The Biomaterial Interfaces Division (BID) program provides an interdisciplinary forum for the presentation and discussion of fundamental aspects of bio-interface science and engineering. The BI program brings together recent advances made in materials science and molecular biology with sophisticated surface and interface analysis methods, and theoretical and modeling approaches for biological systems. Areas of interest are: microbes and fouling at surfaces, including, control of microbes and fouling, including biofilms, biofouling, attachment and adhesion of microbes, assessment of antifouling and fouling release function, antifouling coatings, motility at interfaces, colonization analysis, biofilms and EPS, biomolecules and biophysics at interfaces, including proteins at surfaces, nucleic acids, polysaccharides, adsorption, blood-contacting materials, bio adhesion, and infection and immunity; characterization of biological and biomaterials surfaces, including: spectroscopy, 2D and 3D imaging, microscopy, optical and mechanical methods of biomaterials and thin film analysis, characterization in biological media, quantification, chemometrics, microfluidics, time- and spatial resolution, scanning probe techniques; bioanalytics, biosensors and diagnostics, including: 3D analysis, biological membranes, vesicles, membrane processes, forces, recognition, signaling, biosensors, microfluidics, point-of-care devices, paper based sensors, electrochemistry, 3D chemical analysis, 3D tomographic analysis, microscopy, 3D tracking; biomaterials and nanomaterials fabrication, including organic thin films, polymer coatings, hybrid coatings, biologically inspired materials, plasma produced biomaterials, patterning, nanofabrication; including rapid prototyping, additive manufacturing; 3D structures including artificial organs, 3D biofilm structures; Bioenergy for our energy future including biomaterials for fuels, biomass conversion, and heterogeneous catalysis of biomaterials. The complexity of biologic systems, including reproducibility-related topics, the role of defects in biologic structures, and statistical significance for the discovery of patterns and rare processes.
The BI program begins with the traditional Sunday afternoon Plenary Session on ‘Coupled phenomena in biomaterial systems’. We also invite submissions of Flash poster presentations, to be made in a dedicated session with an accompanying networking session involving associated poster presentations. Joint BID/Biointerphases prizes will be awarded for the best student Flash/Poster presentations.
BI1+PS-MoM: Microbes and Fouling at Surfaces
- Axel Rosenhahn, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, “Amphiphilic Coatings for Marine Low-Fouling Applications”
- Rong Yang, Cornell University, “Bio-Informed Interface Design and Synthesis to Manipulate Microbial Behavior”
BI2+AS+HC+SS-MoM: Energy Transfer and Light-Induced Phenomena in Biologic Systems
BI1-MoA: SIMS and Orbi-SIMS Characterization of Biological and Biomaterials Surfaces
- Morgan Alexander, The University of Nottingham, UK, “Molecular Characterization of Cells and Bio-interfaces using SIMS: The Foreign Body Reaction”
BI2-MoA: Functional Biomaterials I: Fabrication and Application
BI+AS+PS-TuM: Biomolecules and Biophysics at Interfaces
- Jim De Yoreo, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, “An in Situ Look at Interfacial Controls on Nucleation, Self-Assembly, and Crystal Growth in Biomolecular and Biomimetic Systems”
BI+AS+EM+NS+SE+TF-TuA: Functional Biomaterials II: Sensing and Diagnostics
- Philipp Fruhmann, Center for Electrochemical Surface Technology, Wiener Neustadt, Austria, “Molecularly Imprinted Polymers (MIPs): Rising and Versatile Key Elements in Bioanalytics”
- Morgan Hawker, California State University Fresno, “Plasma and Beyond: Expanding the Horizons of Naturally-derived Polymers as Biomaterials Through Surface Modification”
BI-TuP: Biomaterial Interfaces Flash Poster Session