bench and Back: Tissue Engineering Strategies to Address Bone Defects

Michael J Yaszemski

11:00 AM

Coffee Break

Session IX

Long-term functional promotion of engineered tissues

Chair: Yadong Wang, Jeroen van den Beucken

11:15 AM

72

In situ Tissue Engineering: one polymer, two tissues

Yadong Wang, Robert Allen, Samer Zaky, Alejandro Almarza, and Charles Sfeir

11:30 AM

73

Vascularization Dynamics in Engineered Tissues

Shulamit Levenberg

11:45 AM

74

Vascularized Bone Grafts for Craniofacial Regeneration

Warren Grayson

12:00 PM

75

Therapeutic coatings for bone implants in osteoporotic conditions

Hamdan S Alghamdi, Ruggero Bosco, Sanne K Both, Michele Iafisco, Sander CG Leeuwenburgh, John A Jansen, and Jeroen JJP  van den Beucken

12:15 PM

76

Biomaterials-Based Tissue Regeneration Therapy

Yasuhiko Tabata

12:30 PM

77

Magnetic responsive systems and stem cells for tendon tissue engineering

Manuela E Gomes

12:45 PM

78

Hierarchical functionalization of living substrates

Abhay Pandit

1:00 PM

79

Inductive high cell density systems for tissue regeneration

Eben Alsberg

1:15 PM

80

Human derived cells and biomaterials for tissue engineering and regeneration

Heinz Redl

1:30 PM

Lunch / Informal Discussions

2:45 PM

Sightseeing and a guided walking tour in old city of Kos

7:30 PM

Dinner / Informal Discussions at a local Greek Taverna

Dinner to follow the tour. Buses do not return prior to dinner.

Tuesday, June 24

7:30 AM

Breakfast

Session X

Enabling technologies I

Chair: Jan De Boer, Brendan Harley

8:30 AM

81

Engineering the biology of bone regeneration

Jan De Boer

8:45 AM

82

Development of injectable, physically and chemically forming, stem cell-laden hydrogel composites for bone tissue engineering

Tiffany N Vo, Terrence T Roh, Adam K Ekenseair, Kurtis F Kasper, and Antonios G Mikos

9:00 AM

83

Activation of the ERK1/2 Signaling Pathway during the Osteogenic Differentiation of Mesenchymal Stem Cells on Various Chemical Groups

Bing Bai, Xiu-Mei Wang, Hong-Jun Ai, and Fu-Zhai Cui

9:15 AM

84

Deconstructing the dynamic transcriptional program of pluripotent stem cells

Roshan M. Kumar, Patrick Cahan, Alex Shalek, Rahul Satija, AJay Daley Keyser, Hu Li, Jin Zhang, Keith Pardee, David Gennert, John J Trombetta, Thomas C Ferrante, Aviv Regev, George Q Daley, and James J Collins

9:30 AM

85

Gene therapy using RGD peptide-modified adenovirus expressing heme oxygenase-1 in pancreatic islet for successful outcome

Dong Yun Lee

9:45 AM

86

Cells encapsulation and printing by electro-hydrodynamic jetting

Claudio Migliaresi, Luca Gasperini, Devid Maniglio, Volha  Liaudanskaya, Nicola Cagol, and Antonella Motta

10:00 AM

87

Three Dimensional Printing of Biodegradable Tissue Engineered Materials

Jesse Placone, Martha Wang, Anthony Melchiorri, and John P Fisher

10:30 AM

88

Nanomedicine tools to modulate (stem) cell activity

Lino  Ferreira

10:30 AM

89

High-Throughput Discovery of Materials for Cell Control

AD Celiz, JGW Smith, AK Patel, R Langer, DG Anderson, DA Barrett, LE Young, C Denning, MC Davies, and Morgan R Alexander

10:45 AM

90

Microfluidic-templated gelatin hydrogels as in vitro models of physiology and disease

Sara Pedron Haba, Bhushan Mahadik , Luke Skerticha, Eftalda Becka, and  Brendan Harley

11:00 AM

Coffee Break

Session XI

Enabling technologies II

Chair: Kevin Shakesheff, Evelyn Yim

11:15 AM

91

Nanotopography as a tissue-engineering tool for stem cell differentiation and gene delivery

