| SUNDAY |
| 2:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Arrival and check-in |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:00 pm - 7:15 pm | Opening Remarks: William Wagner / Kevin Healy |
| 7:15 pm - 7:30 pm | Welcome to Holderness School: Dave Philips |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | PROTEIN ADSORPTION |
| Discussion Leader: Roger E. Marchant (Case Western Reserve Univ.) |
| 7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Session Leader's Introduction |
| 7:40 pm - 8:05 pm | John L. Brash (McMaster Univ.)
"Understanding and Controlling Protein-Surface Interactions: The Key to Achieving Biofunctional and Biocompatible Materials" |
| 8:05 pm - 8:15 pm | Discussion |
| 8:15 pm - 8:40 pm | Pentti Tengvall (Linkoping Univ.)
"Complement Deposition and Activation on Model Surfaces" |
| 8:40 pm - 8:50 pm | Discussion |
| 8:50 pm - 9:15 pm | Christine Ortiz (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
"Nanoscale Intermolecular Interactions Between Human Serum Albumin
and Various Chemically Modified Surfaces via High-Resolution Force
Spectroscopy" |
| 9:15 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| MONDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 8:45 am | Group Photo |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | THE FOREIGN BODY RESPONSE |
| Discussion Leader: Michael V. Sefton (Univ. of Toronto) |
| 9:00 am - 9:10 am | Session Leader's Introduction |
| 9:10 am - 9:45 am | Liping Tang (Univ. of Texas at Arlington)
"Biomaterial-Mediated Inflammation and Device-Centered Infection: Is There a Connection?" |
| 9:45 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
| 10:00 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:30 am - 11:05 am | Stuart B. Goodman (Stanford Univ.)
"Joint Replacement and the Foreign Body Response" |
| 11:05 am - 11:20 am | Discussion |
| 11:25 am - 12:00 pm | L. Henry Edmunds, Jr. (Univ. of Pennsylvania)
"Extracorporeal Perfusion Riles Blood" |
| 12:00 pm - 12:20 pm | Discussion |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | SCAFFOLD ARCHITECTURE |
| Discussion Leader: Tejal A. Desai (Boston Univ.) |
| 7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Session Leader's Introduction |
| 7:40 pm - 8:05 pm | David C. Martin (Univ. of Michigan)
"Fuzzy Bioactive Conducting Polymer Coatings on Microfabricated Neural Prosthetic Devices" |
| 8:05 pm - 8:15 pm | Discussion |
| 8:15 pm - 8:45 pm | Gary E. Wnek & Gary L. Bowlin (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)
"Electrospinning of Biomimicking Tissue Engineering Scaffolds" |
| 8:45 pm - 8:55 pm | Discussion |
| 8:55 pm - 9:20 pm | Peter X. Ma (Univ. of Michigan)
"Biomimetic Nano-structured Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering" |
| 9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| TUESDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | BIOHYBRID MATERIALS |
| Discussion Leader: Alan J. Russell (Univ. of Pittsburgh) |
| 9:00 am - 9:10 am | Session Leader's Introduction |
| 9:10 am - 9:45 am | Shelly E. Sakiyama-Elbert (Washington Univ.)
"Using Protein Engineering to Design Biologically Responsive Materials" |
| 9:45 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
| 10:00 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:30 am - 11:05 am | Phillip B. Messersmith (Northwestern Univ.)
"Mussel Adhesive Protein Mimetic Biomaterials" |
| 11:05 am - 11:20 am | Discussion |
| 11:25 am - 12:00 pm | Timothy J. Deming (Univ. of California, Santa Barbara)
"Synthesis and Properties of Block Copolypeptide Hydrogel Scaffolds" |
| 12:00 pm - 12:20 pm | Discussion |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR ASPECTS OF TISSUE BIOMECHANICS |
| Discussion Leader: Rena Bizios (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute) |
| 7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Session Leader's Introduction |
| 7:40 pm - 8:05 pm | Viola Vogel (Univ. of Washington)
"Why Most Tissue Engineering Scaffolds Fail to Vascularize: A New Hypothesis" |
| 8:05 pm - 8:15 pm | Discussion |
| 8:15 pm - 8:40 pm | Michael S. Sacks (Univ. of Pittsburgh)
"How Do Macro-Scale Stresses Translate to the Cellular Level?" |
| 8:40 pm - 8:50 pm | Discussion |
| 8:50 pm - 9:15 pm | Robert T. Tranquillo (Univ. of Minnesota)
"Cell-Remodeled Biopolymers with Engineered Alignment" |
| 9:15 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| WEDNESDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | CARDIOVASCULAR ENGINEERING |
| Discussion Leader: Laura E. Niklason (Duke Univ.) |
| 9:00 am - 9:10 am | Session Leader's Introduction |
| 9:10 am - 9:45 am | Elliot L. Chaikof (Emory & Georgia Tech Univ.)
"Biologically Inspired Design Strategies for Cardiovascular Biomaterials" |
| 9:45 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
| 10:00 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:30 am - 11:05 am | Ray C-J Chiu (McGill Univ.)
"Cellular Therapy for Myocardial Regeneration: Promises and Challenges" |
| 11:05 am - 11:20 am | Discussion |
| 11:20 am - 11:55 am | John E. Mayer, Jr. (Harvard Univ.)
"Progress Toward a Tissue Engineered Heart Valve" |
| 11:55 am - 12:10 pm | Discussion |
| 12:10 pm - 12:25 pm | Nominations for Chair of 2007 Meeting |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | NEURAL ENGINEERING |
| Discussion Leader: Martin Oudega (Miami Project to Cure Paralysis) |
| 7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Session Leader's Introduction |
| 7:40 pm - 8:05 pm | Samuel I. Stupp (Northwestern Univ.)
"Molecularly Designed Biomaterials for Regenerative Medicine" |
| 8:05 pm - 8:15 pm | Discussion |
| 8:15 pm - 8:40 pm | Bruce C. Wheeler (Univ. of Illinois)
"Designing In Vitro Neuronal Networks" |
| 8:40 pm - 8:50 pm | Discussion |
| 8:50 pm - 9:15 pm | Molly S. Shoichet (Univ. of Toronto)
"Tissue Engineering Strategies for Spinal Cord Injury Repair" |
| 9:15 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| THURSDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 9:20 am | Business Meeting, Election of 2007 Chair |
| 9:20 am - 12:30 pm | ORTHOPEDIC ENGINEERING |
| Discussion Leader: Kevin E. Healy (Univ. of California, Berkeley) |
| 9:20 am - 9:30 am | Session Leader's Introduction |
| 9:30 am - 10:05 am | John E. Davies (Univ. of Toronto)
"Mesenchymal Progenitors in Bone Engineering" |
| 10:05 am - 10:20 am | Discussion |
| 10:20 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:50 am - 11:25 am | Cato T. Laurencin (University of Virginia)
"Bone and Ligament Tissue Engineering: Answering the Challenges" |
| 11:25 am - 11:40 am | Discussion |
| 11:40 am - 12:15 pm | Lori A. Setton (Duke Univ.)
"Injectable, In Situ Forming Hydrogels for Functional Cartilage Repair" |
| 12:15 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Free Time |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 7:45 pm | Conference Evaluation |
| 7:40 pm - 9:30 pm | EVENING SESSION |
| Howard A Zucker (Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
"Regenerative Medicine: Government's Role in this New Frontier" |
| FRIDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am | Departure |
