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Program
4th Annual California Tissue Engineering Meeting

5th Annual California Tissue Engineering Meeting

University of California, Davis

Davis, California, USA

September 15-16, 2006

 

Program

 

Friday, September 15, 2006

 

  9:00a  - 5:00p                       Registration & Poster Setup

10:00a – 10:15a                      Welcome Address       

Claire Pomeroy

Vice Chancellor and Dean, UC Davis School of Medicine                                

10:15a – 11:00a                      Zach Hall 

President, California Institute for Regenerative Medicine.

11:00a – 11:45a                      Irving Weissman

Stanford, Professor, School of Medicine 

Tissue Engineering & Regenerative Medicine.

 

11:45a – 1:00p                        Box Lunch (provided) and Poster Viewing

 

 

Scientific Session 1: Stem Cell Technology and Tissue Engineering

Moderator(s): Tony Ratcliffe, Synthasome Inc., President and CEO 

Nathalie Gossett, the Alfred Mann Institute at USC, Head of Marketing and Business Development

 

1:00p-1: 30p      Pancreatic Endocrine Stem Cells: Fact and Fiction

Fred Levine, UC San Diego, Professor of Medicine

  

1:30p-1: 45p      Student Presentation:

Development of an Imaging System for On-Line Assessment of Human Embryonic Stem-Cell Derived Cardiomyocytes

Oscar Abilez et al. Stanford University, Bio-X Program, Department of Surgery, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Radiology and Medicine, Molecular Imaging Program

 

1:45p-2: 15p      Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine: The Translational Road to

                           Therapies

Alice Tarantal, UC Davis, Professor, Departments of Pediatrics and Cell Biology and Human Anatomy, School of Medicine

                         

2:15p-2: 30p      New to California Presentation:

Incomplete Maturation of Embryonic Stem Cell-Derived Endothelial Cells

Kara E. McCloskey et al. Georgia Institute of Technology, Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience

Kara Just Moved to University of California, Merced, School of Engineering

 

2:30p-3: 00p      Human Embryonic Stem Cells: Advancing Technology for Therapeutic

                           Application

Jane Lebkowski, Geron,  Senior Vice-President of Regenerative Medicine

                     

 

3:00p - 3:30p      Break & Poster Session

 

 

Scientific Session 2: Cytokines and Cell Signaling in Tissue Engineering

                           Moderator(s): Ben Wu, UCLA, Associate Professor, The Henry Samueli

School of Engineering and Applied Science

                        Mike Longaker, Stanford University, Deane P. and  Louise Mitchell Professor, Department of Surgery

 

3:30p -4:00p      Strategies for Organ Level Tissue Engineering

Geoffrey Gurtner, Stanford, Associate Professor, School of Medicine

 

4:00p -4:15p      Student Presentation:

                           Global Gene Expression Profiling of Articular and Growth Plate Cartilage

                           Shintaro Yamane et al., Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis

                            

4:15p -4:40 p     Hybrid Biomaterials and Sustained Macromolecule Presentation

for Bone Tissue Engineering

Kent Leach, UC Davis, Department of Biomedical Engineering

 

4:40p -5:05p      Collagen Targeted Growth Factors: Role in Tissue Engineering

Bo Han, USC, Dept of Surgery and Biomedical Engineering,

   Keck School of Medicine

 

5:05p -5:20p      Post Doc. Presentation:

Regulatory Analysis of Bone Morphogenetic Protein5  (bmp5) Expression in Fracture Healing

                           C. Ham et al., Department of Surgery, Children's Surgical Research Lab

Stanford School of Medicine

 

5:20p –5:50p      Osteoblast Interactions within Apatite Ionic Microenvironment

Ben Wu, UCLA, Associate Professor, The Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science

 

6:00p -                 Reception and Posters Session

 

 

 

Saturday, September 16, 2005

7:00a - 11:00a            Registration

7:00a - 8:00a              Breakfast (provided) & Poster Session

 

 

Scientific Session 3: Biomaterial Engineering

Moderator(s): Scott Simon, UC Davis, Professor, and Department of Biomedical

Engineering

Kevin Healy, UC Berkeley, Professor, Departments of Materials Science and Engineering, and Bioengineering

 

8:00a-8: 30a      Miniaturizing Cell Culture Systems with Microfabrication.

