Biomaterials, natural or synthetic materials that interact with biological systems to repair or treat natural body tissues, are designed with the most complex performance requirements and the strictest regulations. These challenges, and the opportunities offered by a worldwide market, drive innovation at industrial, academic and government laboratories around the world. The 10th Annual TechConnect World Biomaterials Symposium will highlight some of the most exciting research and development and focus on industrially relevant new materials. Please submit an abstract and share your research innovation at this dynamic event.
Back to Top ↑2021 Symposium Sessions |
| Monday October 18 |
| 1:30 | COVID-19: Diagnostics |
| Tuesday October 19 |
| 8:30 | Biotech & Medtech Track Keynotes |
| 1:30 | Novel Biomaterials & Medical Devices |
| Wednesday October 20 |
| 10:30 | Applied Biomaterials: Drug/Gene Delivery |
| 1:30 | New Nano Delivery Technologies |
| 4:00 | Biomaterials & Medical Devices - Posters |
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2021 Symposium Program |
| Monday October 18 |
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| 1:30 | COVID-19: Diagnostics | Baltimore 4 |
| Session chair: Jeannine Coburn, Worcester Polytechnic Institute & Prakash Nallathamby, University of Notre Dame |
| 1:30 | Merging biochemistry and photonic chip technology to enable ubiquitous point-of-need and at-home diagnostics
D. Vermeulen, SiPhox, Inc., US |
| 1:55 | Low-cost diagnostic biosensors for COVID-19
C. de la Fuente, University of Pennsylvania, US |
| 2:20 | Femtomolar SARS-CoV-2 Antigen Detection Using the Microbubbling Digital Assay with Smartphone Readout
P. Wang, University of Pennsylvania, US |
| 2:45 | SalivaDirect: A simplified and flexible platform to enhance SARS-CoV-2 testing capacity
A.L. Wyllie, C.B.F. Vogels, O. Allicock, A.E. Watkins, M.E. Petrone, D. Yolda Carr, C.A. Harden, D.E. Brackney, C.C. Kalinich, M. Breban, I.M. Ott, R. Sikka, L. Kadiri, N.D. Grubaugh, Yale School of Public Health, US |
| 3:05 | Ultrafast COVID-19 Diagnosis using Saliva Sample
A. Ramanujam, G.G. Botte, Texas Tech University, US |
| 3:25 | Rapid and Inexpensive Point-of-Use (POU) Testing for SARS-CoV-2 Quantification with Membrane-Based in-Gel Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification (mgLAMP) System
J. Li, Y. Zhu, X. Wu, A. Gu, L. Dobelle, C.A. Cid, M.R. Hoffmann, California Institute of Technology, US |
| 3:45 | Fast COVID-19 diagnosis with deep learning and chest X-rays: from toy datasets to clinical applications, pp. 165-168
S.D. Dias, P.E.M. Lopes, FastCompChem, Lda, PT |
| Tuesday October 19 |
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| 8:30 | Biotech & Medtech Track Keynotes | Woodrow Wilson C |
| Session chair: Jeannine Coburn, Worcester Polytechnic Institute |
| 8:30 | Integrating Nanotechnology with 3D Bioprinting for Vascularized Tissue Regeneration
H. Cui, T. Esworthy, L.G. Zhang, The George Washington University, US |
| 9:00 | Innovation in Interbody Spinal Fusion Implants with Porous and Bioactive Composites: The Journey from Concept to Commercialization
R.K. Roeder, University of Notre Dame, US |
| 9:30 | Accessing Intracellular Targets for Therapeutic Gain in Major Diseases
S. Dhar, University of Miami, US |
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| 1:30 | Novel Biomaterials & Medical Devices | Annapolis 4 |
| Session chair: Jeannine Coburn, Worcester Polytechnic Institute & Steve Zullo, National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering |
| 1:30 | Synthetic Biomaterials to Control Stem Cell Morphogenesis
D. Hanjaya-Putra, University of Notre Dame, US |
| 1:55 | Gelatin as a Novel Nanofiber Material for Cell Scaffolding
J. Dolgin, Dipole Materials Inc., US |
| 2:15 | Novel respiratory monitoring using ultrasound signaling
G. Bilen-Rosas, I. Ong, H. Rosas, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health Madison, US |
| 2:35 | Focused Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, pp. 150-152
