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NanoDDS’13: Oct. 25-26, 2013 – University of California, San Diego

Hannah Porter, Publishing Assistant — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 07:54:50 +0000

The 11th International Nanomedicine and Drug Delivery Symposium (NanoDDS’13) will be held Oct. 25-26, 2013 at the University of California, San Diego. NanoDDS is the key annual event for researchers developing next-generation delivery vehicles: targeted, responsive, biodegradable nanomaterials for drug delivery, diagnostics, noninvasive imaging, and regenerative medicine. This symposium, co-chaired by Adah Almutairi of UC San Diego and Andrew Mackay of the University of Southern California, features a diverse group of creative, high-profile investigators, including Erkki Ruoslahti, Samuel Stupp, and Allan Hoffman.

Abstracts for poster presentations will be accepted from May through September; the top three abstracts will win prizes and oral presentation slots.

More information can be found here.

ICBS2013 Biomaterials Science Poster Prize Winners

Hannah Porter, Publishing Assistant — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 09:28:25 +0000

Biomaterials Science was delighted to award three Poster Prizes at the ICBS2013 held at Tsukuba International Congress Center (EPOCHAL Tsukuba), Tsukuba, Japan on 19th – 22nd March. The winners were:

Mr. Dirk Steinhilber
P051 - Multifunctional endritic Polyglycerol Nano- and Microgels for Encapsulation and Release of Functional Biomacromolecules

Ms. Aya Tsubokura (not pictured)
Department of Life Science and Medical Bioscience, School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Waseda University
P108 - Differentiation of Mesenchymal Stem Cell on the Single Line Pattern in Nano-Size Fabricated on the Electron Beam Reactive Mask Material

Mr. Mitsuru Naito
Department of Materials Engineering, The University of Tokyo
P122 - Phenylboronate functionalized polyion complex micelles as ATP-sensitive smart delivery system of siRN

Mr. Mitsuru Naito and Dr Liz Dunn

Mr. Dirk Steinhilber & Dr Liz Dunn

Each student received a Biomaterials Science Prize certificate, presented by Dr Liz Dunn, Managing Editor of Biomaterials Science as well as an RSC book.

RSC-iCeMS Joint International Symposium: “Cell-Material Integration and Biomaterials Science

Hannah Porter, Publishing Assistant — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 10:53:52 +0000

On 17-19 March 2013 RSC Publishing and the Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences, Kyoto University (WPI-iCeMS) are jointly hosting an International Symposium on “Cell-Material Integration and Biomaterials Science”.

The symposium will commemorate the launch of RSC Publishing’s new high impact journal, Biomaterials Science.

Sessions will include topics such as:

From molecules to cells
Nano/meso-structures toward biological applications
Integration of cell biology and materials

See the program for more details on who is speaking…

If you are in the area come along, it is completely free to attend!

Hot paper: Review of tissue adhesives

Sam Keltie, Deputy Editor — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 10:38:04 +0000

Wound closure has traditionally been performed using surgical sutures, staples or clips. These products are not always the most desirable solution especially for suturing friable tissues such as internal organs. Tissues adhesives appear to be an ideal alternative to improve wound healing and overcome fluid leakage and the possibility of additional trauma to the wound sometimes caused by these traditional products.

This Review by Pêgo, Wang and colleagues, covers the recent progress in synthetic/semi-synthetic adhesives and biomimetic adhesives that could be useful for future biomedical applications. They discuss the mechanisms behind the adhesive performances as well as their advantages and disadvantages.

Taking tissue adhesives to the future: from traditional synthetic to new biomimetic approaches
Biomater. Sci., 2013, 1, 239-253. DOI: 10.1039/c2bm00121g

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Introducing Biomaterials Science Editorial Board Member Justin Cooper-White

Sam Keltie, Deputy Editor — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 09:43:42 +0000

Professor Justin Cooper-White, Editorial Board member

Professor Cooper-White graduated with his Bachelors of Engineering (Chemical) in 1991, University of Queensland, and thereafter worked for Shell (Australia) Pty. Ltd. for 5 years as a practicing chemical engineer and processing manager. He commenced his Ph.D. in 1996 and was awarded his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering (Biomedical Polymers), UQ, in March 2000. He subsequently held a postdoctoral position at the University of Melbourne (UMelb) under the mentorship of Prof. David V. Boger, and joined the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at UMelb as a tenured Senior Lecturer in early 2003. In 2004 he move to the University of Queensland (UQ) to head a new initiative in Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering in the Department of Chemical Engineering and in 2007 was promoted to Professor of Bioengineering. He currently holds the positions of Group Leader within the Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN, UQ), (inaugural) Director of the Queensland Node of the Australian National Fabrication Facility (ANFF-Q), and Associate Dean (Research) for the Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Information Technology at UQ. Prof. Cooper-White has over 150 refereed publications and over 300 conference abstracts. His work has appeared in high impact journals in his field and he has also produced 6 Worldwide patents that have reached National Phase Entry in USA, Europe and Australia.

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Happy holidays from Biomaterials Science!

Sam Keltie, Deputy Editor — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 16:30:44 +0000

All of us in the Biomaterials Science Editorial team would like to wish you all a merry Christmas and a happy new year! The Editorial office will be closed from 21 December 2012 and will reopen on 2 January 2013.

We’re really looking forward to 2013, which will see more high quality articles from top international biomaterials scientists and much more.

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Introducing Biomaterials Science Editorial Board Member Sarah Heilshorn

Sam Keltie, Deputy Editor — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 13:00:16 +0000

Professor Sarah Heilshorn, Editorial Board member

Sarah Heilshorn completed her undergraduate studies in chemical engineering at Georgia Tech. She then earned her MS and PhD in chemical engineering at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) under the supervision of David A. Tirrell. While a graduate student, she was also a visiting scholar in the Department of Polymer Science at the Kyoto Institute of Technology through a National Science Foundation East Asia Fellowship. She was awarded the Caltech Everhart Lectureship for her PhD thesis work in 2004. Following this, Prof. Heilshorn was a postdoctoral scholar with Mu-ming Poo at the University of California, Berkeley in the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology. In 2006 she joined Stanford University as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Materials Science & Engineering. She also holds courtesy faculty appointments in the Departments of Bioengineering and Chemical Engineering. Her research laboratory studies the dynamics of biological and bio-inspired systems at multiple length scales, including the molecular through to the multi-cellular level. Current topics of investigation include the design of injectable materials for stem cell and drug delivery, protein-engineered materials for regenerative medicine scaffolds, and peptide-based self-assembly materials for templated nanoparticle synthesis. In 2009, she was selected for the National Science Foundation CAREER Award and the National Institutes of Health New Innovator Award for young faculty.

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Biomaterials Science Blog

Top 10 Most-accessed Biomaterials Science articles in March

NanoDDS’13: Oct. 25-26, 2013 – University of California, San Diego

Top 10 Most-accessed Biomaterials Science articles in February

ICBS2013 Biomaterials Science Poster Prize Winners

Top 10 Most-accessed Biomaterials Science articles in January

RSC-iCeMS Joint International Symposium: “Cell-Material Integration and Biomaterials Science

Hot paper: Review of tissue adhesives

Introducing Biomaterials Science Editorial Board Member Justin Cooper-White

Happy holidays from Biomaterials Science!

Introducing Biomaterials Science Editorial Board Member Sarah Heilshorn