   Alexander Revzin, UC Davis, Department of Biomedical Engineering

 

8:30a-8:45a       Student Presentation:         

                      Shaped, Scaffold-Free Cartilaginous Grafts for Articular Cartilage Defects

Eun Hee Han et al., University of California San Diego, Department of Bioengineering                                                

 

8:45a-9:15a       Protein-Polymer Conjugates in Solution and on Surfaces for Applications in Medicine.

Heather Maynord, UCLA, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry

 

9:15a-9:30a       Student Presentation:

                           BMP-2 Release Rates Are Determined by Surface Properties and Affect IN VITRO AND IN VIVO Mineralization

Katie Cowan et al. UCLA, Department of Bioengineering

 

9:30a-10:005a   Joints by Nature and by Design

Bob Sah, UC San Diego, Professor and Vice-Chair, Department of Bioengineering

 

10:00a - 10:30a Break & Poster Session

 

 

Scientific Session 4: Tissue Engineering in Industry

Moderator(s): AliceTarantal, UC Davis, Professor, School of Medicine

Manuela Martins-Green, UC Riverside, Professor,

Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience

 

10:30a-11:00a      Tissue Engineering Products: Successes, Challenges, Perceptions

   Art Khouri, Genzyme Vice President, Biomaterials Research

 

11.00a-11:30p       Understanding the Potential of Adipose-Derived Stem Cells for  

                              Regenerative Medicine

   John T. Ransom, Cytori Therapeutics, Vice President of Research

 

11:30p-12:00p      Tissue Engineering and Stem Cell Therapy for Myocardial Repair

   Randy Lee, UCSF, Associate Professor of Medicine

 

12:00p-12:30p      Sheet-Based Tissue Engineering: From Bench Top to the First Clinical    

                              Use of a Completely Biological Tissue Engineered Blood Vessel

   Nicholas L'Heureux, Cytograft, Chief Scientific Officer

 

12:30p                    Presentation of Awards & Closing Ceremonies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Posters

 

Scientific Session 1: Stem Cell Technology and Tissue Engineering

1.   CHARLESTON BIOENGINEERED KIDNEY PROJECT. 

Vladimir Mironov, Christopher Drake, Xuejun Wen. Bioprinting Research Center

Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA

 

 

Scientific Session 2: Cytokines and Cell Signaling in Tissue Engineering

2. COMBINATORIAL SIGNALING MICROENVIRONMENTS FOR MANIPULATING CELL FATE.
Christopher J. Flaim1, Dayu Teng1, David A. Brafman1, Karl Willert2, Sangeeta N. Bhatia3, and Shu Chien1 1 Department of Bioengineering, University of California San Diego 2 Department of Molecular and Cellular Medicine, University of California San Diego 3 Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

3. BIOMINERALIZED SCAFFOLDS INHIBIT OSTEOGENESIS IN THE PRESENCE OF SOLUBLE OSTEOGENIC SIGNALS.

Hillary Davis and J. Kent Leach. Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Davis.

 

4. THE EFFECTS OF SYNTHETIC TRITERPENOIDS ON SZP SYNTHESIS IN ARTICULAR CHONDROCYTES.

Takahiro Niikura, M.D., Ph.D., Sang Yang Lee, M.D., A. Hari Reddi, Ph.D.  Center for Tissue Regeneration and Repair, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California, Davis

 

5. REGULATION OF SZP SYNTHESIS BY TGF-BETA/BMP SUPERFAMILY MEMBERS IN ARTICULAR CHONDROCYTES AND SYNOVIOCYTES.

Takahiro Niikura, M.D., Ph.D., A. Hari Reddi, Ph.D.  Center for Tissue Regeneration and Repair, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California, Davis

 

6. THE INFLUENCE OF AGE ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF RECOMBINANT HUMAN BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN-7 IN PREVENTING ATROPHIC NONUNION FORMATION.