Evelyn Yim

11:30 AM

92

Cell Sheet-Based Technology for Fabricating Functional Three-Dimensional Tissues

Tatsuya Shimizu

11:45 AM

93

Functionalized polysaccharide nanofibers for tissue reconstruction

Catherine Le Visage

12:00 PM

94

Room temperature fabrication of ceramic based scaffold by an additive manufacturing system

Hui-suk Yun

12:15 PM

95

Novel gelatin biomaterials cross-linked by a functional oligomeric cross-linker

Michael C Hacker

12:30 PM

96

Silk fibroin-based injectable hydrogels as instructive biological milieu for tissue regeneration

Antonella Motta, Wei Sun, Simona Casarosa, Tania Incitti, Sabine Fuchs, Alessandro Quattrone, and Claudio Migliaresi

12:45 PM

97

Genomic DNA Networked Gel Matrix for a Protein Production

Soong Ho Um

1:00 PM

98

Computational Modeling of Receptor Function

Lydia E Kavraki

1:15 PM

99

Imaging of Engineered Tissues with X-ray Phase Contrast

Eric M Brey, Alyssa A Appel, and Mark A Anastasio

1:30 PM

Lunch / Informal Discussions

7:30 PM

Farewell Dinner

Wednesday, June 25

7:30 AM

Breakfast

Departure

POSTER SESSION

100

Characterization of a mouse induced pluripotent stem cell line, cardiac differentiation and transplantation into chronic Chagasic mice

Bruno S Souza, Gabriela L Sampaio, Ricardo R Santos, and Milena B Soares

101

Characterization of Novel pH-Response Hydrogels Based on N,O-Carboxymethyl Chitosan and Oxidized Hyaluronic Acid as Delivery Carrier

Hsi-Chin Wu, Hsing-Yi Yu, Tzu-Wei Wang, and Jui-Sheng Sun

102

Controlled drug release from nanostructured ZnO in PU/ZnO composites

A Pires, JL Luís, MEV Costa, and Maria Helena V Fernandes

103

Design and synthesis of supramolecular biomaterials for in-situ cardiovascular tissue engineering

Olga JGM Goor, Geert C van Almen, and Patricia YW Dankers

104

Development and in vitro evaluation of composite membranes chitosan-polyvinil alcohol-bioactive glass nanoparticles for periodontal regeneration

Sandra M Carvalho, Agda R Oliveira, Maria de Fatima Leite, and Marivalda M Pereira

105

Development of a new method to recreated flowed macro and microvessels in vitro

C van Dijk, M Brandt, I Chrifi, M Verhaar, and Caroline Cheng

106

Development of Electrospun PLGA Microparticle with Anti-Cancer Drug 17-AAG for Melanoma Treatment

JangKyoung Kim, Seok-Beom Young, Hyung Jin Kim, Jee-Young Chung, Jong-Hwan Lee, Yung Sun Woo, and Yong-Hee Kim

107

Development of porous nano-zirconia scaffold for oral maxillofacial bone repair by the method of template replication

Zhu Yinglan, Zhu Ruiqiao, Shi Xiaolei, and Jin Lei

108

Differential response of human adipose tissue-derived mesenchymal stem cells, dermal fibroblasts and keratinocytes to burn wound exudates: potential role of skin specific chemokine CCL27

Lenie J van den Broek, Kim L Kroeze, Waaijman, Breetveld, Shakun C Sampat-Sardjoepersad, Frank B Niessen, E Middelkoop, Rik J Scheper, and Susan J Gibbs

109

Human iPS-cell differentiation to chondrocytes in 3D porous bacterial Nanocellulose scaffolds

Sara Johannesson, Stina Simonsson, Annika Enejder, and Paul Gatenholm

110

Human umbilical cord perivascular cells: novel building blocks for cardiac tissue engineering

Peter Szaraz, M Librach, L Maghen, TA Barretto, A Gauthier-Fisher, and CL Librach

111

Hybrid scaffolds composed of leucine-coated sponge and porous hydroxyapatite for hard tissue formation by bone marrow cells

Masataka Yoshikawa, Hideyuki Kakigi , Takanori Yabuuchi, and Hiroyuki Hayashi

112

IGF-1 promotes proliferation and native phenotype in a model of wounded keratocytes

Tomislav Sarenac, Martin Trapecar, Lidija Gradisnik, Marijan Rupnik, and Dusica Pahor