I. Carmona, D. Kumbhare, M. Baron, R.L. Hadimani, Virginia Commonwealth University, US |
| 2:55 | Robossis: Orthopedic Surgical Robotic System
M. Abedin-Nasab, Rowan University, US |
| 3:15 | Lightweight, Compact System for Generating Lactated Ringer's Solution
G. Srinivas, N. Metcalf, A. Robinson, B. Yamona, J. Fredrickson, N. Weinstein, TDA Research, Inc., US |
| Wednesday October 20 |
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| 10:30 | Applied Biomaterials: Drug/Gene Delivery | Baltimore 4 |
| Session chair: Jeannine Coburn, Worcester Polytechnic Institute |
| 10:30 | Examining and exploiting lymphatic vessels for drug delivery at mucosal surfaces
K. Maisel, University of Maryland, US |
| 11:00 | Identifying the cytosolic fate of DNA nanostructures
D. Mathur, K. Rogers, S.A. Díaz, M. Muroski, W.P. Klein, L. Field, J.B. Delehanty, I.L. Medintz, George Mason University, US |
| 11:20 | Novel Guidewire Design and Coating for Continuous Delivery of Adenosine During Interventional Procedures
E. Brewer, Z. Brown, M. Foreman, A. Lowman, E. Menshikova, E. Jackson, Rowan University, US |
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| 1:30 | New Nano Delivery Technologies | Baltimore 4 |
| Session chair: Puneet Tyagi, AstraZeneca & Steve Zullo, National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering |
| 1:30 | Nanotechnology-based Tools for Addressing Viral and Cardiovascular Diseases in Pregnant Women
S. Dhar, University of Miami, US |
| 1:55 | Targeted Transport of Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria by Soil Protists
L.M. Shor, C. Hawxhurst, J.L. Micciulla, D.J. Gage, University of Connecticut, US |
| 2:15 | The Development of Quick-Set, High-Solids Pharmaceutical Tablet Coatings
T. Kalantar, M. Ladika, H. Shao, S. Dean, K. Harris, P. Sheskey, K. Coppens, K. Balwinski, D. Holbrook, Dow, Inc., US |
| 2:35 | mRNA: from addressing global pandemics to medicines of the future
L. Santos, AstraZeneca, US |
| 3:00 | Investigation of Lyophilized Platelet Interactions with Human Platelets In Vitro
B. Schnoor, A.-L. Papa, George Washington University, US |
| 3:20 | A Cancer-Favoring, Engineered Vaccinia Virus for Cholangiocarcinoma.
S.Y. Yoo, Pusan National University, KR |
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| 4:00 | Biomaterials & Medical Devices - Posters | Expo Hall AB |
| Bioinpired virus nanofiber for soft tissue engineering
S.Y. Yoo, Pusan National University, KR |
| Gelation behavior study of thermogelling poly(ε-caprolactone-co-1, 4, 8-trioxa[4, 6]spiro-9-undecanone)-poly(ethylene glycol)-poly(ε-caprolactone-co-1, 4, 8-trioxa[4, 6]spiro-9-undecanone), pp. 153-156
S. Zhong, J.J. Wang, C.X. Wu, A.L. Zhang, T.T. Zhuang, Y.F. Shi, B.H. Luo, S.Q. Tang, X.Y. Wang, ABB EL Corporation Research Center, US |
| Technology for Sterile Water Generator
G. Srinivas, A. Robinson, B. Yamona, N. Weinstein, TDA Research, Inc., US |
| Impruvon Health - A Medication Management Platform tailored to Independence
J. Amoyal, IMPRUVON Inc., US |
| Real Time 3D Digital Model Viewer for Mobile Devices
T. Reks, C. St. George, R. Sepulveda, R.A. Rogers, Rogers Imaging Corp, US |
| Rosette Arrays(TM) for Quantitative High-Throughput Screening of Human Developmental Neurotoxicity & Neural Tube Defect Risk
G.T. Knight, B.F. Lundin, N. Fedorchak, N.R. Iyer, R. Willet, and R.S. Ashton, Wisconsin Institute for Discovery, US |
| Microfluidics based production liposomal formulation to treat skin infection caused by staphylococcus aureus
S. Joshi, A. Daryanani, R. Sahu, V.A. Dennis, S.R. Singh, Alabama State University, US |
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Jeannine M. Coburn
Synthetic Biomaterials to Control Stem Cell Morphogenesis
Examining and exploiting lymphatic vessels for drug delivery at mucosal surfaces
Engineering nanoparticle probes for detecting disease and monitoring therapy with computed tomography
Development of Best Practices for Finite Element Analysis of Intervertebral Body Fusion Devices
