Polymers in Medicine and Biology: 2015 September 14-17, 2015 Santa Rosa, Sonoma Valley, CA PROGRAM MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14TH 2:00 PM REGISTRATION BEGINS NANOSCALE PROCESSES AND ASSEMBLIES SESSION CHAIR: KATHRYN UHRICH, Rutgers University 3:15 PM WELCOME AND INTRODUCTORY REMARKS, Buddy Ratner Upstream and Downstream Polymeric Nanoassemblies for Biomedical 3:30 PM Applications Thai Thayumanavan, University of Massachusetts-Amherst Polymer Nanocomposites for Medical Applications 4:00 PM Huinan Liu, University of California-Riverside PLENARY: Breakthroughs in Imprint Lithography and 3D Additive 4:30 PM Fabrication for Applications in Medicine Joseph DeSimone, University of North Carolina/North Carolina State 1 2 3 5:30 PM WELCOME RECEPTION DINNER ON YOUR OWN TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15TH 7:30 AM BREAKFAST ENGINEERED BIOMATERIALS AND GELS SESSION CHAIR: TBA 8:30 AM Designing Polymers for Biomimetic and Biomedical Applications Anna Balazs, University of Pittsburgh Solving the Medical Polymers Paradox with Ethylene Vinyl Acetate 9:00 AM Copolymers for Enabling Advanced Delivery of Proteins and Stem Cells Jose Reyes, Celanese International Corporation Probing Polymer Material-Plasma Protein Interactions in the 9:30 AM Functionality and Design of Vascular-targeted Carriers Lola Eniola-Adesfeso, University of Michigan Platelet-Polymer Interactions: Fluoropolymers and Hydrophobic 10:00 AM Polymers Are the Way to Go Buddy Ratner, University of Washington 10:30 AM BREAK 4 5 6 7 TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15TH, CONT’D NANOSCALE PROCESSES AND ASSEMBLIES SESSION CHAIR: TBA 10:45 AM Self-assembly of Macromolecular Ruthenium Drugs Martina Stenzel, University of New South Wales (Australia) Self-assembly and Responsiveness of Polypeptide-based Star and 11:15 AM Triblock Copolymers: From design to function Daniel Savin, University of Florida Development of Polyion Complex Nano-vesicles for Biomedical 11:45 AM Applications Akihiro Kishimura, Kyushu University (Japan) 12:15 PM 2:45 PM 8 9 10 LUNCH ON YOUR OWN COFFEE SERVICE POLYMERS FOR BIOACTIVE DELIVERY SESSION CHAIR: TBA 3:00 PM Polymers for Anticancer Treatments Eva Harth, Vanderbilt University Nitric Oxide: A key player for novel anti-cancer 3:30 PM immunotherapeutics Yukio Nagasaki, University of Tsukuba (Japan) Improvement of siRNA Delivery to Cancer Using Functional 4:00 PM Materials Daniel Siegwart, University of Texas-Southwestern Tailoring (Bio)degradable Polyphosphazenes for Drug Delivery and 4:30 PM Tissue Engineering Applications Oliver Brüggemann, Johannes Kepler University (Austria) Sonoma Valley — Vines, Wind, Water and Weather Intersect to 5:00 PM Yield Wonderful Wines Buddy Ratner, University of Washington (guests welcomed) 5:30 PM POSTER SESSION AND RECEPTION 6:30 PM DINNER ON YOUR OWN 11 12 13 14 15 WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16TH 7:30 AM CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST NEW BIOMATERIALS SESSION CHAIR: JUDY RIFFLE, VIRGINIA TECH 8:30 AM Amino Acid Polymers for Regenerative Medicine Matt Becker, University of Akron High-throughput Polymer Screening for Biological Delivery: From 9:00 AM Discovery to Design Theresa Reineke, University of Minnesota Biocatalysis-enabled Routes to Unique Biobased Monomers and 9:30 AM Polymers Rich Gross, Renssellaer Polytechnic Institute 10:00 AM Injectable Polymers for Drug-Induced Tissue Regeneration Phil Messersmith, University of California, Berkeley 10:30 AM 2:45 PM 18 19 20 21 22 LUNCH ON YOUR OWN COFFEE SERVICE ENTREPRENEURSHIP SESSION CHAIR: TBA 3:00 PM Utilizing 50 Years of Research to Develop Smart Contact Lenses Jeff Linhardt, Google 3:30 PM Tissue-integrating Polymeric Sensors: From concept to Clinic Natalie Wisniewski, Profusa Corp. 4:00 PM Overcoming Vascular Graft Stenosis - Turning the Approach Inside-Out Andrew Marshall, Healionics Stimuli-responsive Antifouling Polyisobutylene-based Biomaterials via 4:30 PM Modular Surface Functionalization Judit Puskas, The University of Akron Biomedical Polymer Entrepreneurship: Unconfigured materials and 5:00 PM components vs. materials-intensive devices Robert Ward, ExThera Medical Corp. 5:30 PM PANEL DISCUSSION: Lessons Learned 6:00 PM 17 BREAK POLYMERS AND STEM CELLS SESSION CHAIR: TBA 10:45 AM Polymeric Nanomaterials-based Approaches to Control Stem Cell Fate Kibum Lee, Rutgers University 11:15 AM Biomaterial-based Tools for Engineering Neural Tissue Stephanie Willerth, University of Victoria (Canada) Directed Stem Cell Fate within Photoreversibly-patterned Polymer11:45 AM based Hydrogels Cole DeForest, University of Washington 12:15 PM 16 DINNER ON YOUR OWN 23 24 25 26 27 THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17TH 7:30 AM CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST NEW BIOMATERIALS SESSION CHAIR: JUDY RIFFLE, VIRGINIA TECH 8:30 AM Shape Memory Polymers for Diagnostics Michelle Khine, University of California, Irvine Poly(glycerol carbonate) Based Drug Delivery Devices for the Prevention 9:00 AM of Lung Tumor Recurrence Following Surgical Resection Mark Grinstaff, Boston University Design of Synthetic Polymer Nanoparticles that Recognize Target 9:30 AM Molecules and Ions Yu Hoshino, Kyushu University (Japan) Extended Polymer-based Antimicrobial Delivery from Orthopedic 10:00 AM Devices to Address Implant-centered infections David Grainger, University of Utah 28 29 30 31 10:30 AM BREAK NEW BIOMATERIALS SESSION CHAIR: TBA 10:45 AM Soft Materials with Unprecedented Elongation and Shape Recovery Jonathan Goff, Gelest, Inc. 11:15 AM Microengineered Hydrogels for Regenerative Medicine Ali Khademhosseini, Harvard Medical School Initial Studies of Tissue Regeneration Template Preconditioning by 11:45 AM Neutrophils: Regulation and Potential Implications Gary Bowlin, The University of Memphis 12:15 PM CONCLUDING REMARKS, Organizers 12:30 PM MEETING ENDS LUNCH ON YOUR OWN 32 33 34