, “Molecularly Imprinted Polymers (MIPs): Rising and Versatile Key Elements In Bioanalytics”
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: Microbes and Fouling at Surfaces
- Axel Rosenhahn, Ruhr Universität Bochum, DE, Germany, “Amphiphilic Marine Fouling Release Coatings”
- Rong Yang, Cornell University, “Bio-Informed Interface Design and Synthesis to Manipulate Microbial Behavior”
BI2+AS+PS: Biomolecules and Biophysics at Interfaces
- James De Yoreo, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, “an in Situ Look at the Controls of Surface Charge and Solution Structure on Biomolecular Assembly at Solid-Liquid Interfaces”
BI3: Characterization of Biological and Biomaterials Surfaces
- Morgan Alexander, Nottingham Trent University, UK, “Cell Instructive Polymer Biomaterials”
BI4+AS+EM+NS+SE+TF: Bioanalytics, Biosensors, and Diagnostics
- Philipp Fruhmann, Center for Electrochemical Surface Technology, CEST GmbH, Austria, “Molecularly Imprinted Polymers (MIPs): Rising and Versatile Key Elements In Bioanalytics”
BI5: Biomaterials and Nanomaterials Fabrication
- Morgan Hawker, California State University, Fresno, “Plasma and Beyond: Expanding the Horizons of Naturally-Derived Polymers as Biomaterials Through Surface Modification”
- Heather Sheardown, McMaster University, Canada, “Changing Ophthalmic Treatment Paradigms Using Biomaterials”
BI6+AS+HC+SS: Energy Harvesting in Biologic Systems
BI7: Simulation of Biointerfaces and Biomaterials
BI8: Emerging Topics in Biointerface Sciences (by invitation only in collaboration with Biointerphases)
BI9: Biomaterial Interfaces Flash Poster Session