Strategies for Directing the Biological Response to Biomaterial Surfaces by Design
This presentation will consider how surface engineering approaches can be used as part of biomedical device design to provide active chemistries and micro-, meso- and nano-scale surface features on hard and soft biomaterials that can promote and support the types of cellular process required for tissue formation. In particular, the need to develop accessible, validated and cost-effective methods to facilitate these smart surfaces is addressed. Exemplar studies from past and current research activities will be used to show how targeted surface engineering can be used to guide the progression of cell response and how this may allow for translation to more effective implant performance. Professor Brian Meenan Professor of Biomedical Materials, School of Engineering, and Head of the Biomaterials Tissue Engineering Research Group within the Nanotechnology and Integrated Bioengineering Centre, University of Ulster Bj.meenan@ulster.ac.ukFrom:MedTechInnovationTVViews:7 0ratingsTime:20:50More inScience Technology

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Portsmouth Abbey School Dom Luke Childs Lecturer Fr. Nicanor Austriaco, OP
Portsmouth Abbey School was honored to welcome Rev. Nicanor Austriaco, OP, to deliver the Dom Luke Childs Lecture to the School community on October 15, 2012. Fr. Austriaco, who was also a guest speaker at Portsmouth Institute 2012, is a Catholic priest in the Order of Friars Preachers, also known as the Dominicans. Born in the Philippines, he completed his Bachelor #39;s of Science Degree in Bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania in 1989. He then earned his Ph.D. in Biology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he was a fellow of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. At MIT, Fr. Austriaco worked in the laboratory of Professor Leonard Guarente on the genetics of aging in the yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae. After completing his doctoral studies, he was a fellow of the International Human Frontier Science Program at the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research at the University College London in the United Kingdom. In 1997, following a deeper conversion to the Lord, Fr. Austriaco entered the novitiate of the Order of Friars Preachers. He completed both his Pontifical Bachelor #39;s Degree in Sacred Theology and his Master #39;s of Divinity Degree at the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, DC, in 2003. He was ordained to the priesthood on May 21, 2004. In 2005, he earned his Pontifical License in Sacred Theology (STL) for a thesis in moral theology entitled, Life and Death from the Systems Perspective: A ...From:Portsmouth AbbeyViews:85 0ratingsTime:37:46More inEducation

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Playing Pong using just your eyes
Millions of people suffering from Multiple Scleorosis, Parkinson #39;s, muscular dystrophy, spinal cord injuries or amputees could soon interact with their computers and surroundings using just their eyes thanks to a new device that costs just £43. Comprised of off-the-shelf materials, the new device, can work out exactly where a person is looking by tracking their eye movements, allowing them to control a cursor on a screen just like a normal computer mouse. The researchers demonstrated the device by getting students to play the computer game Pong using just their eyes. Credit: Dr Aldo Faisal, leader of the Neurotechnology laboratory at the Dept of Bioengineering and the Dept. of Comptuing Imperial College.From:shaggar70Views:20 1ratingsTime:00:26More inEducation

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genespire 13
The symposium aims to bring together Bioengineering students and scholars on a common platform, where they can interact, present their results and exchange information. The symposium focuses on the various modern techniques that are currently developed and applied in the field of life sciences. The topics to be covered for paper poster presentations: #61656; Genetic Engineering #61656; Genomics and proteomics #61656; Tissue Engineering #61656; Environmental Engineering #61656; Chemical Engineering #61656; Biofuels #61656; Biomedical Engineering #61656; Medical Biotechnology #61656; Agricultural Biotechnology #61656; Food Dairy Technology #61656; Fermentation Technology #61656; Nanotechnology in medicine #61656; Downstream processing #61656; BioinformaticsFrom:abi varmaViews:36 0ratingsTime:02:59More inEducation

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Titan Spine Cellular Animation
This video is an animated depiction of the superior cellular response to the nano-textured surface of the Titan Spine Endoskeleton spinal interbody implant as compared to PEEK polymers. The animation illustrates the enhanced bone forming reaction caused by the Titan Spine surface and the role that nanotechnology is beginning to play in spinal implant applications. The content of this animation is based on in-vitro studies led by Barbara D. Boyan, Ph.D., Professor of Biomedical Engineering at the Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience at the Georgia Institute of Technology.From:TitanSpineLLCViews:6 0ratingsTime:03:22More inScience Technology

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Engineering research at the University of Liverpool (2/3)
Dr Matt Murphy explains some of the engineering research taking place at the University of Liverpool. He explains research in the areas of automotive, construction, smart materials and bioengineering. The talk is given at the University of Liverpool and has been recorded as part of the Into Engineering project. emerg.liv.ac.uk This video is aimed at people who are considering studying engineering at university. The video has been filmed and edited by John Connor for the Engineering and Materials Research Group at the University of Liverpool. emerg.liv.ac.ukFrom:EMERG LivViews:1 0ratingsTime:04:01More inEducation

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