Synthetic molecular and colloidal building blocks to overcome challenges in tissue engineering

Laura De Laporte

DWI - Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials, Germany

SURFACE MODIFICATION OF CARDIOVASCULAR DEVICES TO REDUCE THE RISK OF THROMBUS FORMATION

Marta Bonora¹, Veronica Viola¹, Stjepan Perak², Markus Lunzer², Sonja Kopp³, Michael Mühlberger³, Barbara Messner⁴, Francesco Moscato^1,5,6

¹Center for Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Medical University of Vienna, Austria; ²UpNano GmbH, Austria; ³PROFACTOR GmbH, Austria; ⁴Department of Cardiac Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Austria; ⁵Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Cardiovascular Research, Austria; ⁶Austrian Cluster for Tissue Regeneration, Austria

BLOOD-DERIVED ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDES FOR MANUFACTURING ANTISEPTIC MEDICAL SURFACES

Stephan Harm¹, Jennifer Zottl¹, Denisa Cont^1,2, Claudia Schildböck¹, Viktoria Weber¹

¹University for Continuing Education Krems, Austria; ²Karl Landsteiner University Krems, Austria

NEW STRATEGIES OF HEPARIN IMMOBILIZATION TO IMPROVE BLOOD COMPATIBILITY OF TITANIUM

Janna Kuchinka, Thomas Groth

Martin Luther University, Germany

ON THE MATERIAL RESPONSE TO MECHANICAL SURFACE MODIFICATION: SURFACE PROPERTIES VS MG63 CELLS PROLIFERATION

Michela Sanguedolce¹, Jessica Dal Col², Francesco Modica³, Vito Basile³, Cristiana Stellato², Luigino Filice¹

¹University of Calabria - Department of Mechanical, Energy and Management Engineering, CS 87036, Italy; ²University of Salerno - Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry “Scuola Medica Salernitana”, SA 84081,Italy; ³Institute of Intelligent Industrial Technologies and Systems for Advanced Manufacturing, National Research Council (STIIMA-CNR), BA 70124, Italy

THE INFLUENCE OF SURFACE PROPERTIES OF NANOCOMPOSITE MEMBRANES ON DIALYSIS PERFORMANCE

Dominika Wójtowicz^1,2, Anna Ścisłowska-Czarnecka³, Ewa Stodolak-Zych¹

¹AGH Univeristy of Krakow, Poland; ²NSSU University Hospital in Krakow, Poland; ³University of Physical Education in Krakow, Poland

TOWARDS BIOHYBRID LUNG DEVELOPMENT: ANALYSIS OF CLINICALLY RELEVANT WORKING CONDITIONS ON THE ENDOTHELIAL CELLS ON GAS EXCHANGE MEMBRANES

Gerrit Sitarz^1,2,9, Michael Pflaum^1,2,3,9, Annalea Brüggemann^1,2, Kai Barbian^4,9, Leon Budde^8,2, Matthias Wessling^5,9, Michael Neidlin^4,9, Jutta Arens^7,9, Sebastian Jansen^6,9, Ulrich Steinseifer^4,9, Arjang Ruhparwar^1,2,3, Bettina Wiegmann^1,2,3,9

¹Hannover Medical School, Department of Cardiothoracic-, Transplantation- and Vascular Surgery, Germany; ²NIFE – Lower Saxony Center for Biomedical Engineering, Implant Research and Development, Germany; ³German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Germany; ⁴RWTH Aachen University, Institute of Applied Medical Engineering, Germany; ⁵RWTH Aachen University, Chemical Process Engineering, Germany; ⁶RWTH Aachen Universität, Department of Cardiovascular Engineering, Germany; ⁷University of Twente, Department of Biomechanical Engineering, Netherlands; ⁸Leibniz University Hannover, Institute of Mechatronic Systems (imes), Germany; ⁹Member of the DFG priority program SPP 2014, Germany