Conference Agenda

DEVELOPMENT OF A PROTOCOL FOR 3D MANUFACTURING OF ECM-DERIVED CONSTRUCTS FOR SKELETAL MUSCLE DEFECTS

E. Merotto^1,2, A. R. Calore^1,2, E. Maghin^1,2, E. Carraro^1,3, S. Todros¹, M. Piccoli², P. Pavan^1,2

¹Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Padua, Italy; ²Fondazione Istituto di Ricerca Pediatrica Città della Speranza, Italy; ³Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padua, Italy

CONTINOUS REAL-TIME IMAGING PLATFORM FOR TISSUE CULTURE

A. Weisrock^1,2, R. Wüst¹, H. Vermeersch¹, J.-F. Witz², P. Lecomte-Grosbras², L. Thorrez¹

¹Tissue Engineering Lab, Department of Development and Regeneration, KU Leuven, Belgium; ²Univ. Lille, CNRS, Centrale Lille, UMR 9013 – LaMcube, F-59000 Lille, France

ADVANCED PLATFORM FOR IN VITRO STRETCH AND SHEAR STRESS STIMULATIONS ON PERIODONTAL LIGAMENT STEM CELLS

B. Masante^1,2,3, G. Putame^1,3, M. Tosini^1,3, A. T. Lugas^1,3, I. Roato², S. Gabetti^1,3, M. S. Santos⁴, J. C. Silva⁴, M. Terzini^1,3, F. Mussano², A. Audenino¹, D. Massai^1,3

¹Dept. of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and PolitoBIOMed Lab, Politecnico di Torino, Italy; ²Bone and Dental Bioengineering Lab, CIR-Dental School, Dept. of Surgical Sciences, University of Torino, Italy; ³Interuniversity Center for the Promotion of the 3Rs Principles in Teaching and Research, Italy; ⁴Dept. of Bioengineering and iBB -Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

ANISOTROPIC MECHANICAL PROPERTIES IN BIOFABRICATED CARTILAGE SCAFFOLDS

L. Spauwen^1,2, A. Vasilopoulou¹, A. Mensinga¹, P. van Veenendaal², M. de Ruijter^1,3, J. Malda^1,3

¹UMC Utrecht, Netherlands, The; ²University of Applied Sciences Utrecht,; ³Department of Equine Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, Utrecht University

PARACRINE EFFECTS OF MACROPHAGE PHENOTYPE ON TENDON TISSUE REMODELLING

A. Mansoor, H. Brouwer, K. Ito, C. Bouten, A. Smits, J. Foolen

Department of Biomedical Engineering, The Technical University of Eindhoven, Netherlands,

AN IMPLANTABLE IMAGING WINDOW FOR GUIDING AND OBSERVING IN VIVO RESPONSES TO FOREIGN BODIES

C. Conci¹, L. Sironi², D. Panzeri², E. Jacchetti¹, D. Inverso², R. Martinez-Vazquez³, G. Cerullo⁴, R. Osellame³, M. Collini², G. Chirico², M. Raimondi¹

¹Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering "Giulio Natta", Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci, 32, 20133 Milan; ²and Department of Physics, University of Milano Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza 3, 20126 Milan; ³Istituto di Fotonica e Nanotecnologie (IFN)-CNR; ⁴Department of Physics, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci, 32, 20133, Milan