Conference Agenda

HOW BIOMECHANICS IS CHANGING WOUND CARE: CURRENT ACHIEVEMENTS AND FUTURE PROSPECTS

A. Gefen

Tel Aviv University, Israel

ON THE MECHANOME OF HUMAN SKIN

E. Mazza^1,2, A. Ehret^1,2, D. Sachs¹, A. Wahlsten¹, A. Stracuzzi^1,2, A. Martyts¹

¹Institute for Mechanical Systems, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich, Switzerland; ²Empa, Swiss Federal Lab. for Materials Science and Technology, Dübendorf, Switzerland

DERMAL FIBROBLASTS FEEL AND RESPOND TO PHYSIOLOGICAL MECHANICAL CUES IN VITRO

A. Martyts¹, A. Stracuzzi², D. Al-Nuaimi¹, A. Kourouklis¹, F. Pramotton², D. Sachs¹, C. Giampietro^1,2, E. Mazza^1,2

¹Institute for Mechanical Systems, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland; ²EMPA, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Dübendorf, Switzerland

INVESTIGATION OF GENDER-SPECIFIC RISKS OF SKIN FOLDING AFTER BARIATRIC SURGERY: A COMPUTATIONAL APPROACH

J. Ralvoni^1,2, F. P. T. Baaijens^1,2, S. Loerakker^1,2

¹Department of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands; ²Institute for Complex Molecular Systems, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands

PROTECTING THE SKIN OF PATIENTS WHO ARE POSITIONED SUPINE OR PRONE

M. Lustig, A. Gefen

Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel