Conference Agenda

RHEOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF SALIVA SAMPLES AND ITS INFLUENCE ON VOICE QUALITY IN ECTODERMAL DYSPLASIA

M. Semmler¹, M. Eckhardt¹, A. Heinrich¹, B. Tur¹, S. Wolfsteiner¹, S. Schlicht², D. Drummer², O. Wendler¹, M. Döllinger¹

¹University Hospital Erlangen, Medical School, Division of Phoniatrics and Pediatric Audiology at the Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany; ²Institute of Polymer Technology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany

THE HYBRID IONO/ORGANOGELS APPROACH FOR IMPACT DISSIPATION

V. Varanges^1,2, V. K. Rana¹, P.-E. Bourban², D. Pioletti¹

¹Laboratory of Biomechanical Orthopedics, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland; ²Laboratory for Processing of Advanced Composites (LPAC) Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland

ON THE CHARACTERISTICS OF FLUID TRANSPORT IN DIFFERENT GRADES OF BRAIN TUMOURS AT PORE-SCALE

Y. Yang¹, T. Yuan², Y. Zhou¹, D. Pokrajac¹, W. Zhan¹

¹University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom; ²Imperial College London, United Kingdom

MECHANICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF NERVES REGENERATED IN OXIDIZED POLYVINYL ALCOHOL-BASED CONDUITS

M. Confalonieri^1,2, S. Todros¹, E. Stocco², S. Barbon², S. Spadoni¹, V. Macchi², C. Tiengo³, A. Porzionato², P. Pavan¹

¹Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Padova, Italy; ²Department of Neurosciences, Section of Human Anatomy, University of Padova, Italy; ³Department of Neurosciences, Clinic of Plastic Surgery, University of Padova, Italy

DEVELOPMENT OF TISSUE ANALOGUES FOR CHARACTERISING DEPOT FORMATION WITHIN SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE

A. S. K. Kho¹, S. McGrath², D. Wencel², E. D. O'Cearbhaill^3,4, A. Ní Annaidh^3,4

¹School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Dublin City University, Dublin 9, Ireland; ²BD Research Centre Ireland Ltd, Carysfort Avenue, Blackrock, Ireland; ³UCD Centre for Biomedical Engineering, University College Dublin, Belfield Dublin 4, Ireland; ⁴I-Form Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre, School of Mechanical & Materials Engineering, University College Dublin, Belfield Dublin 4, Ireland

VISCOELASTICALLY ACTIVE SUTURES TO PROMOTE WOUND HEALING

M. H. Laughton, K. S. Fancey, L. A. France

University of Hull, United Kingdom

INTRINSICALLY ACTUATING CELL CONSTRUCTS FOR REPLICATING PHYSIOLOGICAL MOVEMENTS

L. Cacopardo, N. Guazzelli, P. Signorello, A. Ahluwalia

University of Pisa, Italy

DESIGN OF AN IN VITRO MODEL TO RECAPITULATE THE BONE MICROENVIRONMENT

A. Munive Olarte¹, S. Verbruggen², F. Claeyssens¹, G. Reilly¹

¹The University of Sheffield, United Kingdom; ²Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom

COMPOSITE SCAFFOLDS OF FIBROUS MATERIALS AND GELS: MORPHOLOGICAL AND MECHANICAL CHARACTERIZATION

E. G. Bissacco¹, S. S. Lee¹, M. Alinezhadfar², S. J. Ferguson¹

¹ETH Zürich, Institute for Biomechanics, Switzerland; ²EMPA, Tribology & Surface Analytics, Switzerland

ASSESSING PHYSICAL & MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF MULTIPLE ANTIOXIDANT INCORPORATED ELECTROSPUN BIOMATERIALS

E.-L. Handley¹, M. Heim^1,2, L. Westwood^1,2, E. Emmerson², A. Callanan¹

¹Institute for Bioengineering, School of Engineering, University of Edinburgh, UK; ²Institute for Regeneration and Repair, Centre for Regenerative Medicine, University of Edinburgh, UK