Archive for October, 2016

Convex and concave micro-structured silicone controls the shape, but not the polarization state of human macrophages

This month’s front cover image comes from Katharina Maniura-Weber et al. from the Biointerfaces lab at the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, whose paper looks at how microstructured silicone controls the shape of human macrophages.

Katharina’s lab focuses on novel materials-based healthcare solutions, looking at biointerfaces between biomolecules, their assemblies and water, between cells and extra cellular matrix, between populations of bacteria and human cells and their surroundings and between the biological environment and materials for medical applications.

Read the full article here.

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Drug Delivery Australia 2016

Drug Delivery Australia, hosted by the Australian Chapter of the Controlled Release Society, will hold its annual conference in Sydney 27-28th October 2016

sydney-harbour

Theme: ‘Particles to People’

Dates: Thursday – Friday 27-28th October, 2016

Venue: University of New South Wales

Conference Chair: Patrick Spicer

Conference Dinner: Harbour cruise on Thursday night

Two x $1000 student bursaries for travel to the CRS Annual Meeting in Boston on offer for best poster presentations

Draft Program 12th Oct: Click Here

Accepted Speakers include:

  • International Plenary: Gert Storm (U. Utrecht, Netherlands) “Nanomedicine in the clinic: is targeting our target?”
  • Local Keynote: Martina Stenzel
  • Kris Thurecht (University of Queensland)
  • Nicky Thomas (University of South Australia)
  • David Cipolla (Aradigm, USA)
  • Heather Benson (University of Western Australia)
  • Kara Perrow (University of Wollongong)
  • Mariusz Skwarczynski (University of Queensland)
  • Yousuf Mohammed (University of South Australia)
  • Amirali Popat (University of Queensland)
  • Sophia Gu (University of New South Wales)
  • Hui Xin Ong (University of Sydney)
  • Shakila Rizwan (University of Otago)

Abstract submission is closed

Registration: Click here

Venue and Accommodations: Click Here

Information for delegates: Click Here

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Top 10 Most-accessed Biomaterials Science articles – Q3 2016

This month sees the following articles in Biomaterials Science that are in the top ten most accessed from July – September 2016:

Why not take a look at the articles today and blog your thoughts and comments below.

Biodegradable liposome-encapsulated hydrogels for biomedical applications: a marriage of convenience
Santiago Grijalvo, Judith Mayr, Ramon Eritja and David Díaz Díaz
Biomater. Sci., 2016,4, 555-574
DOI: 10.1039/C5BM00481K

Lipid-coated polymeric nanoparticles for cancer drug delivery
Sangeetha Krishnamurthy, Rajendran Vaiyapuri, Liangfang Zhang and Juliana M. Chan
Biomater. Sci., 2015,3, 923-936
DOI: 10.1039/C4BM00427B

Sugared biomaterial binding lectins: achievements and perspectives
P. Bojarová and V. Křen
Biomater. Sci., 2016,4, 1142-1160
DOI: 10.1039/C6BM00088F

Hydrogel scaffolds as in vitro models to study fibroblast activation in wound healing and disease
Megan E. Smithmyer, Lisa A. Sawicki and April M. Kloxin
Biomater. Sci., 2014,2, 634-650
DOI: 10.1039/C3BM60319A

Polymeric biomaterials for the delivery of platinum-based anticancer drugs
Jihoon Kim, Swapan Pramanick, Duhwan Lee, Hansoo Park and Won Jong Kim
Biomater. Sci., 2015,3, 1002-1017
DOI: 10.1039/C5BM00039D

In situ-forming robust chitosan-poly(ethylene glycol) hydrogels prepared by copper-free azide–alkyne click reaction for tissue engineering
Vinh X. Truong, Matthew P. Ablett, Hamish T. J. Gilbert, James Bowen, Stephen M. Richardson, Judith A. Hoyland and Andrew P. Dove
Biomater. Sci., 2014,2, 167-175
DOI: 10.1039/C3BM60159E

Articular cartilage: from formation to tissue engineering
Sandra Camarero-Espinosa, Barbara Rothen-Rutishauser, E. Johan Foster and Christoph Weder
Biomater. Sci., 2016,4, 734-767
DOI: 10.1039/C6BM00068A

Recent progress in nanomaterials for gene delivery applications
Erhan Keles, Yang Song, Dan Du, Wen-Ji Dong and Yuehe Lin
Biomater. Sci., 2016,4, 1291-1309
DOI: 10.1039/C6BM00441E

Stimuli-responsive functionalized mesoporous silica nanoparticles for drug release in response to various biological stimuli
Xin Chen, Xiaoyu Cheng, Alexander H. Soeriyadi, Sharon M. Sagnella, Xun Lu, Jason A. Scott, Stuart B. Lowe, Maria Kavallaris and J. Justin Gooding
Biomater. Sci., 2014,2, 121-130
DOI: 10.1039/C3BM60148J

The surface charge of anti-bacterial coatings alters motility and biofilm architecture
Olena Rzhepishevska, Shoghik Hakobyan, Rohit Ruhal, Julien Gautrot, David Barbero and Madeleine Ramstedt
Biomater. Sci., 2013,1, 589-602
DOI: 10.1039/C3BM00197K

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