Canadian Biomaterials Society
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Travel Award Winners

9th World Biomaterials Congress

Congratulations to this year's Travel Award winners, each receiving $1000 from CBS for travel to the World Biomaterials Congress in Chengdu, China.

 

Laura Rose (Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Alberta)
"Evaluation of collagen scaffolds for direct non viral gene delivery of BMP-2"
Co-authors: Cezary Kucharski, Selcuk Ozcan, Charlie Hsu, Hasan Uludag

 


Christoph Staehli (Department of Mining and Materials Engineering, McGill University)
"Controlled copper ion release from phosphate-based glasses extends the survival of human umbilical vein endothelial cells in a reduced nutrient environment"
Co-authors:  Nasser Muja, Showan N Nazhat


 

Jane Cheung (Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering University of Toronto)
"Dynamic culture of gingival fibroblasts in a degradable/polar/hydrophobic/ionic polyurethane (D-PHI) scaffold leads to enhanced proliferation and collagen production"
Co-authors: Christopher A.G. McCulloch, and J. Paul Santerre


 

Christina Holmes (Department of Biomedical Engineering, McGill University)
"Glycol-Chitosan-Based Polyelectrolyte Multilayer Films for Inductive Tissue Engineering"
Co-authors: Jamal Daoud, Pierre Bagnaninchi, Maryam Tabrizian


 

Bahareh Sayyar (School of Biomedical Engineering, McMaster University)
"Fibrinogen and RGD-coupled Alginate Microcapsules for Encapsulation of Mesenchymal Stem Cells"
Co-authors:  Megan Dodd, Jianping Wena, Leah Marquez-Curtis, Anna Janowska, and Gonzalo Hortelano


 

Florencia Chicatun (Department of Mining and Materials Engineering, McGill University)
"Tissue engineering of a three-dimensional osteochondral graft: An in vitro study of a bilayered dense collagen/chitosan hydrogel model"
Co-authors:  Marc D McKee, Showan N Nazhat


 

Rafi Chapanian (Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and Centre for Blood Research, University of British Columbia)
"Modulation of Polymer Graft Location on the Cell Surface Glycocalyx: Influence on Antigen Protection of Red Blood Cells (RBCs)"
Co-authors:  Iren Constantinescu, Donald Brooks, Nadia Medvedev, Jayachandran N. Kizhakkedathu


 

Pauline Lequoy (Department of Mechanical Engineering, École de technologie supérieure)
"Chondroitin sulfate -Epidermal growth factor (EGF) coating for stent-grafts: versatility and optimization by oriented tethering"
Co-authors:  Cindy Charbonneau, Benoît Liberelle, Gregory deCrescenzo, Sophie Lerouge

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