Takahiro Niikura, M.D., Ph.D., David J. Hak, M.D., M.B.A., Scott J. Hazelwood, Ph.D., A. Hari Reddi, Ph.D.  Center for Tissue Regeneration and Repair, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California, Davis

 

7. GLOBAL GENE PROFILING IN EXPERIMENTAL FRACTURE NONUNIONS

REVEALS A DOWN REGULATION OF BMP GENE EXPRESSION.

Takahiro Niikura, M.D., Ph.D., David J. Hak, M.D., M.B.A., A. Hari Reddi, Ph.D.

Center for Tissue Regeneration and Repair, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California, Davis

 

8. THE EFFECT OF RECOMBINANT HUMAN VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR ON PREVENTING ATROPHIC NONUNION FORMATION.

Takahiro Niikura, M.D., Ph.D., David J. Hak, M.D., M.B.A., Scott J. Hazelwood, Ph.D., A. Hari Reddi, Ph.D. Center for Tissue Regeneration and Repair, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California, Davis

 

9. CELLULAR RESPONSE OF HDF AND MACROPHAGES TO CHITOSAN BANDAGES.

Cassandra Cortez, Anna Lei, Megan Little, Ajay Shah, Isabella Wulur, M.S. and Elizabeth Orwin, Ph.D. Depts. of Engineering and Biology, Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA

10. CHEMOKINE ENVIRONMENT MAY IMPACT ENGRAFTMENT POTENTIAL OF PRECURSOR POPULATIONS FOR LIVER TISSUE REGENERATION: NONHUMAN PRIMATE STUDIES TO EXAMINE CELL TRAFFICKING AND COMPARTMENTALIZATION WITHIN LIVER.

Ursula Esser1, Kim Janatpour1, Yuyou Duan2, Raj Ramsamooj1, Boris Ruebner1 and Mark Zern2 1Dept. of Pathology, 2UC Davis Transplant Program, UCDMC, Sacramento

11. CONDITIONED MEDIA FROM OSTEOCYTIC CELLS EXPOSED TO HYPOXIC CONDITIONS INDUCES MIGRATION OF HUMAN MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS: ROLE OF OSTEOPONTIN AND CD44.

1Leah M. Forquer, 2Damian C. Genetos, 1Clare E. Yellowley

1Department of Anatomy, Physiology & Cell Biology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA

2Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis

12. IMPACT OF THE OXYGEN MICROENVIRONMENT ON THE OSTEOGENIC POTENTIAL OF ADIPOSE DERIVED STEM CELLS IN THREE DIMENSIONS.

Jiawei Hea, Leah M. Forquerb, Clare E. Yellowleyb, J. Kent Leacha

aDept. of Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Davis, California, 95616

bSchool of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, California, 95616

 

13. VISUALIZATION OF MCF10 AND MCF7 CELLS WITH HYBRID NSOM/AFM IN DIFFERENT IMAGING MODES.

Vahid Yazdanpanaha, Yu Zhanga, Larry Pageb, Nathaniel Portneyc, Mihri Ozkanc, and Cengiz Ozkanb

aDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, USA

bDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65201, USA

cDepartment of Electrical Engineering, University of California Riverside ,Riverside, CA 92521, USA

14. IRON OXIDE NANOPARTICLES AGGREGATION STUDY IN BOTH NORMAL AND CANCER BREAST CELLS BY AFM/NSOM HYBRID TECHNIQUE.

Yu Zhang, Vahid Yazdanpanah, and Cengiz Ozkan

Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California Riverside, Riverside

15. A POWERFUL SYSTEM TO ENGINEER TISSUES FOR ELUCIDATION OF CELL FUNCTION.

L. Zheng, C. Jau, M. Martins-Green, Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521

 

 

Scientific Session 3: Biomaterial Engineering

16. A MATERIALS-BASED APPROACH TO INDUCING ANGIOGENESIS USING BIOGLASS 45S.

Ann Leu and J. Kent Leach. Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Davis

 

17. GEOMETRY OF BONE SUBSTITUTES DEFINES CELL POLARITY, MIGRATION AND PROLIFERATION.

J. Camilo Roldαn*+, Edwin Chang*, Lila Jazayeri*, Geoffrey Gurtner*

*Laboratory for Microvascular Surgery and Vascular Tissue Engineering, Stanford University,