113

Injectable in Situ Forming pH-responsive Hydrogel as Delivery Carrier for Cartilage Tissue Engineering

Hsi-Chin Wu, Hsing-Yi Yu, Jui-Sheng Sun, and Tzu-Wei Wang

114

Investigation of cell-scaffold dimensional metrology using 3D melt-electrospun scaffolds

Filippos Tourlomousis, and Robert C Chang

115

Nanocomposite scaffolds as matrices for drug delivery and bone engineering

Juan Pablo Cattalini, Silvia E Lucangioli, and Viviana Mouriño

116

New approach to prevent mineralization of vascular grafts based on mitochondrial hypothesis of calcinosis initiation

Vladimir S Akatov, Natalia I Fesenko, Irina S Fadeeva, Roman S Fadeev, Ravil M Muratov, Dmitri V Britikov, and Anton S Sachkov

117

rhEGF loaded microspheres and nanoparticles enhance the healing of full-thickness excisional wounds in db/db mice:  two promising approaches in the treatment of chronic wounds

G Gainza, M Pastor, FB Gutierrez, JJ Aguirre, RM Hernández, JL Pedraz, and Manoli Igartua

118

Scaffold’s single unit size affects the homing of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells

Maria Chatzinikolaidou, Sima Rekstyte, Maria Vamvakaki, Charalampos Pontikoglou, Helen Papadaki, and Maria Farsari

119

Searching for a compromise between porosity and mechanical strength of porous zirconia scaffold for mandibular bone repair

Zhu Yinglan, Zhu Ruiqiao, Shi Xiaolei, and Jin Lei

120

Spherical bioactive glass particles obtained by ultrasonically assisted catalysis in sol-gel process

Agda R A de Oliveira, Alexandra Rodrigues, and Marivalda M Pereira

121

Structure and degradation characteristics in lyophilized crosslinked chitosan/ bioactive glass scaffolds for bone tissue engineering applications

Tais L Macedo, Alexandra Rodrigues, Agda AR de Oliveira, and Marivalda M Pereira

122

Study on multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs)/alumina (Al2O3) reinforced ultra high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) biocomposites for biomedical applications

Anup Kumar Patel, and Kantesh Balani

123

The ABCG2 protein is a selectable marker for enhanced differentiation potential in periodontal ligament stem cells

Aron Szepesi, György Várady, Balázs Sarkadi, Ferenc Uher, and Katalin Német

124

The Derivation of Corneal Endothelial Cell-Like Cells From Human Embryonic Stem Cells

Kai Zhang, and Xinyi Wu

125

The fourth dimension in dental tissue engineering-Malhotra’s tetraology

Rajneesh Malhotra

126

The nature of the porous architecture of Beta-TCP scaffolds affects BMP-2-induced bone formation

Carlos del Rosario, María Rodríguez-Évora, Ricardo Reyes, Araceli Delgado, and Carmen Évora

127

Tissue-engineered normotrophic, hypertrophic and keloid scar models which enable specific quantifiable biomarkers to be identified

Grace C Limandjaja, Lenie L van den Broek, Rik J Scheper, Frank B Niessen, and Susan Gibbs

128

Tools to evaluate bone repair induced by Smurf1 knocked-down, mesenchymal stem cells and BMP-2 in an electrospun, implant system

María Rodríguez-Évora, Carlos del Rosario, Javier Pérez-López, Ricardo Reyes, Araceli Delgado, José C Rodríguez-Rey, Lisa J White, Kevin M Shakesheff, and Carmen Évora

129

Toxic effect of diamond nanoparticles on the growth of human osteoblast-like cells

Lubica Stankova, Stepan Potocky, Denisa Stranska, and Lucie Bacakova

130

TXNIP maintains the hematopoietic cell pool by switching the function of p53 under oxidative stress

Inpyo Choi, and Haiyoung Jung

131

Using signaling pathway cloud regulation for screening and ranking potential modulators of tissue engineering

Anton A Buzdin, Nicolas Borisov, and Alex Zhavoronkov

132

A three dimensional (3D) perfusion bioreactor-based model of colorectal cancer for chemotherapeutic assessment

VV Luyckx, MM Dolmans, J Vanacker, C Legat, CF Moya, J Donnez, and Christiani Amorim