*+Dep. Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at University of Regensburg, Germany

 

18. NEUROHISTOPATHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF SYNTHETIC BIOPOLYMERS IMPLANTED IN THE SPINAL CORD OF ADULT DYSMYELINATED LES RATS

JACEK M. KWIECIEN, DVM, MSc, PhD, Departments of Pathology and Molecular Medicine and of Surgery, RONEN AVRAM, MD, Department of Surgery, ADAM POWER, Department of Surgery, JOSEPH HUI, LEENA SHAHBAL, ANNE TSANG, Bachelor of Health Sciences Program, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, and STEPHANE WOERLY, MD, PhD, Centre de Recherches sur les Macromolecules Vegetales, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Grenoble, France.

 

19. CHARACTERIZING MECHANICAL STRAINS IN A NOVEL THREE-DIMENSIONAL TISSUE CULTURE PLATFORM

Karen A. Wei, John O. Gallagher, Jeffrey Jacot, Mark Mercola* and Andrew D. McCulloch.

University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, Mail Code #0412, La Jolla, CA 92093

*The Burnham Institute, 10901 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037

 

20. BUILDING OF A 3-D BLOOD VESSEL CULTURE SYSTEM FOR CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH

H. Yuan, M. Yao and M. Martins-Green

Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, University of California, Riverside

 

21. CONTROL OF CORNEAL FIBROBLAST PHENOTYPE THROUGH CO-CULTURE WITH ENDOTHELIAL CELLS.

Jerrah Holth, Jamie Shoffeitt, Marta Bechtel, and Elizabeth Orwin

Depts. of Engineering and Biology, Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA

 

22. Evaluation of Aligned Crosslinked Collagen Mats for Use as Scaffolding Material for Engineering Corneal Tissue.

Lindsay S. Wray, Dr. Elizabeth J. Orwin, Harvey Mudd College, Departments of Biology and Engineering

 

 

Scientific Session 4: Tissue Engineering in Industry

23. SIMULATION OF MACRO SCALE DRUG DELIVERY IN HUMANS

Metin Ozen, Ph.D. OZEN ENGINEERING, INC. ANSYS CHANNEL PARTNER

NASA AMES RESEARCH PARK

 

Late Abstracts:

24. INSULIN AND INSULIN LIKE GROWTH FACTORS (IGF-1 AND II) AND ITS SUPPLEMENT REGULATE SUPERFICIAL ZONE PROTEIN (SZP) IN ARTICULAR CARTILAGE SURFACE CHONDROCYTES.

Arash Calafi, Sophia Chiu, Grayson DuRaine, Shintaro Yamane, and A. Hari Reddi

Lawrence Ellison Center for Tissue Regeneration and Repair, UC Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento CA 95817

 

25. CELL DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR THE TREATMENT OF TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY: GENERATION OF NEURAL CELLS FROM HUMAN BONE MARROW STEM CELLS IN VITRO

Nicole Esclamado, Justin Kim, Elizabeth Orwin, Isabella Wulur

Depts. of Engineering and Biology, Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA

26. CELL THERAPY FOR THE INTERVERTEBRAL DISC: THE ABILITY OF ADIPOSE-DERIVED STEM AND REGENERATIVE CELLS TO REPAIR ACUTE DISC INJURY

*Timothy A. Moseley, Ph.D., †Lee A. Patterson, MD, †Tim Ganey, PhD, †Billy Hutton, DSc,
‡Joerg Meisel, MD, PhD and *Marc H. Hedrick, M.D.

Cytori Therapeutics, San Diego, CA; †Emory University and Atlanta Medical Center, Atlanta GA; ‡Bergmannstrost-Klinik, Halle, Germany

 

27.  Functional evaluation of tissue engineered articular cartilage by magnetic resonance imaging 

Corey P. Neu, Ph.D., Huma Arastu, B.S., Shane Curtiss, A.S., A. Hari Reddi, Ph.D.

Lawrence Ellison Center for Tissue Regeneration and Repair, UC Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento CA 95817